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Guardians of the Ukraine: The Ukrainian Air Force Since 1992 by Babak Taghvaee
€49.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781902109619Author Babak TaghvaeeFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Hikoki PublicationsPublisher Hikoki Publications -
The Design and Development of the Hawker Hunter: The Creation of Britain's Iconic Jet Fighter by Tony Buttler 9780752467467
RRP: €23.80€17.98Many books have been written about the Hawker Hunter, one of the world's great jet fighters. The majority, however, have tended to concentrate on the aircraft's extensive service career. Superbly illustrated with both colour and black-and-white... -
RAF's Centenary Flypast: The Story Behind the Event that Marked 100 Years of the Royal Air Force by Kevin Lee Gatland
RRP: €29.75€21.44On 10 July 2018, exactly 100 years and 100 days after the formation of the world's first independent air force, 103 aircraft of twenty-four types from twenty-five squadrons flew over London in the largest formation of military aircraft seen over the... -
Bomber Command's War Against Germany: Planning the RAF's Bombing Offensive in WWII and its Contribution to the Allied Victory by An Official History 9781526790873
RRP: €29.75€20.97The all-too frequently cited mantra that 'the bomber will always get through' had dominated Britain's strategic air policy in the decades preceding the Second World War. However, the experiences of the Battle of Britain and the Blitz indicated that... -
Handbrake!: Dassault Super Etendard Fighter-Bombers in the Falklands/Malvinas War, 1982 by Mariano Sciaroni
RRP: €23.74€22.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915070722Author Mariano SciaroniFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Operation Dingo: The Rhodesian Raid on Chimoio and Tembue 1977 by Dr J.R.T. Wood
RRP: €20.17€16.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912866816Author Dr J.R.T. WoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Flying Freestyle: An RAF Fast Jet Pilot's Story by Squadron Leader Jerry Pook 9781399020558
RRP: €17.84€13.03During a twenty-five year flying career in the RAF, Jerry Pook has flown Hunter Fighter/Ground Attack aircraft in the Gulf, Harriers in West Germany, the supersonic Starfighter with the Dutch Air Force, the Harrier in Belize, Central America and the... -
Hawker's Early Jets: Dawn of the Hunter by Budgen, Christopher 9781526792174
RRP: €29.75€20.97On 2 September 1947, Hawker Aircraft Ltd figuratively and literally took to the air with their first jet design, the P.1040/. Conceived in the latter days of the Second World War, and developed in the straitened times of post-war austerity, the aircraft... -
Bolts from the Blue: From Cold War Warrior to Chief of the Air Staff by Richard Johns
RRP: €29.75€21.66Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Johns was commissioned at the Royal Air Force College Cranwell in 1959 after completing flying training on Piston Provost and Meteor aircraft. For the next nine years, apart from a short intermission as an ADC, he served as... -
A-4 Skyhawk vs North Vietnamese AAA: North Vietnam 1964–72 by Peter E. Davies
RRP: €16.65€11.60While the F 105 Thunderchief was the USAF's principal strike weapon during the Rolling Thunder campaign, the US Navy relied on the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk for the majority of its strikes on North Vietnam. The Skyhawk entered service in 1956 and remained in... -
Sea Fury: In British, Australian, Canadian & Dutch Service by Tony Buttler
RRP: €29.69€21.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905414116Author Tony ButlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Dalrymple and Verdun PublishingPublisher Dalrymple and Verdun PublishingWeight(grams)... -
Sculthorpe Secrecy and Stealth: A Norfolk Airfield in the Cold War by Peter B. Gunn 9780752476834
RRP: €17.84€13.42Set in the north Norfolk countryside, Sculthorpe was the hub of offensive operations until its closure in 1944 for upgrading as a base for heavy bombers, its runway ideal for US Strategic Air Command bombers like the B-29. By 1951, it was formally handed... -
US Navy F-4 Phantom II Units of the Vietnam War 1969-73 by Peter E. Davies
RRP: €20.22€16.78Although the F-4 Phantom II was the most important fighter-bomber to see action with all three American services during the Vietnam War, it was essentially a U.S. Navy design, and the carrier-borne squadron crews were its main operators in combat. ... -
SBAC Farnborough: A History by Peter G. Dancey 9781781552384
RRP: €20.22€15.04Home to the famous biennial Farnborough Air Show, the town of Farnborough in the South of England has had a pivotal role in the history of British aviation since flying commenced from the site in 1905. The Royal Aeronautical Establishment was set up... -
The Red Baron: A Photographic Album of the First World War's Greatest Ace, Manfred von Richthofen by Terry C Treadwell
RRP: €23.79€17.47If one aircraft was to represent the First World War, it could be the distinctive red Fokker Triplane of Manfred von Richthofen. With an astonishing eighty aerial victories, the Red Baron became a legend in his own, short, lifetime. Regarded as one of... -
Soviet Cold War Fighters by Alexander Mladenov 9781781554968
RRP: €47.60€35.99Beautifully illustrated with many rare and unpublished photographs, Soviet Cold War Fighters looks at the main development periods of Soviet fighter designs and covers all the important features and developments for each - a total of four generations of... -
Flight Craft 16: The Hawker Hunter in British Service by Martin Derry 9781526742490
RRP: €20.22€15.80The Hawker Hunter is one of Britain's classic post-war jet aircraft. Initially introduced in 1954 as a swept-wing, transonic, single-seat day interceptor, it rapidly succeeded the first-generation jet fighters in RAF service such as the Gloster Meteor... -
German Flak Defences vs Allied Heavy Bombers by Donald Nijboer
RRP: €16.65€11.60Since the end of World War II, the strategic bombing of Germany has inspired numerous studies, countless books and several documentary films, and it is not surprising. With more than one million tons of bombs dropped, close to 300,000 civilians killed,... -
The Black Cats of Osan: U-2 Spy Plane Escapades and Calamities in Korea by Rick Bishop 9781636243535
RRP: €39.21€24.48Plying through the darkness at the very limit of the earth's atmosphere, the U-2's extrasensory intelligence-gathering sensors quietly intercept and redistribute mountains of information to a highly classified ground site, located at Osan Air Base, Korea... -
Royal Flying Corps Kitbag: Aircrew Uniforms and Equipment from the War Over the Western Front in WWI by Mark Hillier 9781526752994
RRP: €29.75€21.44The Royal Flying Corps was formed by Royal Warrant on 13 April 1912, and came into being a month later when the Air Battalion was absorbed into the Military Wing of the new Corps in May. In the days following the outbreak of war in 1914, the programme... -
Douglas XB-19: America's giant World War II intercontinental bomber by Dr William Wolf
RRP: €16.65€11.60In 1935 the USAAC wanted to build a potential intercontinental bomber, a 'Guardian of the Hemisphere,' and granted Donald Douglas a contract to build the world's largest bomber. The groundwork for the intercontinental bomber had been laid in the previous... -
Valiant Boys: True Tales from the Operators of the UK's First Four-Jet Bomber by Tony Blackman
RRP: €15.46€10.82Following on from the success of Victor Boys and Vulcan Boys, Tony Blackman, in collaboration with Anthony Wright, brings you Valiant Boys to complete the V Force set. This is a fascinating collection of personal accounts of operating Britains first V... -
Luftwaffe Fighter Ace by Norbert Hannig
RRP: €15.46€10.82By his own, modest, admission Norbert Hannig was a Frontflieger, or operational pilot, who really did nothing special during World War Two. He was just, he says, one of the many rank and file pilots fighting for his country and not for the Fuhrer. But... -
Speed: The Life of a Test Pilot and Birth of an American Icon by Bob Gilliland
€37.49On 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... -
Britain's Glorious Aircraft Industry: 100 Years of Success, Setback and Change by J Paul Hodgson
RRP: €35.70€24.93Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Nighthawk One: Recollections of a Helicopter Pilot's Tour of Duty in Northern Ireland During the Troubles by Peter Shaw 9781804512401
RRP: €20.17€14.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804512401Author Peter ShawFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
RAF and East German Fast-Jet Pilots in the Cold War: Thinking the Unthinkable by Nigel Walpole
RRP: €23.79€16.99RAF and East German Fast-Jet Pilots in the Cold War is the result of ten years of research, involving many visits to the former German Democratic Republic by a small Anglo/German team of military specialists. Their purpose was to explore the lives of RAF... -
Our Story, Your History. the International Bomber Command Centre by Steve Darlow 9781999812829
RRP: €29.75€18.85The aim of those who created the International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC) was clear - to provide a world-class facility to serve as a point for recognition, remembrance and reconciliation for Bomber Command. In 2018 that aim was achieved.'Our Story,... -
The Flying Sikh: The Story of a WW1 Fighter Pilot Flying Officer Hardit Singh Malik by Barker, Stephen 9781399083294
€35.56The Flying Sikh tells the unique story of the only Sikh airman to fly with the RFC and the RAF during the First World War. It is the remarkable account of one man's struggle to enlist, against discrimination, and then his service as a fighter pilot over... -
Great Aviation Collections Of Britain by Ken Ellis 9780859791748
€27.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780859791748Author Ken EllisFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing -
Shady Lady: 1,500 Hours Flying The U-2 Spy Plane by Rick Bishop
RRP: €14.22€10.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800352582Author Rick BishopFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing -
Dornier Do 17 Units of World War 2 by Chris Goss
RRP: €17.84€13.03Initially designed as a high-speed mail aeroplane and airliner, the Do 17 first made an appearance as a military aircraft in the Spanish Civil War, both as a bomber and in reconnaissance roles. In the early stages of World War II, it, together with the... -
Airfields and Airmen: Ypres by Michael O'Connor
RRP: €15.46€10.82This is the first book in the Battleground Europe Series discovering the airfields and airmen of the Great War. It is sometimes forgotten that the Wright Brother's first flight took place only in 1903; yet fifteen years later the Royal Air Force had over... -
Balloons and Airships: A Tale of Lighter Than Air Aviation by Burton, Anthony 9781526719492
RRP: €29.75€21.44This book tells the often dramatic and always fascinating story of flight in lighter than air machines. For centuries man had dreamed of flying, but all attempts failed, until in 1782 the Montgolfier brothers constructed the world's first hot air balloon... -
Airfix Model World Basic Guide to Modelling by Stu Fone
RRP: €15.46€10.82Whether you are just entering the hobby or re-acquainting yourself with it, this book provides simple step-by-step advice on how to get started on a build - regardless of whether it is a ship, tank, aircraft or spaceship - along with guidance on tools... -
Last of the Kriegies: The Extraordinary True Life Experiences of Five Bomber Command Prisoners of War by Reg Barker 9780993415296
RRP: €23.74€15.28'For you the war is over'. 'Last of the Kriegies' tells the extraordinary stories of five of the last remaining Second World War RAF Bomber Command Prisoners-of-War: pilot Reg Barker, bomb aimer Charles Clarke, air gunner David Fraser, air gunner Albert... -
Ploesti 1943 by Steven J. Zaloga
RRP: €17.84€13.03Operation Tidal Wave was one of the boldest and most controversial air raids by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). At the time, the Romanian Ploesti oil fields produced about a third of all Axis oil, and was Germany's single most important fuel... -
Aircraft Wrecks: A Walker's Guide: Historic Crash Sites on the Moors and Mountains of the British Isles by C. N. Wotherspoon 9781781594735
RRP: €20.22€15.09Originally published to acclaim in 2009, this paperback re-issue aims to give readers access to the tangible remains of hundreds of historic aircraft that still lie at crash sites on the moors and mountains of the British Isles, all of which can be... -
Eyewitness RAF: The Experience of War, 1939-1945 by James Goulty 9781526752376
RRP: €29.75€20.97Much has been written about the Royal Air Force during the Second World War-memoirs, biographies, histories of Fighter and Bomber commands, technical studies of the aircraft, accounts of individual operations and exploits - but few books have attempted... -
Soviet And Russian Testbed Aircraft by Dmitriy Komissarov 9781902109183
€52.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781902109183Author Dmitriy KomissarovFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Hikoki PublicationsPublisher Hikoki Publications