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Wings of the Weird and Wonderful by Captain Eric Brown
RRP: €41.59€30.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781902109169Author Capt Eric BrownFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Hikoki PublicationsPublisher Hikoki Publications -
Nakajima Ki-49 ‘Helen’ Units by George Eleftheriou
RRP: €20.22€14.61A fully illustrated study of the Nakajima Ki49 'Helen', the twin-engined bomber of the Pacific War, from Japanese aviation expert George Eleftheriou. The Nakajima Ki-49 Donryu ('Dragon Eater'), codenamed 'Helen' by the Allies, was a twin-engined... -
Zeppelin Onslaught: The Forgotten Blitz 1914 - 1915 by Ian Castle 9781848324336
RRP: €29.75€21.44At the outbreak of the First World War, the United Kingdom had no aerial defence capability worthy of the name. When the war began Britain had just thirty guns to defend the entire country, with all but five of these considered of dubious value . So... -
Spitfire II/V vs Bf 109F: Channel Front 1940-42 by Tony Holmes
RRP: €16.65€11.60With stunning artwork and detailed analysis, this volume provides a pilot's view of the dramatic clashes between these two legendary fighters, as some of the most gifted and 'big name' aces of World War II went head to head in the skies of North-West... -
To Hanoi and Back: The U.S.A.F. and North Vietnam 1966-1973 by Wayne Thompson 9781470073060
RRP: €33.30€26.37Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781470073060Author Wayne ThompsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
The Kamikaze Campaign 1944-45: Imperial Japan's last throw of the dice by Mark Lardas
RRP: €17.84€13.03An illustrated history of how Japan devised and launched a new kind of air campaign in late 1944 - the suicidal assaults of the kamikaze units against the approaching Allied fleets. As summer changed to autumn in 1944, Japan was losing the war. Still... -
Drone Wars: Pioneers, Killing Machines, Artificial Intelligence, and the Battle for the Future by Seth J. Frantzman
RRP: €26.18€16.72Drones are transforming warfare through the use of artificial intelligence, drone swarms, and surveillance-leading to competition between the US, China, Israel, and Iran. Who will be the next drone superpower?In the battle for the streets of Mosul in... -
Top Gun: 50 Years of Naval Air Superiority by Dwight Jon Zimmerman
RRP: €29.75€19.97Fly with the best in Top Gun: 50 Years of Naval Air Superiority-the definitive, highly illustrated, in-depth look at the Navy's famous fighter unit, including its history, technology, and culture.Top Gun: 50 Years of Naval Air Superiority begins with a... -
Amx: Brazilian-Italian Fighter-Bomber by João Paulo Zeitoun Moralez
RRP: €34.45€22.12Italy began work on a new fighter-bomber in the late 1970s, aiming to field an aircraft capable of surviving in heavily defended Cold War airspace, flying at very low level, and releasing its weapons deep in enemy territory with a high degree of accuracy... -
Horten Ho229 "Spirit of Thuringia": The Luftwaffe's All-wing Jet Fighter by Andrei Shepelev
RRP: €35.70€26.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903223666Author Andrei ShepelevFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Classic PublicationsPublisher Crecy PublishingDimensions(mm) 303mm * 226mm * 17mm -
Flight 777: The Mystery of Leslie Howard by Ian Colvin 9781526766793
RRP: €17.84€13.03On 1 June 1943 Flight 777, a Douglas DC-3, en route from Lisbon to Britain, was shot down over the Bay of Biscay by German aircraft. Among the dead was the actor Leslie Howard, who had returned from Hollywood to England to help the British war effort... -
Hornet's Sting by Derek Robinson
RRP: €15.46€10.91It's 1917, and Captain Stanley Woolley joins an R.F.C. squadron whose pilots are starting to fear the worst: their war over the Western Front may go on for years. A pilot's life is usually short, so while it lasts it is celebrated strenuously... -
Guadalcanal 1942-43 by Mark Stille
RRP: €20.22€14.61The campaign for Guadalcanal, which stretched from August 1942 until February 1943, centered on Henderson Field. The airfield was captured by the US on 8 August and placed into operation by 20 August. As long as the airfield was kept operational and... -
Soviet Bombers of the Second World War by Jason Nicholas Moore 9781781557167
RRP: €53.55€39.04Soviet bombers were a varied lot during the Second World War, ranging from single-engined biplanes such as the 1920's era Polikarpov U-2 to the excellent and modern twin-engined Tu-2 medium bomber. Although the use of four-engined strategic bombers was... -
Mitsubishi Babs Vol. 1: The World's First High-Speed Strategic Reconnaissance Aircraft by Giuseppe Picarella
RRP: €47.60€44.65This book was written to redress this imbalance and tell the true story behind the development and operational deployment of the world's first high-speed strategic reconnaissance aircraft, which began 6,000 miles further east and four years prior to the... -
At Hitler's Side: The Memoirs of Hitler's Luftwaffe Adjutant, 1937 1945 by Nicolaus von Below 9781805000129
RRP: €20.22€14.61This is the personal account of a Luftwaffe aide always at Hitler's side from 1937 until the last days in Berlin, now published for the first time in English. Nicolaus von Below was a 29-year-old pilot when Goering selected him for the position of... -
Fifteenth Air Force against the Axis: Combat Missions over Europe during World War II by Kevin A. Mahoney 9780810884946
RRP: €141.61€130.13In Fifteenth Air Force against the Axis: Combat Missions over Europe during World War II, Kevin A. Mahoney provides a detailed combat history of the crucial role played by this air force from November 1943 through May 1945. Presented by month in... -
'sailor' Malan - Freedom Fighter: The Inspirational Story of a Spitfire Ace by Dilip Sarkar Mbe
RRP: €29.75€21.44Apologies 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 -
Jaguar Boys: True Tales from the Operators of the Big cat in Peace and War by Ian Hall
RRP: €15.46€10.82Originally intended as a trainer, the Anglo-French Sepecat jet, equipped with the very latest in weapon-aiming and navigational equipment, eventually became the backbone of the RAFs tactical strike-attack and recce forces for a decade from the mid-1970s... -
Macchi C.202 Folgore: Italy's Best Fighter of the Second World War by Davide F. Jabes 9781781558300
RRP: €35.70€25.41The Macchi C.202 was probably the most successful Italian fighter during the Second World War. It is generally agreed that the performance of the Macchi was superior to both the Hawker Hurricane and the Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk and on a par with the... -
A History of the Mediterranean Air War, 1940-1945: Volume Four: Sicily and Italy to the fall of Rome 14 May, 1943 - 5 June, 1944 by Christopher Shores
RRP: €59.50€44.77The fourth volume in this momentous series commences with the attacks on the Italian island fortress of Pantellaria which led to its surrender and occupation achieved almost by air attack alone. The account continues with the ultimately successful, but... -
Ejercito del Aire Y Del Espacio: The Spanish Air Force from 1939 to the Present Day by Pere Redon-Trabal
RRP: €23.74€16.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915070678Author Pere Redon-TrabalFormat PaperbackPage Count 82Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
The Tiger Moth Story by Alan Bramson
€11.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910809440Author Alan BramsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Goodall Publications LtdPublisher Crecy Publishing -
Allied Jet Killers of World War 2 by Stephen Chapis
RRP: €16.65€11.60Allied fighter pilots began encountering German jets - principally the outstanding Me 262 fighter - from the autumn of 1944. Stunned by the aircraft's speed and rate of climb, it took USAAF and RAF units time to work out how to combat this deadly threat... -
Bombers North: Allied Bomber Operations from Northern Australia 1942-1945 by Tom Lewis 9780645246995
RRP: €29.69€18.81In early March 1942 Allied forces in the Netherlands East Indies surrendered and the lightning Japanese conquest of South East Asia was complete. Amid fears of a Japanese invasion of Australia, two understrength RAAF squadrons of Lockheed Hudsons began a... -
Vulcan Boys: From the Cold War to the Falklands: True Tales of the Iconic Delta V Bomber by Tony Blackman
RRP: €17.84€13.03The Vulcan, the second of the three V bombers built to guard the UK during the Cold War, has become an aviation icon like the Spitfire, its delta shape instantly recognisable as is the howling noise it makes when the engines are opened for take-off... -
Flying the Buccaneer: Britain's Cold War Warrior by Peter Caygill 9781844156696
RRP: €23.79€16.99Originally conceived as a carrier-born maritime attack aircraft, the Blackburn design included many original features such as Boundary Layer Control, a system which blew hot air over the flying surfaces to increase lift when landing. The rotating bomb... -
Rear Gunner Pathfinder by Ron Smith 9780907579397
RRP: €10.70€7.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780907579397Author Ron SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Goodall Publications LtdPublisher Crecy Publishing -
The Fleet Air Arm and Royal Naval Air Service in 100 Objects by David Morris
RRP: €19.03€13.82Only six years after man had successfully flown for the first time with controlled, powered flight in 1903, the Royal Navy could already see the potential of taking flying machines to sea. Initially used to extend the view from the ship's crow's nest,... -
Modern Chinese Warplanes: Chinese Naval Aviation - Aircraft and Units by Andreas Rupprecht 9780997309256
RRP: €23.79€15.30Due to China's strong dependence/reliance on its economic development but also due to its rising political ambitions with the aim to resume a central role in the regional and global affairs, it is vital for China to show some sort of military presence in... -
Hawker Hurricane: The RAF's Battle of Britain Stalwart by Ron MacKay 9780764355899
RRP: €22.60€17.81The Hawker Hurricane has rightly earned its place in military aviation annals. Although only preceding the Spitfire by four months in its prototypic launch, the Hawker machine was available in measurably greater numbers by the Battle of Britain, a very... -
Forgotten Bastards of the Eastern Front: An Untold Story of World War II by Serhii Plokhy
RRP: €13.08€9.25'Many books claim to tell an "unknown" story of the Second World War. Few of them actually do. Forgotten Bastards is a rare exception . . . This is gripping history' Duncan Weldon, Prospect A riveting story of World War II from the author of Chernobyl,... -
Bell AH-1 Cobra: From Vietnam to the Present by Alexander Ludeke 9780764354519
RRP: €38.07€24.99The Bell AH-1 was the first helicopter designed and built exclusively for combat. First flown in 1965, the AH-1, with its characteristic streamlined silhouette and stub wings, quickly became an indispensable asset and feared opponent. Development... -
History of British European Airways 1946-1972 by Charles Woodley 9781473886629
RRP: €22.60€16.67BEA was formed in 1946 and took over most UK domestic and European routes under the British government's nationalisation policy. It began operations with a fleet of outdated and hopelessly uneconomic passenger aircraft that were derivatives of wartime... -
Extremes of Fortune: From Great War to Great Escape. the Story of Herbert Martin Massey, CBE, DSO, Mc by Andrew White 9781999812881
RRP: €23.74€15.76Herbert 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... -
The Birth of the RAF, 1918: The World's First Air Force by Richard Overy
RRP: €13.08€9.25'Fascinating, full of original material and shrewd insights ... a masterful historian of air power' Leo McKinstry, Literary ReviewThe RAF was the world's first air force. This is the story of its founding in 1918, as a response to the new terror of... -
Nine Lives: The Engrossing Memoir of a Cold War Harrier Pilot by Chris Burwell
RRP: €29.75€21.44Chris Burwell charts one man's career in aviation from joining the RAF in 1969 aged 18, to having responsibility for training pilots for the world's major airlines nearly 50 years later. After training at RAF Cranwell and RAF Valley and a tour as a... -
Essex-Class Aircraft Carriers 1945-91 by Mark Stille
RRP: €14.27€10.03A history of the enduring Essex-class ships, the US Navy's finest and most numerous fleet carrier during World War II, which were modernized repeatedly and served with distinction. The Essex class was the USN's war-winning ship class of the Pacific... -
Rooks in Afghanistan: Volume 1 - Sukhoi Su-25 in the Afghanistan War by Andrey Korotkov
RRP: €23.74€16.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804510131Author Andrey KorotkovFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
P51 Mustang, Vol.1: North American's Mk. I, A, B and C Models in World War II by David Doyle 9780764356742
RRP: €22.60€19.10The North American P-51 Mustang remains one of the most famous and recognizable aircraft in the world to this day. Nimble and fast-qualities that led the Mustang to be used even today in air races-the aircraft was forged in battle. The early Mustangs,...