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America's military aircraft industry was forced to grow at an incredible pace during World War II. At the beginning of the conflict, the nation's air arms were out-matched by better-performing Axis aircraft. It was the development, often in secret, and subsequent employment of America's fighter aircraft that helped turn the tide of the war. This book 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 nat...… (lisätietoja)
 
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MasseyLibrary | Jul 7, 2023 |
The more you keep in mind that this is basically a collection of case studies the more satisfied that you'll be with this work. Though I would have liked to have seen a better effort at citing the government documents included in the biography (at least giving the repository where viewed) there are some very interesting stories here, particularly in regards to rotary-winged aircraft and combat drones.
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6
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66
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#259,059
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½ 3.5
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2
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25

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