Pen And Sword Aviation imprint: 304 books
by Martin W Bowman
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2015
The Wellington Bomber was omnipresent during the Second World War, employed in a variety of contexts in the fight against the Axis powers. The pilots who flew this aircraft did so with an immense amount of pride, and there is perhaps no-one better placed to tell the story of this incredible aircraft...
London's Airports
Useful Information on Heathrow, Gatwick, Luton, Stansted and City
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2011
This book is for the passengers and aviation buffs who use London’s main airports. It includes a brief history, plans and photographs for each of the five airports, together with directions and information about gates, security, passport control, shopping, restaurants, car parks and other transport...
Boeing 707 Group
A History
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
The Boeing 707 family - that includes the forerunner Model 367-80, the KC-135 series of military transports and the slightly smaller Model 720 - was the pioneer of the sweptback wing, incorporating podded engines borrowed from the B-47 military bomber. It was the aircraft that many regard as the design...
Hurricane Squadron Ace
The Story of Battle of Britain Ace, Air Commodore Peter Brothers, CBE, DSO, DFC and Bar
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2014
Air Commodore Peter Malam 'Pete' Brothers CBE, DSO, DFC, and Bar (1917-2008) was one of the most heroic and highly praised pilots of the Second World War. Decorated extensively, he secured a total of 16 'kills' over the course of the conflict, with 10 of these occurring during the Battle of Britain....
Cold War Jet Combat
Air-to-Air Jet Fighter Operations 1950-1972
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2016
Recounted here are nine of the earliest wars involving jet aircraft. From the Korean War and beyond, it comprises a wealth of gripping insight. Many of the jet-to-jet dogfights that spanned these jet-powered wars are enlivened to thrilling effect, including those engaged in during the two Indo-Pak...
Military Low-Flying in the UK
The Men Who Fly and the Skill of the Photograhers that Capture Them
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2012
The UK has some of the most dramatic landscapes for NATO pilots to exercise the increasingly important military art of high-speed low flying. It also offers splendid opportunities for photography of close-up dramatic shots taken from the hillsides and mountains of Wales, Scotland and other steep terrain...
by Adrian Stewart
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2006
The Hawker Hurricane, together with the Spitfire, is the most famous aircraft of the Second World War. Many pilots including Douglas Bader thought it was superior to the Spit but together they saved Britain from Nazi invasion and possible defeat.
Adrian Stewart has produced a gloriously atmospheric...
By the Skin of my Teeth
The Memoirs of an RAF Mustang Pilot in World War II and of Flying Sabres with USAF in Korea
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2006
This is a memoir of flying with the Royal Air Force in war and peace during a career in military and civil aviation covering a half century. The text is filled with personal experiences, reminiscences and impressions and is written in four parts. Part One covers the years leading to the author's graduation...
Mosquito
The Original Multi-Role Combat Aircraft
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2011
During the history of aviation there have been very few aircraft that have achieved immediate success when entering front-line service. The de Havilland Mosquito was one such aircraft. It was not designed to an RAF requirement, but was the result of an initiative of the designers and builders to utilize...
Their Finest Hour
Stories of the Men who Won the Battle of Britain
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
Their Finest Hour tells the fascinating stories of six of Churchill’s ‘Few', each of whom played an important part in the Battle of Britain. Celebrated and much respected on their own squadrons, all have since faded into obscurity. Their achievements, against all odds, and the fortunes of their...
Lady Lucy Houston DBE
Aviation Champion and Mother of the Spitfire
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2016
The life-story of Lady Lucy Houston DBE must surely be one of the most romantic and dramatic epics of the last one hundred and fifty years, yet nowadays she is a woman unknown. She was a renowned beauty with a sharp intelligence, and over the years she would exploit her charismatic charm, first as...
by Martin Bowman
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2008
As part of the Aviation Heritage Trail series, this book covers airfields in Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Yorkshire and Northamptonshire.
12 Group was formed in 1937 within Fighter Command to become responsible for aerial defense of the industrial Midlands. During World War Two this group was the...
Adventures of a Cold War Fast-Jet Navigator
The Buccaneer Years
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
David Herriot served almost 40 years in the Royal Air Force as a navigator, first on the Buccaneer S2 and subsequently on the Tornado GR1. This volume recounts his early career operating the Buccaneer on three operational flying tours plus a tour as an instructor on the Operational Conversion Unit....
The Bomber Command War Diaries
An Operational Reference Book
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2014
Bomber Command's campaign started on the very first day of the Second World War and ended within a few hours of the final victory in Europe five and a half years later. It was an attempt to win the war in Europe by strategic bombing on such an enormous scale that historians have only recently begun...