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Watson´s Whizzers: Operation Lusty and the Race for Nazi Aviation Technology
Wolfgang W.E. Samuel
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Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, over 120 bw images. BIC Classification: HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1104. Operation Lusty and the Race for Nazi Aviation Technology. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBW. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 18. Weight: 1110.
Watson’s Whizzers is the complex story of the meticulously planned and executed disarmament of the Luftwaffe after its defeat in the spring of 1945, and the retrieval and transfer to the United States of Germany’s advanced aeronautical technology and world-class scientists. Technology so superior that it would in short measure change the look of United States air forces. Although General Spaatz in May 1945 had under his command 17,000 planes of all kinds, the largest air armada ever assembled , they were of little future use. The future was about swept wing aircraft flying at supersonic speeds, or close to ... Read more
Watson’s Whizzers is the complex story of the meticulously planned and executed disarmament of the Luftwaffe after its defeat in the spring of 1945, and the retrieval and transfer to the United States of Germany’s advanced aeronautical technology and world-class scientists. Technology so superior that it would in short measure change the look of United States air forces. Although General Spaatz in May 1945 had under his command 17,000 planes of all kinds, the largest air armada ever assembled , they were of little future use. The future was about swept wing aircraft flying at supersonic speeds, or close to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
1103g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764335174
SKU
V9780764335174
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