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D-Day, Arnhem and the Rhine: A Glider Pilot s Memoir by Ashby, Robert F 9781399088183
RRP: £20.00£14.29Foot soldiers, commandos, parachutists, naval seamen, bomber and fighter pilots - their varied personal experiences of the Second World War have been widely recounted, and the parts they played in the conflict are well known. But there are specialized... -
Fleet Air Arm Boys: Volume One: Air Defence Fighter Aircraft Since 1945 True Tales From Royal Navy Aircrew, Maintainers and Handlers by Steve Bond
RRP: £20.00£14.69The RAF's continuing role in the projection of air power in the defence of the United Kingdom and its overseas interests since the end of the Second World War is well known. However, the same cannot always be said about the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm... -
Hurricane: The Plane that Won the War by Jacky Hyams
RRP: £16.99£11.76Britain's first-ever wartime fighter plane, the Hawker Hurricane, shot down more enemy planes than any other fighter. It was the true aviation hero of the Battle of Britain.Often eclipsed by the legend and aerial heroics of the Spitfire, the Hurricane... -
British Transport Aircraft of the 1970s and '80s by Chris Goss 9781802827200
RRP: £16.99£12.28Following on in the series of British aircraft in the 1970s and '80s, this book explores the transport aircraft that served during this time period, including the Argosy, Belfast, Hastings and more.About the AuthorAfter a 32-year career in the RAF and... -
Marie Marvingt, Fiancee of Danger: First Female Bomber Pilot, World-Class Athlete and Inventor of the Air Ambulance by Rosalie Maggio 9781476675503
RRP: £21.99£17.97As accomplished as she is unknown, Marie Marvingt set the world's first women's aviation records, won the only gold medal ever given for being outstanding in all sports, invented the ambulance airplane, was the first female bomber pilot in history,... -
Luftwaffe in Africa 1941-1943 by Jean-Louis Roba
RRP: £19.99£14.28Adolf Hitler considered the Mediterranean an unimportant theater of the war, leaving it to the troops of Benito Mussolini who wanted to dominate the "Mare Nostro." Nevertheless, when the Italian army was defeated on the Libyan-Egyptian border at the... -
Luftwaffe Squadrons 1939-45: The Essential Aircraft Identification Guide by Chris Bishop
RRP: £19.99£14.05Illustrated with detailed artworks of World War II-era German aircraft and their markings with exhaustive captions and specifications, Luftwaffe Squadrons 1939-45: Identification Guide is the definitive study of the equipment and organisation of the... -
P-47 Thunderbolt vs German Flak Defences: Western Europe 1943-45 by Jonathan Bernstein
RRP: £13.99£9.75Since the end of World War 2, the tactical air war over Europe has been largely overlooked by historians and authors alike in favour of analysis of the higher profile strategic bombing campaign. Involving just as many aircraft as the daylight heavy... -
Pioneers of Aerial Combat: Air Battles of the First World War Michael Foley 9781399074957
RRP: £14.99£10.95When the Wright Brothers made their first flight in the early years of the twentieth century it sparked the imagination of those who wanted to fly, both in their country and around the world. In Britain, however, the spark wasnt strong enough to light a... -
"Big Week" 1944: Operation Argument and the breaking of the Jagdwaffe by Douglas C. Dildy
RRP: £14.99£10.95A rigorous new analysis of America's legendary 'Big Week' air campaign which enabled the Allies to gain air superiority before D-Day. The USAAF's mighty World War II bomber forces were designed for unescorted, precision daylight bombing, but no-one ... -
The Spitfire Pocket Manual by Martin Robson 9781472830562 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99£2.25Developed in 1938 from a Schneider trophy-winning design by the aeronautical engineer and designer R.J Mitchell, the Supermarine Spitfire went on to become the definitive Allied fighter of the Second World War, and ranks amongst the most famous aircraft... -
The Spitfire Pocket Manual by Martin Robson
RRP: £9.99£7.67Developed in 1938 from a Schneider trophy-winning design by the aeronautical engineer and designer R.J Mitchell, the Supermarine Spitfire went on to become the definitive Allied fighter of the Second World War, and ranks amongst the most famous aircraft... -
Sigh For A Merlin: Testing The Spitfire by Alex Henshaw 9781800352513
RRP: £11.95£8.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800352513Author Alex HenshawFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing -
Voices Of The Battle Of Britain: 80th Anniversary 1940 -2020: 2020 by Mike Lepine 9781912918201
RRP: £20.00£16.43It was a crucial moment of WW2. 1940. The Royal Air Force, virtually alone, defended the skies of Britain against massed formations of German bombers. They put up such a ferocious defence that Hitler gave up ideas of invading Britain and turned his... -
Bomber Command War Diaries: An Operational Reference Book 1939-1945 by Martin Middlebrook 9781783463602
RRP: £30.00£21.95Bomber Command's campaign started on the very first day of the Second World War and ended within a few hours of the final victory in Europe five and a half years later. It was an attempt to win the war in Europe by strategic bombing on such an enormous... -
Aircraft and Aviation Stamps: A Collector's Guide by Howard Piltz 9781473871861
RRP: £16.99£12.68The author has combined his two greatest interests: Transport and Stamp Collecting and brought them together in this series of books looking at the way postage stamps have led him to increase his knowledge of our world via his interest in all forms of... -
MESSERSCHMITT Bf 109: The Latter Years - War in the East to the Fall of Germany Chris Goss 9781473899483
RRP: £14.99£11.35The most iconic German aircraft of the Second World War, the Messerschmitt Bf 109 was the Luftwaffe's principal fighter from 1939 until 1942 when the superior Focke-Wulf Fw 190 came into greater prominence. The Bf 109 served in every theatre of the war,... -
The Ones Who Got Away: Mighty Eighth Airmen on the Run in Occupied Europe by Bill Yenne 9781472858719
RRP: £25.00£17.62A remarkable collection of accounts of intrepid American aircrew shot down over enemy lines during World War II and how they got away. To be an airman in the Eighth Air Force flying over the war-torn skies of Europe required skill, tenacity, and ... -
Battle of Britain The Breaking Storm: 10 July 1940 12 August 1940 by Dilip Sarkar 9781399056410
RRP: £25.00£19.62Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Battle of Malta: June 1940-November 1942 by Anthony Rogers
RRP: £15.99£11.61A detailed, illustrated exploration of the land, sea and air units that defended Malta, and the repeated Axis attempts to bring the crucial Allied island fortress to its knees. On 11 June 1940, the British crown colony of Malta - which dominated the... -
Harrier Boys: Volume Two: New Threats, New Technology, New Tactics, 1990 - 2010 by Bob Marston
RRP: £20.00£14.69In the second volume of Harrier Boys, as with the first, the history of this remarkable aircraft in service with UK armed forces is illustrated through personal reminiscences of the people who worked with it. The book begins with explanations of the... -
Fighter Ace: The Extraordinary Life of Douglas Bader, Battle of Britain Hero Dilip Sarkar 9781445638195
RRP: £14.99£9.70THE FIRST BIOGRAPHY TO TRULY SEPARATE FACT FROM MYTH AND LEGEND. The story of Douglas Bader, the RAF fighter pilot who shot down twenty enemy fighters during the Second World War despite having lost both his legs, defies fiction. A fighter ace and... -
Spitfire: The Legend Lives On John Dibbs (Author) 9781472815491
RRP: £30.00£22.55Published to coincide with the 80th birthday of the Spitfire this is a gripping and visually spectacular volume, which celebrates the life of Britain's most iconic military aircraft. The Spitfire turns 80 on 5 March 2016, and the passion for the... -
Battle of Britain Attack of the Eagles: 13 August 1940 – 18 August 1940 by Dilip Sarkar 9781399057912
RRP: £25.00£17.62In this unprecedented series exploring the big story of the Battle of Britain, renowned historian Dilip Sarkar investigates the wider context and intimate details of the epic aerial conflict in the summer of 1940 from all sides. In so doing, he gives due... -
The Cactus Air Force: Air War over Guadalcanal by Eric Hammel 9781472851086
RRP: £14.99£10.95Using diary entries, interviews and first-hand accounts, this vivid narrative brings to life the struggle in the air over the island of Guadalcanal between August 20 and November 15, 1942. The battle of Guadalcanal was the first offensive operation... -
Peenemunde Raid by Martin Middlebrook 9781844153367
RRP: £14.99£11.35On the night of 17-18 August 1943, RAF Bomber Command attacked a remote research establishment on the German Baltic coast. The site was Peenemunde, where Hitler's scientists were developing both the V-1 flying bomb and the V-2 rocket whose destructive... -
B-17 Memphis Belle by Graham Simons 9781848846913
RRP: £14.99£10.95Without doubt Boeing Flying Fortress B-17F 41-42285 Memphis Belle and her crew generate an image that is an all-American icon. Indeed, it has been claimed that the Memphis Belle is in the top five of the most famous American aircraft of all time.In... -
Fleet Air Arm Boys Volume Three: Helicopters - True Tales From royal Navy Men and Women Air and Ground Crew by Steve Bond
RRP: £25.00£18.62Helicopters have been going to sea with the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm for over 70 years. Initially used for search and rescue (SAR) duties from aircraft carriers, the rapid development of both the helicopters and service experience resulted in them... -
Battle of the Atlantic 1942-45: The climax of World War II's greatest naval campaign by Mark Lardas
RRP: £16.99£12.28This illustrated study explores, in detail, the climactic events of the Battle of the Atlantic, and how air power proved to be the Allies' most important submarine-killer in one of the most bitterly fought naval campaigns of World War II. As 1942... -
Military Aircraft Markings 2022 by Howard J Curtis 9781800351424
RRP: £12.95£9.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800351424Author Howard J CurtisFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing -
Confessions of a Phantom Pilot by Tug Wilson 9781781558508
RRP: £25.00£18.02'The Confessions of a Phantom Pilot' is the true story of a young RAF pilot who gets his dream to fly the old dirty workhorse fighter of the Cold War. From the first flight where he thought the jet was trying to kill him, through to his final trip of... -
Panavia Tornado: Gr. 1, Gr. 4, Ids/Gr. 1b, Ecr, Adv by Anirudh Rao
RRP: £16.00£11.62The Panavia Tornado is a twin-engine fighter jet with variable wing geometry. Three main versions of the Tornado were created: the attack version - Tornado IDS (Interdictor/Strike), the interceptor version - Tornado ADV (Air Defense Variant) and the... -
The Fighting Colours of Richard J. Caruana. 50th Anniversary Collection. 3. Ee/Bac Lightning by Richard J Caruana
£21.44Retired from service close to a quarter century ago, the English Electric (BAC) Lightning has become a cult subject with aviation enthusiasts, especially those who, like the author, remember seeing this mighty interceptor take to the air. As its Avons... -
Speed: The Life of a Test Pilot and Birth of an American Icon by Bob Gilliland
RRP: £27.99£24.54On the morning of December 22, 1964, at a small, closely guarded airstrip in the desert town of Palmdale, California, Lockheed test pilot Bob Gilliland stepped into a strange-looking aircraft and roared into aviation history. Developed at the... -
Flight Through the Ages: A Fiftieth Anniversary Tribute to the Guild of Aviation Artists by Guild of Aviation Artists 9781526763778
RRP: £35.00£25.29Flight Through the Ages' was the title of the first annual exhibition of the Guild of Aviation Artists in 1971. This book celebrates 50 years of exhibitions and includes paintings by some one hundred Guild artists, past and present, depicting aircraft... -
The Mikoyan-Gurevich Mig-3 Vol. II by Dariusz Paduch
RRP: £24.00£16.96The I-200 fighter project was a compromise between design office's capabilities, realities of the Soviet aviation industry, with its available technologies, and military requirements.According to the brief description of the MiG-3 from 1941, it was, in... -
Lockheed-Martin F-22 Raptor:: An Illustrated History by Mike Wallace
RRP: £18.99£12.65It's called the Raptor. The F-22 will be the U.S. Air Force's premier fighter for the first decades of the 21st century. Like other expensive military programs, the F-22 endured continuous scrutiny throughout its development - the aircraft that evolved... -
Bf 109 Jabo Units in the West by Malcolm V. Lowe
RRP: £16.99£12.28Using specially commissioned artwork and detailing technical specifications, this book explores the Bf 109's different roles occasioned by wartime necessity, from its employment as a fighter to its evolution as a fighter-bomber. One of the principal... -
Baa Baa Black Sheep by Greg Boyington 9780553263503
RRP: £7.99£5.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553263503Author Gregory BoyingtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Bantam Books IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm)... -
A Detailed History of RAF Manston 1945-1999 by Joe Bamford
RRP: £20.00£15.04Having been classified by the Air Ministry as a 'Master Diversion' airfield, RAF Manston was for many years open twenty-four hours a day and available to both civil and military aircraft 365 days a year. It was also later equipped with the Pyrene foam...