World War II Aerial Combat 1937 - 1945

All in all, this book is a visual feast, and the author, Donald Nijboer, is to be commended on the overall presentation, selection of images, and informative detail throughout this illustrated history. With 368 pages in content plus a high-quality printing and finish, this hard-cover book is good value for the price and will be a welcome addition on to any military aviation on enthusiast’s library.

While most books on WWII aviation have focused, rightly so, on the main Axis and Allied nations, this book includes many lesser-known air forces that have been forgotten or ignored. There is plenty of coverage of the planes of the U.S., Britain, the Soviet Union, Germany and Japan. But here also is a visual history of those of Poland, Belgium, Norway, Netherlands, France, Greece, India, China, Yugoslavia, Italy, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovakia and Finland.

Donald Nijboer is a best-selling aviation author, historian and documentary writer-producer. He is the author of many books, including Graphic War Navy, Fighting Cockpits, Air Combat 1945, Graphic War: The Secret Aviation Drawings and Illustrations of World War II, Cockpit: An Illustrated History of World War II Aircraft Interiors and B-29 Combat Missions. Currently he is writing and producing full- length aviation documentaries for the on-line broadcaster Aerocinema. Nijboer has also written articles for Flight Journal, Aviation History, The Aviation Historian and Aeroplane Monthly. He lives in Toronto, Canada.