Product Description

The most significant types of aircraft operated by the Army and the Navy immediately before and during the Pacific War are described in the two main sections of this book, while a series of appendices provides information on less important Japanese military aircraft, foreign-designed aircraft operated by Japanese forces, aircraft carriers and tenders, aero-engines and aircraft armament.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #408845 in Books
• Published on: 1987-02-26
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 584 pages

Customer Reviews

The definative work on Japanese avaition in WW2
Francillon's work, 12 years in the writing, is the definative tome on Japanese military aviation, and it's civil derivatives, in and immediatly before the Second World War, including many types which operated in Manchuria, and later in a training role. This work has stood the test of time, and now in it's thirtieth year is still unsurpassed in detail and research. Francillon does not limit himself tomerely covering the aircraft types themselves; he includes illustrated sections on aircraft engines, armaments, and even lists the Naval Aircraft Carriers! If you only buy one book on Japanese Aircraft, this is it. Most highly recommeded. - Andrew Emery