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The Final Few
The Last Surviving Pilots of the Battle of Britain Tell Their Stories
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
During the summer of 1940, Britain stood alone, defying the Luftwaffe’s aerial assault – the prelude to a proposed seaborne invasion. Fighter Command faced this challenge against overwhelming odds with immeasurable courage and tenacity, the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, immortalising these...
1 Group: Swift to Attack
Bomber Command’s Unsung Heroes
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2013
Following the recent unveiling of the monument to Bomber Command in London's Green Park, the publication of this lovingly crafted account of the exploits of oft-overlooked 1 Group is set to be a timely one. Patrick Otter combines an appropriate level of detail regarding operations, aircraft, bases...
by David John Hindle
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2015
Growing up in Preston, with its eclectic range of transport, provided well-known local historian David John Hindle with the inspiration to write this book on the transport heritage of Preston. The book takes a retrospective look at the progress of transport in and around Preston, demonstrating how...
Aircraft Salvage in the Battle of Britain and the Blitz
Rare photographs from wartime archives
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2014
Aircraft Salvage in the Battle of Britain and Blitz will comprise of some 140-150 images of the work of RAF and civilian salvage squads during the Battle of Britain, the Blitz and beyond. The images will depict losses across Britain, both RAF and German, during this period. Each picture will tell...
Contact!
A Victor Tanker Captain's Experiences in the RAF, Before, During and After the Falklands Conflict
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2016
Contact! is an enthralling set of recollections from ex-RAF pilot, instructor and test pilot Bob Tuxford. The book follows his twenty-year career within the RAF and describes highlights of active service across the world, including an accompanied exchange tour in the US Air Force and participation...
by Jack Mitchell
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2016
An amusing and politically incorrect look at aviation on the Dark Continent.Charter flying for the Safari industry sees some very interesting people and not all of them act rationally. From time to time there is some very strange behavior, some of it funny and some of it definitely not!This...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2016
Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this unique book reproduces three important reports from the U.S. Air Force about energy policy and the service: U.S. Air Force Energy Strategic Plan; Energy Horizons: United States Air Force / Energy S&T Vision 2011-2026;...
by Don Berliner
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2013
This final volume in the three-volume set covering more than 300 types of Surviving World War II aircraft includes the less-glamorous ones that couldn't qualify for two volumes on Fighters and Bombers. They were the ones that served absolutely vital purposes like the Army's Jeeps and trucks and the...
by Paul McDonald
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
This is a true historical account of war in the air, at sea and on land in the battle for Malta's survival in the Second World War. It was a battle which decided the outcome of the war in North Africa and the Mediterranean. Adrian Warburton, the airman described in the subtitle by Marshal of the Royal...
Skalski Against all Odds
The First Allied Ace of the Second World War
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
Skalski Against all Odds: The First Allied Ace of the Second World War provides a gripping and detailed account on the career of General Stanislaw Skalski, the leading Polish fighter ace. Skalski gallantly served from the first day of the Second World War and became the first ace of the conflict....
Terror of the Autumn Skies
The True Story of Frank Luke, America's Rogue Ace of World War I
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2008
The New York Times–bestselling author “refreshingly re-tells, and corrects, the story of Frank Luke’s life and amazing aerial exploits” (War Bird Ace author Jack Stokes Ballard).
Frank Luke Jr. was an unlikely pilot. In the Great War, when fliers were still “knights of the air,”...
by Francis Crosby
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2005
World War Two Luftwaffe aircraft and their pilots have been a source of fascination and respect to aviation buffs since 1945.
This book looks at all aspects of its operation in many World War II theaters.
A great majority of photographs are unlikely to have been seen by the general public...
by Robert Forsyth
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2012
For Germany, the Spanish Civil War proved a perfect testing ground for new technologies and tactics. During the war, some 19,000 German 'volunteers' formed an aviation group called the Legion Condor in support of the fascists. Originally flying He-51s, they were soon upgraded to 109s. These fighters...
by Tim McLelland
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2017
Britain’s Cold War Fighters explores the creation and development of the jet fighter, tracing the emergence of the first jet designs (the Meteor and Vampire) through to the first-generation jets which entered service with the RAF and Fleet Air Arm. Each aircraft type will be examined, looking at...