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  • Mosquito Mayhem

    de Havilland's Wooden Wonder in Action in WWII

    by Martin W. Bowman ...
    "This is the book that puts the flesh on the bones of its reputation as one of the best aircraft of the Second World War." — Pennant MagazineThe flak started about four or five minutes before the target and immediately it was apparent that it was intense and extremely accurate. Oboe entailed the pilot flying dead straight and level for ten minutes on the attack run. Suddenly a tremendous flash ... Read more

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  • Mosquito: Menacing the Reich

    Combat Action in the Twin-Engine Wooden Wonder of World War II

    by Martin W. Bowman ...
    On 15 November it came suddenly out of nowhere inches above the hangars with a crackling thunderclap of twin Merlins. As we watched, bewitched, it was flung about the sky in a beyond belief display for a bomber that could out perform any fighter. Well-bred whisper of a touch down, a door opened and down the ladder came suede shoes, yellow socks and the rest of Geoffrey de Havilland.The memories of ... Read more

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  • The Wellington Bomber

    by Martin W. Bowman ...
    Series series Voices in Flight
    The Wellington Bomber was omnipresent during the Second World War, employed in a variety of contexts in the fight against the Axis powers. The pilots who flew this aircraft did so with an immense amount of pride, and there is perhaps no-one better placed to tell the story of this incredible aircraft than these men. Martin Bowman has drawn together a selection of first-hand pilot testimonies in an ... Read more

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  • The Reich Intruders

    RAF Light Bomber Raids in World War II

    by Martin W. Bowman ...
    "One of Britain's best-known aviation historians . . . provide[s] a moving and exciting account of the light bombers raids by No. 2 Group."—FiretrenchThis is the story of 2 Group RAF during World War II. Much of it is told by the men who flew the Blenheim, Boston, Mitchell and Mosquito aircraft that carried out many daring daylight and night-time raids on vitally important targets in Nazi occupied ... Read more

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  • Mosquito Missions

    RAF and Commonwealth de Havilland Mosquitoes

    by Martin W. Bowman ...
    The Wooden Wonder was probably the most versatile combat aircraft that operated on all fronts in World War Two and was still giving valuable service in first-line service after 1945 when it enjoyed a limited renaissance both at home, in Germany and abroad until the advent of jet aircraft. Martin Bowmans well-tried and respected formula of incorporating background information with scores of RAF, ... Read more

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  • The Vought F4U Corsair

    by Martin W. Bowman ...
    Series series Images of War
    This fully illustrated history of the iconic American fighter plane examines its development and combat experience through WWII and beyond.First flown in 1940, the Vought F4U Corsair was the fastest fighter in the world and the fastest US aircraft of any description. Powered by a huge 18-cylinder Pratt and Whitney Double Wasp engine, the first Corsairs were capable of speeds up to 417 miles per ... Read more

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  • The Path Finder Force

    by Martin W. Bowman ...
    Series series Voices in Flight
    Charged with the formidable task of locating and marking German targets for attack by the main force of Bomber Command, the Path Finder Force - 8 (PFF) Group and those in 5 Group - was perhaps the most experienced and highly trained elite group created within the Royal Air Force during World War II. Its aircrew members were almost entirely volunteers and despite the terrifying odds against any ... Read more

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  • Lost Wings of WWI

    Downed Airmen on the Western Front, 1914–1918

    by Martin W. Bowman ...
    This new publication from eminent military historian Martin Bowman chronicles the stories of airmen downed on the Western Front between 1914 and 1918, representing a contribution on the author's part to the 100th anniversary of the Great War. It's speciality focus makes for a truly unique compendium of visceral First World War accounts of the incredible, bloody, aerial battles flown by the RFC, ... Read more

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  • 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

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  • Daylight Bombing Operations, 1939–1942

    by Martin W. Bowman ...
    Series series Voices in Flight
    There are no records of war more valuable than the first-hand accounts of the individuals who were actually there. The vivid honesty of the stories on display here brings into sharp focus the personal fears as well as the sheer exhilaration of flying sorties by day, often through heavy flak, sometimes at hedge-hopping or wave- skimming heights, as the squadrons of Blenheims, Mosquitoes, Mitchells ... Read more

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  • Hitler's Invasion of East Anglia, 1940

    An Historical Cover Up?

    by Martin W. Bowman ...
    The aviation historian presents a provocative analysis of WWII airborne operations to investigate what happened to Hitler's planned invasion of England.Did a German invasion or invasions take place along the shores of East Anglia in 1940? Though Operation Sealion, the intended invasion of southern England, never materialized, Hitler asked his forces to mount one, two or even three small invasions ... Read more

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  • 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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