World War II Fighter Plane Spotter's Guide

World War II saw the combatants race to outdo one another in design and manufacture in a desperate bid to field new and improved weapons that would clinch victory. Nowhere was this rivalry more fierce or marked than in the air. The war saw fighter aircraft progress from piston-driven planes at the outbreak of war to the dawn of the jet age by the war's end. This handy pocket guide gives the reader the essential details of each fighter in roughly chronological order. Drawing on Osprey's comprehensive aviation archive, the World War II Plane Spotter's Guide uses detailed profile artwork to illustrate and aid recognition, as well as specification boxes to provide all the technical details.