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

by Peter C Smith and Peter C. Smith

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: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526759306
• ISBN13: 9781526759306
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Air World
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.3" x 9.4"