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  • Under the Guns of the Kaiser's Aces

    Böhome, Müller, von Tutschek and Wolff, The Complete Record of Their Victories and Victims

    by Norman Franks, Hal Giblin ...
    The Under the Guns series continues with an all-encompassing look at four highly decorated German fighter aces and their dogfights in World War I.Following their imaginative, popular and successful approach to identifying and describing all the airmen who were claimed by Manfred von Richthofen in Under the Guns of the Red Baron, and by Immelmann, Voss, Göring and Lothar von Richthofen in Under the ... Read more

    $12.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mannock

    The Life and Death of Major Edward Mannock VC, DSO, MC, RAF

    by Norman Franks, Andy Saunders ...
    The definitive biography of the WWI fighter pilot Edward "Mick" Mannock—and a revealing investigation into his mysterious fate.Although he was arguably the highest scoring RAF fighter pilot of the First World War, Edward "Mick" Mannock's life, particularly his death, is still shrouded in mystery. Did he achieve as many victories as are sometimes ascribed to him? How did he die? Where did he die? ... Read more

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  • Sopwith Camels Over Italy, 1917–1918

    by Norman Franks ...
    Series series Images of War
    During the First World War, Italy was on the side of their British Allies and their fight was against the Austro-Hungarian Empire, bordering on Austria. In October 1917, the Austro-Hungarians managed to push the Italians back during the battle of Caporetto. With the danger signs obvious, both Britain and France sent reinforcements.Britains Royal Flying Corps sent three squadrons of Sopwith Camel ... Read more

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  • Dog Fight

    Aerial Tactics of the Aces of World War I

    by Norman Franks ...
    The history of WWI aviation is a rich and varied story marked by the evolution of aircraft from slow moving, fragile, and unreliable powered kites, into quick, agile, sturdy fighter craft. At the same time there emerged a new kind of 'soldier', the fighter pilots whose individual cunning and bravery became crucial in the fight for control of the air. Dog-fight traces this rapid technological ... Read more

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  • Ton-Up Lancs

    A Photographic History of the Thirty-Five RAF Lancasters that Each Completed One Hundred Sorties

    by Norman Franks ...
    An updated and expanded photographic history of the famed military aircraft—and the men who flew them.Aviation historian Norman Franks updates his classic book, The Lancaster, with new information and photos. The Avro Lancaster was a four-engine heavy bomber that played a crucial role in World War II, and this illustrated volume records the history of thirty-five of them, supported by stories from ... Read more

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  • The RAF Air-Sea Rescue Service in the Second World War

    by Norman Franks ...
    Series series Images of War
    When the Second World War began in 1939 it was thought that it would be fought along the same lines as the First World War, with the Allied air forces operating from both Britain and France. With the fall of Britains Northern European Allies in May 1940, all that changed. From then onwards, RAF aircraft operating over enemy and enemy-held territory necessitated flights across both the North Sea ... Read more

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  • Beyond Courage

    Air Sea Rescue by Walrus Squadrons in the Adriatic, Mediterranean and Tyrrhenian Seas 1942–1945

    by Norman Franks ...
    The author of Another Kind of Courage takes a deep dive into the World War II heroics of the pilots and aircrew of the single-engined amphibian airplanes.This book covers the adventures of 283, 284, 293 and 294 Walrus Squadrons, operating from North Africa, Sicily, Italy and Sardinia.The pilots, like their counterparts in England, knew of the dangers of landing on the sea. It was a daunting task ... Read more

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  • Julius Buckler: "Malaula!"

    The Battle Cry of Jasta 17

    by Norman Franks ...
    The memoir of a German fighter ace that gives a much-needed perspective on what it was like to fight for the Central Powers during World War I.This important work was first published in German in late 1939, no doubt timed to impress the young Luftwaffe fighter pilots who were embarking on the second major air war in history. Buckler initially served with the army when the Great War began, until he ... Read more

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  • Fighter Commands Air War, 1941

    RAF Circus Operations and Fighter Sweeps Against the Luftwaffe

    by Norman Franks ...
    An extensive history of the Royal Air Force's Circus offensive against Nazi Germany in World War II, by the author of Jasta Boelcke.Following the Battle of Britain, the RAF started taking the air war to the Germans. A small number of bombers, escorted by large numbers of fighters, tried to force the Luftwaffe into battle. Much air combat ensued, but it was not until Germany invaded Russia in June, ... Read more

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  • Jasta Boelcke

    The History of Jasta 2, 1916–1918

    by Norman Franks ...
    An account of the renowned German fighter unit in World War I, "a wonderful journey through these pilots' lives, in victory and defeat" ( Aerodrome).As August drew to a close in 1916, the German Air Service was reeling almost helplessly towards inevitable defeat on the Somme. The Artillery and Feldflieger Abteilungen, the Kampfstaffeln, had been quickly reduced to relative impotency by the ... Read more

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  • Typhoon Attack

    The Legendary British Fighter in Combat in WWII

    by Norman Franks ...
    Series series Stackpole Military History Series
    This volume collects lively tales of aerial combat from Royal Air Force pilots who flew Typhoon fighters into the frontlines of WWII.The Typhoon fighter played a pivotal role in Allied victories from D-Day to the Battle of the Bulge and the final battle in Germany. Through original interviews with RAF veterans, Norman Franks explores what it was really like to fly Britain's legendary, rocket ... Read more

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  • Coastal Command's Air War Against the German U-Boats

    by Norman Franks ...
    Series series Images of War
    This book summarises the story of how RAF Coastal Command overcame the German U-boat danger during the Second World War and how the escalation of the U-boat war promoted the development of anti-submarine warfare, leading to victory over this menace in the Atlantic.At the start of the war, RAF Coastal Command had virtually no real chance of either finding or sinking Germany's submarines, but within ... Read more

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