Nightfighter: Battle for the Night Skies

by KenDelve (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1995

  $3.27

  A comprehensive fresh study of the art of night fighting from WWl origins to the present day. Main emphasis is on the action and technology race of the Second World War, but the subject will be written in an entertaining narrative and presented in a reading narrative format. Complete and full new history, based extensively on squadron papers and airforce archives and new primary research. Exciting aspect of airwar - the actions of the pure nightfighter not the bomber raids. Highly illustrated and with data panels throughout text detailing aircraft types, weapons, equipment, characters and tactics. Extensive use of personal accounts and combat reports.

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  Paperback
  2000

  $3.27

  The fighter aircraft has developed, over a comparatively short time and from primitive beginnings, into a sophisticated machine that combines with the skill and daring of the pilot to achieve 24 hour command of the skies. Even so, nightflying remains a dangerous activity, and in this age of electronic navigation and aircraft control systems the origins of night warfare are easily forgotten. Here, Ken Delve, a former RAF Tornado navigator, traces the remarkable progress of the nightfighter. From the early encounters over southern England and the Western Front in the First World War, through to the multi role aircraft of the new millennium, the story belongs as much to the pilots as it does to the aircraft, and features much in the cockpit detail of individual engagements.