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  • Rise Against Eagles

    Stories of RAF Airmen in the Battle of Britain

    by Christopher Yeoman, Adrian Cork ...
    Rise Against Eagles is a collaborative work presenting exceptional tributes to an array of airmen from various nations who served in the Royal Air Force during critical battles of the Second World War. The story begins at the outbreak of war when Fairey Battle rear-gunner, Bobby Pearce, was sent to France with No.142 Squadron, as part of the British Expeditionary Force in an attempt to repel the ... Read more

    $5.45 USD

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  • Spitfire Aces of North Africa and Italy

    by Andrew Thomas ...
    Series Book 98 - Aircraft of the Aces
    Essential coverage of the key part played by the iconic Spitfire in the desert campaign during 1942-43, and in the destruction of the Luftwaffe in Sicily, Italy and the Balkans from mid-1943 through to VE Day.Although most famous for their role in the Battle of Britain, many Spitfire squadrons also served in the Mediterranean theatre, aiding the Allied victories in North Africa and later in the ... Read more

    $15.49 USD

  • The Sword of David

    The Israeli Air Force at War

    by Donald J. McCarthy ...
    Founded in 1948, the Israeli Air Force has seen involvement in some of the most dramatic and important conflicts of postWorld War II history. In action during the Suez crisis and on call during the Gulf War, the Force continued to see active deployment right through to the 2006 Lebanon War and beyond into recent conflicts in Gaza. This is a timely release, which sets recent events in historical ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Albatros D.III

    Johannisthal, OAW, and Oeffag variants

    by James F. Miller ...
    Series Book 13 - Air Vanguard
    A concise technical history of the German Albatros D.III and D.III(OAW) type scouts.In 1916 German aerial domination, once held sway by rotary-engined Fokker and Pfalz E-type wing-warping monoplanes, had been lost to the more nimble French Nieuports and British DH 2s which not only out-flew the German fighters but were present in greater numbers. Born-from-experience calls from German fighter ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Aichi 99 Kanbaku 'Val' Units

    1937-42

    by Osamu Tagaya ...
    Series Book 63 - Combat Aircraft
    The most eagerly anticipated book in the Combat Aircraft series, this volume tells the complete combat history of Japan's most deadly ship-killing aircraft.The Aichi Type 99 Carrier Bomber (D3A) – code named 'Val' by Allied intelligence – was the mainstay of the Imperial Japanese Navy's carrier dive-bomber force from 1941 to 1943. It sank more Allied warship tonnage than any other Axis aircraft ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Modelling the Messerschmitt Bf 110

    by Brett Green ...
    Series series Osprey Modelling
    The Messerschmitt Bf 110 was undoubtedly one of the most significant aircraft of World War II.Despite suffering setbacks in the summer of 1940 at the hands of the RAF, it continued to be used effectively in other theatres and roles until the last days of the war, particularly as a night fighter against RAF Bomber Command's strategic bombing campaign over the Reich.This volume shows you how to ... Read more

    $15.09 USD

  • Iranian F-14 Tomcat Units in Combat

    by Tom Cooper, Farzad Bishop ...
    Series Book 49 - Combat Aircraft
    This book looks at the F-14's Iranian combat history and includes first hand accounts from the pilots themselves.So formidable an opponent did the Iraqi airforce consider the F-14 that during the Iran-Iraq war, they ordered their pilots not to engage F-14s and the presence of one in an area was usually enough to empty it of Iraqi aircraft. Officially losses were tiny; only one F-14 was lost in ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • B-25 Mitchell Units of the MTO

    by Steve Pace ...
    Series Book 32 - Combat Aircraft
    From November 1942 through to May 1945, the backbone of the USAAF's medium bomber force was provided by the clutch of bomb groups equipped with the B-25 Mitchell.First seeing action in North Africa in the wake of Operation Torch, and in the Battle of El Alamein, the 'bombing twin' proved to be one of the most successful allied combat types in the Mediterranean Theatre of Operations (MTO).The first ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Rising Sun Over Burma: Flying Tigers and Wild Eagles, 1941-1942 - How Japan Remembers the Battle

    by Daniel Ford ...
    In December 1941, the Japanese Imperial Army came ashore on the British colony of Malaya. In support of that invasion, its air arm soon began to raid neighboring Burma and especially its seaport and capital city of Rangoon, protected by a weak squadron of Royal Air Force Brewster Buffaloes and an untested squadron of P-40s flown by the American Volunteer Group of mercenary pilots in the employ of ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Gladiator vs CR.42 Falco

    1940–41

    by Håkan Gustavsson, Ludovico Slongo ...
    Series Book 47 - Duel
    This book examines key encounters between the Gloster Gladiator and the Fiat CR.42 Falco, the last biplane fighters to enter front-line service, over some of the lesser-known theatres of conflict in World War II.Both the Gloster Gladiator and the Fiat CR.42 Falco represented the peak in the development of the biplane fighter, which could trace its lineage back to World War I. However, by the time ... Read more

    $15.09 USD

  • The History of Dive Bombing

    A Comprehensive History from 1911 Onward

    by Peter C. Smith ...
    The incredible story of the dive bomber is told through official reports and personal accounts from combat pilots in this sweeping military history.The History of Dive Bombing delves beneath the myths to present an in-depth history. Peter Smith tells the full story of these planes from the first true combat dive bombing by a Royal Air Force pilot in 1917 to the last stirring wartime actions. ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Junkers Ju 87 Stukageschwader 1937–41

    by John Weal ...
    Series Book 1 - Combat Aircraft
    The Ju 87 Stuka was the most feared weapon in the German arsenal in the first year of World War 2, the Luftwaffe using it to deadly effect during the Blitzkrieg between September 1939 and June 1940. Although vulnerable to the enemy fighters due to its moderate speed in level flight and general lack of manoeuvrability, the Ju 87 nevertheless soon came to symbolise the might of Nazi Germany as the ... Read more

    $16.39 USD