Aviation & Space

Along with the Bf 109, the Fw 190 was a stalwart of the Luftwaffe and one of the top fighters of WWII.Book InformationISBN 9780887403545Author Heinz J. NowarraFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing...

In early 2001 we launched the CAMOUFLAGE & DECALS series. Although the first book in the series was an instant hit, we were forced to abandon the series due to technological issues with decals production. Over the years we released a number of books with...

Brings the inherent danger of flying the Corsair to life through photographs and interviews of 15 WWII combat veteran Corsair pilots. The Vought F4U Corsair was the greatest fighter plane in the WWII Pacific theater. For its pilots, survival was not...

Since the publication of the first edition of Why Air Forces Fail, the debate over airpower's role in military operations has only intensified. Here, eminent historians Robin Higham and Stephen J. Harris assemble a team of experts to add essential new...

Scale plans in 1/72, 1/48 and 1/32 of P-47 Razorback variants. Versions P-47B, C and D are shown.Book InformationISBN 9788363678753Author Dariusz KarnasFormat PaperbackPage Count 12Imprint Mushroom Model PublicationsPublisher Wydawnictwo STRATUS, Artur...

Volume II covers Japanese prototypes and the later Me 263.Book InformationISBN 9780887404030Author M. EmmerlingFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 363g

This new book is the third of a multi-volume series covering the complete history of Germany's legendary World War II jet fighter, the Messerschmitt Me 262. Featured here are the Me 262 "A" series types from the A-1a jabo through the A-5 and...

Looking ahead to future airpower requirements, this engaging and ground-breaking book on the history and future of American combat airpower argues that the USAF must adapt to the changes that confront it or risk decline into irrelevance. To provide...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911276999Author Jack HarrisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint Mortons Media GroupPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 323gDimensions(mm) 196mm...

Yakovlev Yak-3 is considered one of the best World War 2 fighters, invariably praised by those who flew it in combat for its remarkable performance. The Germans also treated it with respect, which is perhaps best illustrated by Generalleutnant Walter...

Charles Ulm and Charles Kingsford Smith were the original pioneers of Australian aviation. Together they succeeded in a number of record-breaking flights that made them instant celebrities in Australia and around the world: the first east-to-west...

In the early morning of 20 April 1942, forty-seven Spitfire Vs of 601 and 603 Squadrons of the Auxiliary Air Force launched from the deck of the American aircraft carrier the USS Wasp, which had sailed to a position north of Algiers. The planes were...

'A COMPELLING, FAST-PACED NARRATIVE THAT THRUSTS US INTO THE COCKPIT. A MUST-READ!' Dan Hampton April 1982. Argentina invades the Falkland Islands. In response, Britain dispatches a naval Task Force. Eight thousand miles from home, its fate hinges...

Making use of primary Curtiss documents, as well as the combined resources of the world's leading historians of the subject, the authors have skillfully resolved myths and woven a comprehensive study of the often very confusing story of these classic...

In the past century, multinational military operations have become the norm; but while contributions from different nations provide many benefits - from expanded capability to political credibility - they also present a number of challenges. Issues such...

Scale plans in 1/32, 1/48, 1/72 and 1/144 scale of the famous Yak-3 Russian fighter10 A3 size scale plans of all Yak-3 versions.Book InformationISBN 9788365958006Author Robert PanekFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Mushroom Model PublicationsPublisher...

The 25 Most Influential Aircraft of All Time conveys the fascinating progression of flying technology from flimsy wood-and-fabric biplanes to thunderous supersonic wonders. Aviation's most historically relevant and arguably most influential aircraft -...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857060716Author Maurice BaringFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Leonaur LtdPublisher Leonaur LtdWeight(grams) 299g

Into the Swarm: Stories of RAF Fighter Pilots in the Second World War is a collaborative work by Christopher Yeoman (Rise Against Eagles) and Tor Idar Larsen (Viking Spitfire) which tells the sobering and heroic stories of RAF fighters pilots in the most...

Valerie Andre is one of the great military aviators of the twentieth century. She was the first woman to fly a helicopter in combat and one of the first three helicopter medevac pilots. Flying more than 150 helicopter rescue missions during the French...

Plt Off Oliver Ormrod, better known as 'Sonny' to his RAF compatriots due to his youthful appearance, was just four days past his twentieth birthday when he was killed in action after his Hurricane was shot down. During his brief fighting career at Malta...

Scale plans in 1/48 and 1/72 scale of the first monoplane torpedo bomber operated by the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm during WWII, featuring eight A3 size scale plans.Book InformationISBN 9788366549869Author Dariusz KarnasFormat PaperbackPage Count...

The Bf 109 E "Emil" entered service in 1938. The aircraft's DB 601 engine transformed its performance, making the Messerschmitt fighter one of the most capable anywhere in the world at the time. After seeing action late in the Spanish Civil War, the Emil...

The first great British aircraft engine manufacturer, the Sunbeam Motor Car Company turned to the sunrise industry of aviation in 1912, and was among the first to buy an aircraft to test their engines, flown by a full-time test pilot, the famous Jack...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781786123978Author Janine HarringtonFormat HardbackPage Count 588Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers

A large number of people in the United States had their first airplane ride in a Ford Tri-Motor during the 1920s and 1930s, a plane that remains to this day a fine example of engineering, planning and production. It was the application of a modified...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780760315040Author S CrawfordFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Motorbooks InternationalPublisher Motorbooks InternationalWeight(grams) 699g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780285627161Author Peter HainingFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Souvenir Press LtdPublisher Souvenir Press LtdWeight(grams) 550g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781871085044Author Christopher ColeFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Tom Donovan Publishing LtdPublisher Tom Donovan Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 320g

This is the second volume, but the last to be published of a trilogy - the other volumes being Smashing the Atlantic Wall and The Battle of the Bulge. Monty's Rhine Adventure begins immediately after the Normandy invasion with the euphoria surrounding...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780620074216Author Barbara ColeFormat HardbackPage Count 460Imprint Author-PublishersPublisher Author-Publishers

In the early morning of 20 April 1942, forty-seven Spitfire Vs of 601 and 603 Squadrons of the Auxiliary Air Force launched from the deck of the American aircraft carrier the USS Wasp, which had sailed to a position north of Algiers. The planes were...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780861016952Format HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Salamander BooksPublisher Salamander Books LtdWeight(grams) 348g

In this excellently researched book, Graham Smith describes the air war in Cambridgeshire, and the young airmen who flew night after night against desperate odds. It was from Cambridgeshire airfields that the legendary Pathfinder Force first took to the...

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To the fifteen passengers and crew onboard the lumbering Short Sunderland flying boat, everything appeared normal and routine as it lifted off from the seaplane base at RAF Invergordon on Sunday, 25 August 1942. Its destination was Iceland, where one of...

To many people the Supermarine Spitfire was Britain’s saviour during the Battle of Britain and the embodiment of air combat during the Second World War. The Story of the Spitfire presents a thrilling appraisal of this unique aircraft, focusing on its...

John Colliers war began on day one, flying Hampdens in 83 Squadron with his friend Guy Gibson, in a hunt for the battleship Admiral Scheer. By the summer of 1940 he was bombing the Dortmund-Ems Canal at low-level, then Bordeaux and the Scharnhorst at...