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Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-101855325195
ISBN-139781855325197
eBay Product ID (ePID)1571377
Product Key Features
Book TitleThunderbolt and Lightning : P-47 and P-38 the Jug and the Fork-Tailed Devil of the Usaaf
Number of Pages128 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicAviation / History, Military / Aviation
Publication Year1996
IllustratorYes
GenreTransportation, History
AuthorOsprey
Book SeriesNew Colour Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight15.9 Oz
Item Length1.1 in
Item Width1.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal623.7/46/4
SynopsisTakes a pictorial tour around surviving examples of the P-38 Lightning and P-47 Thunderbolt, the fighter workhorses of the USAF in all theatres of the Second World War, and includes spectacular air-to-air shots of restored models, as well as archive material such as wartime recruiting posters and adverts, and views of aircraft restoration in progress., The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt and Lockheed P-38 Lightning were vastly different designs, but both these aircraft served with distinction in the fighter escort and fighter-bomber role across Europe and the Pacific. The mighty Thunderbolt was easily the heaviest single-engined fighter to see operational service in World War II, attracting the nickname 'Juggernaut' (soon abbreviated to 'Jug') by its pilots. The P-38 offered twin-engine security and packed a devastating punch with its closely grouped combination of cannon and machine guns. Michael O'Leary's magnificent air-to-air studies of the surviving airworthy aircraft.