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  • The Cruise of the Talking Fish

    by W E Bowman ...
    Having brought the highest mountain in the world to its knees, Binder, leader of the expedition to conquer Rum Doodle, soon sets off on a new adventure, aboard the raft Talking Fish. With only two cats, one frog, one oyster and five fellow-adventurers as crew, he is determined to master the challenges of the deep. ... Read more

    $11.39 USD

  • Black Thursday Blood and Oil

    by Martin W. Bowman ...
    Series series The US Eighth Air Force in Europe
    "A highly readable account of the early stages of the USAAF air war over Western Europe" from the author of Confounding the Reich ( The Bulletin).This book describes the period when the American daylight offensive faltered and nearly failed and recalls the terrible losses suffered by Liberators on the low-level attack on the Ploesti oilfields in Romania and by the B-17s on the notorious ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bombs Away!

    Dramatic First-Hand Accounts of British & Commonwealth Bomber Aircrew in WWII

    by Martin W. Bowman ...
    This is a unique selection of wide-ranging experiences of British and Commonwealth Bomber Command aircrew during World War II. Their endearing bravery and fortitude and sometimes their despondency and cynicism, shows through in these stirring, daring, often irreverent, humorous and sometimes sardonic but memorable stories. All reflect the ethos, camaraderie, fear and bravery of the largely ... Read more

    $9.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Legend of the Lancasters

    The Bomber War from England, 1942–45

    by Martin W. Bowman ...
    This book is a riveting account told in ten big chapters of the young RAF crews who flew Lancasters in RAF Bomber Command from 1942 to the end of the war in Europe in April 1945. It is unique in that the story is told using first person accounts from RAF aircrew and German night fighter crews who fought each other on raids on occupied Europe and Germany from 1942 onwards. Details of what it was ... Read more

    $9.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Air War Varsity

    by Martin W. Bowman ...
    Here, Martin Bowman brings us the first book on Operation Varsity to include both British and US air and ground operations, as well as the US, British and Canadian paratroop and resupply missions, all presented together in one ambitious volume.Operation Varsity-Plunder, the last large-scale Allied airborne operation of World War II, was certainly no walk-over. Varsity was the airborne part, whilst ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Airmen of Arnhem

    by Martin W. Bowman ...
    A history of the airborne portion of Operation Market-Garden during World War II, from the perspective of the airmen fighting the battle.Martin Bowman presents an unparalleled account of events as they unfolded in the skies above Holland during Operation Market-Garden in September 1944. Market-Garden was a heroic failure conducted at great cost; combined losses—both airborne and ground forces—in ... Read more

    $12.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Gold Juno Sword

    by Martin W. Bowman ...
    Series Book 5 - Air War D-Day
    This is the final volume of a comprehensive five part work, including a multitude of personal accounts of every aspect of the aerial operations on 'Gold' 'Juno and 'Sword' beaches during D-Day. It relays the sense of relief experienced as Allied troops gained a foothold on the continent of Europe after D-Day, both by the men caught up in the proceedings and the jubilant civilians on the home front ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Bedford Triangle

    Undercover Operations from England in World War II

    by Martin W. Bowman ...
    Follow secret operations behind enemy lines in WWII.The Bedford Triangle portrays the crucial part played by the British Special Operations Executive, the US Army Air Force and the American Office of Strategic Services in operations behind enemy lines in occupied Europe during the Second World War. Milton Ernest Hall, a country house in Bedfordshire used officially as the UK headquarters of the US ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Stories from the Stalags

    Allied Airmen Behind the Wire in WW2

    by Martin W. Bowman ...
    From 1942 to WWII's end, RAF and US bomber crews faced heavy casualties, harsh POW conditions, and forced marches as Soviet forces advanced. From 1942 until the end of the war in Europe, the aircraft of the RAF's Bomber Command and the United States 8th and 15th Air Forces provided twenty-four-hour 'round-the-clock' bombing of the Third Reich. Aircraft and crew casualties were heavy as bomber ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Shrinking Perimeter

    by Martin W. Bowman ...
    Series series Air War Market Garden
    The third volume of this four-part series on Operation 'Market-Garden' in September 1944 draws on many individual soldiers and airmen's narratives to tell the story of the ongoing fight to keep the Hell's Highway' open to relieve 1st Airborne at Arnhem, and the brave attempts to re-supply them from the air. As in previous volumes, this account offers a unique perspective on all aspects of aerial ... Read more

    $12.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Escape From Hitler's Reich

    Amazing Stories of PoW Escapes by Allied Airmen in WW2

    by Martin W. Bowman ...
    "Bowman's prose is clean and unfussy, letting the airmen speak for themselves. Excerpts from diaries, letters, and official reports bring palpable emotion—moments of desperation jostle with flashes of hope, and the camaraderie that sustained these men leaps off the page. Together, these firsthand voices paint a vivid portrait of the ingenuity and human spirit that flourished behind barbwire." ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mosquitopanik!

    by Martin W. Bowman ...
    Of all the planes that flew in WW2, the 'Wooden Wonder' the two-engined Mosquito, or Mossie as it was affectionately called, was truly the most versatile and feared by the Germans. Fast and manoeuvrable, the Mossie was just as at home in the pathfinder role as she was as a fighter interceptor, particularly of V1s, as a night-fighter, low level bomber.Mosquitopanik tells of the hugely successful ... Read more

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