Nicholas Millman,Ronnie Olsthoorn's Ki-61 and Ki-100 Aces (Aircraft of the Aces) PDF

By Nicholas Millman,Ronnie Olsthoorn

ISBN-10: 1780962959

ISBN-13: 9781780962955

this is often the tale of the elite eastern military Air strength (JAAF) aces that flew the Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien (Swallow), and the Ki-100 Goshikisen within the Pacific Theatre of worldwide warfare 2. the previous, codenamed 'Tony' via the allies, used to be a technically first-class plane, owning energy, balance and a very good price of climb - differing appreciably from the standard eastern philosophy of establishing gentle, ultra-manoeuvrable combatants. Its pilots quickly realised, although, that the sort used to be tormented by a couple of harmful mechanical matters. Then because the battle moved relentlessly in the direction of Japan's doorstep, a determined, expedient innovation to the Ki-61 airframe via becoming it with a radial rather than inline engine led to one of many best opponents of worldwide conflict 2 - the Ki-100. This publication makes use of the newest findings to supply a gripping account of a few of the main extraordinary and hard-pressed fighter pilots of the warfare. It unearths how those males, in contrast to such a lot of in their unlucky late-war colleagues, might shock Allied plane in high-performance warring parties and declare successes within the face of huge odds.

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