Description

A comprehensive reference resource on the uniforms, dress, flight gear and personal weaponry of the Imperial Japanese Navy airmen of World War II.

It includes detailed descriptions of flight gear, including manufacture information, and interviews with IJN pilots such as Sakai, Komachi, Tanimizu, Kawato and Saito regarding the use of a variety of equipment are integrated into the text.

Packed with great contemporary illustrations, photographs of original items, and colour pictures, this title provides a meticulously detailed examination of the dress and equipment of the Imperial Japanese Navy's aviators in World War II.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Flight Helmets
Flight Goggles
Mufflers/Scarves
Flight Suits
Flight Boots
Floatvests
Gauntlets & Gloves
Parachute Harnesses
Flight clocks and watches
Flight insignia
Flight Calculators
Voicetalkers
Oxygen mask
Plotting boards
Personal weapons
Translations
Glossary
Marker Labels

Bibliography
Further reading
Color plate commentary
Index

Product details

Published 20 Apr 2012
Format Ebook (PDF)
Edition 1st
Extent 64
ISBN 9781780966724
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 56 b/w; 32 col
Series Elite
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Gary Nila

Gary Nila is a former Los Angeles Police Officer a…

Illustrator

Bill Younghusband

Bill Younghusband was born in 1936. He was educate…

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