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Works by Gordon Swanborough

Modern Commercial Aircraft (1978) 39 copies
Soviet Air Force fighters Part 1 (1977) — Author — 33 copies
Japanese Army Fighters Part 1 (1976) — Author — 22 copies
RAF fighters. Part 1 (1978) — Author — 21 copies
US Navy and Marine Corps fighters (1976) — Author — 19 copies
U.S. Army Air Force fighters Part 1 (1977) — Author — 18 copies
Japanese Army Fighters Part 2 (1977) — Author — 17 copies
North American: An Aircraft Album (1973) — Author — 17 copies
RAF bombers Part 1 (1979) — Author — 15 copies
Air Enthusiast, Vol. 3 (1972) — Editor — 13 copies
Boeing: An Aircraft Album (1972) 11 copies
The Indian Air Force and Its Aircraft (1982) — Editor — 11 copies
RAF fighters, Part 2 (1979) 11 copies
The Observer's Soviet Aircraft Directory (1975) — Author — 10 copies
RAF bombers, Part 2 (1981) — Author — 7 copies
Air Enthusiast, Vol. 6 (1972) — Editor — 6 copies
Air Enthusiast Quarterly: Number 2 (1976) — Editor — 5 copies
Air Enthusiast 13 (1980) 5 copies
Air Enthusiast 6 (1974) — Editor — 5 copies
Air Enthusiast 15 (1981) 4 copies
Air Enthusiast Quarterly: Number 4 — Editor — 4 copies
Air Enthusiast Quarterly: Number 3 — Editor — 4 copies
Air Enthusiast 8 (1979) — Editor — 4 copies
Air Enthusiast 18 (1982) — Editor — 4 copies
Royal Air Force Yearbook 1985 (1985) — Editor — 4 copies
Air Enthusiast 16 (1981) 4 copies
Air Enthusiast 19 (1982) — Editor — 3 copies
Air enthusiast: 24 (1984) — Editor — 3 copies
Air Enthusiast 21 (1982) 3 copies
Air Enthusiast 17 (1982) 3 copies
Air Enthusiast 20 (1983) 3 copies
AIR ENTHUSIAST TWENTY-SIX — Editor — 2 copies
Flying Colours (1991) 1 copy

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Civil Aircraft of the World (1972) — Author — 14 copies

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Birthdate
1927
Gender
male
Nationality
UK

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Outlines the history of the use of airplanes in battle and provides descriptions and specifications for fighter planes ranging from the 1916 Sopwith Camel to the 1978 Mirage
 
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cy-27 | Jul 13, 2022 |
For many years, William Green and Gordon Swanborough formed a writing team that produced voluminous, detailed, factual writing about aircraft. Their material was ubiquitous and comprehensive. This volume is from a series called "World War 2 Aircraft Fact Files" produced by Macdonald & Janes in the 1970s. It details all the significant - and some of the more obscure - aircraft of the day, as prescribed by the title. This volume covers the products of the Bell and Curtiss companies. There are detailed development and production histories, and a slightly broader account of each type's service record.

Before Wikipedia, this book and many others like it were the go-to source for any historical information on warplanes of the era. Colour is restricted to a two-page spread of representative profiles, but there are plenty of acceptable photographs and a number of three-views and some detailed cutaways. This book and its shelf-mates are never going to be classics of aviation literature - indeed, they do make rather dry reading - but they are comprehensive and worth acquiring if you ever see any.
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