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  • B-58 Hustler Units

    by Peter E. Davies, Gareth Hector ...
    Series Book 130 - Combat Aircraft
    One of the most dramatic bombers of its day, the Convair B-58 came to epitomise the Cold War power of Strategic Air Command.Introduced only 12 years after the sound barrier was first broken, this iconic plane became the first large long-range supersonic bomber to take to the skies, a feat which had seemed far-fetched only a few years previously. Outstripping its contemporaries in terms of speed, ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Tempest V vs Fw 190D-9

    1944–45

    by Robert Forsyth, Gareth Hector ...
    Series Book 97 - Duel
    Arguably two of the finest piston-engined fighters ever built, the Tempest V and Fw 190D-9 raised the bar in terms of aircraft design and operational capability during World War II.The long-nosed 'Dora 9', designed by Kurt Tank, first appeared in the skies over the Western and Eastern Fronts in the late summer of 1944. Fast, and with an exceptional rate of climb, it quickly bettered almost every ... Read more

    $17.49 USD

  • F-80 Shooting Star Units of the Korean War

    by Mr Warren Thompson, Gareth Hector ...
    Series Book 128 - Combat Aircraft
    A fully illustrated study of the US Korean War fighter that fought in the first ever jet-versus-jet engagement in the history of aviation.Built within a 180-day time limit in 1943, the F-80 Shooting Star first saw service in Italy in the final year of World War 2, and consequently was sent to bases in the US, Europe and the Far East after VJ Day. It was the latter groups based in Japan that ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • USAF F-105 Thunderchief vs VPAF MiG-17

    Vietnam 1965–68

    by Peter E. Davies, Gareth Hector ...
    Series Book 95 - Duel
    The F-105D Thunderchief was originally designed as a low-altitude nuclear strike aircraft, but the outbreak of the Vietnam War led to it being used instead as the USAF's primary conventional striker against the exceptionally well-defended targets in North Vietnam and Laos. F-105 crews conducted long-distance missions from bases in Thailand, refuelling in flight several times and carrying heavy ... Read more

    $17.49 USD

  • Me 262 vs P-51 Mustang

    Europe 1944–45

    by Robert Forsyth, Gareth Hector ...
    Series Book 100 - Duel
    Arguably two of the finest fighters built during the course of World War II, the Me 262 and P-51 Mustang heralded new dawns in aircraft performance.Making its operational debut in the summer of 1944, and powered by the Jumo 004 jet engine, the Me 262 outclassed Allied planes in terms of speed and firepower ratio, offering a formidable punch with four 30 mm MK 108 nose-mounted cannons. However, in ... Read more

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  • Hellcat vs Shiden/Shiden-Kai

    Pacific Theater 1944–45

    by Tony Holmes, Gareth Hector ...
    Series Book 91 - Duel
    By the early months of 1944 in the Pacific, the US Navy's burgeoning force of carrier-based F6F-3/5 Hellcats had pretty much wiped the skies clear of Japanese fighters during a series of one-sided aerial engagements.However, starting in October they faced thesuperb Kawanishi N1K1/2 Shiden/Shiden-Kai, a formidable fighter with improved armament, a powerful engine and excellent manoeuvrability that ... Read more

    $16.79 USD

  • A-6 Intruder Units 1974-96

    by Rick Morgan, Gareth Hector ...
    Series Book 121 - Combat Aircraft
    In the three decades following Vietnam, the veteran A-6 Intruder remained the most powerful strike aircraft available to the US Navy and Marine Corps.Engaged in operations over Cambodia, Lebanon and Libya during the 1970s and 80s, the A-6 maintained its reputation as the 'Main Battery' of carrier aviation, remaining in service through the First Gulf War up until 1996 when its duties were taken ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • US Navy F-4 Phantom II Units of the Vietnam War 1969-73

    by Peter E. Davies, Gareth Hector ...
    Series Book 125 - Combat Aircraft
    A detailed study of one of the US's most famous post-war aircraft, the F-4 Phantom, which saw service in three branches of the US military during the Vietnam War.Although the F-4 Phantom II was the most important fighter-bomber to see action with all three American services during the Vietnam War, it was essentially a U.S. Navy design, and the carrier-borne squadron crews were its main operators ... Read more

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  • RF-101 Voodoo Units in Combat

    by Peter E. Davies, Gareth Hector ...
    Series Book 127 - Combat Aircraft
    McDonnell's F-101 Voodoo series was in many ways the most interesting of the 'Century Series' fighter programmes of the 1950s, partly because the type's design and intended mission changed radically during a 40-year career. Originally designed as a fighter-bomber, it was converted to be a reconnaissance aircraft, serving alongside the U-2 and RF-8 Crusaders during the Cuban Missile Crisis and the ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • US Navy F-4 Phantom II Units of the Vietnam War 1964-68

    by Peter E. Davies, Gareth Hector ...
    Series Book 116 - Combat Aircraft
    The F-4 Phantom II is perhaps the most famous post-war fighter.Primarily used as a land-based fighter-bomber and reconnaissance platform, its naval origins and the immense contribution made to the US war effort in Vietnam by its original carrier-based versions began its legend.This book examines the unique aspects of the Phantom that made it so crucial to US Navy pilots during the Vietnam War – ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Spitfire VC vs A6M2/3 Zero-sen

    Darwin 1943

    by Peter Ingman, Gareth Hector ...
    Series Book 93 - Duel
    Just weeks after Pearl Harbor, Darwin was mauled by a massive Japanese attack. Without a single fighter to defend Australian soil, the Australian government made a special appeal to Britain for Spitfires.A year later the Spitfire VC-equipped No 1 Fighter Wing, RAAF, faced the battle-hardened 202nd Kokutai of the IJNAF, equipped with A6M2 Zero-sens, over Darwin. This was a gruelling campaign ... Read more

    $17.49 USD

  • Swordfish Units of World War 2

    by Matthew Willis ...
    Series Book 157 - Combat Aircraft
    A fully illustrated account of the World War 2 combat career of the Fairey Swordfish torpedo-bomber, one of the Royal Navy's most resilient and effective aircraft of the period.During the 1930s, the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm sought an aircraft to combine the functions of torpedo attack, reconnaissance and gunnery spotting, eventually realising this goal with the Swordfish biplane. Despite ... Read more

    $18.99 USD