A Technical directory of the warplanes of the Allied and Axis Countries 1939-1945. printed full color throughout. Two huge fold-outs. Over 780 illustrations of more than 250 major combat aircraft, plus variants. 200 full-color profile drawings. More than 100 color action photographs of authentic wartime aircraft. 25 highly detailed accurate cutaway drawings… capsule specifications and history, detailed performance statistics provide a pictorial and descriptive survey of combat aircraft since the First World War.

Well-illustrated stablemate of the Salamander/Spring Books "Encyclopedia of Air Warfare" and "Encyclopedia of the World's Combat Aircraft".