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Women in Aviation by Julian Hale
RRP: €9.51€7.44Amy 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... -
D-Day 1944: The deadly failure of Allied heavy bombing on June 6 by Stephen Bourque
RRP: €17.84€13.03An 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... -
Nuclear Weapons of the United States: An Illustrated History by James N. Gibson
RRP: €54.73€36.56This new book covers every nuclear delivery system the United States ever deployed. With few exceptions, each weapon and system is illustrated by either color or black and white photographs. Each weapon also comes with specifications and a history of its... -
Routledge Handbook of Air Power by John Andreas Olsen
RRP: €53.54€47.22The Routledge Handbook of Air Power offers a comprehensive overview of the political purposes and military importance of air power.Despite its increasing significance in international relations, statecraft and war, the phenomenon of air power remains... -
Area 51: The Revealing Truth of UFOs, Secret Aircraft, Cover-Ups & Conspiracies by Nick Redfern 9781578596720
RRP: €26.17€18.12Taking a thorough review of the historical record, eyewitness accounts, whistleblower testimony, and deathbed confessions, Area 51 peers behind the classified secrets to understand the nature, history, and scope of the most controversial base in the... -
Hunter Boys: True Tales from Pilots of the Hawker Hunter by Richard Pike
RRP: €15.46€11.25From 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... -
They Gave Me A Seafire Commander R M 'Mike' Crosley 9781399014441
RRP: €17.84€13.03A classic in every sense of the word, the re-issuing of this book is sure to provoke an enthusiastic response. First published in 1986 by Airlife, its publishing history has seen a great number of glowing reviews generated, coming from both historians... -
Mosquito: The Original Multi-Role Combat Aircraft by Graham M. Simons 9781783400713
RRP: €19.03€13.82During 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... -
Proposed Airborne Assaults during Operation Overlord: Cancelled Allied Plans in Normandy and Brittany by James Daly 9781399037433
RRP: €26.18€18.59The airborne landings on D-Day played a major part in the success of the largest amphibious operation ever mounted. Yet just over three months later Operation _Market Garden_, the largest airborne operation ever attempted, failed to take all its... -
Luftwaffe Fighter Pilot: Defending The Reich Against The RAF and USAAF by Wolfgang Fischer
RRP: €15.46€10.82Within 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... -
War In A Stringbag by Charles Lamb
RRP: €13.08€8.81A classic autobiography by the best known Second World War Fleet Air Arm pilot. A story of real life adventure, action and heroism.Commander Charles Lamb fought an exceptional war flying the slow and obsolete Fairey Swordfish for the Fleet Air Arm. It... -
Empire of the Clouds: When Britain's Aircraft Ruled the World by James Hamilton-Paterson
RRP: €11.89€4.18In 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... -
Gnat Boys by Air Commodore Rick Peacock-Edwards
RRP: €29.75€20.97The 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: €41.65€30.10Apologies 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 -
Norway 1940: The Luftwaffe's Scandinavian Blitzkrieg by James S. Corum
RRP: €17.84€13.03The 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... -
Vampire Boys: True Tales from Operators of the RAF's First Single-Engined Jet by Charlotte Bailey
RRP: €29.75€21.44Sliding 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... -
A History of the Mediterranean Air War Volume Five: Volume Five: From the fall of Rome to the end of the war 1944-1945 by Christopher Shores
RRP: €59.50€41.91During the final year of World War II, the defending Axis forces were steadily driven from southern skies by burgeoning Anglo-American power. This was despite the steady withdrawal of units to more demanding areas. In this fifth volume of the series the... -
Wings Over Water: The Story of the World's Greatest Air Race and the Birth of the Spitfire by Jonathan Glancey
RRP: €11.89€7.97Announced in 1912, the Schneider Trophy was a series of glamorous air contests, popularly known as races, that captivated both sides of the Atlantic. While there were many other aviation competitions, the Schneider proved to be, after a rocky start, by... -
Aerial Warfare: A Very Short Introduction by Frank Ledwidge 9780198804314
RRP: €10.70€7.68Aerial warfare has dominated war-making for over 100 years, and despite regular announcements of its demise, it shows no sign of becoming obsolete. In this Very Short Introduction Frank Ledwidge offers a sweeping look at the history of aerial warfare,... -
Dornier Do 335 by Robert Forsyth
RRP: €19.03€15.01The Dornier Do 335 was conceived as a high-speed, all-weather fighter, and represented the pinnacle of piston-engined aircraft design. The Do 335 was a big aircraft, weighing just over 10,000kg when laden with fuel, equipment, and pilot, yet powered by... -
Witness to Roswell, 75th Anniversary Edition: Unmasking the Government's Biggest Cover-up by Thomas J. Carey
RRP: €21.41€16.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637480038Author Thomas J. CareyFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint New Page Books,USPublisher Red Wheel/WeiserWeight(grams) 1gDimensions(mm) 229mm *... -
Bloody April 1917: The birth of modern air power by James S. Corum
RRP: €19.03€13.82Researched from original-language primary sources, this is a uniquely well-informed and multi-faceted history of the World War I air campaign of Bloody April. Researched from original German-, French-, and English-language sources, and written by an... -
Helicopter Boys: True Tales from Operators of Military and Civilian Rotorcraft by Richard Pike
RRP: €23.80€17.01Richard Pike became a flight cadet in 1961, at the RAF College, Cranwell where, on graduation, he was awarded the Dickson Trophy and Michael Hill memorial prize for flying. In the early stages of his forty-year flying career he flew the English Electric... -
Rabaul 1943-44: Reducing Japan's great island fortress by Mark Lardas
RRP: €20.22€16.78In 1942, the massive Japanese naval base and airfield at Rabaul was a fortress standing in the Allies' path to Tokyo. It was impossible to seize Rabaul, or starve the 100,000-strong garrison out. Instead the US began an innovative, hard-fought two-year... -
Luck of the Devil: Flying Swordfish in Wwii by Robert le Page 9781848845442
RRP: €23.79€16.99Robert le Page flew with the Fleet Air Arm from 1940 to 1945, mostly in 816 Squadron flying carrier-based Fairey Swordfish. He saw action mine-laying off Cherbourg, hunting U-boats, escorting convoys in North Atlantic and in the Arctic seas and covering... -
Legion Condor 1936-39: The Luftwaffe develops Blitzkrieg in the Spanish Civil War by James S. Corum
RRP: €17.84€13.03The bombing of Guernica has become a symbol of Nazi involvement in the Spanish Civil War, but the extent of the German commitment is often underestimated. The Luftwaffe sent 20,000 officers and men to Spain from 1936 to 1939, and the Condor Legion... -
A Pathfinder in the Peenemunde Raid: 50 Operations over Nazi Occupied Territory by Arthur Spencer 9781399079846
RRP: €23.80€17.01Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Flying Forwards, Facing Backwards: Captivating Tales from a Nimrod and Valcan Air Electronics Operator by Jim Walls
RRP: €29.75€21.44Since he was a child in the 1950s watching Vampires and Meteors operating from RAF Turnhouse, Jim Walls wanted to fly aircraft, he just never envisaged that his flying career would be spent in the back seat as opposed to the front. Jim guides readers... -
The Blue Arena by Bob Spurdle 9780907579984
RRP: €11.89€8.46Apologies 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 -
Jagdgeschwader 301/302 "Wilde Sau": In Defense of the Reich with the Bf 109, Fw 190 and Ta 152 by Willi Reschke
RRP: €44.02€28.54Jagdgeschwader 301 and 302 were established in 1943. Their mission was to intercept enemy bombers at night flying fast single-engined fighters. But they also had to engage Allied bombers by day. The pilots of these new fighter wings were a mix of former... -
Open Cockpit by Arthur Gould Lee
€13.96Thanks to a broken leg during flight school, Arthur Stanley Gould Lee gained valuable additional time flying trainers before he was posted to France during World War I. In November 1917 during low-level bombing and strafing attacks, he was shot down... -
MiG Alley: The US Air Force in Korea, 1950–53 by Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
RRP: €17.84€13.03Following the end of the Korean War, the prevailing myth in the West was that of the absolute supremacy of US Air Force pilots and aircraft over their Soviet-supplied opponents. The claims of the 10:1 victory-loss ratio achieved by the US Air Force... -
Radar in Scotland, 1938-46 by Ian Brown 9781908332219
RRP: €35.70€27.82Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908332219Author Ian BrownFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Society of Antiquaries of ScotlandPublisher Society of Antiquaries of Scotland -
The Quick and the Dead by William Arthur Waterton 9781908117274
RRP: €16.66€11.61First published in 1956, but still relevant and thought-provoking today, this book is an absolute revelation on test flying with the British aircraft organisations and manufacturers in the 1950s. Written from the pilots viewpoint, with refreshing candour... -
Tally-Ho: RAF Tactical Leadership in the Battle of Britain, July 1940 by Patrick G. Eriksson
RRP: €29.75€19.55The tactical abilities of small unit leaders were critical in winning the Battle of Britain and the many innovations and even experiments which they tried out during the active fighting merit examination. The pre-war Fighter Area Attacks - much beloved... -
Battle of Britain: The pilots and planes that made history by Simon Pearson 9781529378085
RRP: €13.08€3.32'A useful contribution to an overcrowded field of history by giving deserved attention to the ordinary men and unsung machines that aren't usually included in the dramatic narrative.' - The Times'A great read and a real eye-opener to anyone who thinks... -
British Aircraft of the Falklands War by Lee Chapman
RRP: €19.03€8.46The Falkland Islands is a remote British territory, about 8,000 miles from the UK mainland and just over 400 miles from the coast of Argentina. The ownership of the islands had long been disputed, but it reached a boiling point in March 1982, when a... -
War Story Derek Robinson 9780857052261
RRP: €15.46€10.23Fresh from school in June 1916, Lieutenant Oliver Paxton's first solo flight is to lead a formation of biplanes across the Channel to join Hornet Squadron in France. Five days later, he crash-lands at his destination, having lost his map, his ballast and... -
South China Sea 1945: Task Force 38's bold carrier rampage in Formosa, Luzon, and Indochina by Mark Lardas
RRP: €20.22€14.61A history of the US Navy's remarkable 1945 South China Sea raid against the Japanese, the first time in history that a carrier fleet dared to rampage through coastal waters. As 1945 opened, Japan was fighting defensively everywhere. As the Allies drew... -
A6M2/3 Zero-sen: New Guinea and the Solomons 1942 by Mr Michael John Claringbould 9781472857491
RRP: €19.03€13.82This book details the exploits of the highly skilled Naval Aviators charged with achieving air supremacy over New Guinea in their A6M2/3 Zero-sens. The combat record of the Zero-sen in New Guinea has mostly been overstated, with little due being...