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RAF Tanker Navigator by Peter Bodle 9781399074971
RRP: €17.84€13.03This book gives a rare insight into the life inside the tanker squadrons of the Royal Air Force, viewed through the eyes of Tony Golds, one of the RAF tanker fleets longest serving Navigator/Plotters. During his service career which spanned four decades,... -
Local Aviation Collections of Britain: The UK's Regional Aeronautical Treasures by Ken Ellis 9781910809112
RRP: €22.55€16.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910809112Author Ken EllisFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing -
Luftwaffe in the North African Campaign 1941-1943 by Werner Held 9780887403439
RRP: €33.31€22.16This classic photo volume on the North African campaign is a gripping study of one of the major campaigns of the Second World War. From the point-of-view of Luftwaffe pilots and crews the reader is shown the campaign from its outset - from the initial... -
RAF Cold War Jet Aircraft in Profile: 2019 by Chris Sandham-Bailey
€46.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911658115Author Chris Sandham-BaileyFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Mortons Media GroupPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams)... -
The Wright Flyers 1899-1916: The kites, gliders, and aircraft that launched the "Air Age" by Richard P. Hallion
RRP: €16.65€11.60Orville and Wilbur Wright, two bicycle-making brothers from Dayton, Ohio, secured their place as the most famous names in aviation history when, on December 17, 1903, they made the first powered, controlled, and sustained heavier-than-air flight. But... -
From Auster to Apache: The History of 656 Squadron RAF/AAC 1942-2012 by Guy Warner 9781781590980 [USED COPY]
RRP: €29.75€4.05656 Squadron will celebrate its 70th Anniversary on 31st December 2012. Over the intervening years the Squadron has served with great distinction in India, Burma, Java, Malaya, Borneo, Hong Kong, the UK, the Falkland Islands, Bosnia, Kosovo and, most... -
Supermarine Spitfire V: Polish Squadrons Over Dieppe by Wojtek Matusiak
RRP: €22.61€16.21This year marks the 80th anniversary of the Allied landing at Dieppe, France, on 19 August 1942, one of the most controversial battles of the Second World War, which also involved extensive air operations to provide direct support for the amphibious... -
The Macrobert's Reply Story by Phil Hamlyn Williams 9780995636309
€9.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995636309Author Phil Hamlyn WilliamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 127Imprint Philip JeffsPublisher Philip Jeffs -
Lublin R-XIII. Army Cooperation Plane by Andrzej Glass 9788366148314
RRP: €22.60€16.20The Lublin R-XIII was the Polish army cooperation plane, designed in the early-1930s in the Plage i Laskiewicz factory in Lublin. Since 1927, they started working on their own prototypes. Those were designed by J. Rudlicki and his team of more than a... -
Soviet Strategic Bombers: The Hammer in the Hammer and the Sickle by Jason Nicholas Moore 9781781555972
RRP: €41.65€28.91The history of Soviet strategic bombers after the Second World War is a fascinating one: from the reverse-engineering of interned American Boeing B-29 bombers into the first Soviet strategic bomber, the Tu-4; to the huge jet and turbo-prop powered... -
Legacy Hornets: Boeing's F/A-18 A-D Hornets of the USN and USMC by Brad Elward 9780764354342
RRP: €22.60€15.08This book is a concise, illustrated history of the US Navy and Marine Corps' most versatile jet strike fighter, the Boeing F/A-18 A-D Legacy Hornet. Presenting a historical perspective of the Legacy Hornet from its origins through today's use in the... -
Northr Flying Wings by Garry R. Pape 9780887406898
RRP: €54.73€35.84This new book is an in-depth study covering John K. "Jack" Northrop/s quest for a clean flying machine. Covered are: Northrop/s initial N-1M project, the N-9M, XP-56, through the B-35 project, B-49 project, and the huge bombers planned only on... -
Chinese Air Power: Current Organisation and Aircraft of all Chinese Air Forces by Yefim Gordon
€50.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910809464Author Yefim GordonFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing -
Bristol Scout 1264: Rebuilding Granddad's Aircraft by David Bremner 9781781551011
RRP: €29.75€22.54In 1913, Frank Barnwell designed the Bristol Scout, which was the fastest and most manoeuvrable warplane for the first eighteen months of the First World War, and became the prototype single-seat fighter from which all later fighters were derived. As a... -
Caribbean Volunteers at War: The Forgotten Story of the Raf's 'tuskegee Airmen' by Mark Johnson
RRP: €17.84€13.03All of a sudden there was the rush of an immense shadow coming towards him at terrific speed. It was the ground reaching up to gather him. The date was 26 June, 1943 and Cy Grant was the rarest of things - a black West Indian RAF crew member, blown out... -
Widowmaker: Living and Dying with the Corsair by Tim Hillier-Graves
RRP: €29.75€20.97"Despite everything I felt very lucky to have flown Corsairs, they were the best you know even though it took me sometime to realise this when so many friends died flying them." (Colin Facer, Corsair pilot, HMS Illustrious)The Vought-Sikorsky Corsair was... -
Short Stirling: RAF Heavy Bomber in World War II by Ron Mackay
RRP: €22.60€14.60Introduced in 1941, the Short Stirling was the Royal Air Force's first four-engine heavy bomber of the Second World War. However, early on, the Stirling's performance was compromised by several issues: a reduced wingspan, which resulted in serious... -
Me 262 Bomber and Reconnaissance Units by Robert Forsyth
RRP: €20.22€16.78When the revolutionary Messerschmitt Me 262 jet first appeared as a bomber in the skies over north-west Europe in late 1944, it represented both a new dawn in aeronautical development and a great shock to the Allied air forces and armies. In mid-1944,... -
Migs in the Middle East Volume 1: The First 10 Years, 1955-1967 by Davis Nicolle
RRP: €20.17€16.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913336363Author Davis NicolleFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
TAC in the 1980s by Adrian Symonds
RRP: €19.03€12.91Tactical Air Command, based in the United States itself, held the majority of the USAF's tactical air power. The wartime role for most TAC units was to deploy their assets to regional USAF commands, primarily to the main Cold War 'front' Commands, USAFE... -
Secret SAS Missions in Africa: C Squadron's Counter-Terrorist Operations 1968-1980 by Michael Graham 9781526712462
RRP: €23.79€17.47This fascinating book is the first to cover the little known C Squadron of the Special Air Service. Operating in Africa, the Squadron was involved in almost continuous counter communist terrorist operations over the period 1968 to 1980. In the unstable... -
Up in Harm's Way: Flying With the Fleet Air Arm by Commander R. Mike Crosley 9781844153213
RRP: €19.03€13.82This book covers the author's flying career from the finish of World War II until his final appointment as CO of the Naval Test Squadron at Boscombe Down. Having had an outstanding wartime record 'Mike' Crosley became heavily involved with the... -
50 Years of the U-2: The Complete Illustrated History of Lockheed's Legendary "Dragon Lady" by Chris Pocock 9780764323461
RRP: €76.15€50.58When the U-2 first took off in 1955, no one involved in its top-secret project dreamt that this unique reconnaissance aircraft would still be flying today. The long story of the Dragon Lady is amazing, and complex; this book tells it all, in... -
Operation Colossus: The First British Airborne Raid of World War II by Lawrence Paterson 9781784383787
€24.42Lawrence Paterson's groundbreaking new book is a detailed account of the now legendary Operation Colossus, the first British airborne raid of the Second World War, which took place in Basilicata, Italy on 10 February 1941. Britain was one of the last... -
Battle Colors: Insignia and Aircraft Markings of the 8th Air Force in World War II: Vol 2: (VIII) Fighter Command by Robert A. Watkins
RRP: €48.78€32.21This second volume focuses on the Fighter Groups, Scouting Force and Special Operations units of the Mighty Eighth. Battle Colors approaches a visual subject in a visual manner utilizing full color illustrations and wartime photos.About the AuthorRobert... -
The 'Blue Squadrons': The Spanish in the Luftwaffe, 1941-1944 by Juan Arraez Cerda 9781804512395
RRP: €35.64€24.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804512395Author Juan Arraez CerdaFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Dassault Super Etendard by Frederic Lert
RRP: €19.03€13.82The Dassault Super tendard, which became the Super tendard Modernis in due course, had a remarkable career. It was a humble aircraft that was often faced with thankless and difficult tasks. There was no excessive power in this aircraft, but simply a... -
F-15 Eagle: Undefeated 4th Generatin Super-Fighter by Bertie Simmonds
RRP: €17.84€13.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911658535Author Bertie SimondsFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Mortons Media GroupPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 745gDimensions(mm) 255mm... -
F-105: Operations in Southeast Asia by Theo Van Geffen
RRP: €19.03€13.82The F-105 Thunderchief was primarily designed for tactical nuclear operations. For this reason, it was on nuclear Victor alert in Europe and the Far East. When the air war against North Vietnam was initiated on March 2, 1965, the USAF needed an aircraft... -
Junkers: Military Aircraft of World War Two by Mark Chambers 9780750964180
RRP: €29.75€11.03The Junkers Aircraft Company of Dessau, Germany forever changed the world of aviation when they produced several aircraft that revolutionised warfare during World War Two. Among them were the Ju 87 Stuka, which was key to the success of the Blitzkrieg,... -
The Royal Flying Corps 1914-18 by Peter G. Cooksley
RRP: €23.80€18.37During the First World War Britain's Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) fought alongside one another in the greatest conflict mankind had ever experienced. This period was also one of dramatic technological advances, in which... -
Magnum! The Wild Weasels in Desert Storm: The Elimination of Iraq's Air Defence by Braxton R. Eisel 9781473899001
RRP: €23.79€17.47This book is based on a journal Jim Schreiner kept during his deployment to the Persian Gulf region for Operations DESERT SHIELD and DESERT STORM. Building upon that record and the recollections of other F-4G Wild Weasel aircrew, the authors show a slice... -
Fast Jets and Other Beasts: Personal insights from the cockpit of the Hunter, Phantom, Jaguar, Tornado and many more by Ian Hall
RRP: €23.80€17.58Over a thirty-two-year military flying career which spanned a period when the RAF regularly replaced its fighter/bombers, Ian Hall had seven front-line flying tours on five different types. All these flying tours provide a rich seam of material for... -
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... -
Last Mission of Lady Jane II: The Life and Death of an 8th Air Force B-17 and Her Crew by Lisa A. Vans
RRP: €27.36€17.43On March 18, 1945, the B-17G "Lady Jane II" lifted off from her base at Deenethorpe, England; she never returned. The story is one of deep tragedy and survival, of sacrifice, and of the love the crew had for each other as brothers in arms. The bomber was... -
A10 Thunderbolt II : Fairchild Republic's Warthog at War by Ken Neubeck 9780764356704
RRP: €22.60€15.08The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II, commonly nicknamed the "Warthog" due to its unusual and ungainly appearance, became the most effective close-air-support aircraft that has ever served for the US Air Force and Air National Guard. Designed... -
Military Low-Level Flying From F-4 Phantom to F-35 Lightning II: A Pictorial Display of Low Flying in Cumbria and Beyond by Scott Rathbone
RRP: €41.65€28.91The United Kingdom has some of the most dramatic landscapes that can be used by pilots to train in the vital skill of low flying. Aircrew preparing for operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and other potential war zones frequently hone their skills flying... -
War over the Steppes: The air campaigns on the Eastern Front 1941-45 by E. R. Hooton 9781472815620
RRP: €29.75€22.86The air war over the Steppes was more than a brutal clash in which might alone triumphed. It was a conflict that saw tactical and technological innovation as the Soviet air force faced off against Herman Goering's Luftwaffe. As Germany and the Soviet... -
Military Airfields of Britain: No.3, Northern England-cheshire/isle of Man/lancashire/manchester/ by Ken Delve 9781861268099
RRP: €20.22€17.26This 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... -
B-25 Mitchell, Vol. 1: The A through D Models in World War II by Dr William Wolf
RRP: €22.60€15.08The North American B-25 Mitchell is WWII's most heralded and versatile medium bomber. Volume 1 (of two) gives the reader a concise illustrated look at the A through D models and follows the bomber's genesis from the formation of the North American...