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Night Fighters

Night Fighters

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{detailed description}The thrilling story of night fighter development from World War 1 to the present day has never before been told, so this exciting new book is a major contribution to the history of air warfare.
Beginning with the handful of courageous pilots who pioneered night flying techniques in their 'stick and string' biplanes during 1914-1918, it goes on to relate the development of airborne radar in various countries before, during and after World War 2; of special aircraft, such as the famous Beaufighter, Mosquito, Black Widow, Me 110, Ju 88 and Me 262; of weapons like Schrage Musik and, more recently, of radar and infra-red guided missiles; and of effective night fighter tactics.
The author shows the problems of tracking aerial targets by radar, and the even greater problems of guiding a fighter into the right patch of sky to make an interception. He also raises a number of important questions relating to the development of night fighters and airborne radar which have never been satisfactorily answered, such as why British bombers were equipped with a radar device, H2S, which acted as a beacon for German night fighters; or why another device of incomparably greater value, 'Oboe', was practically ignored.
But as well as being an accurately detailed technical account of the problems and their resolution, the book is at the same time a dramatic narrative which really puts the reader 'into the cockpit', so it will have a wide appeal to the interested layman as well as the serious aircraft historian.
{Author / Publisher / Date}by Bill Gunston
Published by PSL 1979 192pp illustrated with b&w photos, scale tone drawings, appendix. 16x23
{condition}softcover with integral jacket, very good.
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