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Night Fighters: a Development and Combat History

Door Bill Gunston

Categorie
Algemeen Militaria
Boeknummer
#326035-AC19
Titel
Night Fighters: a Development and Combat History
Auteur
Gunston, Bill
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
Stroud : Sutton Publishing
Jaar van uitgave
2003
ISBN10
0750934107
ISBN13
9780750934107
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original black boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrated with b/w photographs, small 4to.
Samenvatting

From its beginnings during the First World War, the role of the dedicated night fighter aircraft and its pilots has evolved almost out of recognition. The Second World War proved to be a hot house for development in aircraft technology and fighting tactics, honing the night fighter into a deadly combat machine. Featuring an updated glossary and appendix, and with new illustrations throughout, this new edition reflects the massive changes in technology, specifically today's radars and air-to-air missiles, and in tactics in recent years. Legendary aviation author Bill Gunston shows the problems of tracking aerial targets by radar, and the even greater problems of guiding a fighter into the right patch of sky at night to make an interception. As well as being an accurately detailed technica
... (Lees verder)l account of the problems and their resolution, the book is also an exciting narrative that actually puts the reader into the cockpit.
Pagina's
276
Conditie
Goed — Remnants of glue (removed sticker) on front dust jacket; top corner slightly bumped.
Prijs
€ 10,00

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