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Clean Sweep: VIII Fighter Command against the Luftwaffe, 1942–45 by Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
RRP: £30.00£20.88A vivid narrative history, packed with first-hand accounts, of the US Eighth Air Force's VIII Fighter Command from its foundation in 1942 through to its victory in the skies over Nazi Germany. On August 7, 1942, two events of major military... -
Above Us, The Stars: 10 Squadron Bomber Command – The Wireless Operator’s Story by Jane Gulliford Lowes
£16.23"A tremendous read, interweaving military, social and family history...beautifully written and unbearably moving." Over 55,000 young Bomber Command airmen made the ultimate sacrifice; thousands more of their comrades survived one of the bloodiest... -
The Silver Spitfire: The Legendary WWII RAF Fighter Pilot in his Own Words by Tom Neil
RRP: £9.99£6.80A brilliantly vivid Second World War memoir by one of 'the Few' Spitfire fighter pilots.Following the D-Day landings, Battle of Britain hero Tom Neil was assigned as an RAF liaison to an American fighter squadron. As the Allies pushed east, Neil... -
Buccaneer Boys 2: More True Tales by those who flew the 'Last All-British Bomber' by Graham Pitchfork
RRP: £25.00£17.62Following the critically acclaimed publication eight years ago of Buccaneer Boys, long-serving Buccaneer navigator Air Commodore Graham Pitchfork has now followed up the great success of the book with more true tales from those who flew the last... -
McDonnell XP-67 "Moonbat" by Steve Richardson
RRP: £14.99£10.95Packed with never-before-seen photos, plans and meticulous new digital artwork, this is the first history of the USAAF's futuristic World War II prototype interceptor, the XP-67 "Moonbat". The series of X-planes that sprang from the US Army's Request... -
Malta Strikes Back: The Role of Malta in the Mediterranean Theatre 1940-1942 by Ken Delve 9781473892446
RRP: £25.00£18.02The key to our position in the whole Mediterranean lay in Malta. (Tedder) Two of the greatest strategic mistakes by Hitler involved failure to take control of two key locations, Gibraltar and Malta; between them these two were able to influence, and at... -
Early Jet Fighters - European and Soviet, 1944-1954: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives by Leo Marriott 9781526753939
£16.90In his previous book on early jet fighters Leo Marriott traced the history of the revolutionary aircraft produced by the British and Americans immediately after the Second World War; in this companion volume he describes jet fighter development on the... -
Thor: Anatomy of a Weapon System by Geoff Goodchild 9781781555682
RRP: £20.00£14.71Thor: Anatomy of a Weapon System examines the technical aspects of the Thor Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile system as based in the UK during the period 1958 to 1963. Thor has a unique part to play in our Cold War heritage; it was the first... -
Luftwaffe Profile Series: Number 7: Heinkel He 60 by Gerhard Lang
RRP: £11.99£7.59Number 7 in the Luftwaffe Profile Series describes the design and use of the Heinkel He 60.Book InformationISBN 9780887409226Author Gerhard LangFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 318g -
Desert Storm 1991: The most shattering air campaign in history by Dr Richard P. Hallion
RRP: £14.99£10.95An expertly written, illustrated new analysis of the Desert Storm air campaign fought against Saddam Hussein's Iraq, which shattered the world's fourth-largest army and sixth-largest air force in just 39 days, and revolutionized the world's ideas about... -
Close Call: RAF Close Air Support in the Mediterranean Volume II Sicily to Victory in Italy 1943-1945 by Vic Flintham 9781902109657
RRP: £29.95£21.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781902109657Author Vic FlinthamFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Hikoki PublicationsPublisher Hikoki Publications -
75 years of the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works by James C. Goodall
RRP: £50.00£37.62This pictorial journey takes the reader from the very beginning of the Skunk Works' very first project (XP-80 Shooting Star) and follows the programme through prototype build-up, first flight and, if they reached the frontline, operational service. ... -
Luftwaffe Mistel Composite Bomber Units by Robert Forsyth
RRP: £16.99£14.10The striking appearance of Luftwaffe's Mistel Composite attack aircraft might seem ridiculous to modern eyes, but employed correctly, these original 'fire and forget' weapons were devastatingly effective, as Allied sources testify. This book draws on a... -
The Supersonic BONE: A Development and Operational History of the B-1 Bomber by Katz, Kenneth 9781399014717
RRP: £35.00£24.29When the B-52 Stratofortress entered operational service with the US Air Force in 1955, work was already underway on defining its successor. The B-70 Valkyrie, a Mach 3 jet bomber, was one option. Although two XB-70A prototypes flew, the B-70 never went... -
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. -
Skyhawks Over the South Atlantic: The Argentine Skyhawks in the Malvinas/Falklands War 1982 by Santiago Rivas
RRP: £19.95£18.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912866397Author Santiago RivasFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
RAF Transport Aircraft by Chris Gibson
RRP: £15.99£11.61From their modest origins with BE.2c and Vickers Victoria biplanes delivering food and ammunition in the Mesopotamian deserts to the massive Globemasters delivering hardware in the same theatre a century later, transport aircraft have played a key role... -
War Prizes: An illustrated survey of German, Italian and Japanese aircraft brought to Allied countries during and after the Second World War by Phil Butler
RRP: £27.95£21.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800352629Author Phil ButlerFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing -
Soldiers with Spanners: The Ground Crews' View During the Second World War by Peter Bodie 9781781553374
RRP: £16.99£12.64Soldiers with Spanners is unique in that it tells the story of the men in the USAAF's 2nd Air Division during WWII, and better still, it shows it in pictures. To ass poignancy and accuracy, the majority of pictures were taken by the young men themselves... -
Buccaneer Boys: True Tales by those who Flew the 'Last All-British Bomber' by Air Commodore Graham Pitchfork
RRP: £14.99£10.95Twenty-four aircrew who flew the iconic aircraft with the Fleet Air Arm, the Royal Air Force and the South African Air Force (SAAF) relate their experiences and affection for the Blackburn Buccaneer. Arranged in chronological order, the book traces the... -
The RAF Pathfinders: Bomber Command's Elite Squadrons by Martyn Chorlton 9781846742019
RRP: £14.95£12.53The formation of the Pathfinder Force in August 1942 produced a steady but certain change in the fortunes of Bomber Command. Its effectiveness against targets during the early years of the war had been very difficult to gauge. When examined in detail... -
Flying Boats of the Solent and Poole by Mike Phipp
RRP: £16.99£11.47Flying boats have been a familiar sight in the Solent since the dawn of aviation. Two of Britain's major manufactures, Saunders-Roe and Supermarine, were based in Cowes and Woolston respectively. The area has been home to flying boats of Imperial Airways... -
Pby Catalina: Consolidated's Flying Boat in WWII by David Doyle
RRP: £22.99£19.74The PBY Catalina, designed and produced by Consolidated Aircraft, whose production was supplemented by that of Boeing Canada, Canadian Vickers, and the Naval Aircraft Factory, was the most widely used flying boat of all time. Developed in the 1930s, the... -
Britain's Aircraft Industry: Triumphs and Tragedies since 1909 by Ken Ellis
£33.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910809426Author Ken EllisFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing -
The Paratrooper Training Pocket Manual 1939-1945 by Chris McNab
RRP: £9.99£7.11Airborne assault was one of the great innovations of the 1930s and 1940s, adding a new 'vertical' dimension to infantry warfare. By the onset of World War II in 1939, Germany, Italy, and Russia were already advanced in their development of paratrooper... -
SR-71 Blackbird: Stories, Tales, and Legends by Rich Graham 9780760311424
RRP: £24.00£16.17Feel the Mach 3 power generated by Lockheed's incredibly fast SR-71 Blackbird! Former SR-71 pilot, instructor and wing commander, Richard Graham, presents the most intriguing SR-71 stories ever told. This once highly classified program is fully revealed... -
Women in Aviation by Julian Hale
RRP: £7.99£6.06Amy Johnson and Amelia Earhart may be the most famous trailblazing women within the world of early aviation, but there were many others. From the Wright brothers' sister Katherine, who was awarded the Legion d'honneur, to Mary, Lady Heath, the first... -
No Parachute: A Classic Account of War in the Air in WWI by Arthur Gould Lee
RRP: £10.00£7.12From the young airmen who took their frail machines high above the trenches of World War I and fought their foes in single combat there emerged a renowned company of brilliant aces - among them Ball, Bishop, McCudden, Collishaw and Mannock - whose... -
Hunter Boys: True Tales from Pilots of the Hawker Hunter by Richard Pike
RRP: £12.99£9.20From Richard Pike, author of Grub Street's bestselling Lightning Boys series, comes Hunter Boys, a fascinating insight into the experiences of those who flew the iconic Hawker Hunter - an aircraft known affectionately to many as `Queen of the Skies'. In... -
D-Day 1944: The deadly failure of Allied heavy bombing on June 6 by Stephen Bourque
RRP: £14.99£10.95An illustrated study of the little-known history of the failed Allied bombing campaign designed to shatter German defenses on D-Day. D-Day is one of the most written-about events in military history. One aspect of the invasion, however, continues to... -
Gnat Boys by Air Commodore Rick Peacock-Edwards
RRP: £25.00£17.62The Folland Gnat was used by the RAF mainly in the advanced training role, in the 1960s and 70s, where it proved to be an ideal lead-in trainer for high-performance aircraft such as the iconic Lightning, the first RAF supersonic fighter. It was also the... -
The Dornier Do 217: A Combat and Photographic Record in Luftwaffe Service 1941-1945 by Chris Goss
RRP: £35.00£25.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906537586Author Chris GossFormat HardbackPage Count 184Imprint Classic PublicationsPublisher Crecy Publishing -
Mosquito: The Original Multi-Role Combat Aircraft by Graham M. Simons 9781783400713
RRP: £15.99£11.61During the course of aviation history, there have been very few aircraft that have achieved immediate success when entering front-line service. The arrival of the de Havilland Mosquito brought with it a degree of instant success that set it apart from a... -
Norway 1940: The Luftwaffe's Scandinavian Blitzkrieg by James S. Corum
RRP: £14.99£10.95The German invasion of Norway was a pivotal moment in modern warfare, the first joint campaign that featured air power as an equal element of all operations. It was, in fact, the superior use of their air force that gave the Germans the decisive... -
Luftwaffe Fighter Pilot: Defending The Reich Against The RAF and USAAF by Wolfgang Fischer
RRP: £12.99£9.09Within weeks of war being declared, Wolfgang Fischer had volunteered to join the Luftwaffe and spent nearly five of the succeeding six years of hostilities in uniform. During this time, he was given a succession of postings varying from a... -
Empire of the Clouds: When Britain's Aircraft Ruled the World by James Hamilton-Paterson
RRP: £9.99£3.51In 1945 Britain was the world's leading designer and builder of aircraft - a world-class achievement that was not mere rhetoric. And what aircraft they were. The sleek Comet, the first jet airliner. The awesome delta-winged Vulcan, an intercontinental... -
Sink the Tirpitz 1942-44: The RAF and Fleet Air Arm duel with Germany's mighty battleship by Angus Konstam
RRP: £16.99£14.10This is the story of an air campaign in which each bomb could dramatically influence the course of the war. In January 1942, the powerful German battleship Tirpitz sailed into her new base in a Norwegian fjord, within easy reach of the Arctic Convoys... -
Mosquito Intruder Pilot: A Young Pilot s WW2 Experiences in Europe and the Far East by Walsh, Jeremy 9781399084772
RRP: £25.00£18.02Ben Walsh lied about his age to join the RAF, determined to play his part in the Second World War. He volunteered to be an intruder pilot, flying low level operations in the dark. Initially flying ops in Douglas Boston Intruder IIs, he then converted to... -
Sweating the Metal: Flying under Fire. A Chinook Pilot's Blistering Account of Life, Death and Dust in Afghanistan by Alex Duncan
RRP: £10.99£7.40With bullets flying, wounded soldiers scream out in pain as the Chinook comes in to land in one of the most dangerous parts of Afghanistan. At the machine's controls is one man and if he doesn't stay calm then everyone could die. That man is Flt Lt Alex... -
Vampire Boys: True Tales from Operators of the RAF's First Single-Engined Jet by Charlotte Bailey
RRP: £25.00£18.02Sliding out of the shadows of World War Two, the de Havilland Vampire - accompanied by the distinctive whine of its Goblin engine - quickly proved itself an effective alternative to piston-powered fighters. After entering operational service with the RAF...