Aviation 45

This is the story of one of the RAF's oldest and most distinguished heavy bomber squadrons in WW2, although an outline history of the unit since it was formed in WW1 and its post-war history are inc……続きを見る

"A useful review of the development of a classic jet bomber that saw widespread service in the Royal Air Force and was exported to many overseas air forces." ー Aeromilitaria This amazing airplane f……続きを見る

This is the thrilling account of the last remaining Battle of Britain ace fighter pilot, Tom Ginger Neil. Neil was one of an elite band, nicknamed The Few by Winston Churchill, he flew Hurricanes du……続きを見る

6 Group was born out of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP), which, among other things called for the formation of 25 Canadian Squadrons in Britain. This figure was later downsized. T……続きを見る

205 Group RAF provided the only mobile force of heavy night bombers in the Mediterranean theater in the Second World War. It operated mainly from bases in Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and Italy, with occas……続きを見る

Ray Perry was a farm boy from rural West Texas when America entered World War II. He always had a fascination with planes, so he joined the U.S. Army Air Corps with the intention of becoming a pilot……続きを見る

Over There in the Air tells the little known story of the contribution of Texas A&M University to early aviation in World War I. Over two thousand students served in the war in one capacity or anoth……続きを見る

This is the first biography of Rt. Hon. William Wedgwood Benn DSO, DFC, first Viscount Stansgate, cabinet minister under MacDonald and Attlee, Air Commodore with active service in both World Wars, d……続きを見る

A riveting account of the first sustained, strategic aerial bombing campaign in historyーby German airships on Britain in the First World War. At the outbreak of the Great War, the United Kingdom ha……続きを見る

The key roles played by the Royal Observer Corps in the Second World War have, all too often, been overshadowed by more glamourous arms of the defense forces. The teams in the Sector Stations, plott……続きを見る

Following the declaration of war by the United States, more than 200 American men, unwilling to wait until US squadrons could be raised, volunteered to join the Royal Flying Corps in the summer of 1……続きを見る

It is a recognized fact that, had the war gone badly for the Allies on the India/Burma front, and had the Japanese succeeded in invading the Indian Continent, the outcome of the war would have been ……続きを見る

"The story of America's first encounters with the Luftwaffe, heavy Nazi air defences, and the wartime strictures that Britain had already endured." ーMilitary History Monthly Using narrative account……続きを見る

Formed in 1915, and still operational today, 14 Squadron is one of the RAF's longest serving and most senior Squadrons. Spending the first thirty years of its operational life in the Middle East, th……続きを見る

The stirring biography of the RAF flying ace, one of the great pilots of the Battle of Britain, and the famous squadron that catapulted him into history. Acting Pilot Officer John Freeborn reported ……続きを見る

The dramatic story of the final mission and moments of the German Navy's prized airship during World War I. Zeppelin Over Suffolk tells the remarkable story of the destruction of a German airship ov……続きを見る

This book contains selected images from three different Royal Flying Corps albums. Photographs include training in Canada and at Tangmere. There is a large variety of different aircraft featured, as……続きを見る

Over sixty years ago a battle took place that, if it had succeeded, could have shortened the Second World war by six months. The operation to take the bridges at Arnhem was given the code name 'Oper……続きを見る

During the Second World War RAF Bomber Command produced a handful of remarkable pilots who won fame and high honors: Gibson, Cheshire, Martin, Tait, and Searby. The majority of aircrew, however, wer……続きを見る

A history of the high-speed wooden aircraftーfrom bomber to fighter, to photographic and weather reconnaissanceーfrom the author of B-17 Memphis Belle. During the history of aviation there have been……続きを見る

The Vought F4U was the best carrier based fighter of WW2. 12,571 aircraft were built and downed 2,140 enemy aircraft for the loss of only 189 Corsairs. It was developed early in 1938 for the US Navy……続きを見る

A firsthand account of flying in twenty-eight different aircraft types over a forty-four-year RAF career. Group Captain Tom Eeles served in the RAF for forty-four years and totaled over 8000 hours o……続きを見る

Neville Florian Usborne entered the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1897. In the years between him joining up and the outbreak of the First World War, he engaged in a huge number of enterprises and endeavo……続きを見る

The story of the supersonic fighter with "interesting insight into the period of the 1950s and early 1960s, the Cold War and of course the war in Vietnam" ( Military Modelling). During the mid–1950s……続きを見る

This is a brand-new, updated history of the Nuremburg Raid, taking advantage of new stores of information that have come to light in recent years. In his usual, highly-praised style, Martin Bowman's……続きを見る

An in-depth look at the weaponry, tactics, and combat pilots involved in neutralizing enemy air defensesーfrom the Vietnam War to today. Detecting and destroying enemy Surface-to-Air Missiles (SAMs)……続きを見る

The true story of American Airlines pilots who ferried essential supplies to US troops over the Himalayas is recounted in this thrilling WWII history. In late 1941, to prevent a Japanese invasion of……続きを見る

Samuel Kink Kinkead won two DSCs with the Royal Naval Air Service, two DFC with the fledgling RAF and the DSO in Russia.A brilliant pilot, postwar he was a long range aviation pioneer and leading ra……続きを見る

The plans that Nazi Germany had to raid - and bomb - New York and the eastern seabord are revealed in this book. They were were based on the use of transoceanic aircraft planes, such as the six-engi……続きを見る

This new volume from Martin Bowman examines the first three years of the Second World War, consolidating first-hand accounts from German fighter pilots caught up in some of the most dramatic night t……続きを見る