Air Combat 1945: The Aircraft of World War II's Final YearPaperback, 15 September 2015

The final year of World War II witnessed the decline of the piston-engine fighter and the beginning of the jet age. Taking to the skies were tried-and-true fighters, improved versions of old aircraft, and newly developed jets, including prototypes that flew for the first time just before the war ended.- Hundreds of photos chronicle these dynamic aircraft in Europe and the Pacific- Includes American Mustangs, Thunderbolts, and Shooting Stars; British Tempests, Spitfires, and Gloster Meteors; German Fw 190s, Bf 109Ks, and Messerschmitt Me 262s; Japanese Ki 100s, Raidens, and Tojos; and many more- Ideal reference for military history fans, scholars, and modelers