TY  - BOOK
AU  - Turner, John Frayn.
TI  - British Aircraft of the Second World War
SN  - 9781473889200
U1  - 623.746 23
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Royal Air Force
KW  - History
KW  - World War (1939-1945)
KW  - fast
KW  - Airplanes, Military
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Pictorial works
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Aerial operations, British
N2  - This unique book, now republished, was the first of its kind to be published on British aircraft of the Second World War. Aviation enthusiasts and aero-modellers can see British aircraft as they really were, through magnificently reproduced colour photographs. Each of the forty-nine types of aircraft is accompanied by a brief 'biography' together with tables of the most important marks and their specifications, engine, span, length, height, weight, crew number, maximum speed, service ceiling, normal range and armament. There is also a section on British aircraft in action, which includes accounts of outstanding exploits by the pilots of different types. John Frayn Turner, the well-known aviation author, has chosen the pictures and provided the text
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