Description

Covering everything from the purchase of Wright A aircraft in 1908 to modern day Boeings, this is a well researched work. Of particular interest to many enthusiasts will be the Second World War period and years thereafter and the content of this book will not disappoint. Familiar types included under lend-lease such as P-40s, A-20s, C-47s are of course included along with Mustangs, Mitchells, P-47s,B-17s, B-24s, Catalinas and many others.

The fascinating story of the Soviets’ reverse engineering of ‘captured’ B-29s to produce the Tu-4 is detailed and, post WW2, the story includes such gems as S-58s,F-5Es etc and other complete aircraft or bits of them that fell into Soviet hands during the cold war. The text also includes comments on Soviet test pilots’ views on their new charges.

Illustrated with colour and B&W photographs and specially commissioned artwork