Americas Hundred Thousand covers in detail the eleven U.S. fighter
aircraft types produced just before and during World War II - with
a combined production total of just over 100,000 aircraft. Covered
are the Army Lockheed P-38 Lightning, P-39 Airacobra, Curtiss P-40
Tomahawk/Kittyhawk/Warhawk, P-47 Thunderbolt, North American P-51
Mustang, Northrop P-61 Black Widow, and the Navy F2A - Buffalo, F4F
- Wildcat, F4U - Corsair, and F6F - Hellcat fighters. The text is
supplemented by more than 650 photographs, and 200 tables and
graphs. Fighter production figures are also included. After an
introduction of each type, a heavily illustrated overview of
earlier inter-war production from 1920-on, along with a discussion
and illustration of wartime experimental types, is provided. A
lengthy section considering several technical factors affecting
fighter performance follows. These include engine models,
supercharger types, propellers, aerodynamic thrust, lift and drag,
aircraft weight, balance, stability and control, and armament.
Americas Hundred Thousand also provides details of each U.S. World
War II production fighter in terms of models and changes, numbers
produced, and major engine and aircraft performance aspects - in
tabular and graphical form - details of weights, discussion of
handling qualities and general comments, along with detailed
descriptions containing many illustrations of aircraft structures
and systems showing the technology of that time. In addition a
comprehensive week-to-week and month-to-month chronology of
development and wartime combat operational life for each fighter is
provided, including many photos. This study concludes with
comparisons of the eleven types in terms of program milestones,
aircraft drag, power available at various altitudes, speed, climb,
rolling and turning, acceleration, and diving performance, as well
as general evaluations by World War II pilots.
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