Soviet Aces of World War 2

Informationen zum Autor Hugh Morgan is the Director of an autistic charity based in the Midlands. He has long been fascinated by the aviation world, and has written several very successful titles for Osprey. Klappentext No single volume in English has ever appeared in the West dealing with this intriguing subject area, but now that restrictions have relaxed in the former Soviet Union, records of the deeds of the elite pilots of the various Soviet Air Forces are coming to light. Although initially equipped with very poor aircraft, and robbed of effective leadership thanks as much to Stalin's purges in the late 1930s as to the efforts of the Luftwaffe, Soviet fighter pilots soon turned the tables through the use of both lend-lease aircraft like the Hurricane, Spitfire, P-39 and P-40, and home-grown machines like the MiG-3, LaGG-3/5, Lavochkin La-5/7/9 and the Yak-1/3. Zusammenfassung Aiming to dispel many myths about air combat on the Eastern Front, this volume describes the aircraft of the Soviet Air Force during World War II and the aces who flew them. Inhaltsverzeichnis The Making of a Fighter Ace Evolution of VVS Fighter Aviation 1941-45 Fighter Aircraft and their Aces The Leading Aces Appendices

Product details

• Authors: Hugh Morgan
• Assisted by: John Weal (Illustration), Weal John (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.10.1997
• EAN: 9781855326323
• ISBN: 978-1-85532-632-3
• No. of pages: 100
• Dimensions: 183 mm x 248 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Aircraft of the Aces; Osprey Aircraft of the Aces S.; Aircraft of the Aces (Osprey); Aircraft of the Aces; Aircraft of the Aces (Osprey); Osprey Aircraft of the Aces S.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; Eastern Europe, European History, HISTORY / Military / World War II, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, HISTORY / Military / Weapons, Air forces & warfare, Warfare & defence, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), History: specific events and topics, Air forces and warfare, Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, Weapons and equipment