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  • P-40E Warhawk vs A6M2 Zero-sen

    East Indies and Darwin 1942

    by Peter Ingman ...
    Series Book 102 - Duel
    The P-40E Warhawk is often viewed as one of the less successful American fighter designs of World War II, but in 1942 the aircraft was all that was available to the USAAC in-theatre.Units equipped with the aircraft were duly forced into combat against the deadly A6M2 Zero-sen, which had already earned itself a near-mythical reputation following its exploits over China and Pearl Harbor. During an ... Read more

    $17.49 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

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  • Very Long Range P-51 Mustang Units of the Pacific War

    by Carl Molesworth ...
    Series Book 21 - Aviation Elite Units
    These pilots called themselves the 'Tokyo Club'. It was a simple task to become a member.All you had to do was strap yourself into a heavily loaded P-51 Mustang, take off from Iwo Jima, fly 650 miles north over the sea – often through monsoon storms – in your single-engined aircraft to Japan, attack a heavily defended target and then turn around and fly home despite a shrinking fuel supply and ... Read more

    $17.79 USD

  • Ki-43 ‘Oscar’ Aces of World War 2

    by Hiroshi Ichimura ...
    Series Book 85 - Aircraft of the Aces
    Accompanied by detailed appendices and specially commissioned artwork, this book is the definitive account of the experiences of Ki-43 aces.Dubbed the 'Oscar' by the Allies, the Ki-43 Hayabusa Peregrine was the most prolific Japanese fighter of World War 2. Designed for manoeuverability and speed, the low-wing model meant that firepower and safety had to be sacrificed, with only two machine guns ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • P-47D Thunderbolt vs Ki-43-II Oscar

    New Guinea 1943–44

    by Mr Michael John Claringbould ...
    Series Book 103 - Duel
    Although New Guinea's Thunderbolt pilots faced several different types of enemy aircraft in capricious tropical conditions, by far their most common adversary was the Nakajima Ki-43-II Hayabusa, codenamed 'Oscar' by the Allies.These two opposing fighters were the products of two radically different design philosophies. The Thunderbolt was heavy, fast and packed a massive punch thanks to its ... Read more

    $17.49 USD

  • B-29 Superfortress Units of World War 2

    by Robert F Dorr ...
    Series Book 33 - Combat Aircraft
    Featuring photography and colour profiles throughout, a history of the bomber that shaped the Pacific War.The ultimate piston-engined heavy bomber of World War 2, the first production B-29s were delivered to the 58th Very Heavy Bomb Wing in the autumn of 1943. By the spring of 1944 the Superfortress was bombing targets in the Pacific, and by war's end the aircraft had played as great a part as any ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • P-40 Warhawk Aces of the Pacific

    by Carl Molesworth ...
    Series Book 55 - Aircraft of the Aces
    The first USAAF fighters to engage the Japanese in World War 2, a handful of P-40s rose to defend Pearl Harbor from attack on the morning of 7 December 1941.Warhawk units were also heavily involved in the ill-fated fight to stem invading Japanese forces in the Philippines and Java between December 1941 and April 1942 and again in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands between January 1943 and March 1944 ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • C-47/R4D Skytrain Units of the Pacific and CBI

    by David Isby ...
    Series Book 66 - Combat Aircraft
    From Pearl Harbor to VJ-Day, the humble Douglas C-47/R4D carried out missions every bit as strategically important, and as dramatic for the aircrew involved, as those of the fighters and bombers in the vast Pacific/CBI theatres.The C-47's wartime operations paved the way for post-war military and civil air transport, proving that aircraft could safely conduct routine flights from the USA, ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • P-39/P-400 Airacobra vs A6M2/3 Zero-sen

    New Guinea 1942

    by Mr Michael John Claringbould ...
    Series Book 87 - Duel
    After the huge advances made in the early months of the Pacific war, it was in remote New Guinea where the advance of Imperial Japanese Naval Air Force (IJNAF) A6M Zero-sen fighters was first halted due to a series of offensive and defensive aerial battles ranging from treetop height up to 30,000 ft.Initially, the IJNAF fought Australian Kittyhawks, but by May 1942 they had fought themselves into ... Read more

    $17.49 USD

  • TBD Devastator Units of the US Navy

    by Barrett Tillman ...
    Series Book 20 - Combat Aircraft
    The first monoplane aircraft ordered by the US Navy for carrier operations, the Douglas TBD Devastator was designed to fulfil a requirement for a new torpedo bomber.Just 129 were built, and when it entered service it was the most modern aircraft of its type anywhere in the world. Its only real taste of action came on 4 June 1942 in the pivotal Battle of Midway, when 35 were shot down in a clash ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Mitsubishi Type 1 Rikko ‘Betty’ Units of World War 2

    by Osamu Tagaya ...
    Series Book 22 - Combat Aircraft
    The most produced Japanese bomber of the war, the G4M saw action on every front from the first day of the Pacific conflict through to VJ-Day.The 'Betty's' very long range made it a key weapon during the opening year of the war. However, to achieve this, the aircraft was built with very little protective armour for its crew or fuel tanks, and Allied pilots soon exposed its extreme vulnerability.In ... Read more

    $19.79 USD

  • U.S. Navy SEALs: The Mission to Kill Osama bin Laden

    The Mission to Kill Osama bin Laden

    by Hans Halberstadt ...
    Series series Military Power
    Updated and expanded to include activities and operations in Afghanistan as well as:• The Osama bin Laden mission• SEALs at war• Counter-piracy ops• Weapons and equipmentThe U.S. Navy SEALs—named for the three environments from which they operate (SEa, Air, Land)—derived from the Underwater Demolition Teams (UDTs) and other specialized units created during World War II. During the Korean War, UDTs ... Read more

    $2.99 USD