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  • Pilot Training Manual for the B-17 Flying Fortress
    United States Army Air Force
    With the first prototype rolling off the assembly line in 1935, the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was the world’s first truly mass-produced four engined heavy bomber. The B-17 was used as the backbone of the US Army Air Force’s strategic bomber forces through all theaters of the Second World War. Used as a strategic bomber from Europe to Burma to the Pacific and North Africa, the...
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    32,08 €

  • PT-19, PT-23 and PT-26 Airplanes Pilot’s Flight Operating Instructions
    United States Army Air Force
    As late as 1940, the majority of Army Air Force trainees received flight lessons in biplanes such as the PT-17. The advent of high-performance combataircraft led the USAAF to seek a new plane for primary training, that would better simulate a modern fighter aircraft. Fairchild’s M62, a two-seat monoplane with a higher stalling speedthat required careful flying, beat out 17 com...
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    10,71 €

  • Pilot’s Flight Operating Instructions for Army Model B-29 Airplanes
    United States Army Air Force
    The Boeing B-29 was one of the most sophisticated aircraft of WWII. It featured many innovations including guns that could be fired by remote control and pressurized crew compartments. It was also the heaviest production plane of the war with terrific range and bomb carrying capabilities. Carrying a crew of ten, the Superfortress devastated Japan in a series of gigantic raids i...
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    13,96 €

  • P-47 Thunderbolt Pilot’s Flight Operating Instructions
    United States Army Air Force
    Known as the 'Jug' because of its distinctive fuselage shape, the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt flew in every theater of WWII except Alaska. Nearly 13,000 were built by war’s end. The large aircraft boasted eight Browning machine guns and up to 2,000 lbs. of bombs or rockets, and proved deadly as a fighter and bomber. The radial Pratt and Whitney powerplant put out over 2500 h.p. a...
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    11,99 €

  • P-38 Lighting Pilot’s Flight Operating Instructions
    United States Army Air Force
    Originally designed as a high-altitude interceptor, the P-38 was the first U.S. fighter of WWII to compare with the Spitfire and Me-109. The twin-tailed, single seat 'Fork Tailed Devil'carried four .50-caliber machine guns and a 20mm cannon, and could fly at speeds above 400 mph. An extremely successful design, it was the primary long-range fighter for the Army AirForce until t...
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    14,08 €

  • P-51 Mustang Pilot’s Flight Operating Instructions
    United States Army Air Force
    Used primarily as a long-range bomber escort in raids over Germany, the North American P-51 Mustang earned a reputation for toughness and agility in dogfights. Carrying a two-stage supercharged V-12 Merlin engine and armed with six .50 caliber machine guns, the P-51 helped the Allies gain air superiority in the skies over Europe. P-51s were flown by the famed Tuskegee Airmen, a...
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    16,69 €

  • P-51 Mustang Pilot’s Flight Operating Instructions
    United States Army Air Force
    Used primarily as a long-range bomber escort in raids over Germany, the North American P-51 Mustang earned a reputation for toughness and agility in dogfights. Carrying a two-stage supercharged V-12 Merlin engine and armed with six .50 caliber machine guns, the P-51 helped the Allies gain air superiority in the skies over Europe. P-51s were flown by the famed Tuskegee Airmen, a...
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    24,84 €

  • North American B-25 Mitchell Bomber Pilot's Flight Operating Manual
    United States Air Force Academy / United States Army Air Force
    In April of 1942, sixteen American bombers raided Tokyo, Japan. The planes were land-based B-25 Mitchells, audaciously launched from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet, and led by Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle. The attack caused little actual damage, but dealt a serious blow to Japanese morale. More importantly, it gave hope to an American public still reeling from Pearl Harbor. Manufa...
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    30,38 €