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Tables of Contents for Fighting Firsts
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
7
11
First Blood The Earliest Fighters, 1914-1916
11
14
Biplanes, Boelcke and the Baron Halberstadt and Albatros Scouts, 1916-1917
25
6
A Deadlier Breed Fighter Development, 1916-1917
31
22
The Triplane Craze Sopwith Triplane and Fokker Dr.1, 1916-1918
53
12
Passing Glimpses of Things to Come Fighters of 1918
65
16
A New Generation Fighters of the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939
81
15
First Shots of a Second World War Czechoslovakian, Polish, German, French and Dutch Fighters, 1930-1940
96
21
The Immortals Hawker Hurricane and Supermarine Spitfire, 1939-1940
117
9
Zero Hour Japanese Fighters, 1937-1942
126
17
Under Foreign Management 1939-1942
143
20
The Tide-Turning Generation American Fighters, 1941-1943
163
23
Illustrious Beginnings Fairey Fulmar and Firefly, 1940-1944
186
1
The Axis Strikes Back Axis Fighters, 1941-1944
186
13
Red Resurgence Soviet Fighters, 1941-1944
199
12
Aerial Supremacy over the Islands: Vought F4U Corsair and Grumman F6F Hellcat, 1943
211
17
Heavy Hitters Cannon-Armed Fighters, 1940-1944
228
20
Duelling in the Dark Night Fighters, 1940-1944
248
15
Odds and Ends Improvisations and Developmental Dead-Ends, 1940-1945
263
28
Dawn of a New Era Messerschmitt Me 262 and Gloster Meteor, 1944
291
10
Bibliography
301
6
Index
307