Book Description
Over 250 rare photographs depict one of the greatest industrial feats of all time: America's massive production of World War II fighters and bombers. An introduction and captions outline the history.
Author : Joshua Stoff
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 14,9 MB
Release : 1993-12-13
Category : History
ISBN : 048627618X
Over 250 rare photographs depict one of the greatest industrial feats of all time: America's massive production of World War II fighters and bombers. An introduction and captions outline the history.
Author : Robert D. Loomis
Publisher :
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 18,93 MB
Release : 1961
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Enzo Angelucci
Publisher :
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 44,57 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Airplanes, Military
ISBN : 9788880956884
This is a large format A-Z encyclopedia of every Allied and Axis fighting plane from 1933-1945 - from the famous to the lesser known - in all theatres of war from Europe to Asia and the Pacific.
Author : Francis H. Dean
Publisher : Schiffer Pub Limited
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 35,41 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780764300721
America's Hundred Thousand covers in detail the eleven U.S. fighter aircraft types produced just before and during World War II - with a combined production total of just over 100,000 aircraft. Covered are the Army Lockheed P-38 Lightning, P-39 Airacobra, Curtiss P-40 Tomahawk/Kittyhawk/Warhawk, P-47 Thunderbolt, North American P-51 Mustang, Northrop P-61 Black Widow, and the Navy F2A - Buffalo, F4F - Wildcat, F4U - Corsair, and F6F - Hellcat fighters. The text is supplemented by more than 650 photographs, and 200 tables and graphs. Fighter production figures are also included. After an introduction of each type, a heavily illustrated overview of earlier inter-war production from 1920-on, along with a discussion and illustration of wartime experimental types, is provided. A lengthy section considering several technical factors affecting fighter performance follows. These include engine models, supercharger types, propellers, aerodynamic thrust, lift and drag, aircraft weight, balance, stability and control, and armament. America's Hundred Thousand also provides details of each U.S. World War II production fighter in terms of models and changes, numbers produced, and major engine and aircraft performance aspects - in tabular and graphical form - details of weights, discussion of handling qualities and general comments, along with detailed descriptions containing many illustrations of aircraft structures and systems showing the technology of that time. In addition a comprehensive week-to-week and month-to-month chronology of development and wartime combat operational life for each fighter is provided, including many photos. This study concludes with comparisons of the eleven types in terms of program milestones, aircraft drag, power available at various altitudes, speed, climb, rolling and turning, acceleration, and diving performance, as well as general evaluations by World War II pilots.
Author : Chris Chant
Publisher : Mini Encyclopedia
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 45,49 MB
Release : 2022-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781838861902
Author : Maurer Maurer
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 33,76 MB
Release : 1961
Category : United States
ISBN : 1428915850
Author : Nancy Robinson Masters
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 29,68 MB
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 9781560655336
Introduces various kinds of fighter planes used by the Army Air Force and by the Navy and Marines during World War Two, their missions, and the weapons employed. Also includes information on the German and Japense fighters used in World War 2.
Author : René J. Francillon
Publisher :
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 36,2 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Fighter planes
ISBN :
Surveys the development of fighter aircraft adequate to defeat the Axis powers in the skies over Europe and the Pacific during World War II.
Author : Jeffrey L. Ethell
Publisher : Gramercy
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,69 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Airplanes, Military
ISBN : 9780517160244
Author : Bill Norton
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 32,63 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Fighter planes
ISBN : 9781580071093
This book focuses on those American fighter projects of WWII that never reached combat forces, or only in a very limited manner. The book illuminates little known or minimally documented aircraft and projects that significantly advanced fighter design that never went into full-rate production and deployment. The 'standard' types are also examined to illustrate the 'state-of-the-art' at the time, the American posture and capabilities, goals set by national and military leadership, and general factors affecting the course of development for classes of fighters. Hence, this work follows the overall development of American fighter aircraft, but emphasizes those little-known projects that matured to the point of significant design development such as mockups, wind-tunnel models, and especially those yielding flying prototypes. Also includes 'dead-end' variants of service types, those only exported after US evaluation, and aircraft that entered service in only small numbers before being overcome by more advanced models or the end of hostilities.