This alphabetically arranged guide contains profiles of 34 Allied and Axis planes in the Smithsonian Institute’s National Air and Space Museum. Illustrated throughout with colour photographs of the aircraft in flight, their cockpit interiors and control panels, it offers a close-up view of such adversaries as the Grumman Wildcat and the Japanese submarine-launched Seiran, the Messerschmitt Me 262 and the Supermarine Spitfire. Detailed technical specifications are complemented by the recollections of pilots who flew the planes. Slightly off-mint and felt-tip mark on lower trimmed edge.