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Informationen zum Autor Carl Molesworth is a former newspaper and magazine editor now working as a freelance writer and editor. A graduate of the University of Maryland with a BA in English, Molesworth served as an enlisted man in the USAF from 1968 to 1972 before becoming an award-winning journalist for 35 years and then transitioning to full-time book writing. He has been researching and writing about fighter operations in World War II for nearly 30 years. His previous titles include three books in Osprey's Aircraft of the Aces series, three in the Aviation Elite Units series and two in the Duel series. He is best known for his writing about the China-Burma-India theatre and the Curtiss P-40 fighter. He lives in Washington, USA. Klappentext Known for the distinctive "sharkmouths" decoration on their noses, P-40 fighters first saw combat in China during World War II.Their most common adversary was the Japanese Nakajima Ki-43, nicknamed "Oscar." Carl Molesworth describes and explains the design and development of these two foes, the products of two vastly different philosophies of fighter design. The P-40 was heavily armed and sturdy with armor protection and self-sealing fuel tanks, but paid for this with the loss of speed and a sluggish performance at altitude. The Ki-43 was a rapier to the battleaxe P-40 and the Ki-43 was immensely nimble, though with less firepower and durability. This book examines these two different fighters, and the pilots who flew them over China, with an action-packed text, rare photographs and digital artwork.This book will examine these two very different fighters, and the pilots who flew them in China, with an action-packed text and many rare photos drawn from private collections. Zusammenfassung Known for the distinctive 'sharkmouth' decoration on their noses! P-40 fighters first saw combat in China during World War II. Their most common adversary was the Japanese Nakajima Ki-43! nicknamed 'Oscar.' Carl Molesworth describes and explains the design and development of these two foes! the products of two vastly different philosophies of fighter design. The P-40 was heavily armed and sturdy with armour protection and self-sealing fuel tanks! but paid for this with the loss of speed and a sluggish performance at altitude. The Ki-43 was a rapier to the battleaxe P-40 and the Ki-43 was immensely nimble! though with less firepower and durability. This book examines these two different fighters! and the pilots who flew them over China! with an action-packed text! rare photographs and digital artwork. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionChronologyDesign and DevelopmentTechnical SpecificationThe Strategic SituationThe CombatantsCombatStatistics and AnalysisAftermathFurther ReadingIndex ...
