Pen And Sword Aviation imprint: 304 books
Death Was Their Co-Pilot
Aces of the Skies
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2017
It was in World War I that the skies first became a battlefield, with nations seeking to decide military outcomes off the ground. This volume introduces the fighter pilots of World War I, including the infamous “Red Baron” Manfred von Richthofen. In addition to this iconic flying ace, the author...
North-West Aircraft Wrecks
New Insights into Dramatic Last Flights
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2007
This is a different approach to Aviation Archaeology. The book includes 18 crash sites and each chapter includes a description of how the incident occurred and the reasons behind the crash. Copious notes then reveal what the authors have discovered about the artifacts and the history surrounding the...
The Red Baron
A History in Pictures
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2016
Keen First World War aviation enthusiasts will be familiar with Norman Franks’ previous books covering the life of Rittmeister Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen, so why this new one? Well Manfred, the iconic Red Baron, has constantly remained at the forefront of First World War studies and, in commemorating...
by Michael Belafi Belafi, Cordula Werschkun
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2015
This new publication from Michael Belafi offers some truly intriguing content. Photographs of the mighty Zeppelin at all stages of development feature in a publication that aims to chart the entire course of the airship's history.
Named after the German Count Ferdinand Von Zeppelin, an early...
Veteran Lancs
A Photographic Record of the 35 RAF Lancasters that Each Completed One Hundred Sorties
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2016
Aviation historians will know that the Avro Lancaster bomber is the most famous aircraft to have fought with RAF Bomber Command during World War Two. They will know too that, of the 7,366 that were built, over 3,400 were lost on operations and a further 200 plus were destroyed and written-off in crashes....
Steam in the Air
The Application of Steam Power in Aviation during the 19th and 20th Centuries
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2006
Scientific investigation into manned flight began early in the 19th Century at a time when steam power was the only transportable propulsion generator available to the many pioneer flying-machine designers of the day. This unique history of the attempts, failures and successes to master the art of...
by Martin Derry, Neil Robinson
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2018
The Gloster F.9/40 was Britain’s first jet fighter and as the Meteor F.I became the first jet-powered aircraft of any description to enter service with the Allies in World War II. Several early Meteors were dispatched to Europe in the hope that 1945 might witness the first ever jet-on-jet combats...
by Martin W Bowman
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
The early 1950s were a boom time for British aviation. The lessons of six years of war had been learned and much of the research into jet engines, radar and aerodynamics had begun to reach fruition. In Britain, jet engine technology led the world while wartime developments into swept-wing design in...
Bill Lancaster: The Final Verdict
The Life and Death of an Aviation Pioneer
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
Captain William Lancaster was the subject of public attention and controversy during his life as a record-breaking flyer, because of his love affair with Jessie ‘Chubbie’ Miller (dubbed “the Australian Aviatrix”) and as the defendant in one of the most sensational murder trials of the twentieth...
Bomber Bases of World War II, 3rd Air Division 8th Air Force USAF 1942-45
Flying Fortress and Liberator Squadrons in Norfolk and Suffolk
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2009
The 3rd Air Division: Elveden Hall was the Headquarters of this division of the 8th US Army Air Force. Broadly speaking it flew B17 Flying Fortresses out of Suffolk, but included some bases in Norfolk. Some units had short periods flying B24 Liberators.
The famous ‘Bloody Hundredth’, based...
by Yefim Gordon
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2013
Features;
* Profiles of iconic types such as the Mil MI-24 'Hind', the Mil-28 and the Kamov Ka-52 'Alligator'.
* Summary of design histories and careers
* Colour reference for paint schemes
* Critical review of available kits
* Over 180 colour and black and white illustrations, including...
The Spitfire
An Icon of the Skies
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017
The magnificent Vickers Supermarine Spitfire, together with its able partner the Hawker Hurricane, saved Britain from Nazi invasion in the summer of 1940 and irrevocably changed the course of the Second World War. This new book from Philip Kaplan celebrates one of history's most important weapons...
The Men Who Gave us Wings
Britain and the Aeroplane 1796-1914
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2014
Why did the British, then the leading nation in science and technology, fall far behind in the race to develop the aeroplane before the First World War? Despite their initial advantage, they were overtaken by the Wright brothers in America, by the French and the Germans. Peter Reese, in this highly...
Big Wings
The Largest Aeroplanes Ever Built
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2005
In the history of aviation there have been many attempts to produce aircraft of extraordinary proportions to expand the limits of technology and create new performance standards. With few exceptions, the early attempts did not become the successes envisaged until post-World War II when such aircraft...