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Early Pacific Raids 1942: The American Carriers Strike Back by Brian Lane Herder
RRP: $29.14$21.06A fascinating exploration of how between February 1 and March 10, 1942, three small US task forces launched several unexpected raids across the Japanese defensive perimeter in the Central and South Pacific. After the devastating Japanese blows of... -
Goshawk Squadron: 50th Anniversary Edition by Derek Robinson
RRP: $18.85$13.59The Booker-shortlisted Royal Flying Corps classic, reissued for the 50th Anniversary of its first publicationWith an Introduction by James Holland and an Afterword by Mike Petty"Robinson is probably the best novelist ever to write about fighter combat: ... -
Royal Navy torpedo-bombers vs Axis warships: 1939-45 by Matthew Willis
RRP: $25.71$18.78Drawing on rare, historical photography and specially commissioned artwork, Matthew Willis explores the heroic feats of the few Royal Navy's obsolescent biplanes that stood between the state-of-the-art Axis warships and their objectives. Focusing on... -
USAAF in Suffolk by Peter W. Bodle 9781781553466
RRP: $34.31$26.23The East of England, particularly Suffolk, became a new home for thousands of American airmen during the Second World War. After starting to arrive in 1942, there were over 10,000 in the country by 1943. The largest concentration was in Suffolk, which... -
Operation Ro-Go 1943: Japanese air power tackles the Bougainville landings by Mr Michael John Claringbould 9781472855572
RRP: $29.14$21.06A compelling account of the failure of Imperial Japan's Operation Ro-Go, intended to take the offensive in the Solomons theater of the Pacific War, but which became Japan's first line of defense against the Allies' Rabaul raids and Bougainville landings... -
The Spitfire Kids by Alasdair Cross
RRP: $34.31$23.59THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'An inspirational read celebrating the incredible young people who gave so much for this iconic British aircraft'. John Nichol, bestselling author of Spitfire: A Very British Love StoryDespite the many films and television... -
Battle of Britain The Gathering Storm: Prelude to the Spitfire Summer of 1940 by Dilip Sarkar
RRP: $42.88$30.91Dilip Sarkar has studied the Battle of Britain period for a lifetime and is renowned for his meticulous research and evidence-based approach, setting events within the broadest possible context. In doing so, he has helped enrich our appreciation and... -
Alarmstart East: The German Fighter Pilot's Experience on the Eastern Front 1941-1945 by Patrick G. Eriksson 9781445699127
RRP: $18.85$12.44For anyone who is interested in the air war from 1941 to 1945, the information provided here is of inestimable value. There are no more than a handful of Second World War Luftwaffe members alive today. Patrick Eriksson had the foresight to record these... -
Ace in a Day: The Memoir of an Eighth Air Force Fighter Pilot in World War II by Wayne Blickenstaff 9781838068738
RRP: $42.88$27.17Wayne K. Blickenstaff, known as "Blick," was a stalwart of the 350th Fighter Squadron of the 353rd Fighter Group based at Goxhill, Metfield and Raydon, England as part of the Eighth Air Force prosecuting the strategic air campaign against Germany. As an... -
Howard's Whirlybirds: Howard Hughes's Amazing Pioneering Helicopter Exploits by Donald J. Porter 9781781550892
RRP: $34.31$25.23Howard Hughes, the movie mogul, aviation pioneer and political hound dog, has always fascinated the public with his mixture of secrecy, dashing lifestyle and reclusiveness. Companies responsible for major technological leaps often become household names... -
The Blitz 1940–41: The Luftwaffe's biggest strategic bombing campaign by Julian Hale 9781472857880
RRP: $29.14$21.06An illustrated history of how the Luftwaffe intended 'the Blitz' to knock Britain out of the war, emphasising the German point of view and detailing how Britain's defences and civilians responded. The Blitz - the German 'blitzkrieg' of Britain's... -
Early Jet Fighters: British and American 1944 - 1954 by Leo Marriott
RRP: $25.71$18.78In almost 200 archive photographs Leo Marriott traces the course of the development of British and American jet fighters during the first pioneering decade of their production. In many ways the period from 1944 to 1954 was one of the most exciting and... -
F-4 Phantom II Wild Weasel Units in Combat by Peter E. Davies
RRP: $29.14$21.06With first-hand insight into the key role of the US Air Force's fighter-bomber from the Vietnam War through to Operation Desert Storm during the First Gulf War, this book is an unmissable account of some of the most dangerous and demanding missions in... -
Voices in Flight: The Wellington Bomber by Bowman, Martin W 9781399074896
RRP: $27.43$19.91The Wellington Bomber was omnipresent during the Second World War, employed in a variety of contexts in the fight against the Axis powers. The pilots who flew this aircraft did so with an immense amount of pride, and there is perhaps no-one better placed... -
Nachtjager Luftwaffe Night Fighter Units 1939-45 by David Williams 9781906537562
RRP: $42.88$30.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906537562Author David WilliamsFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Classic PublicationsPublisher Crecy Publishing -
Hunters over Arabia: Hawker Hunter Operations in the Middle East by Ray Deacon
RRP: $51.46$37.65Based on official records held at the National Archives and other published sources, 'Hunters over Arabia' presents an in-depth account of the operations performed by the Hawker Hunter squadrons policing the desert wastelands and high mountain ranges of... -
Luftwaffe in Colour Volume 2: From Glory to Defeat 1942-1945 by Jean Louis Roba
RRP: $34.29$24.49Eighty years after its creation, the Luftwaffe is still one of the most fascinating forces in the history of aviation. A companion to Luftwaffe in Colour Volume 1, which covered the victory years from 1939 up to Spring 1942, this volume with nearly 400... -
A Spitfire Girl: One of the World's Greatest Female ATA Ferry Pilots Tells Her Story by Mary Ellis
RRP: $25.71$18.78We visualise dashing and daring young men as the epitome of the pilots of the Second World War, yet amongst that elite corps was one person who flew no less than 400 Spitfires and seventy-six different types of aircraft and that person was Mary Wilkins. ... -
Airline Tail Colours - 5th Edition by Gerry Manning
RRP: $17.07$16.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910809327Author Gerry ManningFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing -
The Bombing War: Europe 1939-1945 by Richard Overy
RRP: $34.31$25.20The ultimate history of the Blitz and bombing in the Second World War, from Wolfson Prize-winning historian and author Richard OveryThe use of massive fleets of bombers to kill and terrorize civilians was an aspect of the Second World War which continues... -
RAF Tornado Units in Combat 1992-2019 by Michael Napier
RRP: $27.43$19.91After the Gulf War of 1990, No Fly Zones (NFZ) were established over northern and southern Iraq and the Tornado GR 1 force stepped up to operations over the southern NFZ. The Tornado GR 4 took responsibility for RAF combat air operations in... -
Fifty Years of Flying Fun: Fascinating memoir covering an RAF and display flying career by Rod Dean 9781909808270
RRP: $34.31$25.46Fifty Years of Flying Fun covers, in a roughly chronological order, over fifty continuous years of flying. This ranges from joining the RAF in 1962, through his intriguing first operational tour on Hunters in Aden, the early days of the Jaguar in Germany... -
The Gloster Javelin: The RAF's First Delta Wing Fighter by Richard Franks
RRP: $29.07$24.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905414024Author Richard A FranksFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Dalrymple and Verdun PublishingPublisher Dalrymple and Verdun... -
Vickers Wellington Units of Bomber Command by Michael Napier
RRP: $25.71$18.78The Vickers Wellington was one of very few aircraft types to have been in production and frontline service throughout World War II, and more than 10,000 Wellingtons were built in the period. They took part in the first RAF bombing mission of the conflict... -
Flight Craft 28: McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom by Coughlin, Geoff 9781399086424
RRP: $29.14$21.06The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II was the most-produced American supersonic military jet with 5,195 aircraft being produced. By any standards the F-4 has been incredibly successful, used not only by the USAF and US Navy but many air forces around the... -
High Flight: The Life and Poetry of Pilot Officer John Gillespie Magee by Roger Cole
RRP: $22.28$14.03When Second World War Spitfire pilot John Gillespie Magee penned his poem `High Flight', little did he know that his words would inspire legions of aspiring aviators who had a similar wish to fly their `eager craft through footless halls of air'. Founded... -
Messerschmitt Me 210/Me 410 by Anirudh Rao
RRP: $30.88$20.02Messerschmitt Me 210 - German heavy fighter. Work on the design began in late 1930s with a goal of creating a versatile aircraft, equally capable as a fighter, dive bomber or a reconnaissance platform. The machine was an all-metal, low-wing monoplane,... -
RAF Airfields of World War 2 by Jonathan Falconer 9781857803495
RRP: $60.04$44.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857803495Author Jonathan FalconerFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Midland PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing -
Junkers Ju 188 Units of World War 2 by Robert Forsyth
RRP: $27.43$19.91This volume examines the history and development of the Ju 188 twin-engined aircraft, the Luftwaffe's attempt to enhance and improve its peerless Ju 88. The Junkers Ju 188 was the epitome of mid-war German twin-engined aircraft design, representing... -
RAF Tornado Units of Gulf War I by Michael Napier
RRP: $25.71$18.78When the Gulf Crisis of 1990 was triggered by the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, the RAF responded by sending Tornado F 3 fighters to Saudi Arabia to help defend the country against further aggression. These aircraft were followed by the deployment of Tornado... -
US Naval Aviation in the 1980s: Marine Corps, Naval Training, Test and Reserve Air Stations by Adrian Symonds
RRP: $27.43$18.61This, the second of two volumes covering United States Naval Aviation in the 1980s, completes the story by exploring training, reserve, test and US Marine Corps air stations. US Marine Corps aviation squadrons took part in combat operations, while... -
Bomb Group: The Eighth Air Force's 381st and the Allied Air Offensive Over Europe by Paul Bingley 9781612009605
RRP: $47.17$29.71In February 1942, a reconnaissance party of United States Army Air Forces officers arrived in England. Firmly wedded to the doctrine of daylight precision bombing, they believed they could help turn the tide of the war in Europe. In the months that... -
Royal Naval Air Service in the First World War by Philip Jarrett 9781473828193
$65.35This book makes five original documents relating to the work of Britain's Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) during the First World War readily available to students and historians. To enhance visual interest a large collection of photographs, many hitherto... -
Scramble: The Dramatic Story of a Young Fighter Pilot's Experiences During the Battle of Britain and the Siege of Malta by Tom Neil
RRP: $42.88$28.87This is a fighter pilot's memoir of four tumultuous years, 1938-1942, when he was first trained, then fought and survived in not one but two of the biggest aerial campaigns of the war, the Battle of Britain and the equally epic, but lesser known, Siege... -
The Greatest Escape: A Bomber Command Navigator s Story of Survival in Nazi Germany by Martin Barratt 9781399075275
RRP: $42.88$30.22This is the story of a wartime bomber, its crew and of a tantalising detective story unfolding over nearly a quarter of a century of intensive research. It is also a story of courage, fortitude and endurance and of one man's will to survive against... -
Supermarine Spitfire (Icon): 1936 onwards (all marks) by Blackah Price 9781785215742
RRP: $22.28$15.59This is one of the new Icon titles from Haynes. Originally published in the classic manual size, this compact format will appeal to trade outlets and gift markets. The legendary Supermarine Spitfire receives the famous Haynes manual treatment with the... -
Super Snoopers: The Evolution and Service Career of the Specialist Boeing C-135 Series with the 55th Wing and Associated Units by Bob Archer 9781781557693
RRP: $68.61$51.87The US Air Force has performed peripheral reconnaissance adjacent to the traditional foe of Russia, China, North Korea and others for seven decades. Evolving from rudimentary aircraft to an unprecedented level of sophistication, the current, elderly... -
Supermarine Southampton: The Flying Boat that Made R.J. Mitchell by Jo Hillman 9781526784940
RRP: $42.88$30.22Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
AV-8B Harrier II: The US Marine Corps' VSTOL Jet Aircraft by Ken Neubeck
RRP: $32.57$27.53The McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II-vertical/short takeoff and landing (VSTOL)-is the US Marine Corps' current frontline close-air-support aircraft. A variant of the famed British Aerospace Harrier II, the AV-8B is noted for its ability to hover in... -
German Aces of World War I: The Pictorial Record by Norman Franks 9780764321177
RRP: $94.32$61.08The air aces of Imperial Germany's Luftstreitkrafte are an ever-popular subject among aviation historians, enthusiasts, war gamers, and aircraft modelers. The images of famous airmen such as Manfred von Richthofen, Ernst Udet, and Werner Voss are well...