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War Planes Of The Second World War (Green) #4
War Planes of the Second World War: Fighters, Volume 4
London, Macdonald, 1961, 16mo cartonato con sovraccopertina illustrata, pp. 207, numerosissime foto e profili a tre viste di aerei da combattimento (War planes of the second world war, 4).
- GenresAviation
192 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1960
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William Green
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William Green (1927 – 2 January 2010) was an aviation and military author, following service with Britain's Royal Air Force, where he wrote for the Air Training Corps Gazette (later to be become the Air Pictorial).
Green was Technical Director to the RAF Flying Review, and then Editorial Director when it became Flying Review International. In 1971 he and Gordon Swanborough jointly created the monthly Air International, of which he remained Managing Editor until late 1990.
Green edited numerous editions of Observers book of Aircraft and spent most of his adult life doing research and writing on aircraft and aviation. His work Warplanes of the Third Reich is seen as a classic aviation publication. Along with Gordon Swanborough, he also wrote several books for Salamander Books including The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Worlds Commercial Aircraft, Illustrated Anatomy of the World's Fighters and Flying Colours.
William Green (1927 – 2 January 2010) was an aviation and military author, following service with Britain's Royal Air Force, where he wrote for the Air Training Corps Gazette (later to be become the Air Pictorial).
Green was Technical Director to the RAF Flying Review, and then Editorial Director when it became Flying Review International. In 1971 he and Gordon Swanborough jointly created the monthly Air International, of which he remained Managing Editor until late 1990.
Green edited numerous editions of Observers book of Aircraft and spent most of his adult life doing research and writing on aircraft and aviation. His work Warplanes of the Third Reich is seen as a classic aviation publication. Along with Gordon Swanborough, he also wrote several books for Salamander Books including The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Worlds Commercial Aircraft, Illustrated Anatomy of the World's Fighters and Flying Colours.
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March 2, 2026
William Green is known to be the best writer about World War II combat aircraft, and this series of compact but detailed handbooks cemented his reputation in the early 1960s.
This 4th Volume is the final one dealing with Interceptor/Fighter/Pursuit aircraft, and in maintaining the convention of keeping to Alphabetical order by nation of manufacturer, this Volume 4 outlines great detail on all the fighters in action for the United States of America, including Army, Marine Corps and Navy, in Europe, the MTO, CBI and Pacific, including Carrier based fighters. Once again, the detail is impressive and thoroughly researched, and includes obscure and rare fighter aircraft that saw just prototype testing or limited action. A fascinating tour. Of course the old favourites like the P-40, Mustang, Thunderbolt, Lightning are covered with multiple chapters to outline the different variants where great changes occurred over the life of the design. The rarities like the Ryan FR-1 Fireball and Macdonnell XP-67 are sure to stump even the most obsessed WW 2 aircraft nut!
The book concludes with descriptions and profiles of two Yugoslavian fighter aircraft, the Ikarus IK-2 and Rogozarski IK-3... true rarities!
This 4th Volume is the final one dealing with Interceptor/Fighter/Pursuit aircraft, and in maintaining the convention of keeping to Alphabetical order by nation of manufacturer, this Volume 4 outlines great detail on all the fighters in action for the United States of America, including Army, Marine Corps and Navy, in Europe, the MTO, CBI and Pacific, including Carrier based fighters. Once again, the detail is impressive and thoroughly researched, and includes obscure and rare fighter aircraft that saw just prototype testing or limited action. A fascinating tour. Of course the old favourites like the P-40, Mustang, Thunderbolt, Lightning are covered with multiple chapters to outline the different variants where great changes occurred over the life of the design. The rarities like the Ryan FR-1 Fireball and Macdonnell XP-67 are sure to stump even the most obsessed WW 2 aircraft nut!
The book concludes with descriptions and profiles of two Yugoslavian fighter aircraft, the Ikarus IK-2 and Rogozarski IK-3... true rarities!
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