An Illustrated History of World War II Aircraft Turrets and Gun Positions
The diagrams and photographs in this volume enable readers to see close up the cramped, cold, exposed turrets in which so many young men fought and died during World War II. Veterans describe what it was like to fly and fight in the many different turret and gun positions.
While there is no shortage of books on Second World War fighter aircraft, Cockpit is the first book to take us inside so many of the most revered and feared fighters and bombers of the war, including rare shots of Japanese and German aircraft interiors. The Second World War represented a classic period in the development and perfection of propeller-driven aircraft. Built during the crisis of war, the cockpits and sircraft featured in this book were marvels of technology and ingenuity. A candid pilot's perspective accompanies the story of each plane. Cockpit offers an unprecedented inside view of these extraordinary airplanes and the men who flew them.