Description
Fighter Aces of World War Two celebrates the most famous and formidable fighter pilots of the conflict.
From the Luftwaffe’s Erich Hartmann, the most successful ace in history, to Britain’s Douglas Bader, America’s Richard Bong, Japan’s Saburō Sakai and Russia’s Lydia Litvyak, the story of the ace is the story of how individual skill and daring could still make a decisive difference amid the vast machinery of total war.
This volume blends thrilling combat accounts, pilot profiles, aircraft analysis and stunning imagery to bring to life the extraordinary men and women whose feats became legend.
Written by renowned military historian Mike Haskew, it provides both a compelling human story and a rigorous historical guide.
