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AIR COMBAT PHOTO HISTORY SERIES |
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This series of illustrated World War Two histories graphically portrays the many facets of aerial combat. Some of the rare photos are drawn from government archives and many from private collections of veterans. All show scenes of air action with captions that, as nearly as possible, identify the date, locale, and describe the event or subject. Some pictures were made by large reconnaissance cameras, either fixed in the nose of recon aircraft of hand held by a crew member. Most of them, those that are less well defined and sometimes slightly out of focus, are clips from gun cameras that ran when the forward guns are fired. In every case they show real battle action that occurred in World War Two, only a short step removed from the technology of World War One. These scenes will not likely be replayed in modern wars, with the advent of smart bombs and long range rockets that destroy targets over the horizon, hundreds of miles from the point of launch. World War Two aerial warfare still had much of the 'knights who go forth to do mortal combat' about it. The adversaries were not exactly beating on each others shields but it was, in most ways, a terrible sort of 'up close and personal' warfare. The men and aircraft are also depicted in order to give the reader a sense of the nature of the war - brave men in frail aircraft who went in harm's way. The deeds of warriors on both sides are viewed here so that future historians may have a record of the violent yet valiant nature of the struggle. S/C £15.95 each 1: LOW LEVEL ATTACK: THE PACIFIC 2: BOMBS, TORPEDOES AND KAMIKAZES |