An edition of Wings of war (1994)

Wings of war

fighting WWII in the air

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An edition of Wings of war (1994)

Wings of war

fighting WWII in the air

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Wings of War is the first book ever to present the complete story of World War II U.S. aviation in full color. Author Jeffrey Ethell has gathered a unique collection of 181 rare color photographs from former U.S. pilots and ground crews in Europe, North Africa, Italy, New Guinea, and the Pacific. Their experiences, captured on vintage Kodachrome, counterbalance the newsreel footage, photojournalism, and photographic archives that have contributed to World War II being pictured in black and white.

Presented here in full color are open-cockpit biplanes used in training, Catalinas, B-17 Flying Fortresses and B-29 Superfortresses (including the Enola Gay, which dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima), C-47 Skytrains ("Dakotas"), A-36 Invaders, B-24s, B-26 Marauders, P-38 Lightnings, P-40s, P-47 Thunderbolts, P-51 Mustangs, F4U Corsairs, F6F Hellcats (the first U.S. planes to beat the Japanese Zeros), British Spitfires with American insignia, and many of the other planes that saw action.

These exceptional images are accompanied by first-person narratives involving the men and machines during the war. Each photograph has a personal story behind it, with anecdotes from the veterans. With such vivid color and lively recollection, Wings of War will bring readers as close to the 1939-45 air war as they will ever get - unless they were there.

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Greenhill Books
Language
English
Pages
136

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Wings of war: fighting WWII in the air
1994, Naval Institute Press
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Wings of war: fighting WWII in the air
1994, Greenhill Books
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London

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Dewey Decimal Class
940.54/4973
Library of Congress
D790 .E85 1994

The Physical Object

Pagination
xix, 136 p. :
Number of pages
136

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL19967049M
Internet Archive
wingswarfighting00ethe
ISBN 10
1853671916
OCLC/WorldCat
31376193
Library Thing
4934524

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