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  • The Science of Bombing

    Operational Research in RAF Bomber Command

    After suffering devastating losses in the early stages of the Second World War, the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force established an Operational Research Section within bomber command in order to drastically improve the efficiency of bombing missions targeting Germany. In The Science of Bombing,Randall Wakelam explores the work of civilian scientists who found critical solutions to the navigational ... Read more

    $46.79 USD

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  • Vulcan Test Pilot

    My Experiences in the Cockpit of a Cold War Icon

    by Tony Blackman ...
    In this memoir, the author of Nimrod: Rise and Fall details his experience testing the UK's strategic bomber while flying for Avro during the Cold War.In 2007, a restored Avro Vulcan Mark 2—XH558—took to the skies to help commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Falklands conflict. To coincide with this, the memoirs of one of its test pilots, Tony Blackman, was published to great acclaim.Tony flew ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mosquito Bomber/Fighter-Bomber Units 1942–45

    by Martin Bowman ...
    Series Book 4 - Combat Aircraft
    Truly an example of engineering ingenuity born out of the desperation of war, the legendary 'all-wooden' Mosquito was perhaps the best twin-engined fighter-bomber of its size to see action in World War 2.The first bomber variant to enter service was the B Mk IV, initial examples of which were issued to No 2 Group's No 105 Sqn at Swanton Morley, in Norfolk, in November 1941. Considerably faster ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Target: Rabaul

    The Allied Siege of Japan's Most Infamous Stronghold, March 1943–August 1945

    by Bruce Gamble ...
    Series Book 3 - The Rabaul Trilogy
    A history of World War II's Operation Cartwheel, a major Allied operation by US, Australian, and New Zealand forces to take the Japanese base at Rabaul.Prior to World War II, few Americans had heard of Rabaul, a small harbor town in a far-off corner of the Pacific. But it became a household name after the Japanese captured Rabaul in January 1942 and developed it into their most heavily defended ... Read more

    $23.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Barney Barnfather

    Life on a Spitfire Squadron

    Riversdale Robert 'Barney' Barnfather was an RAF fighter pilot who flew Spitfires in action almost continuously from November 1941 until the end of the war in Europe. Barney was often in the thick of the fighting and saw action in the offensive sweeps over France, in the desperate air battle for Malta, the fighting in North Africa, the invasions of Sicily and Italy, and finally on the fringes of ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Albatros D.I–D.II

    Series Book 5 - Air Vanguard
    A concise technical history of the German Albatros D.I and D.II type scouts.In 1916 German aerial domination had been lost to the French and British fighters. German fighter pilots requested an aircraft that was more powerful and more heavily armed, and the Albatros design bureau set to work on what was to become an iconic aircraft design. By April 1916, they had developed the Albatros D.I, that ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • Jungle Ace

    The brief but accomplished life of Army Air Forces fighter ace Gerald Johnson (192045) is the subject of John Brunings latest book. During three years in the Pacific theater, Johnson shot down twenty-four Japanese aircraft in 265 combat missions. At the age of twenty-four, he commanded the highest-scoring fighter group in the Pacific, the 49th. Tragically, though Johnson had survived three combat ... Read more

    $9.95 USD

  • Luftwaffe Emergency Fighters

    Blohm & Voss BV P.212 , Heinkel P.1087C, Junkers EF 128, Messerschmitt P.1101, Focke-Wulf Ta 183 and Henschel Hs P.135

    Series Book 4 - X-Planes
    An authoritative history of Nazi Germany's futuristic but never-built jet fighters, packed with rare photos and newly researched artwork.In late 1944, the German Air Ministry organised what it called an 'Emergency Fighter Competition' intended to produce designs for quick-to-build yet technically and tactically effective jet fighter aircraft capable of tackling the anticipated arrival of the B-29 ... Read more

    $17.49 USD

  • Pushing the Envelope

    The Career of Fighter Ace and Test Pilot Marion Carl

    Series series Bluejacket Books
    First published in 1994, this stirring autobiography of a fighter and test pilot takes readers full throttle through Carl's imposing list of "firsts." Beginning with his World War II career, he gained such commendations as first Marine Corps ace, among the first Marines ever to fly a helicopter, and first Marine to land aboard an aircraft carrier. His combat duty included the momentous battles at ... Read more

    $17.29 USD

  • Messerschmitt Bf 109 E–F series

    Series Book 23 - Air Vanguard
    The Messerschmitt Bf 109 was one of the truly world class piston-engined fighters of World War II. This reputation rests largely with the E and F variants, which bore the brunt of the Luftwaffe's most important operations in World War II and shot down tens of thousands of Allied aircraft in the Battle of Britain, the Blitzkriegs across Europe and on the Eastern Front. This volume looks at the ... Read more

    $14.49 USD

  • Broken Me 262A Jet Fighters-Part 4

    by David Myhra ...
    Part 4 of 9. Photographs and information of unfinished, war weary, crash-landed, cannibalized, new ones, but all "dead" Messerschmidt Me 262s, found scattered all over the former Nazi Germany at the end of World War II, 8 May 1945. Enjoy this nine part series! Written and compiled by David Myhra PhD and published by RCW E book Publishing. ... Read more

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  • Pedro

    The Life and Death of Fighter Ace Osgood Villiers Hanbury, DFC and Bar

    ‘I went into the cloud and went flat out for a few minutes, turned, and as I dived out my luck was in and I got him head-on. He went straight into the sea and I am glad to say there were no survivors. A Dornier which had blown up came floating down in bits and another burnt up on land. It was a most spectacular show.’Known as Pedro to his comrades and Tiggy to his family, Osgood Villiers Hanbury ... Read more

    $13.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus