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Kettenkrad by Friehelm Abel 9780887403156
RRP: $17.14$11.00This book offers numerous photographs and detailed text concerning one of the more unique German vehicles to be developed.Book InformationISBN 9780887403156Author Friehelm AbelFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer... -
F-16 Fighting Falcon by Ryan Cunningham 9781838863258
RRP: $30.86$20.76With its iconic bubble canopy and advanced helmet-mounted displays, the F-16 Fighting Falcon is one of the supreme Fourth Generation air-superiority fighters in the world today. First flown by the US Air Force in the mid 1980s, Lockheed Martin have since... -
P-51B/C Mustang: Northwest Europe 1943-44 by Chris Bucholtz
RRP: $24.00$16.72This new volume straps the reader into the cockpit of the P-51B/C as the Mustang-equipped fighter groups of the 'Mighty Eighth' Air Force attempt to defend massed heavy bomber formations from deadly Luftwaffe fighters charged with defending the Third... -
Spitfire Women of World War II by Giles Whittell
RRP: $17.14$12.44The story of the unsung heroines who flew the newest, fastest, aeroplanes in World War II - mostly in southern England where the RAF was desperately short of pilots. Why would the well-bred daughter of a New England factory-owner brave the... -
Vulcan's Hammer: V-Force Aircraft and Weapons Projects Since 1945 by Chris Gibson 9781902109176
RRP: $51.37$37.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781902109176Author Chris GibsonFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Hikoki PublicationsPublisher Hikoki Publications -
Paras in Action: Ready for Anything - The Parachute Regiment Through the Eyes of Those who Served by Jason Woods 9781399040174
$45.23The date is the 6 June 1944. The paratroopers on board the aircraft are crammed together, joking and singing over the drone of the engines, none of them dwelling on the gnawing fear in their guts. They reach the French coastline, and everyone goes quiet... -
Female Few: Spitfire Heroines by Jacky Hyams
RRP: $22.28$16.07Through the darkest days of the Second World War, an elite group of courageous civilian women risked their lives as aerial courier pilots, flying Lancaster bombers, Spitfires and many other powerful war machines in thousands of perilous missions.The... -
Spitfire Across The Atlantic by Ricardo Martin Lezon 9781781553572
RRP: $51.46$35.94On the morning of 24 December 1943, 542 Squadron's intelligence officer briefed Flt Lt J. Storey on covering Crossbow sites in the Calais-Abbeville areas. He was airborne at 11 a.m. and set course in his Spitfire for the French coast, passing over London... -
From Moths to Merlins: RAF West Malling: Premier Night Fighter Station by Robin J. Brooks 9781781553350
RRP: $25.71$19.35As a small club airfield during the 1930s, West Malling was very popular with flyers. Taken over by the RAF in 1939 it became a forward landing airfield to Biggin Hill. Unfinished by the time the Battle of Britain began, it played no operational part... -
The RAF at 100: A Century in Photographs by Mirrorpix
RRP: $20.58$14.91The Royal Air Force was formed in 1918 to defend the skies over Britain during the First World War and made a major contribution to winning one of the largest and most devastating conflicts of the twentieth century. Yet, when the war ended, its existence... -
Fleet Air Arm: Camouflage and Markings 1937 - 1941 by Stuart Lloyd
RRP: $42.80$30.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905414086Author Stuart LloydFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Dalrymple and Verdun PublishingPublisher Dalrymple and Verdun PublishingWeight(grams)... -
Secret SAS Missions in Africa: C Squadron's Counter-Terrorist Operations 1968-1980 by Michael Graham 9781526748447
RRP: $22.28$15.59This fascinating book is the first to cover the little known C Squadron of the Special Air Service. Operating in East Africa, the Squadron was involved in almost continuous counter communist terrorist operations over the period 1968 to 1980. In the... -
Flying and Preserving Historic Aircraft: The Memoirs of David Ogilvy OBE, Vice-President of the Historic Aircraft Association by David Frederick Ogilvy 9781399044448
RRP: $42.88$30.22Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Confessions of a Flying Instructor: Teaching the RAF's Fighter Pilots by Tug Wilson
RRP: $48.03$34.65After surviving three years flying the mighty Phantom, the RAF's greatest and most terrifying fighter (for those in the cockpit), Tug Wilson was sent to RAF Brawdy in Pembrokeshire and then to RAF Valley on the Isle of Anglesey to teach the flying skills... -
Dressed to Kill by Charlotte Madison
RRP: $18.85$13.35'My fingers close around the trigger. I pause for a split second to think about the bullets I am about to spray across the ground. After today, I'll no longer be the new girl.'Captain Charlotte Madison is blonde, beautiful and flies Apache helicopters... -
Marie Marvingt, Fiancee of Danger: First Female Bomber Pilot, World-Class Athlete and Inventor of the Air Ambulance by Rosalie Maggio 9781476675503
RRP: $37.72$30.82As accomplished as she is unknown, Marie Marvingt set the world's first women's aviation records, won the only gold medal ever given for being outstanding in all sports, invented the ambulance airplane, was the first female bomber pilot in history,... -
I Flew for the Fuhrer: The Memoirs of a Luftwaffe Fighter Pilot by Heinz Knoke 9781784386023
RRP: $22.28$15.59Heinz Knocke was one of the outstanding German fighter pilots of World War II and this vivid first-hand record of his experiences has become a classic among aviation memoirs, a best-selling counter-balance to the numerous accounts written by Allied... -
Churchill's Most Secret Airfield: RAF Tempsford by Bernard O'Connor
RRP: $29.14$21.06Designed by illusionist Jasper Maskelyne, RAF Tempsford was constructed to give overflying enemy aircraft the impression it was disused. Nothing could be further from the truth - just after dusk on moonlit nights either side of the full moon, planes... -
Finding the Few: Some outstanding mysteries of the Battle of Britain investigated and solved by Andy Saunders 9781911714026
RRP: $34.31$24.511940 in the skies over Britain was a time of courage, heroism and extreme danger. Many men gave their lives to keep our island free and some disappeared into the summer sky with no trace of them ever being found. This remarkable book records the life of... -
Fw 190D-9: Defence of the Reich 1944-45 by Robert Forsyth
RRP: $24.00$16.72The Fw 190D-9 - the 'long-nosed' Dora - represented the cutting edge and pinnacle of wartime Germany's piston-engine aviation development. This new history by leading German aviation specialist Robert Forsyth reveals what it was like to pilot her in... -
Defiant: The Untold Story of the Battle of Britain by Robert Verkaik
RRP: $18.85$12.69'Robert Verkaik makes a revisionist case for an unsung aircraft, the Boulton Paul Defiant. This two-seat gun-turret fighter is, argues Verkaik, the forgotten fighter of Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain; the effectiveness as well as the courage of its... -
Modern Russian Military Aircraft: Fighters, Bombers, Reconnaissance, Helicopters by Ryan Cunningham
RRP: $30.86$20.76The Russian Air Force is the world's second largest military air arm, capable of deploying more than 4,000 military aircraft, including 1,522 helicopters, 497 trainers, 873 fighters, 424 transports, and more. Illustrated throughout with detailed artworks... -
Soviet and Russian Special Mission Aircraft by Yefim Gordon 9781800352483
RRP: $59.95$44.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800352483Author Yefim GordonFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing -
The RAF in 100 Objects by Peter Jacobs 9780750965361
RRP: $34.31$25.92It was in the closing year of the First World War, on 1 April 1918, that the Royal Air Force was born from the amalgamation of the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service. Since then, the RAF has helped lead the world in the development of... -
Lancaster Target by Jack Currie
RRP: $15.42$11.06Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910809433Author Jack CurrieFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Goodall Publications LtdPublisher Crecy Publishing -
Bomber Command the Victoria Cross Raids by Martyn Chorlton 9781846743221
$35.75Since the Victoria Cross was first instituted on 29th January, 1856, the medal has been awarded 1,357 times, the most recent was gazetted on 22nd March, 2013, posthumously to L/Cpl J T D Ashworth for his gallantry in Afghanistan. Being the youngest of... -
Canberra Boys: Fascinating Accounts from the Operators of an English Electric Classic by Andrew Brookes
RRP: $25.71$18.78The English Electric Canberra first came into production in the late 1940s and has since played a hugely significant part in world events. In Canberra Boys, Andrew Brookes takes us through its rich history with the help of those who operated this... -
Tales of Lancasters and Other Aircraft: Dangerous Skies in the Second World War by George Culling 9780750979726
RRP: $17.14$12.57Of every 100 operational airmen in the Second World War, nearly seven were killed flying in England and more than three severely injured in crashes. With a total of 12,398, the number of non-operational casualties was significant. Operational casualties... -
Mosquito Intruders - Target Burma: The RAF’s Daring Low-Level Mosquito Operations by Jeremy Walsh 9781399052658
RRP: $34.31$30.22The exploits of the Mosquito crews in Burma, skimming at low-level and at speed along rivers and over treetops to their targets, are the stuff of legend. Surprisingly, however, only five RAF squadrons ever flew these operations. Mosquito Intruders –... -
German Luftwaffe in World War II by Chris McNab
RRP: $42.87$28.18The Luftwaffe - the German Air Force - played a crucial role in the Wehrmacht's blitzkrieg tactics, providing both air cover and air artillery for Germany's panzer troops on the ground. Germany's successful invasions of France, the Low Countries, the... -
Spitfire by Edward Ward 9781838863241
RRP: $30.86$20.76If asked to name a British aircraft of World War II, many people would pick the Spitfire. In production and frontline service throughout the war, this Supermarine design matured to become one of the greatest fighter aircraft of all time. By combining... -
A Most Secret Squadron by Des Curtis 9781906502515
RRP: $34.31$24.77Des Curtis was one of the founder members of 618 Squadron. Formed within days of the illustrious 617, 618's primary objective was to mount a daylight low-level attack by Mosquitos on the German battleship Tirpitz within hours of the attack on the Ruhr... -
RAF Bomber Command Operations Manual: Insights into the organisation, equipment, men, machines, technology and tactics of the RAF's bomber offensive 1939 -1945 by Jonathan Falconer
RRP: $51.46$36.62Night and day in the Second World War RAF Bomber Command pounded away at the infrastructure of Germany to bring the Reich to its knees. Author Jonathan Falconer describes the Command's complex organisation and the science, technology and engineerBook... -
The Men Who Flew the Halifax by Bowman, Martin W 9781526705686
RRP: $42.88$30.22This is the story of the air war over Western Europe, much of it told by the Halifax pilots and air crew who took part. It spans the period between 1942 and 1945 and covers the encounters between the Luftwaffe and the air forces of Britain and the... -
Gunship Ace: The Wars of Neall Ellis, Helicopter Pilot and Mercenary by Al Venter
RRP: $32.57$21.05"The days of Congo and Angola when you had the image of mercenaries as drunken guys going around shooting up the place... has gone - the people you find now... are well-trained, professional soldiers, special forces trained." - Neall EllisPraise for Al J... -
Sagittarius Rising by Cecil Lewis 9781848325197
RRP: $25.71$18.78'This is a book everyone should read. It is the autobiography of an ace, and no common ace either. The boy had all the noble tastes and qualities, love of beauty, soaring imagination, a brilliant endowment of good looks ...this prince of pilots ...had a... -
Scale Plans IA-58 Pucara by Dariusz Karnas
RRP: $15.44$9.981/72 and 1/48 scale plans of the IA-58 Pucaraincludes all versions:PrototypeBiguaIA-58CBook InformationISBN 9788363678333Author Dariusz KarnasFormat PaperbackPage Count 5Imprint Mushroom Model PublicationsPublisher Wydawnictwo STRATUS, Artur Juszczak -
Gun Button to Fire: A Hurricane Pilot's Dramatic Story of the Battle of Britain by Tom Neil
RRP: $22.28$14.55The amazing story of one of the 'Few', fighter ace Tom Neil who shot down 13 enemy aircraft during the Battle of Britain. This is a fighter pilot's story of eight memorable months from May to December 1940. When the Germans were blitzing their way across... -
Russian Aircraft of World War II by Edward Ward
RRP: $30.86$20.76Organised chronologically by type, Russian Aircraft of World War II offers a highly-illustrated guide to the main types of aircraft used by the Soviet Air Force during World War II. The book provides a comprehensive survey of combat aircraft, from the... -
Bombers Fly East by Martin W. Bowman
$41.00Highlights include several chapters on the Mediterranean air forces, with special emphasis placed on the brave but futile attempts of the South African Air Force Liberator crews in Italy to supply Polish patriots during the Warsaw uprising. Individual...