...will appreciate this new book.
The High Battleground: Air to Air with World War II's Greatest Combat Aircraft
"Mike Gillespie CanWest News Service : Stunning, oversized book offers a pilot's eye view... the greatest combat aircraft... in all their lethal splendor."
http://www.amazon.com/High-Battleground-Greatest-Aircraft-Legends/dp/1550464922
John Dibbs is the world's leading air-to-air photographer. No one gets closer. This oversized full-color pictorial showcases breathtaking airborne shots of 56 of the most perfectly restored World War II aircraft from the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia, Germany, Japan and Sweden.
Each spread features a historic black-and-white photograph and an exciting profile of a combat veteran who experienced the "high battleground" first-hand.
Some of the featured aircraft:
Supermarine Spitfire LF IXe
Yak 3
Lockheed P-38 Lightning, Joltin' Jose
Mitsubishi A6M5 Type 0 Zero
Messerschmitt Bf 109 Black Six
Bell P39-Q6 Airacobra
Hawker Sea Hurricane lB
Grumman TBM-3 Avenger
Polikarpov I-16
Curtiss Hawk 75
Bristol Blenheim Mk IV
Saab B17
The High Battleground: Air to Air with World War II's Greatest Combat Aircraft
"Mike Gillespie CanWest News Service : Stunning, oversized book offers a pilot's eye view... the greatest combat aircraft... in all their lethal splendor."
http://www.amazon.com/High-Battleground-Greatest-Aircraft-Legends/dp/1550464922
John Dibbs is the world's leading air-to-air photographer. No one gets closer. This oversized full-color pictorial showcases breathtaking airborne shots of 56 of the most perfectly restored World War II aircraft from the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia, Germany, Japan and Sweden.
Each spread features a historic black-and-white photograph and an exciting profile of a combat veteran who experienced the "high battleground" first-hand.
Some of the featured aircraft:
Supermarine Spitfire LF IXe
Yak 3
Lockheed P-38 Lightning, Joltin' Jose
Mitsubishi A6M5 Type 0 Zero
Messerschmitt Bf 109 Black Six
Bell P39-Q6 Airacobra
Hawker Sea Hurricane lB
Grumman TBM-3 Avenger
Polikarpov I-16
Curtiss Hawk 75
Bristol Blenheim Mk IV
Saab B17