Yefim Gordon and Sergey Komissarov - US Aircraft in the Soviet Union and Russia

Midland Publishing, 2009. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. 9781857803082 Firmly bound, clean unmarked pages, flyleaf missing, indents to page edges; clean bright jacket, indent to front next top top of spine. Covering everything from the purchase of Wright A aircraft in 1908 to modern day Boeings, this is an extremely well researched and beautifully published work that will surely become a classic and the reference of choice on this subject. Of particular interest to many enthusiasts will of course be the Second World War period and years thereafter and the content of this book will not disappoint.Familiar types included under lend-lease such as P-40s, A-20s, C-47s are of course included along with Mustangs, Mitchells, P-47s,B-17s, B-24s, Catalinas and many others. The fascinating story of the Soviets' reverse engineering of 'captured' B-29s to produce the Tu-4 is detailed and, post WW2, the story includes such gems as S-58s,F-5Es etc and other complete aircraft or bits of them that fell into Soviet hands during the cold war.The text also includes comments on Soviet test pilots' views on their new charges. Colour and B&W photographs and specially commissioned artwork are all beautifully reproduced and the text is very readable. 352 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Aviation; ISBN/EAN: 9781857803082. Inventory No: dscf12033.

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