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Aircraft Anatomy of World War II

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Ever wondered about the internal configurations of radical aircrafts like the P-39 Airacobra's propeller driven by a rear mounted engine, the front AND rear mounted engines of the Dornier Do 335, and the P-38 Lightning's twin boom turbo-superchargers and its heavy nose armaments?

This book provides "insightful" 3-D cutaway diagrams of most WW II aircrafts separated into three sections: 1. Bombers and Dive Bombers, 2. Fighter and Ground Attack Aircraft, 3. Transport, Recon, and Maritime Patrol Aircraft. All of the famous warbirds like P-51 Mustang, Spitfire, Bf-109, Hurricane, FW-190, Zero, Mossie, La-5/7, P-47 Jug, F4F Wildcat, F6F Hellcat, F4U Corsair, B-17, Lancaster, PBY Cat, etc...are here! Other more obscure planes like the Arado Ar 234, the Peylyakov Pe-2, Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik, Heinkel He 162 Salamander, Macchi MC.200 series, Me 410 Hornisse, FW-189 Uhu, etc..... weren't overlooked.

Accompanying each aircraft's cutaway diagrams are: the cutaway key denoting what the many components are, a brief Specification table, some wartime photos, and for some famous aircrafts: colorful paintings of these warbirds in action with some technical and historical notes (published previously in Gatefold Books of Warplanes).

Most of the 3-D cutaways were probably seen in other books, but it's very convenient to have most of the drawings compiled into one volume for fun browsing and quick cross-referencing. The only minor drawback: most of the print are rather tiny so extended unmagnified reading may cause some eyestrain.