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During the years preceding and during WW2, the RAF and the Royal Aircraft Establishment were responsible for the selection and procurement of British military aircraft and also to evaluate their capabilities against captured enemy models whenever possible. During the lend-lease agreement with the USA, the RAF and Fleet Air Arm operated several American designs, each of which was tested to evaluate its potential. This book looks at the key area of fighter aircraft and includes the test results and pilot's own first-hand accounts of flying seventeen different models, designed in the UK, America a.;Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; Acknowledgments; PART ONE -- British Fighters; CHAPTER ONE -- Hawker Hurricane; CHAPTER TWO -- Supermarine Spitfire; CHAPTER THREE -- Boulton Paul Defiant; CHAPTER FOUR -- Blackburn Skua / Roc; CHAPTER FIVE -- Fairey Fulmar; CHAPTER SIX -- Hawker Tornado/Typhoon; CHAPTER SEVEN -- Hawker Tempest; PART TWO -- German Fighters; CHAPTER EIGHT -- Messerschmitt Bf 109E/G; CHAPTER NINE -- Focke-Wulf Fw 190A; PART THREE -- American Fighters; CHAPTER TEN -- Brewster Buffalo; CHAPTER ELEVEN -- Curtiss Mohawk; CHAPTER TWELVE -- Bell Airacobra

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Author

Caygill, Peter

Publisher

Pen and Sword Aviation

Published

2022

Language

EN

ISBN

9781783402076

Category

history

Subjects

History, Engineering, Military

Rating

3.9 / 5 (445 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14