P-40 Curtiss: From 1940-1945 (Planes and Pilots Series) - Softcover

This is the third volume in a new series of books from Histoire & Collections: Planes & Pilots. The books will be devoted in detail to the most prestigious warbirds from the Second World War, featuring over 200 colour illustrations, including aircraft profiles, camouflage and markings, maps and diagrams, plus a lot of previously unpublished archive photographs. The Curtiss P-40 was the first allied fighter of World War II that experienced all battlefields and was used by almost all the allied nations: Americans, British, Soviets, French, Chinese, South Africans, etc. The plane, famous for its role with the Flying Tigers, has assumed an almost mythical standing with aviation enthusiasts. Full colour computer graphics specially created by Daniel Laurelut, a top aviation illustrator for Wingmasters magazine. Full of specially created full colour artwork and unpublished black and white archive photographs. Latest title from the Histoire & Collections stable - this publisher's books are all eagerly awaited by military enthusiasts, and sales are always good