Ki-61 and Ki-100 Aces Paperback / softback
by Nicholas Millman
Illustrated by Ronnie Olsthoorn
Part of the Aircraft of the Aces series
Paperback / softback
Description
This is the story of the elite Japanese Army Air force (JAAF) aces that flew the Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien (Swallow), and the Ki-100 Goshikisen in the Pacific Theatre of World War 2.
The former, codenamed 'Tony' by the allies, was a technically excellent aircraft, possessing power, stability and a good rate of climb - differing radically from the usual Japanese philosophy of building light, ultra-manoeuvrable fighters.
Its pilots soon realised, however, that the type was plagued by a number of dangerous mechanical issues.
Then as the war moved relentlessly closer to Japan's doorstep, a desperate, expedient innovation to the Ki-61 airframe by fitting it with a radial instead of inline engine resulted in one of the finest fighters of World War 2 - the Ki-100.
This book uses the latest findings to provide a gripping account of some of the most remarkable and hard-pressed fighter pilots of the war.
It reveals how these men, unlike so many of their unfortunate late-war colleagues, could surprise Allied aircraft in high-performance fighters and claim successes in the face of enormous odds.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:96 pages, 90 b/w; 32 col
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:20/11/2015
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- ISBN:9781780962955
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:96 pages, 90 b/w; 32 col
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:20/11/2015
- Category:
- ISBN:9781780962955
