Spirits in the Sky: Classic Aircraft of World War II

by Martin W. Bowman, Patrick Bunce (Photographer)

300 color photos and illus. 10 1/4 x 11.

Genres: Aviation, History, World War II, Military History

144 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

Martin W. Bowman is one of Britain's leading aviation authors, with over 100 published books on the Second World War and post-war aviation history, and several on the landscape of East Anglia. He has also established an international reputation for his superb imagery and aerial photography. He has a passion for flying in military aircraft. He lives in Norwich, Norfolk.

Reviews

[Sean · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome pictures. Great selection of some of the best in WW II planes.

[Chris Tschirhart · Rating 3 out of 5]

Adequate as a picture book.

[Radical Rena · Rating 5 out of 5]

This might be my love of airplanes, but this was a beautiful book.

[Nic · Rating 3 out of 5]

A nice collection of photos of vintage aircraft and statistics about each aircraft. Some of the photo captions mention people or events without explaining or elaborating on who or what they were, so I would recommend this book for well read WWII buffs.

[spike marlin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Beautiful pictures of some of the classic WW II airplanes that are still flying. The key is "still", lots of airplanes not mentioned but I guess they are no longer flying. I am not much of an airplane aficionado, but it they were good pictures. Some technical detail supplied.

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

Big color pictures dominate the 12x12 large book. 23 of the most well-known planes of WWII: Avenger, Corsair, Fw190, Hellcat, B-24, Bf109, Lancaster, Hurricane, Mosquito, Mustang, Spitfire, P-40 and more. Technical specs and side-profile view for all planes additionally.