Polikarpov I-15, I-16 and I-153 Aces

Author(s): Kari Stenman, Andrew, Thomas Lionel Persyn

Illustrator:  Chris Davey

ISBN:  9781846034091

Date:   February 2009

Series:  Aircraft of the Aces

Catalogue Number : No. AA 86

Category: Available

Format :  B5 Paperback

Pages :   96

About this book
The Curtiss P-36 was considered a revolution in performance design in comparison to other US fighters. Yet by the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor the P-40 was increasingly supplanting the P-36, which the US then exported to France under the guise of the Hawk 75. Flown by the French, captured by the Germans, sold to the Finns, transferred to India and Africa, and even incorporated into the RAF, the Hawk 75 saw service in every theatre of operations and in a variety of combat environments. This book depicts the fascinating life of a plane that fought on both sides in the war, with colour artwork, photographs and first-hand accounts.

Contents:

Chapter1 In the Beginning

Chapter 2 The Battle of France

Chapter 3 In African Skies

Chapter 4 Defending Finland

Chapter 5 The Rising Sun

Chapter 6 ‘Old Soldiers Never Die…’

Appendices