Soviet Combat Aircraft of the Second World War, Volume 1Soviet Combat Aircraft of the Second World War, Volume OneGordon and KhazanovSubtitled: Single-Engined Fighters. Arranged by manufacturer, this authoritative study contains the products of Soviet designers Lavochkin, Mikoyan and Yakovlev, as well as several lesser known names.Fact-filled with design and development histories, political backgrounds, production numbers, fligh t test results, operational accounts, and details of units and campaigns. Technical descriptions arebacked up by comprehensive spec tables. Exceptional archive photography. Introduction by Bill Gunst on. Hdbd., 9 1/2"x 12", 184 pgs., 358 bandw ill., 17 color. |
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