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  • Eyes of the Night

    Air Defence of North-western England, 1940–41

    by Joe Bamford, Ron Collier ...
    A history of 9 Group, Royal Air Force Fighter Command, formed specifically to protect Liverpool and Manchester during the darkest hours of WWII.In the early years of World War II, two of Britain's most important industrial cities, Liverpool and Manchester, were woefully unprotected from enemy bombing raids. Once the capitulation of France had occurred after Dunkirk, the Luftwaffe was able to base ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dark Peak Aircraft Wrecks 2

    by Ron Collier, Roni Wilkinson ...
    The companion volume to Dark Peak Aircraft Wrecks 1 carries more of the in-depth stories of aircraft crashes in the Dark Peak area of the Peak District. The history of flying is told by way of the crash sites, where to this day piles of rusting metal still exist. ... Read more

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  • Dark Peak Aircraft Wrecks 1

    by Ron Collier, Roni Wilkinson ...
    Civil and military aircraft types are represented, from biplanes to modern jet fighters. This is an invaluable guide for walkers and ramblers, as well as for all those interested in flying and the history of aviation. ... Read more

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  • Last of the Few

    The Battle of Britain in the Words of the Pilots Who Won It

    by Max Arthur ...
    After the fall of France in May 1940, the British Expeditionary Force was miraculously evacuated from Dunkirk. Britain now stood alone to face Hitler’s inevitable invasion attempt. For the German army to land across the channel, Hitler needed mastery of the skies-the Royal Air Force would have to be broken. So every day throughout the summer, German bombers pounded the RAF air bases in the ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Fighter Aces of the RAF in the Battle of Britain

    by Philip Kaplan ...
    Ace fighter pilots from the British Royal Air Force share stories from the experiences during World War II's Battle of Britain.This book examines the reality behind the myths of the legendary RAF fighter aces during the Battle of Britain. It explains why only a small minority of pilots those in whom the desire for combat overrode everything accounted for so large a proportion of the victories. It ... Read more

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  • Flying into the Flames of Hell

    Dramatic First-Hand Accounts of British & Commonwealth Airmen in RAF Bomber Command in WW2

    by Martin W. Bowman ...
    The book contains twenty-three stirring accounts of what life flying as air-crew in World War Two was really like. The writers are a mixed bunch of pilots, navigators and gunners who flew medium and heavy bombers or Mosquitoes. It conveys the terror of being coned by German searchlights over the target, attacks by Luftwaffe night-fighters, catastrophic damage to aircraft and the ensuing struggle ... Read more

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  • Heroes of the Skies

    by Michael Ashcroft ...
    Since the dawn of aerial combat in the First World War, the heroism of the men who put their lives at risk in the air has known no bounds. There were no more heroic airmen than the fighter pilots and bomber crews of the Second World War - men who sacrificed their own lives in order to save their crew or who, although in extreme pain, managed to get their aircraft home rather than risk becoming ... Read more

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  • Bomber Command: Reflections of War, Volume 3

    Battleground Berlin, July 1943–March 1944

    by Martin W. Bowman ...
    Series series Bomber Command
    This massive work provides a comprehensive insight to the experiences of Bomber Commands pilots and aircrew throughout World War Two. From the early wartime years when the RAFs first attempts to avenge Germanys onslaught were bedeviled by poor navigation and inaccurate bombing, to the final winning onslaught that finally tamed Hitler in his Berlin lair, these volumes trace the true experiences of ... Read more

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  • Bomber Command: Reflections of War, Volume 2

    Live to Die Another Day June 1942–Summer 1943

    by Martin W. Bowman ...
    Series series Bomber Command
    This massive work provides a comprehensive insight to the experiences of Bomber Commands pilots and aircrew throughout WWII. From the early wartime years when the RAFs first attempts to avenge Germanys onslaught were bedeviled by poor navigation and inaccurate bombing, to the last winning onslaught that finally tamed Hitler in his Berlin lair, these volumes trace the true experiences of the men ... Read more

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  • Stirlings in Action with the Airborne Forces

    Air Support For Special Forces and Resistance Operations During WWII

    by Dennis Williams ...
    This is the history of two RAF squadrons who shared many tasks during WWII. Although there was a healthy rivalry between personnel serving on 190 and 620 Squadrons, there was also a deep sense of camaraderie that forged bonds between them. ... Read more

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  • Beaufighter Aces of World War 2

    by Andrew Thomas ...
    Series Book 65 - Aircraft of the Aces
    Entering service at the end of the Battle of Britain, the pugnacious Bristol Beaufighter was deployed in numbers by Fighter Command just in time for the start of the Luftwaffe's night 'Blitz' on Britain.Flown by specialised nightfighter squadrons – several of them elite pre-war Auxiliary Air Force units – it was the first nightfighter to be equipped with an airborne radar as standard. Thus ... Read more

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  • Fighter Pilots in World War II

    True Stories of Frontline Air Combat

    by Bruce Barrymore Halpenny ...
    This is the story of Allied fighter pilots and the part they played in all the principal operational theatres of World War II. It also tells of life on the wartime airfield and how ground crew kept the aircraft ready for action either in the bitter cold of a Scottish winter or the sweltering heat of the North African desert. The book brings home the nervous strain caused by the constant readiness ... Read more

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