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  • Me 262 Units in Combat

    Me 262 Units in Combat by Forsyth, Robert;

    Series: Combat Aircraft; 155;

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    Product details:

    • Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
    • Date of Publication 19 December 2024
    • Number of Volumes Paperback

    • ISBN 9781472860774
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages96 pages
    • Size 264x184x2 mm
    • Weight 300 g
    • Language English
    • Illustrations Colour artwork plates and maps; black & white and colour photographs and illustrations.
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    Long description:

    An illustrated account of the first jet-powered combat aircraft, the Messerschmitt Me 262, and its short but action-packed career during World War 2.

    Powered by the Jumo 004 jet engine, the Me 262 outclassed anything the Allies had in terms of speed and firepower, offering, as an interceptor, a formidable punch with four 30 mm MK 108 nose-mounted cannon. Such a blend of armament and speed allowed the Me 262A-1a not just to inflict carnage on the Allied heavy bomber formations, but also to evade their fighter escorts - even the later marks of Spitfire and the formidable American P-51 Mustang.

    In this new study, Luftwaffe historian Robert Forsyth utilises first-hand accounts from Me 262 pilots to chronicle actions against Allied bombers and their escorts, as well as detailing hit-and-run bomber attacks on road junctions, Allied airfields, vehicle columns, troop assemblies and supply dumps. All of these aspects of the Me 262 are enhanced by vivid illustrations, including archival photographs and specially commissioned profile artworks.

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    Table of Contents:

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    1. Design and Development
    2. 1944 - Year of Defiance
    3. Performance, Projects and Possibilities
    4. Weaponry - the Quest for Victory (air-to-air bombing, R4M, MK 214)
    5. Night Defender
    6. 1945 - Year of Attrition
    Appendices
    Index

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