Soviet Aces of World War 2
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Soviet Aces of World War 2
By (Author) Hugh Morgan
Illustrated by John Weal
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Osprey Publishing
15th October 1997
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
European history
Second World War
Modern warfare
Weapons and equipment
History: specific events and topics
940.544947
Physical Properties
Paperback
100
Width 184mm, Height 248mm, Spine 7mm
330g
Description
No single volume in English has ever appeared in the West dealing with this intriguing subject area, but now that restrictions have relaxed in the former Soviet Union, records of the deeds of the elite pilots of the various Soviet Air Forces are coming to light. Although initially equipped with very poor aircraft, and robbed of effective leadership thanks as much to Stalin's purges in the late 1930s as to the efforts of the Luftwaffe, Soviet fighter pilots soon turned the tables through the use of both lend-lease aircraft like the Hurricane, Spitfire, P-39 and P-40, and home-grown machines like the MiG-3, LaGG-3/5, Lavochkin La-5/7/9 and the Yak-1/3.
Author Bio
Hugh Morgan is the Director of an autistic charity based in the Midlands. He has long been fascinated by the aviation world, and has written several very successful titles for Osprey. Arguably the finest profile artist in the business, Joan Weals love of German aircraft makes his work a treat for students of the subject. He has written several Aces volumes, and two books on the JU 87 in the companion series Combat Aircraft.
