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Hawker Hurricane - Supermarine Spitfire

Author : Mantelli - Brown - Kittel - Graf
Publisher : Edizioni R.E.I.
ISBN 13 : 2372973053
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (729 download)

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Download or read book Hawker Hurricane - Supermarine Spitfire written by Mantelli - Brown - Kittel - Graf and published by Edizioni R.E.I.. This book was released on 2017-01-02 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: L'Hawker Hurricane ("Uragano" in lingua inglese) è stato il primo caccia britannico moderno prima dello scoppio della seconda guerra mondiale. Fino al 1941 l'Hurricane fu l'aereo da combattimento più largamente usato dalla Royal Air Force e quello che sostenne l'urto dei primi scontri con i velivoli della Luftwaffe nei cieli della Francia e della Gran Bretagna. Quasi 3.000 aerei di questo tipo vennero consegnati all’Urss, per la legge Affitti & Prestiti, ma i piloti sovietici furono in genere molto critici con il caccia della Hawker, ritenuto inferiore, non solo ai caccia tedeschi, ma anche ai propri. Primo caccia monoplano della RAF, primo aereo dotato di otto mitragliatrici, era il mezzo aereo disponibile in maggior numero per contrastare le ondate di attacco della Luftwaffe durante la Battaglia d’Inghilterra. Disponibile in ventisei reparti all’inizio dell’estate del 1940, ad agosto se ne contavano trentadue contro le diciannove di Spitfire. Pilotato da assi come Douglas Bader che lo resero una leggenda, l’Hawker Hurricane Mk I, sebbene inferiore al Bf 109-E, dimostrò di essere comunque un cavallo di razza, e soprattutto in alta quota riusciva a essere più maneggevole e quindi, per questo, più adatto cacciatore di bombardieri. “Sua maestà lo Spitfire”. Quest'aereo è una leggenda dell'aria, un vero brand, e la sua immagine è indissolubilmente legata alla vittoria britannica nella Battaglia d'Inghilterra. È uno dei pochissimi, forse l’unico, il cui nome suscita qualche immagine anche a un profano di cose d’aviazione storica. Tuttavia è anche un velivolo che, a un certo punto, ha fatto il suo tempo: ottima macchina difensiva, pesantemente armata, molto agile, velocissima in salita, tuttavia la mancanza di raggio d'azione e di capacità di carico sufficiente non gli ha giovato nel prosieguo della guerra. Il nome Spitfire fu suggerito da Sir Robert MacLean, il direttore della Vickers-Armstrongs all'epoca, il quale chiamava la propria figlia Ann «a little spitfire» (una piccola sputafuoco), un modo di dire elisabettiano per indicare una persona impetuosa.

Fighter Aircraft of World War Two

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (656 download)

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Download or read book Fighter Aircraft of World War Two written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Battle of Britain

Author : Richard Ward
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780850450064
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Battle of Britain written by Richard Ward and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hawker Hurricane

Author : Peter Jacobs
Publisher : Crowood Press (UK)
ISBN 13 : 9781861261267
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (612 download)

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Download or read book Hawker Hurricane written by Peter Jacobs and published by Crowood Press (UK). This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The RAF expansion programme in the years leading up to World War II saw the emergence of two superlative fighters, the Supermarine Spitfire and the Hawker Hurricane. This is an examination of the workhorse of the RAF Fighter Command. Although best known for its successes in the Battle of Britain, the Hurricane served throughout the war, with great success over the Western Desert and Malta. This account covers the Hurricane's design, development, and operational career.

Duel of Eagles

Author : Peter Townsend
Publisher : Booksales
ISBN 13 : 9780785815686
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (156 download)

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Download or read book Duel of Eagles written by Peter Townsend and published by Booksales. This book was released on 2008-05-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Former RAF ace chronicles the growth of the Royal Air Force and the Luftwaffe and their decisive engagements during the Battle of Britain in 1940.

Battle of Britain. Hawker Hurricane, Supermarine Spitfire, Messerschmitt BF. 109. Ill. by Richard Ward

Author : Peter G. Cooksey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780668021203
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (212 download)

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Download or read book Battle of Britain. Hawker Hurricane, Supermarine Spitfire, Messerschmitt BF. 109. Ill. by Richard Ward written by Peter G. Cooksey and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hawker Hurricane

Author : Dominique Breffort
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9782915239874
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (398 download)

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Download or read book Hawker Hurricane written by Dominique Breffort and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2010-12-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hawker Hurricane is actually Battle of Britain's number one fighter, even if the Spitfire is better known. Manned by the greatest British, Commonwealth and Allied fighter pilots, the Hurricane has flown its bulky fuselage from the sky of England to the Russian steppes, from the waters of the North Atlantic to the sands of the Western Desert. At last, the extraordinary career, if not the best known, of this unique fighter is given justice by this book.

Battle of Britain

Author : Richard Ward
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 39 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (461 download)

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Download or read book Battle of Britain written by Richard Ward and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beskriver de tre kendte jagerfly, der under 2. verdenskrig i The Battle of Britain deltog i luftslaget om England og Kanalområdet.

Hurricane

Author : Adrian Stewart
Publisher : Canelo
ISBN 13 : 1800325312
Total Pages : 423 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Hurricane written by Adrian Stewart and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2021-08-05 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The riveting exploits of a fighter aircraft – and an underrated aerial hero of the Second World War The Hawker Hurricane was flying on the outbreak of war in 1939. Six years later, having saved Britain, it was still playing a major part in the war effort. Widely remembered in its fighter role and unjustly left in the shade of the Spitfire, the Hurricane’s role was varied and pivotal: as a fighter, fighter-bomber, anti-tank aircraft and used at sea. Nor was its theatre of operations any less wide: it saw action in France from the beginning of the Phoney War to the outbreak of the Blitzkrieg, in the Battle of Britain, and then as far afield as Russia, Sumatra and Madagascar. In this intensely readable, spirited and classic account, Adrian Stewart describes all the Hurricane’s roles, adventures and achievements. He recounts the exploits of the aircraft’s outstanding pilots who contributed so much towards mastery of the skies and eventual victory. Perfect for readers of John Nichol’s Spitfire and Lancaster.

The Hawker Hurricane

Author : Francis Mason
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780947554965
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (549 download)

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Download or read book The Hawker Hurricane written by Francis Mason and published by . This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hawker Hurricane matched the best aircraft of Britain's enemies at the moment of greatest crisis and went in to fight in more campaigns, on more fronts, and in more theaters and countries than any other Allied airplane in World War II.

Hawker Hurricane Survivors

Author : Gordon Riley
Publisher : Grub Street Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1910690791
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Hawker Hurricane Survivors written by Gordon Riley and published by Grub Street Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-19 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive catalog of the remaining World War II fighter planes, including anecdotes and photos. With 2015 being the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain—arguably the Hawker Hurricane’s “finest hour”—it is appropriate to tell the story of the surviving Hurricanes from around the world. Building on research originally started thirty years ago, Gordon Riley has delved into the archives to amass new information—and in the process managed to identify positively one Hurricane that had proved elusive for more than forty years. Today a number of Hurricanes are being privately restored globally. However, the oldest in existence, a veteran of both the British Expeditionary Force to France in 1939 and the Battle of Britain, is displayed in the Science Museum in London, and the youngest—the very last Hurricane ever built—is still flying with the RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. This book documents each aircraft by country of origin and mark by mark from the day it left the factory up to the present day. Some have incredible histories whereas others served in very mundane, but still essential, second-line roles until they were disposed of. Where possible each aircraft is illustrated with a present-day photograph along with others taken throughout its life. From the serious enthusiast to the casual museum or air show visitor, if you have an interest in the Hurricane, this is the book for you. “Heavily illustrated and well produced and will serve as an excellent guide not only for historians but also warbird enthusiasts.” —Air Classics

Hurricanes & Spitfire Pilots at War

Author : Terence Kelly
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1783400307
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (834 download)

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Download or read book Hurricanes & Spitfire Pilots at War written by Terence Kelly and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2004-11-19 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most people asked to name one British Second World War airplane would say the Spitfire. Yet the Hawker Hurricane flew in greater numbers, in more variants and in more theaters than the redoubtable Spitfire.Adrian Stewart has researched the evolution of the Hurricane from its 1935 maiden flight through to victory in the Far East in 1945. He brings his story alive by letting those who flew this legendary aircraft tell it as it was.After the faltering first steps in the mid 1930s the Hurricane really 'took off' and became hugely popular in the RAF and allied air forces.They Flew The Hurricane contains numerous first hand accounts from pilots operating in such diverse campaigns as the Battle of Britain, North Africa, Russia, the Far East and North West Europe from 1940 to 1945.These thrilling vignettes combine to bring to life action in the air.

Fight for the Sky

Author : Douglas Bader
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473814065
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)

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Download or read book Fight for the Sky written by Douglas Bader and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2006-05-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only book written by the legendary “legless” ace, the double amputee World War II fighter pilot immortalized by the film Reach for the Sky. In Fight for the Sky, Douglas Bader tells the inspiring story of the Battle of Britain from the viewpoint of “The Few.” Using superb illustrations he traces the development of the Spitfire and Hurricane and describes the nail-biting actions of those who flew them against far superior numbers of enemy aircraft. As an added bonus, other well-known fighter aces including Johnnie Johnson, “Laddie” Lucas and Max Aikten contribute to Douglas’s book, no doubt out of affection and respect. This a really important contribution to RAF history by one of the greatest—and certainly the most famous—pilot of the Second World War.

The Hawker Hurricane

Author : Francis K. Mason
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Hawker Hurricane written by Francis K. Mason and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Spitfire

Author : Bob Carruthers
Publisher : Archive Media Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781781581414
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (814 download)

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Download or read book The Spitfire written by Bob Carruthers and published by Archive Media Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2012-07 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Supermarine Spitfire was a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and many other Allied countries throughout the Second World War. The Spitfire continued to be used as a front line fighter and in secondary roles into the 1950s. It was produced in greater numbers than any other British aircraft and was the only British fighter in production throughout the war. The Spitfire was designed as a short-range, high-performance interceptor aircraft designed by R. J. Mitchell. The Spitfire's elliptical wing had a thin cross-section, allowing a higher top speed than several contemporary fighters, including the Hawker Hurricane. Speed was seen as essential to carry out the mission of home defence against enemy bombers. During the Battle of Britain, the Spitfire was perceived by the public as the RAF fighter of the battle, though the more numerous Hawker Hurricane shouldered a greater proportion of the burden against the Luftwaffe. The Spitfire units had a lower attrition rate and a higher victory to loss ratio than those flying Hurricanes. After the Battle of Britain, the Spitfire became the backbone of RAF Fighter Command, and saw action in the European, Mediterranean, Pacific and the South-East Asian theatres. Much loved by its pilots, the Spitfire served in several roles, including interceptor, photo-reconnaissance, fighter-bomber, carrier-based fighter, and trainer. It was built in many variants, using several wing configurations. Edited by Emmy Award winning author and historian Bob Carruthers, this illustrated edition is the definitive single volume overview of the history of the Spitfire.

Hurricane R4118

Author : Peter Vacher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hurricane R4118 written by Peter Vacher and published by . This book was released on 2004-08-09 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book Peter Vacher relates the account of his discovery of the remains of a Mark I Hurricane in India, his long battle to bring it back to Britain, and how he restored it to working order and reunited three men who had originally flown the craft during the Battle of Britain.

Hawker Hurricane

Author : Melvyn Hiscock
Publisher : Crowood Press UK
ISBN 13 : 9781861266309
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (663 download)

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Download or read book Hawker Hurricane written by Melvyn Hiscock and published by Crowood Press UK. This book was released on 2003-12-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Directly descended from some of the fastest, most beautiful and most effective military aircraft of the 1930s, the Hawker Hurricane was the RAF's first monoplane fighter, and the hero of the Battle of Britain. Melvyn Hiscock's photographic study takes us under the skin of the aircraft, to the very first principles of the design and construction of this beautiful fighter. Using archive and specially taken photographs, many shot behind the scenes at AJD Engineering - Hurricane restoration experts - the author shows in detail how the Hurricane is put together, revealing details rarely seen and providing an invaluable resource for the modeler and the aviation enthusiast.