Air Combat 1945: The Aircraft of World War II's Final Year

A detailed and fully illustrated look at aerial combat in the closing year of WWII across all theaters of conflict.

The final year of World War II witnessed the decline of the piston-engine fighter and the beginning of the jet age. Taking to the skies were tried-and-true fighters, improved versions of old aircraft, and newly developed jets, including prototypes that flew for the first time just before the war ended.