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  • ‘Down to Earth' Strafing Aces of the Eighth Air Force

    by William N Hess ...
    Series Book 51 - Aircraft of the Aces
    'Like The Long Reach, Down to Earth is a message from the battle at its height, told in their own words by the men who fight' - this is how Brig-Gen Francis Griswold, VIII Fighter Command, ends his introduction to this book.His official endorsement reveals just how important a document Down to Earth was to the teaching of tyro fighter pilots heading for action in the ETO. More leading aces were ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the MTO

    by William N Hess ...
    Series Book 38 - Combat Aircraft
    Having been a part of the Fifteenth Air Force in 1944, author Bill Hess has written the definitive account on 'his air force', featuring photographs and illustrations throughout.Although the Fifteenth Air Force was dismissed as 'minor leaguers' by the Eighth Air Force, strategic bombers from this outfit had done a 'major league' job on Axis targets in southern Europe following its formation in ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • 49th Fighter Group

    Aces of the Pacific

    by William N Hess ...
    Series Book 14 - Aviation Elite Units
    Featuring photographs throughout, an illustrated history of the 49th FG, sent to Australia in early 1942 to help stem the tide of Japanese conquest in Java.Too late to save the island, the group went into action in the defence of Darwin, Australia, where the Forty-Niners' handful of P-40E Warhawks were thrown into combat alongside survivors from the defeated forces that had fled from the ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • 354th Fighter Group

    by William N Hess ...
    Series Book 7 - Aviation Elite Units
    Featuring photographs throughout, as well as special colour artwork, this volume is a concise history of this fighter group and their success.'I think the success of the 354th as the leading group in the European theatre for aerial victories is due to several things. First was the initial training of the squadrons before deployment to England. Colonel Ken Martin nurtured the group from its infancy ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • 49th Fighter Group

    Aces of the Pacific

    by William N Hess ...
    Series Book 14 - Aviation Elite Units
    Featuring photographs throughout, an illustrated history of the 49th FG, sent to Australia in early 1942 to help stem the tide of Japanese conquest in Java.Too late to save the island, the group went into action in the defence of Darwin, Australia, where the Forty-Niners' handful of P-40E Warhawks were thrown into combat alongside survivors from the defeated forces that had fled from the ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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    by Richard Edwards ...
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  • Infamous Aircraft

    Dangerous Designs and their Vices

    by Robert Jackson ...
    An in-depth look at some of the 20th century's notoriously terrible aircraft.Many aircraft, some famous and some rare, gained a reputation for being difficult to fly and sometimes downright dangerous. This book looks at some of the worst culprits over a period spanning World War I to the age of supersonic flight. The following aircraft are included . . .B.E.2: The Royal Flying Corps went to war in ... Read more

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  • Aces Against Japan

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    ACES AGAINST JAPAN The American Aces Speak Eric Hammel In this superb, originally conceived offering, noted military historian, Eric Hammel brings us first-person accounts from thirty-nine American fighter aces who blasted their way across the skies of the Pacific and East Asia from December 7, 1941, until the final air battles over Japan in August 1945. Coupled with a clear view of America's far ... Read more

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  • America’s Secret MiG Squadron

    The Red Eagles of Project CONSTANT PEG

    by Col (Ret.) Gaillard R. Peck, Jr ...
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  • Japanese Army Air Force Units and Their Aces, 1931–1945

    by Ikuhiko Hata, Yasuho Izawa, Christopher Shores ...
    An extensive guide to Japan's Army Air Force Units and their ace pilots during conflicts in the 1930s and '40s, now in English.Commencing with a detailed study of the development, equipment, and operations flown by this force since its inception immediately after the end of World War I, until the catastrophic conclusion of World War II, the initial section deals with the wars in China and ... Read more

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    A History of German Air Attacks on Scotland, 1939-45

    by Les Taylor ...
    Luftwaffe over Scotland is the first complete history of the air attacks mounted against Scotland by Nazi Germany during World War Two and undertakes a detailed examination of the strategy, tactics and politics involved on both sides, together with a technical critique of the weaponry employed by both attackers and defenders. Extensive figures on Scottish civilian casualties have been included, ... Read more

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  • V Force Boys

    All New Reminiscences by Air and Ground Crews Operating the Vulcan, Victor and Valiant in the Cold War and Beyond

    by Anthony Wright, Tony Blackman ...
    The V Force consisted of three four-jet bombers, the Valiant, the Vulcan and the Victor, all required as part of the nuclear deterrent in the Cold War following the end of the Second World War. The Valiant was less aerodynamically advanced than the other two and went into service in 1955. The Vulcan entered service in 1956 and the Victor a year later. The Valiant finished operating in 1965 and the ... Read more

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