

Russian Aircraft of World War II: 1939-1945 (Technical Guides) [Ward, Edward] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Russian Aircraft of World War II: 1939-1945 (Technical Guides) Review: A nice, meticulously detailed and illustrated field guide to Soviet aircraft of World War II - The Soviet Union during World War II produced a number of outstanding military aircraft that took on the German armed forces on the Eastern Front, including the Ilyushin Il-2 ground attack aircraft (which Stalin described as being 'as vital to the Red Army as air and bread'), Tupolev Tu-2 tactical bomber, Petlyakov Pe-2 dive bomber, Polikarpov Po-2 utility biplane, the Yakovlev Yak-1/3/7/9, Lavochkin LaGG-1/3 and La-5/7, Polikarpov I-15 and I-16, and Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3 air superiority fighters, and Petlyakov Pe-3 heavy fighter. However, these planes merely the tip of the iceberg in the development of Soviet aviation in World War II, because Soviet aircraft design bureaus also produced some unsung Soviet warplanes of the conflict, including flying boats, long-range bombers, gliders, and reconnaissance aircraft. This field guide documents the great panoply of Soviet aircraft built in World War II, including lesser-known types such as the BI-1 rocket fighter (the only rocket-powered combat plane built by any of the Allies in the war), MDR-4/MTB-1 and MTB-2 maritime patrol flying boats, Antonov A-7 glider, Yakovlev Yak-6 utiility aircraft, and Yermolayev Yer-2 long-range bomber. American and British aircraft supplied to the Red Air Force via Lend-Lease, like the P-39 Airacobra, P-63 Kingcobra, P-40 Warhawk, B-25 Mitchell, and Hawker Hurricane, and it should be noted that the Lisunov Li-2 was the Soviet-built version of the famed Douglas DC-3 airliner and that the Petlyakov Pe-8, the only Soviet bomber aircraft comparable to the B-17, B-24, Lancaster, Halifax, and Stirling in both size and range, was flown by Vyacheslav Molotov to the UK and US for talks with Cordell Hull and Anthony Eden on the Americans and British opening up a second front against Nazi Germany in western Europe. It is quite extraordinary to think that despite the Great Terror of the late 1930s resulting in many of the USSR's great aircraft designers being arrested (the designer of the Stal-7 airliner that formed the basis of the Yer-2, Roberto Bartini, was an Italian refugee from the regime of fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, and Stalin had him jailed on false charges of spying for Italy) and also the pummeling of the Soviet armed forces in the early months of Operation Barbarossa, the Red Air Force would rise from the ashes of Operation Barbarossa like a phoenix to create formidable military aircraft that would lay the foundations for the beginning of the end of the Nazi tyranny by forcing the German armed forces to retreat from Eastern Europe, after which the US and Britain would finish the job of defeating the Nazis after invading the beaches of Normandy. Review: A must for every combat plane buff - Loved it.
| Best Sellers Rank | #1,364,851 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #723 in Aviation History (Books) #2,024 in Military Aviation History (Books) #8,416 in World War II History (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (91) |
| Dimensions | 7.01 x 0.71 x 8.58 inches |
| ISBN-10 | 1838860835 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1838860837 |
| Item Weight | 2.31 pounds |
| Language | English |
| Part of series | Technical Guides |
| Print length | 128 pages |
| Publication date | June 14, 2021 |
| Publisher | Amber Books |
V**N
A nice, meticulously detailed and illustrated field guide to Soviet aircraft of World War II
The Soviet Union during World War II produced a number of outstanding military aircraft that took on the German armed forces on the Eastern Front, including the Ilyushin Il-2 ground attack aircraft (which Stalin described as being 'as vital to the Red Army as air and bread'), Tupolev Tu-2 tactical bomber, Petlyakov Pe-2 dive bomber, Polikarpov Po-2 utility biplane, the Yakovlev Yak-1/3/7/9, Lavochkin LaGG-1/3 and La-5/7, Polikarpov I-15 and I-16, and Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3 air superiority fighters, and Petlyakov Pe-3 heavy fighter. However, these planes merely the tip of the iceberg in the development of Soviet aviation in World War II, because Soviet aircraft design bureaus also produced some unsung Soviet warplanes of the conflict, including flying boats, long-range bombers, gliders, and reconnaissance aircraft. This field guide documents the great panoply of Soviet aircraft built in World War II, including lesser-known types such as the BI-1 rocket fighter (the only rocket-powered combat plane built by any of the Allies in the war), MDR-4/MTB-1 and MTB-2 maritime patrol flying boats, Antonov A-7 glider, Yakovlev Yak-6 utiility aircraft, and Yermolayev Yer-2 long-range bomber. American and British aircraft supplied to the Red Air Force via Lend-Lease, like the P-39 Airacobra, P-63 Kingcobra, P-40 Warhawk, B-25 Mitchell, and Hawker Hurricane, and it should be noted that the Lisunov Li-2 was the Soviet-built version of the famed Douglas DC-3 airliner and that the Petlyakov Pe-8, the only Soviet bomber aircraft comparable to the B-17, B-24, Lancaster, Halifax, and Stirling in both size and range, was flown by Vyacheslav Molotov to the UK and US for talks with Cordell Hull and Anthony Eden on the Americans and British opening up a second front against Nazi Germany in western Europe. It is quite extraordinary to think that despite the Great Terror of the late 1930s resulting in many of the USSR's great aircraft designers being arrested (the designer of the Stal-7 airliner that formed the basis of the Yer-2, Roberto Bartini, was an Italian refugee from the regime of fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, and Stalin had him jailed on false charges of spying for Italy) and also the pummeling of the Soviet armed forces in the early months of Operation Barbarossa, the Red Air Force would rise from the ashes of Operation Barbarossa like a phoenix to create formidable military aircraft that would lay the foundations for the beginning of the end of the Nazi tyranny by forcing the German armed forces to retreat from Eastern Europe, after which the US and Britain would finish the job of defeating the Nazis after invading the beaches of Normandy.
C**N
A must for every combat plane buff
Loved it.
J**R
Nice basic book on Soviet planes from WW2
Nice color illustrations and descriptions of aircraft used by the Soviets. Includes some obscure types and lend lease planes as well.
W**I
Awesome
Russian planes played a pivotal role in the personal 1v1 battles that most dofights devolved into. I mean, uh, that in air combat it don't matter how many of them are out there vrs how many of your guys. For ten seconds or so, at least until someone else jumps into the turn circle, it's a 1 v 1. No quarter asked, no quarter given. You better win. Ahh...war, sublime war. The art and photography world is the best place to escape when life got you down. These are my 3 favorite aviation art books on Amazon: - Aviation Art by Lou Drendel - Airflow by Philip Castle - Great Fighter Jets of the Galaxy 1 by Tim Gibson
E**S
Well written book with good illustrations. Very small print unfortunately.
C**H
Ich habe noch 2 weitere Bücher aus dieser Serie "Technical Guides". Überrascht ist man zunächst, dass das Buch so klein und dünn ist - eher DIN A5-Größe. Verarbeitung, Bindung, Gestaltung, Schutzumschlag - passt alles. Ich habe es mir vor allem gekauft, weil die sowjetischen Flugzeuge aus WKII in der Literatur meiner Ansicht nach unterrepräsentiert sind, obwohl es hier echte "Legenden" gibt. In diesem Buch finden sich z.B. auch gute Infos zu einem meiner Lieblings-Jäger, der Lawotschkin La-5. Außerdem sind die grafischen Darstellungen gelungen, der Text ist reduziert auf das Wesentliche, ohne aber Struktur- und Hintergrundwissen zu vernachlässigen. Ich wollte vor allem kurzweilig schmökern und blättern, dazu brauche ich keine Endlos-Texte. Diese Buch erfüllt genau das, was ich gesucht habe. Ich werde mir daher noch weitere Titel aus der Serie kaufen, einfach, weil ich sie gerne in die Hand nehme. Leider nur auf Englisch, aber auch das kriegt man hin.
C**N
Great art work and supportive text. Describes aircraft I had not seen previously.
S**K
Die Qualität des Buches ist wie die der anderen der Serie gut bis sehr gut. Stabiler Einband, hochwertiges Papier, kräftige Farben und Schrift. Neben einigen Fotos gibt es viele sehr detaillierte Zeichnungen im Seitenriß, selten auch in der Draufsicht. Es sind auch einige sehr gute 'Aktions-Zeichnungen' von Maschinen im Flug vorhanden, teilweise sogar über eine Doppelseite hinweg. Der englische Text ist auch mit mittleren Sprachkenntnissen gut lesbar. Zu dem Begleittext, der fast immer auch Angaben zu den Produktionszahlen beinhaltet, gibt es noch Kästen mit den technischen Angaben. Da es über dieses Themengebiet nur wenig direkt Vergleichbares gibt, ist es erfreulich, dass der Verlag dieses Buch herausbrachte. Behandelt werden nahezu alle im WWII von Rußland in nennenswerter Zahl eingesetzte Flugzeugtypen, darunter auch viele Exoten, die sonst nicht erwähnt werden. Der Band ist viergeteilt in Jagdflugzeuge, Bomber und Schlachtflugzeuge, Aufklärer und Transporter sowie Marineflugzeuge und dort jeweils nach dem Erstflug. Text und technische Angaben liefern nur einen groben Überblick. Zwar werden zum Teil die Unterschiede in den verschiedenen Entwicklungsstufen eines Flugzeugs beschrieben, ein Kästchen mit den technischen Angaben ist aber fast immer nur für die am meisten produzierte Variante enthalten. Und hier liegt auch der Hauptkritikpunkt. Teilweise wird dieser Kasten bei einem Flugzeug drei (!) Mal in völlig identischer Form aufgelistet, mitunter sogar zwei Mal auf einer Doppelseite. Was soll das denn. Da hätte man besser die Daten von Varianten aufgeführt. Die technischen Daten sind zudem in einigen Fällen sehr schlecht recherchiert oder schlicht falsch. Eine I-153 flog bspw. sehr viel schneller als 297 km/h. Zum Glück sind die Fehler 'geballt' nur auf den ersten Seiten. Aufgrund der seltenen Thematik, der hohen Qualität und einiger exklusiver Seitenrisse und Aktionszeichnungen ist das Preis-Leistungsverhältnis m. E. noch gut. Wer tiefere Einblicke insbesondere in Untervarianten und der Leistungsentwicklung eines Flugzeugtyps haben möchte, ist hier nicht richtig. Der Band liefert einen guten Überblick mit einigen Details, ist aber nicht tiefgründig.
P**S
Liked this book, nice pictures and art work
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