Author: Holmes, Tony (compiled by),
Title: AIRCRAFT OF THE ACES - Legends of World War 2.
Description: Osprey, Oxford, 2002, reprint, 144pp, line drawings, coloured and half tone ills. in text, oversize (11 x 9.5 inches approx.), laminated coloured pictorial boards with matching dustwrapper, decorative head and tail bands, a selection of thirty fighter pilot aces of WW2 each with, in their own words, a combat report of a particular flying mission of his choice which has been illustrated with a full colour painting by Ian Wyllie. Also included is a brief biography of each pilot and a description and specification of his aircraft. The selection includes pilots from the Royal Air Force; US Navy, US Marine and US Army Air Forces; Finnish Air Force, Soviet Air Force and the air forces of Vichy France, Germany (Luftwaffe) and Japan, very slightlty cocked, five line ink inscr. front free endpaper, dustwrapper: lightly creased at upper edge, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper,

Keywords: war ww2 raf luftwaffe


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