Osamu Tagaya

Mitsubishi Type 1 Rikko 'Betty' Units of World War 2 (eBook, ePUB)

Illustrator: Styling, Mark

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The most produced Japanese bomber of the war, the G4M saw action on every front from the first day of the Pacific conflict through to VJ-Day.

The 'Betty's' very long range made it a key weapon during the opening year of the war. However, to achieve this, the aircraft was built with very little protective armour for its crew or fuel tanks, and Allied pilots soon exposed its extreme vulnerability.

In the first in a series of volumes examining the key Japanese aircraft of WW2, Dr Osamu Tagaya details the G4M's extensive combat history, and lists all the units which operated the bomber.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 112
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472800503
• Artikelnr.: 40469307

Autorenporträt

The son of a former officer in the Japanese Naval Air Technical Arsenal, Osamu Tagaya has written a number of books on Japanese aircraft, principally for the Smithsonian Institute. Born in Japan and educated in the US, Osamu has also lived in the UK and brings unique bilingual and broad cultural perspectives to his lifelong aviation research. He lives in California, US.

Inhaltsangabe

CHAPTER ONE THE RIKKO CONCEPT CHAPTER TWO INTO SERVICE CHAPTER THREE ON THE
CUTTING EDGE CHAPTER FOUR HARD LUCK UNIT CHAPTER FIVE THWARTED OBJECTIVES
CHAPTER SIX GUADALCANAL - FUNERAL PYRE OF THE RIKKO CHAPTER SEVEN OPERATION
I-GO CHAPTER EIGHT JINRAI - DIVINE THUNDER APPENDICES COLOUR PLATES
COMMENTARY INDEX