{"product_id":"japanese-army-fighters-william-green-gordon-swanborough-ww2-aircraft-fact-files-softcover","title":"Japanese Army Fighters - William Green \u0026 Gordon Swanborough - WW2 Aircraft Fact Files - softcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the years immediately prior to Pearl Harbor the Japanese aircraft industry was popularly regarded in the West as copyist and incapable of original designs; moreover, Japanese combat aircraft were widely believed to be outdated by international standards and derivative of obsolescent American and European designs. However, the opening phases of the Pacific War revealed forcefully the measure of Western miscalculation and the speed with which Western technology had been absorbed and adapted by the Japanese aircraft industry. The fighters created by the Kawasaki concern for the Imperial Army provide, together with the few fighters evolved for the army by the Mitsubishi Jukaggo KK or from Mitsubishi-designed types, the content of this first part of a two-part Fact File devoted to all types of fighters operated by or developed to experimental status for the Imperial Army Air Service during the Pacific War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis item is in \u003cb\u003eGood \u003c\/b\u003econdition with very light foxing and age\/handling discolouration of the page edges. As usual, the photos are of the item that you will receive.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"D Wills","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52682999267559,"sku":"TWLDWI274","price":27.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8511\/5879\/files\/TWL398_635b5d09-6714-4936-a849-bf37e368b80f.jpg?v=1790215222","url":"https:\/\/thewarlibrary.com.au\/products\/japanese-army-fighters-william-green-gordon-swanborough-ww2-aircraft-fact-files-softcover","provider":"The War Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}