Queen of the Midnight Skies: The Story of America's Air Force Night Fighters (Schiffer Military History)

Книга Queen of the Midnight Skies: The Story of America's Air Force Night... Queen of the Midnight Skies: The Story of America's Air Force Night Fighters Книги Вооружение Автор: Garry R. Pape, Ronal C. Harrison Год издания: 1992 Формат: pdf Издат.:Schiffer Publishing Страниц: 351 Размер: 94.07 ISBN: 0887404154 Язык: Английский0 (голосов: 0) Оценка:Queen of the Midnight Skies is the story of American Night Fighters during World War II. This book chronicles not only the aptly named P-61 ""Black Widow"", but also the Douglas P-70 series, the P-38 night fighter variants, the Bristol Beaufighter, B-25s, DeHavilland Mosquito, XA-26A and the P-39.Missing: cover and some pages. This new book chronicles not only the aptly named P-61 "Black Widow", but also the Douglas P-70 series, the P-38 night fighter variants, the Bristol Beaufighter, B-25s and the DeHavilland Mosquito - the proposed XA-26A and the P-39 nightfighters are also discussed. Historical accounts of American night fighter pilots, as well as the complets history of all night fighter squadrons formed during World War II are included, as is the development of radar and modern air defenses. This book is the product of over twenty years of study and research. Its sources include the National Archives, Northrop Aircraft archived, the U.S. Air Force Museum, the Imperial War Museum, the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum and interviews with P-61 test pilots, designers and engineers. Garry Pape's previous works include books on the P-61 and the P-38 night-fighter versions. He is currently employed by Northrop, after years with Hughes and Lockheed, and lives in California. Brig. Gen. Ronald Harrison is an F-16 Wing Commander in the Air Force Reserves, and lives in Georgia as an attorney. En beskrivelse af, hvorledes amerikanerne udviklede og opstillede natjager-enheder under 2. verdenskrig, hvor de måtte lære af RAF, der tidligt indså nødvendigheden af natoperationerne i luftkrigen