Download or read book The Complete Encyclopedia of Flight 1939-1945 written by John Batchelor and published by Chartwell Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Complete Encyclopedia of Flight 1939-1945, Volume II, comprises over one hundred and thirty of the great and distinctive airplanes from the Second World War period. Between 1939 and 1945, for the first time in military history, aviation took center stage, ultimately generating the decisive weapon of the war. World War Two saw advances in aviation technology and aircraft design which ultimately altered the way we think about flight.