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Graphic War: The Secret Aviation Drawings and Illustrations of World War II
Donald Nijboer
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Description for Graphic War: The Secret Aviation Drawings and Illustrations of World War II
Paperback. Graphic War is a superb collection of top-secret drawings, including training manuals and colourful wartime posters, from World War II. Num Pages: 272 pages, Colour photos. BIC Classification: 3JJH; AFF; JWG; JWMV3; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1248.
Graphic War is a superb collection of top-secret drawings, including training manuals and colourful wartime posters, from World War II. They were brilliantly created from a few downed aircraft, but mainly from pilots' views of the enemy in the air, during missions. Almost all of the material was originally listed as restricted - official use onlyA" and previously unpublished in any form. The cutaway drawings of the aircraft and airborne weaponry were critical to the war efforts of Allied and Axis forces alike. As there was little intelligence available to pilots about the design, power and armament on opposing ... Read more
Graphic War is a superb collection of top-secret drawings, including training manuals and colourful wartime posters, from World War II. They were brilliantly created from a few downed aircraft, but mainly from pilots' views of the enemy in the air, during missions. Almost all of the material was originally listed as restricted - official use onlyA" and previously unpublished in any form. The cutaway drawings of the aircraft and airborne weaponry were critical to the war efforts of Allied and Axis forces alike. As there was little intelligence available to pilots about the design, power and armament on opposing ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Firefly Books Ltd
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Erin, Canada
ISBN
9781554078929
SKU
V9781554078929
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-28
About Donald Nijboer
Donald Nijboer is coauthor, with photographer Dan Patterson, of Cockpit: An Illustrated History of World War II Aircraft Interiors, Gunner: An Illustrated History of World War II Aircraft Turrets and Gun Positions and Cockpits of the Cold War.
Reviews for Graphic War: The Secret Aviation Drawings and Illustrations of World War II
This is a very detailed and very different book full of interesting images, the list of which far exceeds the space limited to this review. The diagrams showing the consequences of striking a barrage balloon cable, and those on how to use the cable cutters which were standard equipment on most medium and heavy bombers, sits alongside complete cutaway diagrams ... Read more