Skip to main content
Search Button
United States Kobo store Gift Cards Help

Rakuten Kobo

Wishlist

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Item(s) unavailable for purchase
Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.
itemsitem
itemsitem

Recommended For You

Loading...


Top Series in United States

Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “kev darling”
Skip side bar filters

  • RAF Strike Command, 1968–2007

    Aircraft, Men and Action

    by Kev Darling ...
    Aviation author Kev Darling looks at the origins of the World War Two Royal Air Force commands and histories in RAF Strike Command.In 1968, the RAF Commands that had become famous in World War Two—Fighter, Bomber, Coastal, Air Support and Signals Commands—were combined into the single Strike Command, an amalgamation that served throughout the remaining years of the Cold War, in the Falklands, and ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • US Carrier War

    Design, Development and Operations

    by Kev Darling ...
    A military history of US aircraft carriers and their service, from World War I to Desert Storm and the conflicts in the Middle East.This book covers all aspects of the operations made by US aircraft carriers from their introduction into service during World War One to the continuing conflicts in the Middle East. America's part in WW1 saw the deployment of US Navy aircraft operating from coastal ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Fleet Air Arm Carrier War

    The History of British Naval Aviation

    by Kev Darling ...
    This is the story of British naval flying from aircraft carriers, from its conception in World War One to the present day. It includes the types of aircraft and the men who flew them, the carriers and the evolution of their designs, the theatres of war in which they served and their notable achievements and tragedies. It traces navy flying from the early days of the biplane, through the rapid ... Read more

    Was $12.99 USD Now $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • British Military Jets

    by Kev Darling ...
    Series series Britain's Heritage
    The end of the Second World War provided little rest for air forces and the aircraft industry. Both sides now had to put enormous energy into research and development to gain an edge. For the British aircraft industry it meant producing aircraft quickly, and on tight budgets: for Bomber Command to carry Britain’s new nuclear deterrent, and for Fighter Command to defend the country. This book ... Read more

    $8.59 USD

People who read these also enjoyed

  • The British Fleet Air Arm in World War II

    by Mark Barber ...
    Series Book 165 - Elite
    A concise history of the Royal Navy's air arm during World War II, from their Arctic convoys, to the battle of Malta, and the last raids on Japan.Amazingly, the Admiralty only had 406 operational pilots and eight carriers when war broke out, but a mere six years later there were over 3,000 operational pilots and 53 aircraft carriers patrolling the seas in every theatre of the war. This book charts ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • Jets at Sea

    Naval Aviation in Transition, 1945–55

    by Leo Marriott ...
    As World War Two drew to a close, jet-powered aircraft were beginning to be introduced into service. To take advantage of this major development it was necessary for all the worlds air powers to rethink combat tactics and develop the means of handling these faster and generally larger aircraft in the air, on land and especially at sea. As this modern breed approached and finally broke the sound ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Hawker Hurricane Mk I–V

    by Martyn Chorlton ...
    Series Book 6 - Air Vanguard
    A definitive technical guide to the Hawker Hurricane variants.At the outbreak of World War II, only 111 Squadron and a handful of others were equipped with the Hurricane. Thanks to sudden massive orders and a well-organized Hawker sub-contracting production to Gloster and General Aircraft, more squadrons rapidly became operational. Cutting their teeth during the Battle of France, it was during the ... Read more

    $11.39 USD

  • Vought F4 Corsair

    Carrier and Land-Based Fighter

    by Dave Windle, Martin W. Bowman ...
    Series series Profiles of Flight
    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. The designer, Tex Beisel, worked on the principle of the largest engine in the smallest airframe. Britain received 2012 of the type. This book contains the world famous color profiles created by Dave ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Pacific Naval War 1941–1945

    by David Wragg ...
    This vividly detailed WWII history chronicles the bitter conflict at sea between Allied and Japanese naval forces.The Pacific War was primarily fought at sea. Naval power allowed the Japanese to mount their attack on Pearl Harbor and then advance westwards and southwards. It also enabled the Allies to strike back and even take the war to Japan itself. The tide turned very quickly, with the US ... Read more

    $9.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Consolidated B-24 Liberator

    by Graham M. Simons ...
    A pictorial history of the American World War II bomber, examining its design, engineering, development, and tactical use.The Consolidated B-24 Liberator was almost certainly the most versatile Second World War Bomber. Apart from its bombing role in all theatres of operation, the B-24 hauled fuel to France during the push towards Germany, carried troops, fought U-boats in the Atlantic and, ... Read more

    $9.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Fighters Over the Fleet

    Naval Air Defence from Biplanes to the Cold War

    by Norman Friedman ...
    A tactical and technical history of the development of British, American, and Japanese naval air defense from the 1920s to the 1980s.This is an account of the evolution of naval fighters for fleet air defense and the parallel evolution of the ships operating and controlling them, concentrating on the three main exponents of carrier warfare: the British Royal Navy, the U.S. Navy, and the Imperial ... Read more

    Was $12.99 USD Now $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Hawker Hurricane

    The Multirole Fighter

    by Philip Birtles ...
    Hawker Hurricane: The Multirole Fighter covers the design, development, production and operations of the Hawker Hurricane before, during and after the Second World War. Without the courage of the young men from Britain and the Commonwealth risking their lives to beat the Luftwaffe and forestalling the enemy invasion of Britain, there would not have been a Battle of Britain.The Hurricane was a ... Read more

    $9.54 USD or Free with Kobo Plus