The battle for the skies in World War II fuelled a race between rival air forces to develop ever faster and more capable fighter aircraft ¿́¿ and the struggle for air superiority was never over until the war itself ended. This volume explores four clashes of some of the finest fighters and pilots in key theatres of the war: the Spitfire duelling the formidable Bf 109 over the Channel, the F4F Wildcat in a desperate struggle with the legendary A6M Zero-sen in the Pacific, the Fw 190 battling the Soviet La-5 and -7 on the Eastern Front, and the F4U Corsair in combat with the second-generation Japanese Ki-84 in the closing days of the war. Fully illustrated with a wealth of maps, artwork and photographs, Air Combat conveys the full story behind these iconic aviation duels.