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Synopsis
"Traces the brief history of aircraft used in war."
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- PublisherMacmillan
- Publication date1980
- ISBN 10 0330261606
- ISBN 13 9780330261609
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages24
- EditorBruce Bill
- IllustratorJobson Ron, Dugdale, Edited By Bill Bruce Jim
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Guide to Combat Aircraft - Piccolo Explorer Books
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Piper Books Ltd, Oxford, UK, 1981
ISBN 10: 0330261606
ISBN 13: 9780330261609
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Seller: Don's Book Store, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Jobson, Ron; Dugdale, Jim - Illustrators (illustrator). Second Printing. 24 Pages Indexed. Stapled binding with stiff boards. Covers show light wear to edges and corners. No marks or stamps. Interior text and illustrations pages are bright, white, and tight with color illustrations on every page. Juvenile literature. When World War One began in 1914, most military chiefs thought aircraft were useless as weapons. At that time. most "heavier-than-air" machines were flimsily built and had unreliable engines. Flying was a slow and dangerous business and accidents were common. So at first. aircraft were onlv used to search for, spy on, and photograph the enemy. Before long. pilots began to shoot at each other with rifles and pistols. Then before the War was a year old, the first true fighter appeared in European skies. This was the German Fokker E.III which carried a machine-gun rigged to fire forwards. Straight away it began to shoot down hundreds of Allied aircraft. The British quickly produced the first real fighter for the Allies, the Vickers FB5 Gunbus. Seller Inventory # 19847
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