About this book
Known
for the distinctive 'sharkmouth' decoration on their noses, P-40
fighters first saw combat in China during World War II. Their most
common adversary was the Japanese Nakajima Ki-43, nicknamed 'Oscar.'
Carl Molesworth describes and explains the design and development of
these two foes, the products of two vastly different philosophies of
fighter design. The P-40 was heavily armed and sturdy with armour
protection and self-sealing fuel tanks, but paid for this with the loss
of speed and a sluggish performance at altitude. The Ki-43 was a rapier
to the battleaxe P-40 and the Ki-43 was immensely nimble, though with
less firepower and durability. This book examines these two different
fighters, and the pilots who flew them over China, with an
action-packed text, rare photographs and digital artwork.
Paperback;
March 2008;
80 pages;
ISBN: 9781846032950
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