Zero A6M

(War Planes in Colour 6).

The Zero fighter, built by Mitsubishi, was Japan's most famous combat aircraft of World War Il. The aircraft was developed in the late 1930s and was first used with devastating success in the China War, but its characteristies still came as a shock to the Allies as the Japanese overran Southeast Asia, Despite its phenomenal qualities of maneuver and range, it possessed many weaknesses, not least of which was a shortage of trained pilots. The Japanese squandered their pilots in che first year of che war and those losses were never made good. The shortage of trained pilots was exacerbated by the fact that the better American pilots were flying aircraft which ultimately outclassed the Zero. Inevitably the Zeros were overwhelmed by the Dauntlesses and other aircraft of the Allied forces, but converted to suicide roles they bravely defended Japan's outer rim of Empire and the Home Islands of Japan itself bitterly to the end of the war. The story of the Zero is told brilliantly by N H Willmott, a historian of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. Illustrated by many rare photographs with color profiles and a cutaway drawing by Mike Badrocke, Zero will be a useful addition to the library of all aviation enthusiasts.

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Autore/i H. P. Willmott
Editore Arms & Armour Press Luogo London
Anno 1980 Pagine 64
Dimensioni 23x29 (cm) Illustrazioni ill. a colori e b/n n.t. - colors and b/w ills
Legatura cart. edit. con sovracc. ill. colori - Hardcover with dustjacket Conservazione Usato ottime condizioni - used very good
Lingua Inglese - English text Peso 800 (gr)
ISBN 085368085X EAN-13 9780853680857