Product Description

Focusing in particular upon Germany, Japan and Italy, this guide shows the design and firepower of fighter bombers during World War II. It describes the aircraft, their pilots and their bombing missions in detail, and the construction of each country's air forces and fighting strategies.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #292371 in Books
• Published on: 1996-09-16
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 256 pages

Customer Reviews

A first class reference source.
This author's list of credits is quite impressive. He is an internationally recognised air historian, has over 20 books published and contributes to "Jane's All the World's Aircraft." In this book he has concentrated on all those aircraft employed by the Axis Powers of WW2 and, in short, he has made an excellent job of it too.

Laid out in strict alphabetical order by make, each aircraft commences with a text headed "History and Notes" in which all the relevant history is covered and the numerous variations of different aircraft explained. To this is added plans and the occasional photograph. Most interestingly, instead of treating the reader to an artist's impression of a single profile example, we get several different profiles of each aircraft showing their numerous variations and livery. In the case of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, for example, there are 10 such profiles.

In my own work I frequently find myself researching whatever aircraft was involved with the sinking of a particular ship and this book gives me all the historical and technical details I could ever want.

An excellent choice for those with a deeper interest in the subject.

unbeatable for the price asked
This (and the two related titles on British and US aircraft) are small, consice reference books, that manage to pack a ton of information on a rather compact package. Sure, they can't give as much on celebrated machines as any dedicated volume can, but still they are usefull because of their above mentioned qualities. Plus they have info on lesser known aircraft, not just the protagonists. Like I said on top: they can't be beat for the price.

a useful reference
As a military modeller and wargamer I needed a concise text to identify WW2 Axis kits and models particularly bewildering Japanese types. This was a very, very good buy which covers not just Italian, German and Japanese Aircraft but even other Axis allies such as the Czechs. This is ON TOP of some markings for German and Italian aircraft for these same allies. If you can find it ......buy it.