
Название: Tempest V vs Fw 190D-9: 1944-45
Автор: Robert Forsyth, Jim Laurier, Gareth Hector
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Серия: Osprey Duel 97
ISBN: 978 1472829252
Год издания: 2019
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 80
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 16,8 MB
Arguably two of the finest piston-engined fighters ever built, the Tempest V and Fw 190D-9 raised the bar in terms of aircraft design and operational capability during World War II. The long-nosed ‘Dora 9', designed by Kurt Tank, first appeared in the skies over the Western and Eastern Fronts in the late summer of 1944. Fast, and with an exceptional rate of climb, it quickly bettered almost every fighter that the RAF, USAAF and Soviet Red Air Force could field.