Spitfire VC vs A6M2/3 Zero-sen (e-bog) af Peter Ingman, Ingman
Peter Ingman, Ingman (forfatter)

Spitfire VC vs A6M2/3 Zero-sen e-bog

114,76 DKK (inkl. moms 143,45 DKK)
Just weeks after Pearl Harbor, Darwin was mauled by a massive Japanese attack. Without a single fighter to defend Australian soil, the Australian government made a special appeal to Britain for Spitfires. A year later the Spitfire VC-equipped No 1 Fighter Wing, RAAF, faced the battle-hardened 202nd Kokutai of the IJNAF, equipped with A6M2 Zero-sens, over Darwin. This was a gruelling campaign ...
E-bog 114,76 DKK
Forfattere Peter Ingman, Ingman (forfatter), Gareth Hector, Hector (illustrator)
Udgivet 30 maj 2019
Længde 80 sider
Genrer 1MBFX
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9781472829610
Just weeks after Pearl Harbor, Darwin was mauled by a massive Japanese attack. Without a single fighter to defend Australian soil, the Australian government made a special appeal to Britain for Spitfires. A year later the Spitfire VC-equipped No 1 Fighter Wing, RAAF, faced the battle-hardened 202nd Kokutai of the IJNAF, equipped with A6M2 Zero-sens, over Darwin. This was a gruelling campaign between evenly matched foes, fought in isolation from the main South Pacific battlegrounds. Pilots on either side had significant combat experience, including a number of Battle of Britain veterans. The Spitfire had superior flight characteristics but was hampered by short range and material defects in the tropical conditions, while the Japanese employed better tactics and combat doctrine inflicting serious losses on the over-confident Commonwealth forces. Fully illustrated with detailed full-colour artwork, this is the gripping story of two iconic aircraft facing off against each other above Australia.