| Formatted Note | Contents: Pt. 1. Introducing the wars and the airplanes. 1, The role of the combat plane: a historical sketch. 2, Building the warplane. 3, A guide to designations -- pt. 2. Army attack and light bomber. 4, Airplanes against infantry 1917-23. 5, The single-engined attack plane 1925-40. 6, Attack bombers with two engines 1935-44. 7, Close support for the front 1941-45. 8, Summary -- pt. 3. Bombers for the Air Force. 9, Biplanes versus battleships 1917-30. 10, New monoplanes for a new war 1931-37. 11, The great air offensive 1938-44. 12, The magic weapon 1945-50. 13, Summary -- pt. 4. Fighters for the Air Force. 14, The first fighter planes 1915-18. 15, The biplane period 1919-32. 16, Monoplanes 1932-39. 17, World War II fighters. 18, Shield against annihilation 1945-59. 19, The fighter today -- pt. 5. Navy patrol planes. 20, Wings over the basket masts 1917-34. 21, Patrol bombers against the Axis 1935-45. 22, Postwar patrol planes 1945-59. 23, Summary -- pt. 6. Navy attack planes. 24, New weapons for the Navy 1918-34. 25, Japan's nemesis 1942-45. 26, Postwar attack types 1945-59. 27, Summary -- pt. 7. Navy fighters. 28, Adapting the fighter to the flight deck 1922-32. 29, Biplanes or monoplanes? 1931-38. 30, Fighters against Japan 1938-45. 31, Blowtorches at sea 1945-59. 32, Summary. 33, Counter-insurgency aircraft -- Notes on sources -- Index.
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