Arado AR 234 Blitz - Op/HS: The World's First Jet Bomber

by Eddie J. Creek and J. Richard Smith

When it appeared over the Western Front in the summer of 1944, the Arado Ar 234 was truly state-of-the-art in terms of aeronautical and technical development. As the world's first operational jet reconnaissance aircraft, it undertook high-speed, high-altitude observation missions over the Allied beachheads in Normandy. In September 1944 and as late as 1945, lone Ar 234s carried out reconnaissance over British ports and also over the Mediterranean...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1906537607
• ISBN13: 9781906537609
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: Crecy Publishing
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 3.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 9.0" x 12.0"