WW II Air War : The Men, the Machines, the Missions

By Walter J. (fwd.) Boyne

Book Overview

WW II Air War : The Men, the Machines, the Missions This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558361936
• ISBN13: 9781558361935
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Chain Sales Marketing Inc.
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 2.04 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Collection of Air Warfare Articles from AVIATION HISTORY Magazine!

Anyone interested in aviation will be familiar with AVIATION HISTORY, a bi-monthly magazine featuring a mixture of articles on civilian and military topics. WII AIR WAR is a collection of 17 articles taken from past issues of AH and published in 1996 by Cowles Publishing. As befits its sub-title, the book is divided into three sections: 'The Men,' 'The Machines' and 'The Missions.' The first section has six articles on Erich Hartmann, Dick Bong, Butch O'Hare, etc. The middle section - 'Machines' - contains five articles spotlighting the Zero, the Mustang, the atomic bomb, buzz bombs and the Avenger. The final section is made up of six articles on famous missions such as the Dambuster strike, the Doolittle raid and the P-38 interception that killed Yamamoto. Some well-known authors contributed to WWII AIR WAR including C. V. Glines, John Stanaway and Robert Mikesh. Each article is illustrated with black & white and/or color photographs and air combat artwork by the likes of Robert Taylor, Stan Stokes, Roy Grinnell, William S. Phillips and Harley Copic. Despite its cobbled-together nature, WWII AIR WAR is a perfectly fine collection of stories on notable fliers, aircraft and missions. The artwork makes it an especially attractive package. Recommended. ***** NB. Though not as prolific or well known as others like Robert Taylor, Harley Copic, in my estimation, is THE best aviation artist of the past 30 years. In terms of technical accuracy and atmosphere, Copic was/is unbeatable. No one painted Mustangs better than Copic; check out his GENTILE AND GODFREY painting on p. 75!