Me 262Author :
Paperback
Published : Thursday 19 January 2023
Description
Using rare first-hand accounts from Me 262 pilots, Robert Forsyth examines what it was like to fly the worldâ?Ts most advanced interceptor in the deadly skies over Germany in 1944â?"45. Right from its operational debut in the summer of 1944, the Me 262 outclassed anything the Allies had in terms of speed and firepower ratio, offering a formidable punch with four 30 mm Mk 108 nose-mounted cannon, and a Jumo 004 jet engine. The problem the Luftwaffe faced, however, was one of numbers. Towards the end of the war, availability of machines and trained pilots was scarce, and it is only thanks to the exploits of a handful of veteran Jagdwaffe aces such as Adolf Galland, Walter Krupinski and Johannes Steinhoff, that the aircraft made a significant impact on the air war and was the source of considerable concern to the Allies. Filled with specially commissioned artwork including action-packed ribbon diagrams, battlescenes, armament views and maps, Robert Forsyth offers the definitive technical and historical guide to the state-of-the-art Me 262, using rare photographs and pilotsâ?T first-hand accounts.
You may also like ...
by
Paperback
25 Apr 2024
History
€18.71
Extended stock – Dispatch 5-7 days
by
Paperback
25 Apr 2024
History
€18.71
Extended stock – Dispatch 5-7 days
by
Paperback
28 Sep 2023
Second World War
€18.71
Extended stock – Dispatch 5-7 days
by
Paperback
19 Jan 2023
Second World War
€18.71
Extended stock – Dispatch 5-7 days
Reviews