Cockpit: An Illustrated History of World War II Aircraft Interiors
by Donald Nijboer
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While there is no shortage of books on Second World War fighter aircraft, Cockpit is the first book to take us inside so many of the most revered and feared fighters and bombers of the war, including rare shots of Japanese and German aircraft interiors. Built during the crisis of war, the cockpits and aircraft featured in this book were marvels of technology and ingenuity. A candid "pilot's perspective" accompanies the story of each plane. Cockpit offers an unprecedented inside view of these show more extraordinary airplanes and the men who flew them. show lessTags
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Cockpit is the first book to take us inside so many of the most revered and feared fighters and bombers of the war, including rare shots of Japanese and German aircraft interiors. Built during the crisis of war, the cockpits and aircraft featured in this book were marvels of technology and ingenuity. A candid "pilot's perspective" accompanies the story of each plane.
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- Important events
- World War II (1939 | 1945)
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- Nonfiction, History
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- 623.7 — Applied science & technology Engineering Military Vehicles: Land, Air, & Sea Military Aviation; Military Wheeled & Tracked Vehicles; Related Technologies
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- TL681 .C6 .N55 — Technology Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics Aeronautics. Aeronautical engineering
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