Famous Fighters of the Second World War, Volume 1 |
Contents
Fame according to the Oxford English Dictionary | 17 |
Foreword | 63 |
Introduction | 69 |
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Air Force Air Ministry aircraft airframe airscrew Allison altitude armament attained B-29 Superfortress Beaufighter Beaufighter II bomber bombs boost built C-stoff carried cockpit combat completed delivered dive drop-tanks duction engine equipment experimental factory feet fighter fighter-bomber fitted flight testing flown Focke-Wulf ft./min fuel tanks fuselage German h.p. for take-off Havilland Hawker Hawker Aircraft Hawker Hurricane HAWKER TYPHOON Hien high-altitude Hurricane increased initial climb rate installation interceptor Jumo later Lightning loaded weight long-range Luftwaffe machines manœuvrability Mark maximum speed Merlin MESSERSCHMITT BF 109 MG 151 cannon MG FF cannon Mitsubishi MK 108 cannon modified Mosquito mounted Mustang night-fighter nose operational performance pilots power plant pre-production production model prototype radar radiator range re-designed rear fuselage rocket role Rolls-Royce rudder Seafire service ceiling Shiden similar single-seat span Spitfire squadrons standard supercharger Supermarine Supermarine Spitfire Tempest Thunderbolt Typhoon U.S. gallons undercarriage variant wing area Zero-Sen