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Powered by a 2000hp Pratt & Whitney engine, the P-47 Thunderbolt joined the Eighth Air Force in Britain in 1943 to undertake an escort role for the force's B-17 bomber. This book includes interviews with pilots, tables of the units involved, details of variants and archival photography.

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Text explaining the conflict and tactics flown, aces interviews, tables of the units involved, and a full ace listings.

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Includes bibliographic references (p. 92-93) index.

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The I-15, I-16 and I-153 fighters were the world's first mass-produced fighters. Some 17,000 Polikarpovs had been manufactured by the time production ceased in 1941. They served with the Republicans in the Spain, the Chinese against Japan in 1937-38, and the Soviets against both Japan in the Nomonhan Incident and Finland during the Winter War.

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Pilots of the Polish Air Force saw action from the first day of World War 2 until the final victory in Europe in May 1945.

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Of all Allied airmen, Polish pilots had the most experience of fighting the Luftwaffe by the time the war came to Britain. The author presents this peerless account of the fiery, talented Polish "Spit" pilots, whose country had been overrun and whose aggression and determination to shoot down Axis aircraft was unmatched.

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Pusher fighters, designed with the engine at the rear and the machine gun at the front, may have looked ungainly, yet they were able to hold their own remarkably well against their German counterparts. This book tells the story of the unusual pusher and its many aces.

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The P-51 Mustang and P-47 Thunderbolt were the finest American fighters of World War 2, and both saw service with the RAF in substantial numbers. The RAF began flying the Mustang in 1944, using it to fly bomber escort missions, and deploying to support the ground campaigns in Italy and the Balkans.

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A remarkable number of British, French and German two-seater teams managed to attain or exceed the five victories needed to achieve the acedom popularly associated with their single-seat nemeses. This book comes with rich illustrations and first-hand accounts of the veterans themselves.

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The Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy served with distinction in World War II. Featuring first hand accounts, combat reports, photographs and colour plates depicting the range of profiles and symbolic markings that were used, this book details the history and combat experiences of these pilots who served with such distinction for the Allied cause.

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During World War II Romanian Air Force units fought alongside the Luftwaffe on the Eastern Front. This volume details the 20 Romanian pilots officially made ace during the conflict, including four pilots who claimed more than 30 kills each.

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Although the Russian Imperial Army Air Service consisted of no more than four BAGs, each controlling three or four smaller AOIs equipped with a variety of aircraft types, its fighter pilots nevertheless gave a good account of themselves. This title reveals how some of the aces' fighters were in this often-forgotten theatre of World War 1.

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The Royal Aircraft Factory SE 5/5a was, along with the Sopwith Camel, the major British fighting scout of the last 18 months of the war in France. This unit became famous for the number of aces it had among its pilots. This title profiles most of these SE 5/5a aces.

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The authors present first-hand accounts from a number of the surviving Slovakian and Bulgarian aces, plus material from combat reports which have remained hidden during the decades of communist rule.

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Flown by most leading British and Commonwealth aces, as well as by US aces, the Camel is considered to be the most famous aircraft of World War I. This work covers its combat use on the Western Front, in Palestine, on the Italian front, in the Home Defence role in the UK and in Russia.

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Aiming to dispel many myths about air combat on the Eastern Front, this volume describes the aircraft of the Soviet Air Force during World War II and the aces who flew them.

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Following the destruction wrought on the Red Army Air Forces in June 1941, the Premier Josef Stalin duly appealed directly to Prime Minister Winston Churchill for replacement aircraft, and in late 1941 the British delivered the first of 3360 Hurricanes that would be supplied to the Soviet Union under the Lend-Lease agreement.

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By the end of 1941, the Soviet Union was near collapse and its air force almost annihilated, leaving large numbers of surviving pilots with no aircraft to fly. After the United States entered the war, the Americans extended and sent almost 10,000 fighters to the Soviets. This book is a story of these aircrafts.

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The SPAD VII was the first effective French heavy fighter scout of World War I. It was also the preferred mount of many leading allied aces including the British, Americans, Belgians, Italians and Russians. This title includes 40 profiles of the SPAD VII and accounts of the aircraft.

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This volume details the exploits of the pilots who flew the successful SPAD XIII and the trickier SPAD XII. Built because of the combat inadequacies of the SPAD VII, the XIII first entered service with the French in late 1917. The SPAD XII was the product of improvements to the SPAD VII.

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At the start of the Spanish Civil War, most young fighter pilot officers joined the rebels, while the high ranking officers, grupo or escuadrilla commanders, and the NCOs, sergeants and corporals remained loyal to the government. This volume details the exploits of those pilots.

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The arrival of the Spitfire in Burma came at a crucial time as the RAF struggled against the Japanese to support the Chindit operation on the ground. It played a large part in defeating the enemy. This book tells the stories of the 54 aces who flew against the Japanese, and also those who fought in India and Australia.