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“frederick galea”

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  • Fighters over Malta

    Gladiators and Hurricanes 1940-1942

    by Brian Cull, Frederick Galea ...
    All known combat claims and lossesMany personal accounts and memories of the battleIllustrated with new and rarely seen photographsBrian Cull and Frederick Galea’s definitive Fighters over Malta: Gladiators and Hurricanes 1940-1942 is a highly-detailed account of the gallant band of RAF and Commonwealth pilots who flew in defence of Malta between June 1940 and April 1942, when help in the guise of ... Read more

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  • 806 Naval Air Squadron

    The FAA's Top-Scoring Fighter Squadron of the Second World War

    by Brian Cull, Frederick Galea ...
    806 Squadron was formed in early 1940 and was equipped with Skuas and Rocs, both outdated as fighters and dive-bombers, the latter hampered by a gunner's turret, and most unsuited for modern warfare. However, 806 was fortunate to have at its head the volatile but skilful and aggressive Lt-Cdr Charles Evans, a 30-year-old born-leader with ten years experience flying with both the RAF and RN. With ... Read more

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  • 249 at Malta

    RAF’s Top-Scoring Fighter Squadron

    by Brian Cull, Frederick Galea ...
    By the end of 1941, following its participation in the Battle of Britain, 249 Squadron was posted to Malta. Having been informed that its pilots would be required to fly from the deck of an aircraft carrier, intensive practice flights took place with two Hurricanes fitted with long-range tanks, making shortened take-off runs from an airfield runway. The following month, having been ferried to ... Read more

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  • Aces Against Japan

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    ACES AGAINST JAPAN The American Aces Speak Eric Hammel In this superb, originally conceived offering, noted military historian, Eric Hammel brings us first-person accounts from thirty-nine American fighter aces who blasted their way across the skies of the Pacific and East Asia from December 7, 1941, until the final air battles over Japan in August 1945. Coupled with a clear view of America's far ... Read more

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  • US Army AH-1 Cobra Units in Vietnam

    by Jonathan Bernstein ...
    Series Book 41 - Combat Aircraft
    An illustrated combat history of Bell's AH-1 Cobra, the first dedicated helicopter gunship to reach frontline service anywhere in the world.Developed as a private venture by the manufacturer, and based on the mechanics of the ubiquitous UH-1 Huey, the Cobra proved a huge success once introduced into combat with the US Army in 1966. Built as a key weapon in the Advanced Aerial Fire Support System ... Read more

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  • A-10 Thunderbolt II Units of Operation Enduring Freedom 2008-14

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    Series Book 111 - Combat Aircraft
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  • Life as a Battle of Britain Spitfire Pilot

    by Arthur Donahue ...
    Summer 1940, Britain is on the brink, fewer than 3,000 RAF fighter pilots stand between Hitler’s Luftwaffe and air supremacy over the skies of southern England – the prerequisite for a German invasion. What was it like to fly a Spitfire? To shoot down a German bomber over London? Or to be shot down by the closely matched Messerschmitt Me 109? This concise account of daily life in August and ... Read more

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  • Gentleman Jim

    The Wartime Story of a Founder of the SAS & Special Forces

    by Lorna Almonds-Windmill ...
    The remarkable story of Jim Almonds, his WWII experiences, and his formative role in the birth of the SAS.Set in wartime England, the western desert, Italy, and France, this book captures the spirit of the young soldiers in the newly emerging Special Air Service, against a dramatic background of love, courage, and high-risk adventure.Jim Almonds, a sergeant in the Guards Commandos, sailed for the ... Read more

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  • Morane-Saulnier MS.406 Aces

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  • MiG-21 Units of the Vietnam War

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    Having honed their piloting skills on the subsonic MiG-17 and transonic MiG-19, the Vietnamese Peoples' Air Force (VPAF) received their first examples of the legendary MiG-21 supersonic fighter in 1966.Soon thrown into combat over North Vietnam, the guided-missile equipped MiG-21 proved a deadly opponent for the USAF, Navy and Marine Corps crews striking at targets deep into communist territory. ... Read more

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  • SMOKE FOR BREAKFAST: A Vietnam Combat Pilot's Story

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