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The Blue Arena by Bob Spurdle 9780907579984
RRP: £9.99£7.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780907579984Author Bob SpurdleFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Goodall Publications LtdPublisher Crecy Publishing -
The Workhorse of Helmand: A Chinook Crewman's Account of Operations in Afghanistan and Iraq by Michael Fry 9781399075510
RRP: £22.00£15.62As a RAF Chinook crewman, Mick Fry's exposure to Afghanistan spanned over 10 years and countless deployments, from watching 9/11 unfold in Australia, leaving the deck of HMS Ocean off the coast of Pakistan under the cover of darkness all the way through... -
A Royal Navy Cold War Buccaneer Pilot: Flying the Famous Maritime Strike Aircraft by Simon Kershaw
RRP: £22.00£15.62This is a vivid and powerful story of life on board the last of our great Second World War-era aircraft carriers, modernised to serve beyond their time. It is a story of the Cold War which conveys the trials and tribulations of flying one of the... -
Dresden and the Heavy Bombers: An RAF Navigator's Perspective by Frank Musgrove
RRP: £12.99£9.09This is the first hand account of a young man's entry into World War II in 1941, culminating in his role in the bombing of Dresden in February 1945 by RAF Bomber Command. This is not a gung-ho account of flying with Bomber Command, instead Musgrove takes... -
Titanic: A Survivor's Story by Archibald Gracie
RRP: £9.99£7.55Here is a survivor's vivid account of the greatest maritime disaster in history. The information contained in Gracie's account is available from no other source. He provides details of those final moments, including names of passengers pulled from the... -
Forgotten Heroes of the Battle of Britain by Sarkar, Dilip 9781399075725
RRP: £25.00£17.62Lasting sixteen weeks during the momentous year of 1940, the Battle of Britain ended with the Luftwaffe having failed to achieve the decisive victory that Hitler had demanded. Whilst the technical details of the aircraft and weapons involved are, of... -
Fighter Pilot: From Cold War Jets to Spitfires: The Extraordinary Memoirs of a Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Pilot by Coville, Christopher 9781399015578
RRP: £25.00£17.62A young boy sits in the back of a Chipmunk aircraft at RAF Woodvale, near Liverpool. He has never flown in anything before. As the power goes on and the little aeroplane soars into a clear blue sky, he decides at once that this is the only thing he wants... -
Flying Light Helicopters with the Royal Marines: Collective Tales From Marine Air 489 by Robert Wilsey
RRP: £25.00£17.62Little has been written about Royal Marines rotary aviation, the small and select unit which operated light helicopters between 1965 and 1995. Officer and senior non-commissioned officer pilots had the unique privilege of being both Commandos and... -
In the Treacle Mine: The Life of a Marine Engineer by J W Richardson 9781849954884
RRP: £16.99£14.10If anyone has ever wondered what happens in the engine room when the Captain on the bridge rings 'Full Ahead' on the telegraph then this book will enlighten the reader. This is a story of one man's life at sea, from his beginnings as a lowly cadet to his... -
Tumult in the Clouds: The Centenary Collection by James Goodson
RRP: £9.99£7.11In 1918, the RAF was established as the world's first independent air force. To mark the 100th anniversary of its creation, Penguin are publishing the Centenary Collection, a series of six classic books highlighting the skill, heroism esprit de corps... -
The Hurricane Girls: The inspirational true story of the women who dared to fly by Jo Wheeler
RRP: £10.99£7.77Celebrating the lives of the magnificent women, the ATA girls, who courageously flew Spitfires, Tiger Moths, Lancaster Bombers and many other aircraft during World War Two Since the invention of aeroplanes, women have taken to the skies.They have broken... -
Magnificent Women in Flying Machines: The First 200 Years of British Women in the Sky by Sally Smith
RRP: £20.00£15.44Just eighteen months after two Frenchmen made the world's first ever flight, a fearless British woman hopped into a flimsy balloon and flew across the London sky for nearly an hour. Since then, many other remarkable British women have decided to defy... -
Topgun Lessons From The Sky by McKenzie Fletcher 9780995142190
RRP: £15.99£14.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995142190Author McKenzie FletcherFormat PaperbackPage Count 278Imprint Squabbling Sparrows PressPublisher Squabbling Sparrows Press -
Imagine a City: A Pilot Sees the World by Mark Vanhoenacker 9781784743260
RRP: £14.99£13.29**A Financial Times Best Summer Book of 2022**'A journey around both the author's mind and the planet's great cities that leaves us energised, open to new experiences and ready to return more hopefully to our lives' ALAIN DE BOTTON'A moving account of... -
Malta's Greater Siege and Adrian Warburton by Paul McDonald 9781473860087
RRP: £25.00£18.62This is a true historical account of war in the air, at sea and on land in the battle for Malta's survival in the Second World War. It was a battle which decided the outcome of the war in North Africa and the Mediterranean. Adrian Warburton, the airman... -
The True Story of Catch 22: The Real Men and Missions of Joseph Heller’s 340th Bomb Group in World War II by Patricia Chapman Meder
RRP: £18.99£16.57After the publication of his best-selling novel, Joseph Heller usually chose to deny that any of his richly drawn characters were based on his actual war mates. However, to those who served with Heller in the 340th Bomb Group the novel's characters were... -
Warburton's War: The Life of Maverick Ace Adrian Warburton, DSO, DFC, DFC (USA) by Chris Goss 9780907579434
RRP: £7.99£5.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780907579434Author Chris GossFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Goodall Publications LtdPublisher Crecy Publishing -
Tales of Lancasters and Other Aircraft: Dangerous Skies in the Second World War by George Culling 9781803994550
RRP: £12.99£9.62Of every 100 operational airmen in the Second World War, nearly seven were killed flying in England and more than three severely injured in crashes. With a total of 12,398, the number of non-operational casualties was significant. Operational casualties... -
Keeping Watch: A WAAF in Bomber Command by Pip Beck 9780907579380
RRP: £7.99£5.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780907579380Author Pip BeckFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Goodall Publications LtdPublisher Crecy Publishing -
One of the Few: The Memoirs of Wing Commander Ted 'Shippy' Shipman AFC by John Shipman 9781526784452
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'sailor' Malan - Freedom Fighter: The Inspirational Story of a Spitfire Ace by Dilip Sarkar Mbe
RRP: £25.00£18.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781526795267Author Dilip Sarkar MbeFormat HardbackPage Count 264Imprint Air WorldPublisher Air WorldWeight(grams) 152g -
Extremes of Fortune: From Great War to Great Escape. the Story of Herbert Martin Massey, CBE, DSO, Mc by Andrew White 9781999812881
RRP: £19.95£14.65Herbert Martin Massey was by any measure, a remarkable man. He was wounded three times in three separate conflicts, the first of which, in the First World War, almost killed him. Brought down in flames by one of Germany's great aces, Werner Voss, he... -
Lightnings to Spitfires: Memoirs of an RAF Fighter Pilot and Former Officer Commanding the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight by Clive Rowley
RRP: £25.00£17.62For forty-four years, Clive Rowley flew with the Royal Air Force and for thirty-one of those years he specialised as an air defence fighter pilot. Such was his love of fast fighter aircraft that, in order to stay flying, he transferred to Specialist... -
Skunk Works: a Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed by Ben R. Rich 9780316743006
£13.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316743006Author Ben R. RichFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Little, Brown and CompanyPublisher Little, Brown & Company -
Skybound: A Journey In Flight by Rebecca Loncraine 9781447273875
RRP: £12.99£11.01Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Memoir of the Year Award'Extraordinary' Daily Telegraph'Breathtaking' Guardian Skybound by Rebecca Loncraine is a book for anyone who has looked up and longed to take flight. The day she flew in a glider for... -
Pauline Gower, Pioneering Leader of the Spitfire Women by Alison Hill
RRP: £14.99£11.55Pauline Gower was the leader of the Spitfire women during the Second World War. After gaining her pilot's licence at 20, she set up the first female joyriding business in 1931 with engineer Dorothy Spicer and took 33,000 passengers up for a whirl,... -
Titanic Captain: The Life of Edward John Smith by Gary Cooper 9780752460727
RRP: £15.99£12.25Commander Edward John Smith's career had been a remarkable example of how a man from a humble background could get far in the world. Born to a working-class family in the landlocked Staffordshire Potteries, he went to sea at the age of 17 and rose... -
Magnificent Women and Flying Machines: The First 200 Years of British Women in the Sky by Sally Smith
RRP: £14.99£11.55'Lively history of British women aviators.' Daily Mail'Compelling stories of female pioneers whose soaring ambition achieved firsts in the field of aviation.' Britain Magazine'This lovely book offers a welcome and enjoyable read and provides a timely... -
Dambuster-in-Chief: The Life of Air Chief Marshal Sir Ralph Cochrane by Richard Mead 9781526765079
RRP: £25.00£17.62Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
FallschirmjäGer! : A Collection of Firsthand Accounts and Diaries by German Paratrooper Veterans from the Second World War by Greg Way
RRP: £25.00£21.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914059407Author Greg WayFormat PaperbackPage Count 308Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Naval Aviator: The Memoir of a Royal Navy Officer and Operational Westland Wasp and Lynx Pilot by Chris Taylor 9781399059763
£36.53Chris Taylor has had a very successful career as a Royal Navy officer, helicopter pilot, test pilot and instructor. His first book, Test Pilot, concentrates on anecdotes and incidents from the most recent phase of his career. His second book,... -
Bomber Command Pilot: From the Battle of Britain to the Augsburg Raid: The Unique Story of Wing Commander J S Sherwood DSO, DFC* by Gerald Sherwood
RRP: £25.00£17.62John Sherwood was commissioned into the RAF as a pilot officer on leaving school in 1936/. In mid-1940, he was posted to a frontline bomber squadron. He went on to undertake a full tour of thirty sorties against enemy targets during the summer of 1940,... -
RAF College, Cranwell: A Centenary Celebration: We Seek the Highest by Roger Annett 9781526712189
RRP: £30.00£21.35We Seek the Highest has been the motto of the thousands of Officer Cadets who, over ten decades, have passed through the rigorous training regime at the Royal Air Force College, Cranwell, Lincolnshire. The words embody the College ethos: to strive to... -
Spitfire Pilot: A Personal Account of the Battle of Britain by Flight Lieutenant David Crook 9781784387488 [USED COPY]
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Spitfire Pilot: A Personal Account of the Battle of Britain by Flight Lieutenant David Crook
RRP: £9.99£7.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784387488Author Flight Lieutenant David CrookFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Greenhill BooksPublisher Greenhill BooksWeight(grams) 130g -
Commando Helicopter Aircrewman: 51 Years in Action with the RN and RAF by Sheldon, John 9781399093798
RRP: £20.00£14.29This is the remarkable story of one man's service in the Royal Navy, RAF and the Royal Naval Reserve Air Branch of the Fleet Air Arm. It is a flying career which lasted for an impressive 51 years and in which Warrant Officer Class 1 John Sheldon amassed... -
Flying Freestyle: An RAF Fast Jet Pilot's Story by Squadron Leader Jerry Pook 9781399020558
RRP: £14.99£10.95During a twenty-five year flying career in the RAF, Jerry Pook has flown Hunter Fighter/Ground Attack aircraft in the Gulf, Harriers in West Germany, the supersonic Starfighter with the Dutch Air Force, the Harrier in Belize, Central America and the... -
Men Without Country: The True Story of Exploration and Rebellion in the South Seas by Harrison Christian
RRP: £18.99£13.02'What joy to be at sea again, adrift on the vast Pacific, in the clutches of a gifted storyteller. Harrison Christian and the mutineers of Men Without Country held me happily captive to the very last page.' - Dava Sobel, author of Longitude'Men Without... -
Archie's Lights: The Life and Times of a Scottish Lightkeeper by Archie MacEachern 9781849953993
RRP: £18.99£16.05Born at a clifftop lighthouse in 1910, Archie's life was spent in the world of Scottish lighthouses - he was one of the third generation of his family in the service of the Northern Lighthouse Board. Archie's stories have gripped listeners of all ages... -
The Admiral Benbow: The Life and Times of a Naval Legend by Sam Willis
RRP: £18.99£11.13Admiral John Benbow was an English naval hero, a fighting sailor of ruthless methods but indomitable courage. Benbow was a man to be reckoned with. In 1702, however, when Benbow engaged a French squadron off the Spanish main, other ships in his squadron...