
Название: US Fighters of WWII
Автор: Martyn Chorlton
Издательство: Kelsey Publishing
Серия: Aeroplane Special Aviation Archive
ISBN: 978 1909786226
Год издания: 2014
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 100
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 80,4 MB
The fighter is often seen as the most glamorous of all combat aircraft during the Second World War; flown by a single pilot, armed with a battery of machine guns and/or cannon or, very often, bombs and rockets. Many who wanted to join an air force to fly and fight would initially set their sights on being a fighter pilot. Those who were successful were given a unique opportunity to fly a machine in combat in many theatres against a variety of opponents of varying experience. The many young men who volunteered to serve with the USAAC were no exception and there was no shortage of recruits following the United States' abrupt entry into the Second World War following the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.