Fighter pilots! Images of Baron Manfred von Richthofen and Eddie Rickenbacker in the Great War, Johnnie Johnson, Robert Stanford Tuck and Richard Bong in the Second World War, or Robin Olds in Vietnam, all spring to mind. Volumes have been written about them, past and present.
Britain changed more in the 1980s than in almost any recent decade, as readers will recall with differing emotions. A decade dominated by the rise of the City and the fall of the Unions, the wider retreat...
From the Rhine to VE-Day and into the Cold War, 1944-1949
by Greg Baughen
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 9781036123642
Pub Date: 2025-05-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Air World
320 Pages
By September 1944 the Western Allies had reached the approximate positions they had held back in September 1939 at the outbreak of war. It had taken more than four years to claw back the territory lost...
In 1948, Hawker Aircraft, faced with new jet projects that could not use their existing airfield at Langley, began the process of searching for alternative accommodation for their flight-testing requirements.
During the Vietnam war, the US Air Force, Navy, Marines and the Army flew a variety of fixed wing aircraft against innumerable targets in Vietnam, occasionally engaging North Vietnamese Migs, but more often facing the threat of Surface to Air Missiles (SAM) or antiaircraft fire.
Ready for Anything – The Parachute Regiment Through the Eyes of Those who Served
by Jason Woods
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781399040181
Pub Date: 2024-12-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Frontline Books
320 Pages
The date is the 6 June 1944. The paratroopers on board the aircraft are crammed together, joking and singing over the drone of the engines, none of them dwelling on the gnawing fear in their guts. They...
This book explores the era of the 1970s right up to the present day, illustrating how fighter-bombers and tactics have developed and evolved during this time. It covers all the most significant military...
Cold War Nuclear Bomber and Largest Mass-Produced Piston-Engine Aircraft Ever Built
by Graham M Simons
Price: $54.95
ISBN: 9781526787316
Pub Date: 2024-12-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Air World
304 Pages
The story of the Consolidated B-36 is unique in American aviation history. The aircraft was an interesting blend of concepts proven during the Second World War combined with budding 1950s high-tech...
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