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Luftwaffe Fighters - Combat on all Front -Part 2 by Neil Page 9781911703068
RRP: €11.89€8.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911703068Author Neil PageFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint Mortons Media GroupPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 432g -
Arado Ar 234 Bomber and Reconnaissance Units by Robert Forsyth
RRP: €17.84€13.03When the revolutionary twin jet-powered Arado Ar 234 first appeared in the skies over north-west Europe in the summer of 1944, it represented the state-of-the-art in terms of aeronautical and technical development. The Ar 234 was a formidable aircraft -... -
The Military Airfields of Britain: Wales and West Midlands: Cheshire, Hereford & Worcester, Northamptonshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Wales by Ken Delve
RRP: €20.22€16.90This series of books provides a fresh user-friendly look at the military airfields of the British Isles. The series is split geographically, each book including a number of counties on a regional basis. Entries cover every military airfield within the... -
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: €29.75€20.97John 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,... -
F-86 Sabre vs MiG-15 by Doug Dildy
RRP: €16.65€11.60As the routed North Korean People's Army (NKPA) withdrew into the mountainous reaches of their country and the People's Republic of China (PRC) funneled in its massive infantry formations in preparation for a momentous counter-offensive, both lacked... -
SBD Dauntless vs A6M Zero-sen: Pacific Theater 1941-44 by Donald Nijboer
RRP: €16.65€11.60The SBD Dauntless dive-bomber was a key cog in the US Navy's aerial arsenal throughout the Pacific War. Although a product of aviation design in the mid to late 1930s, the type soldiered on even as more advanced aircraft were appearing from American... -
RAF College, Cranwell: A Centenary Celebration: We Seek the Highest by Roger Annett 9781526712189
RRP: €35.70€25.41We 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... -
The F-14 Tomcat by Terry C. Treadwell
RRP: €19.03€12.91The ideas behind the Grumman F-14 Tomcat first began to take shape back in the late 1950s when it was discovered that the Soviet Union was quickly developing an increasingly accurate airborne missile system that would pose a major threat to the US Navy's... -
B-25 Mitchell vs Japanese Destroyer: Battle of the Bismarck Sea 1943 by Mark Lardas
RRP: €16.65€11.60Throughout the first year of the war in the Pacific during World War II the USAAF was relatively ineffective against ships. Indeed, warships in particular proved to be too elusive for conventional medium-level bombing. High-level attacks wasted bombs,... -
Knights of the Battle of Britain: Luftwaffe Aircrew Awarded the Knights Cross in 1940 by Chris Goss 9781526726513
€28.52The Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes (Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross), known simply as the Ritterkreuz (Knight's Cross), was the highest German military award of the Second World War. Instituted on 1 September 1939, to coincide with the German invasion... -
Heinkel He 112 by Hans Peter Dabrowski 9780764303920
RRP: €11.89€7.63This little known Heinkel fighter design was eventually canceled yet saw service in the Spanish Civil War.Book InformationISBN 9780764303920Author Hans Peter DabrowskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer... -
Cold War Interceptor: The RAF's F.155T/O.R. 329 Fighter Projects: 2019 by Dan Sharp
RRP: €32.73€24.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911658030Author Dan SharpFormat HardbackPage Count 218Imprint Mortons Media GroupPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 959gDimensions(mm) 210mm *... -
Infantrymen of the Air: An Operational History of the Royal Italian Airborne Forces in the Second World War, 1936-1943 by Jeffrey W S Leser 9781915113702
RRP: €59.44€31.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915113702Author Jeffrey W S LeserFormat PaperbackPage Count 542Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
The British Overseas Airways Corporation: A History by Simons, Graham M
RRP: €35.70€26.12In a similar style to Comet!: The World's First Jet Airliner and Boeing Group: A History, Graham Simons presents us with a colourful, thoroughly engrossing, well-researched and highly illustrated history of The British Overseas Airways Company, from its... -
Hot Skies of the Cold War: The Bulgarian Air Force in the 1950s by Alexander Mladenov 9781912866915
RRP: €23.74€16.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912866915Author Alexander MladenovFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Beyond the Spitfire: The Unseen Designs of R.J. Mitchell by Ralph Pegram 9780750965156
RRP: €29.75€22.79Popular history has a tendency to simplify, and accounts of the life and career of aeronautical engineer R.J. Mitchell are no exception. Remembered most fondly for his epochal Spitfire design, his other designs - many of them failures and disappointments... -
Spitfire Pilot: A Personal Account of the Battle of Britain by Flight Lieutenant David Crook
RRP: €11.89€8.46Apologies 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 -
Forward Air Bases in Europe from D-Day to the Baltic: Supporting the Allied Advance by Trevor Stone 9781399010818
RRP: €29.75€20.97The largely sea-borne invasion of Northern France in June 1944, Operation Overlord, is acknowledged as one of the key actions which hastened the end of the Second World War. The RAF played a vital part in the landings. It then supported the subsequent... -
South Pacific Air War Volume 1: The Fall of Rabaul December 1941 - March 1942 by Michael Claringbould
RRP: €11.84€8.08This volume chronicles aerial warfare in the South Pacific from December 1941 until March 1942, durign which air operations by both sides became a daily occurrence. As Imperial Japanese Navy flying boats and land-based bombers penetrated over vast... -
Yokosuka D4Y 'Judy' Units by Mark Chambers
RRP: €17.84€13.03In 1938, the Yokosuka Naval Air Technical Arsenal, acting under the requirements issued by the Kaigun Koku Hombu for a Navy Experimental 13-Shi Carrier Borne specification for a dive-bomber to replace the venerable 'Val' aboard carriers. The resulting... -
Flying With the Larks: The Early Aviation Pioneers of Larkhill by Timothy C. Brown 9780752489896
RRP: €17.84€13.42In 1903 the Wright Brothers achieved their dream of powered flight and from then on man's domination of the skies became a reality. The military potential of aircraft was obvious from the outset, first as a way of spying on the enemy with reconnaissance... -
US Navy Carrier Aircraft vs IJN Yamato Class Battleships by Mark Stille
RRP: €19.03€15.86As the Pacific War approached a crescendo, the clashes between swarming US Navy carrier aircraft, and the gigantic Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) Yamato-class battleships became symbolic of the fortunes of the two nations. They also served as a metaphor... -
Sukhoi Interceptors: The Su-9, Su-11 and Su-15: Unsung Soviet Cold War Heroes by Yefim Gordon 9780764358685
RRP: €65.44€43.09Closed in 1949, the Sukhoi Design Bureau was reborn in 1953 to meet an urgent demand for a fast interceptor that would counter the threat posed by NATO bombers. It wasted no time developing a succession of missile-armed, Mach 2 interceptors characterized... -
Commando Helicopter Aircrewman: 51 Years in Action with the RN and RAF by Sheldon, John 9781399093798
RRP: €23.80€17.01This 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... -
Savoia-Marchetti S.79 Sparviero Torpedo-Bomber Units by Marco Mattioli
RRP: €20.22€14.61Italy's most successful wartime bomber, the S.79 saw combat with the Regia Aeronautica in France, Yugoslavia, Greece, North Africa, East Africa and in the Mediterranean. Initially developed as a transport, the aircraft evolved into a dedicated medium... -
Eagles over the Sea: Luftwaffe Maritime Operations 1939-1942 by Lawrence Paterson
€39.00The arduous development of a dedicated naval air arm for Germany's resurgent military was fraught with the kind of fierce inter-service rivalry that was rife throughout the turbulent history of the Third Reich. However, almost despite the odds, a small... -
Flight Craft 12: The Junkers Ju87 by Martin Derry 9781526702623
RRP: €20.22€15.09The Junkers Ju 87 Stuka (a contraction of the German word Sturzkampfflugzeug, ie dive bomber) was arguably the Luftwaffe s most recognisable aeroplane, with its inverted gull wings and fixed spatted undercarriage. Designed by Hermann Pohlmann as a... -
Aerial Warfare: The Battle for the Skies by Frank Ledwidge
RRP: €16.65€12.53Aerial warfare which has dominated western war-making for over 100 years, and despite regular announcements of its demise, it shows no sign of becoming obsolete. Frank Ledwidge offers a sweeping look at the history of air warfare, introducing the major... -
Schweinfurt-Regensburg Mission by Martin Middlebrook 9781848847606
RRP: €19.03€13.82On 17 August 1943, the entire strength of the American heavy bomber forces in England set out to raid two major industrial complexes deep in southern Germany, the vast Messerschmitt aircraft factory and the vital KGF ballbearing plant. For American... -
The Luftwaffe in Colour: The Victory Years, 1939-1942 by Christophe Cony 9781612004082
RRP: €23.79€15.30This remarkable work pulls the lid off one of the legendary air forces in history at the very peak of its powerface=Calibri>-unveiling the and machines as they truly existed dayface=Calibri>-to-day, underneath the propaganda of their own regime and the... -
F14 Tomcat: Grumman's aTop Guna from Vietnam to the Persian Gulf by David F. Brown 9780764356629
RRP: €22.60€15.08It has been said that "bombers make history; fighters make movies." In the case of the Grumman F-14 Tomcat, both are true. It made history as a fleet defender, reconnaissance platform, and strike fighter. The Tomcat was also featured in such Hollywood... -
Airbus A-400m Atlas: Aircraft in Detail by Robert Pied
RRP: €65.45€28.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782931083093Author Duke HawkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Hmh PublicationsPublisher Hmh Publications -
When Thunder Rolled by Ed Rasimus
RRP: €10.70€6.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780891418542Author Ed RasimusFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Presidio PressPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 187gDimensions(mm) 172mm *... -
Lockheed T-33: A Photo Chronicle by David McLaren 9780764306464
RRP: €27.36€17.91The T-33 jet trainer was derived from the Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star, the USAF's first operational jet fighter, in 1948. In the fifty years since its introduction the T-33 has trained more jet pilots than any other training type. In addition to this... -
Olympic Airways: A History by Graham M. Simons 9781473883536
€41.77Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Last Man Standing: The Memoirs, Letters and Photographs of a Teenage Officer by Richard Van Emden 9781848848658
RRP: €15.46€10.82It hardly seems credible today that a nineteenyear- old boy, just commissioned into the Seaforth Highlanders, could lead a platoon of men into the carnage of the Battle of the Somme. Or that, as the machine gun bullets whistled past and shells exploded,... -
Air Power and the Arab World 1909-1955: Volume 2: Arab Side Shows, 1914-1918 by David Nicolle
RRP: €20.17€16.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913118761Author David NicolleFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Bomber Crew Mystery: The Forgotten Heroes of 388th Bombardment Group by David Price 9781473870468
RRP: €29.75€21.44After having discovered a discarded trophy in an Edinburgh antiques shop, author David Price endeavoured to uncover the stories of the men whose names had been engraved upon it. Praised as 'Outstanding Crew of the Month', the members of 388th Bombardment... -
The Military Airfields of Britain: Scotland and Northern Ireland by Ken Delve
RRP: €20.22€16.90This series of books, based on the author's popular series for Flypast magazine, provides a fresh user-friendly look at the military airfields of Britain. The books, each of which includes a number of counties on a regional basis, are designed for the... -
F6F Hellcat: Philippines 1944 by Edward M. Young
RRP: €16.65€11.60Using maps, contemporary photographs, and new artwork, this book examines the Hellcat and the naval aviators who flew them. Joining combat in the Pacific in late 1943, the Hellcat squadrons soon demonstrated their ascendency over their Japanese...