War by Airframe: A Global Story of WWII Aircraft

By Aaron Aaberg

World War II was fought not only with tanks and infantry, but with wings of aluminum, engines of fire, and crews who brought machines to life. War by Airframe tells the complete story of the aircraft that shaped the conflict, from the dusty skies of North Africa to the frozen steppe, from Pacific carriers to the night skies over Berlin.

Unlike many histories that focus narrowly on a single nation's designs, this book traces the war's air power globally, showing how necessity and geography forced nations to invent in different ways. From the Rolls-Royce Merlin to the radial R-2800, from the Bf 109 to the Mustang, from Soviet Yakovlevs to Japanese Zeroes, it explores how airframes reflected industrial might, resource scarcity, and doctrinal choice.

Through narrative detail and technical insight, War by Airframe follows the war year by year, theater by theater, revealing the brutal arithmetic of attrition, the breakthroughs of jet and rocket research, and the unsung work of ground crews, transports, and trainers. More than a catalog of machines, it is a study of how technology and humanity fused in the struggle for air supremacy.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1923570897
• ISBN13: 9781923570894
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"