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ISBN
9781526759313
Genre
Algemeen
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30-03-2020
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Taal
Engels
Uitgever
Pen & Sword Books
Auteur(s)
Peter C. Smith
The Petlyakov Pe-2
Stalin's Successful Red Air Force Light Bomber
Peter C. Smith
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€6,99
The
definitive
book
on
the
development
and
deployment
of
the
Soviet
Union’s
supreme
dive-bomber—with
rare
archival
and
private
photos.During
the
Second
World
War,
the
Petlyakov
Pe-2
Peshka
was
the
Soviet
Union’s
main
dive-
and
light-bomber
in
operations
across
the
Eastern
Front.
It
became
a
mainstay
of
the
Soviet
counteroffensive
that
led
to
the
fall
of
Berlin.
They
also
led
the
way
in
the
brief
but
annihilating
Manchurian
campaign
against
Japan
in
the
closing
days
of
the
war
in
1945.Conceived
by
a
team
of
top
aircraft
designers
whom
Stalin
had
incarcerated
on
political
charges,
the
Peshka
had
originally
been
designed
as
a
high-altitude
twin-engine
fighter
plane.
But
due
to
the
outstanding
success
of
the
German
Stukas
in
the
Blitzkrieg,
it
was
quickly
transformed
into
the
fastest
dive-bomber
in
the
skies.Only
a
handful
had
reached
front
lines
by
the
start
of
Operation
Barbarossa
in
June
1941.
But
by
1945,
more
than
11,000
of
the
type
were
built,
including
many
variants.
Many
of
these
remained
in
service
with
the
air
forces
of
Yugoslavia
and
the
Warsaw
Pact
countries
into
the
1950s.
Using
official
sources,
including
the
official
Pe-2
handbook,
as
well
as
rare
color
and
black-and-white
photographs
from
both
official
and
private
collections,
this
is
the
definitive
record
of
the Pe-2.
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