U.S. Experimental & Prototype Aircraft Projects. Fighters 1039-1945

NORTON, Bill

Published by Speciality Press, (North Branch, MN, 2008

About this Item

First Edition. large quarto, pictorial boards in pictorial dust jacket. (264)pp. Speciality Press, Focuses on those American fighter projects of WWII that never reached combat forces, or only in a very limited manner. The book illuminates little known or minimally documented aircraft and projects that significantly advanced fighter design that never went into full-rate production and deployment. The 'standard' types are also examined to illustrate the 'state-of-the-art' at the time, the American posture and capabilities, goals set by national and military leadership, and general factors affecting the course of development for classes of fighters. Hence, this work follows the overall development of American fighter aircraft, but emphasizes those little-known projects that matured to the point of significant design development such as mockups, wind-tunnel models, and especially those yielding flying prototypes. Also includes 'dead-end' variants of service types, those only exported after US evaluation, and aircraft that entered service in only small numbers before being overcome by more advanced models or the end of hostilities. With photos and drawings of every American fighter of the war and many rare or never-before-published images of little-known types of projects. Jacket a bit wrinkled at top of spine, though binding not bumped. A very fine, clean copy. Jacket not clipped. large quarto, pictorial boards in pictorial dust jacket.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: U.S. Experimental & Prototype Aircraft Projects. Fighters 1039-1945
• Publisher: Speciality Press, (North Branch, MN
• Publication Date: 2008
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
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