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Air Combat 1945 : The Aircraft of World War II's Final Year, Paperback / softback Book

Air Combat 1945 : The Aircraft of World War II's Final Year Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

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The final year of World War II witnessed the decline of the piston-engine fighter and the beginning of the jet age.

Taking to the skies were tried-and-true fighters, improved versions of old aircraft, and newly developed jets, including prototypes that flew for the first time just before the war ended. * Hundreds of photos chronicle these dynamic aircraft in Europe and the Pacific * Includes American Mustangs, Thunderbolts, and Shooting Stars (first operational U.S. jet); British Tempests, Spitfires, and Gloster Meteors (first operational Allied jet); German Fw 190s, Bf 109Ks, and Messerschmitt Me 262s (first operational jet fighter); Japanese Ki 100s, Raidens, and Tojos; and many more * Ideal reference for military history fans, scholars, and modelers

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