The Yak-3 was light, fast, and partly made of plywood - but it flew circles around German fighters. Even Luftwaffe aces ...

The Whirlwind was a heavily-armed, single-seat, twin-engine fighter designed for high performance, with great attention paid ...

Previously published in two vols as: Fighters of the Luftwaffe. 1993 - Bombers of the Luftwaffe. 1994. Omnibus ed. first published: 1997.

Its place among the most famous fighters is reinforced by lists of top fighter jets of all time, which emphasize its ...

The Defiant’s real-world combat performance can be summed up in a ten-word nutshell: great against enemy bombers, not so great against enemy fighters. In other words, it was more of an interceptor ...