During the years preceding and during WW2, the RAF and the Royal Aircraft Establishment were responsible for the selecti
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Table of contents :
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Introduction
Acknowledgments
PART ONE --
British Fighters
CHAPTER ONE --
Hawker Hurricane
CHAPTER TWO --
Supermarine Spitfire
CHAPTER THREE --
Boulton Paul Defiant
CHAPTER FOUR --
Blackburn Skua / Roc
CHAPTER FIVE --
Fairey Fulmar
CHAPTER SIX --
Hawker Tornado/Typhoon
CHAPTER SEVEN --
Hawker Tempest
PART TWO --
German Fighters
CHAPTER EIGHT --
Messerschmitt Bf 109E/G
CHAPTER NINE --
Focke-Wulf Fw 190A
PART THREE --
American Fighters
CHAPTER TEN --
Brewster Buffalo
CHAPTER ELEVEN --
Curtiss Mohawk
CHAPTER TWELVE --
Bell Airacobra. CHAPTER THIRTEEN --
Curtiss TomahawkCHAPTER FOURTEEN --
Curtiss Kittyhawk
CHAPTER FIFTEEN --
North American Mustang
CHAPTER SIXTEEN --
Republic Thunderbolt
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN --
Grumman Martlet / Wildcat
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN --
Grumman Hellcat
CHAPTER NINETEEN --
Vought Corsair
Glossary
Boost Pressure Conversion Table
Index.