RAF Second World War Fighters in Profile: More Than 280 Highly Detailed Full Colour Aircraft Designs

By Chris Sandham-Bailey

RAF Second World War Fighters in Profile features more than 280 highly detailed profiles of 15 different aircraft types flown by the Royal Air Force between 1939 and 1945. Full specifications and histories are included for British and Commonwealth fighters operated on all fronts during the conflict, from the iconic Supermarine Spitfire to US lend-lease types such as the Bell P-39 Airacobra and Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, and everything in between.

Written and illustrated throughout by renowned aviation artist Chris Sandham-Bailey, this book offers exquisitely drawn profile views and scale plans of aircraft such as Hawker's Hurricane, Typhoon and Tempest, plus the Westland Whirlwind, Boulton Paul Defiant and more. Covering all of the RAF's high-performance wartime machines, this is indispensable reading for enthusiasts and modellers alike.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1911658069
• ISBN13: 9781911658061
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: HarperTempest
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 3.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.3" x 11.7"