Original Items: Only One Lot Available. This is a fantastic and very informative lot on the various types of aircraft used during WWII, both allied and the enemy. The book and TMs are in good condition but they do show the expected use. There are a few with names and service numbers written on them, perfect starting points for research purposes. Recognition of ships and aircraft was quickly found to be necessary during WWII by the U.S. military in order to prevent accidents, surprise enemy attacks, and stop friendly fire incidents.

A lovely collection of educational tools that come more than ready for further research, display and use!

Air warfare was a major component in all theaters of World War II and, together with anti-aircraft warfare, consumed a large fraction of the industrial output of the major powers. Germany and Japan depended on air forces that were closely integrated with land and naval forces; the Axis powers downplayed the advantage of fleets of strategic bombers and were late in appreciating the need to defend against Allied strategic bombing. By contrast, Britain and the United States took an approach that greatly emphasized strategic bombing and (to a lesser degree) tactical control of the battlefield by air as well as adequate air defenses. Both Britain and the U.S. built substantially larger strategic forces of large, long-range bombers. Simultaneously, they built tactical air forces that could win air superiority over the battlefields, thereby giving vital assistance to ground troops. The U.S. Navy and Royal Navy also built a powerful naval-air component based on aircraft carriers, as did the Imperial Japanese Navy; these played the central role in the war at sea.