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Aircraft Versus Aircraft: Illustrated Story of Fighter Pilot Combat Since 1914
by Franks, Norman L.R
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- F/VG++/ND
- ISBN 10
- 1902304047
- ISBN 13
- 9781902304045
- Seller
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About This Item
1998 SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.*Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1998* Publisher: Grub Street.* Binding and cover condition: Colour illustrated soft card covers, no bumps, slight rubs to edges. Very slight shelf wear to corners, no creases to spine or hinge. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, marks or inscriptions, no visible faults. No tanning. FINE* Illustrations: Colour & b/w photos and line drawings/diagrams throughout.* Pages: 197 pp. text. iii pp. bibliography & index at rear.* Product Description:- As soon as the first aeroplane had proved its value in war it became a target, and the fighter pilot was born. This book tells the story of the men and the aircraft in which they fought, from the rudimentary beginnings of tactics to the sophisticated technology of the present day. Using diagrammatic paintings and pinpoint line artwork, the author illustrates the often complex manoeuvres of air combat, and tells the stories of fighter aces such as Baron von Richthofen, Albert Ball, Saburo Sakai, "Sailor" Malan and Joseph McConnell. The book includes strategy and tactics from World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Falklands and the Gulf. This is a NEAR FINE copy with minimal shelf wear & light usage reducing it to VG++*
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- Cocksparrow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 65
- Title
- Aircraft Versus Aircraft: Illustrated Story of Fighter Pilot Combat Since 1914
- Author
- Franks, Norman L.R
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - F/VG++/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1902304047
- ISBN 13
- 9781902304045
- Publisher
- Grub Street
- Place of Publication
- London 200
- This edition first published
- April 1999
- Size
- 27.3 x 21.2 x 1.6 cm
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