In the history of aviation the second world war represents
classic period in the refinement and
perfection of the propeller driven military flying machine.
The twelve aircraft featured in this book,
designed and buit amidst the heat
and urgency of war as formidable weapons of destruction,
were also marvels of modern technology embodying
all that men would know about flying
until the appearance of the turbine engine.
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JEFFREY L. ETHELL |
12 classic aircraft including:
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400 FULL-COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS BY RIKYU WATANABE, INCLUDING 24 FOLD-OUT PANELS SUITABLE FOR FRAMING |
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| About
the illustrator
Rikyu Watanabe,dean of
aircraft illustrators, was born in 1927 in Osaka, Japan. In 1943 he
volunteered for the Japanese Army Flight Cabet School. When the war
ended in 1945 he was at an army airforce bace in China. Returning to
Japan, he enrolled in the Bunka Gakuen College where he majored in painting
and from which he graduated in 1950. Since then he has become one of
the world's leading illustrators. Sine 1966 he has specialized in aircraft
illustration, thus bringing his two careers - Army Air Force wireless
operator and artist - together to produce some of the finest aircraft
illustrations that have ever been made. |