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  • Arado Ar 234 Bomber and Reconnaissance Units

    by Robert Forsyth, Nick Beale ...
    Series Book 134 - Combat Aircraft
    When the revolutionary twin jet-powered Arado Ar 234 first appeared in the skies over north-west Europe in the summer of 1944, it represented the state-of-the-art in terms of aeronautical and technical development.The Ar 234 was a formidable aircraft – powered by Jumo 004Bs, the same engine used by the Me 262, and with a maximum speed of 735 km/h and range of 1600 km/h, it was very difficult for ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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  • Instruments of Darkness

    The History of Electronic Warfare, 1939–1945

    by Alfred Price ...
    The rapid evolution of radio and radar systems for military use during the Second World War, and devices to counter them, led to a technological battle that neither the Axis nor the Allied powers could afford to lose. The result was a continual series of thrusts, parries and counter-thrusts, as first one side then the other sought to wrest the initiative in the struggle to control the ether. This ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • The Schweinfurt-Regensburg Mission

    The American Raids on 17 August 1943

    by Martin Middlebrook ...
    A detailed history of the American World War II bombing mission over Nazi Germany, by the author of The First Day on the Somme.On August 17, 1943, the entire strength of the American heavy bomber forces in England set out to raid two major industrial complexes deep in southern Germany: the Messerschmitt aircraft factory and the KGF ball bearing plant. For American commanders, it was the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Tora! Tora! Tora!

    Pearl Harbor 1941

    by Mark Stille ...
    Series Book 26 - Raid
    In the early hours of December 7, 1941, the Japanese First Air Fleet launched a massive air-strike against the American Pacific Fleet based at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.Supported by a group of midget submarines, the attack gutted the American battleship fleet but, owing to a lack of intelligence, the American aircraft carriers they hoped to destroy were not present. In this new study of the raid, ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Jagdverband 44

    Squadron of Experten

    by Robert Forsyth ...
    Series Book 27 - Aviation Elite Units
    This book provides up-to-date insight into the notorious German unit, JV 44, its numerous aces and its stunning success with the revolutionary Me 262 during the last dramatic months of World War 2.There was no Luftwaffe fighter unit like Jagdverband 44. Formed in February 1945, the unit grew out of Hitler's bizarre decision that the Me 262 jet fighter should be used as a bomber, despite its ... Read more

    $17.79 USD

  • Black Fokker Leader

    Carl Degelow—The First World War's Last Airfighter Knight

    by Peter Kilduff ...
    This biography of the WWI fighter pilot offers "an intimate portrait of the last recipient of the 'Blue Max'" (Barrett Tillman).One of the most noteworthy German fighter pilots of World War I was Leutnant der Reserve Carl Degelow, whose squadron of mostly black Fokker D.VII fighters posed a formidable threat to some of Britain's most celebrated air units on the Western Front.Black Fokker Leader, ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Luftwaffe Sturmgruppen

    by John Weal ...
    Series Book 20 - Aviation Elite Units
    The 'storm troopers' of the Luftwaffe, the elite Sturmgruppen units comprised the most heavily armed and armoured fighter interceptors ever produced by the Germans.Their role was to smash like a mighty fist through the massed ranks of USAAF daylight bombers. Only volunteers could serve with these elite units, and each pilot was trained to close with the enemy and engage him in extremely short ... Read more

    $20.59 USD

  • Bf 109 Defence of the Reich Aces

    by John Weal ...
    Series Book 68 - Aircraft of the Aces
    This volume tells the story of the daylight air battles over Germany through the eyes of the Bf 109 aces involved. It traces the development of the aerial defence of the Reich from its small beginnings to arguably the most savage and costliest campaign in the history of aerial warfare.The Luftwaffe pilots explain their tactics and relate their experiences – in the early days, waiting for short ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Hitler’s Eagles

    The Luftwaffe 1933–45

    by Chris McNab ...
    Hitler's Eagles charts the turbulent history of the Luftwaffe from its earliest days to its downfall.At the beginning of World War II, the Luftwaffe was the world's most advanced air force. With superior tactics, aircraft and training, it cut through opposition air forces. Despite this auspicious beginning, by 1945 the Luftwaffe was a dying force. The Allies were destroying German aircraft at ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • La-5/7 vs Fw 190

    Eastern Front 1942–45

    by Dmitriy Khazanov, Aleksander Medved ...
    Series Book 39 - Duel
    A look at the head-to-head match-up between two important Eastern Front fighters.Soviet fighter aviation suffered terribly at the hands of the Jagdwaffe in the first year of the war in the east and, with the arrival of JG 51 and its Fw 190s on the Stalingrad Front in September 1942, things only got worse. However, help was on its way in the form of the La-5. Tougher, faster, and with a greater ... Read more

    $15.09 USD

  • Last Days of the Luftwaffe

    German Luftwaffe Combat Units, 1944–1945

    by Manfred Griehl ...
    Drawn from newly-available historical archives, this German air force history is "packed with many fascinating revelations." ( IPMS/USA)The end of the Second World War in Europe was an epoch of complete social, cultural and technological upheaval. In the realm of military and aviation history this period was revolutionary. The eclipse of the piston-engine, and the introduction of electronic ... Read more

    $9.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Stuka - Trumpets of Jericho

    by Bob Carruthers ...
    This comprehensive overview of the Stuka dive bomber was compiled by Emmy Award winning historian Bob Carruthers. It draws heavily on post war interviews with Luftwaffe pilots and staff officers to produce a fascinating insight into the Stuka at the tactical and operational level.Also featured are rare English translations of articles are taken from the pages of Der Adler, the Luftwaffes in-house ... Read more

    $2.99 USD