The Petlyakov Pe-2: Stalin's Successful Red Air Force Light Bomber

by Peter C Smith and Peter C. Smith

Book Overview

During the Second World War, the Soviet Union's Petlyakov Pe-2 Peshka dive-bomber was unique in that it was as fast as most fighter aircraft. This was in a period when it was considered by the RAF that it was impossible for monoplane aircraft to conduct vertical bombing with any degree of success.

During the war the Pe-2 was the principal dive- and light-bomber of Russia's air power across the vast Eastern Front and it continued in service...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1399021338
• ISBN13: 9781399021333
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: Air World
• Length: 456 Pages