Warplanes Of World War II Up Close

2016·53.4 MB·English

by  Robert Jackson

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This edition published in 2016 by:
The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc.
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New York, NY 10010

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Jackson, Robert, 1941-.
Warplanes of World War II up close / Robert Jackson.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-1-5081-7078-5 (library bound)
Subjects: LCSH: Airplanes, Military--History--20th century--Juvenile literature. | World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations--Juvenile literature.
UG1240.J33 2016
940.54'4--de23

Manufactured in the United States of America
Contents

Introduction

Creating the Digital Models
Avro Lancaster

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Boeing B-29 Superfortress

Bristol Beaufighter

Consolidated B-24 Liberator

Curtiss P-40 Warhawk

De Havilland Mosquito
Douglas A-20

Fairey Swordfish

Focke Wulf Fw 190
Grumman TBM-3 Avenger
Grumman F6F Hellcat
Hawker Hurricane
Hawker Typhoon

Heinkel He 111

Ilyushin II-2 Shturmovik

Junkers Ju 87 Stuka
Junkers Ju 88
Kawanishi NIKI
Lockheed P-38 Lightning
Messerschmitt Bf 109
Messerschmitt Bf 110
Messerschmitt Me 163
Messerschmitt Me 262
Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero
Mitsubishi G4M ‘Betty’
Nakajima B5N

Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate

North American P-51 Mustang

Northrop P-61 Black Widow
Republic P-47 Thunderbolt
Supermarine Spitfire
Vought F4U Corsair
Westland Lysander
Yakovlev Yak-3

Glossary

For More Information

Fur Further Reading

Index
6 Introduction

Introduction

Between 1939 and 1943, huge advances were made in the capability of combat aircraft. From Britain came the
legendary Spitfire and Hurricane, and the bombers that would take the war to the heart of Germany: the
Wellington and Lancaster, while from the United States came the B-17 Flying Fortress, the B-24 Liberator, and
the fighters that would enable the American daylight bombers to survive during their early forays into hostile
skies: the P-47 Thunderbolt and the P-38 Lightning. With these aircraft, Allied forces would pound the Third
Reich around the clock, the RAF by night and the USAAF by day.

BokING B-17G FLYING FORTRESS