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A technical history of the world's first operational jet fighter, this book illustrates all aspects of the plane, using modern photographs of restored examples, wartime photographs, excerpts from official manuals, scale plans of all day fighter versions and illustrations of camouflage and markings.

This is the story of Poland's most famous fighter aircraft. It contains: Scale plans * photos and drawings from Technical Manuals * Superb color illustrations of camouflage and markings, walk-around color photographs of the only one preserved aircraft and rare b/w archive photographs. * Essential reading for aviation enthusiasts & scale air modelers.

The book covers the technical history of the late production P-47 Thunderbolts, with the "bubbletop" canopy. From the P-47D-25-RE through to the final P-47N, the changes in the various production series are described and illustrated, with 1/72, 1/48 and 1/32 scale line drawings and many photos. There are about 30 black and white wartime photos, including walk around photos of P-47s in 10 different museums around the world and shots of restored planes in private hands still flown today. At the rear of the book are color illustrations of P-47s in profile (23) and 12 two-views (showing wing tops and fuselage sides). These show the markings of almost every air force that ever flew the P-47D and N: Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, France, Iran, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Portugal, Taiwan, Turkey, USSR, USA, Venezuela and Yugoslavia.

Second edition, revised and altered. Completely new scale plans of almost each G-6 subversion and new color profiles. Shown development of the most famous German WWII fighter. It contains: Scale plans, photos and drawings from technical manuals, superb color illustrations of camouflage and markings, b+w archive photographs. Color photos of the preserved aircraft are essential reading for aviation enthusiasts and scale aeromodellers.

The Mitsubishi A5M, the Japanese Imperial Navy's first metal monoplane fighter, was the creation of Jiro Horikoshi, father of the legendary A6M "Zero". Labeled "Claude" in the Allies' code, the A5M was a transitional fighter that marked a significant step in the development of the Japanese Navy's air force during the early 1930s. This book contains a full technical history of the aircraft and all its variants from its prototype development and test flights in 1935 to its production and introduction in the Second Sino-Japanese War from 1937 to 1940. It is illustrated with photographs, color drawings, and technical plans. * Rarely documented aspect of World War Two aviation history. * Superb color illustrations of camouflage and markings, walk-around color photographs, and rare b/w archive photographs. * Essential reading for aviation enthusiasts & scale air modelers.

The "Slow But Deadly" Dauntless was the US Navy's premier carrier-borne dive bomber and proved immensely successful in all the major Pacific naval campaigns of WW2. Designed by Ed Heinemann, who later was involved in the design of the equally successful A-20, A-26, F4D, and A-4 Skyhawk. The Dauntless continued on operations until the end of the war, and even post-war with the French and Mexicans. The SBD's design and development are covered in detail in this book. The book contains superb color illustrations of camouflage and markings, rare b/w archive photographs, scale plans. Essential reading for aviation enthusiasts, historians & scale aeromodellers.