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(Subject: Aviation - General) From Henri Fabre's first successful take off from water and landing near Marseilles, to the introduction of a hull rather than floats by American Glenn Curtiss, to the world-wide development of huge, ocean-crossing flying boats on both sides of the Atlantic - the passenger flying boat era continues to fascinate aviation enthusiasts and historians alike.… Read more

(Subject: Aviation - General) True tales from those who flew the last all-British bomber. Thirty Buccaneer ‘Boys’, drawn from the Fleet Air Arm, the Royal Air Force and the South African Air Force, outline their experiences in the maritime role, operations overland, including the first Gulf War, and operations by South Africa in the Border Wars. In addition to… Read more

(Subject: Aviation - General) The history of Erprobungsgruppe 210, an experimental Luftwaffe fighter-bomber unit testing special weapons and bombing techniques in the Battle of Britain. It received more Knights' Crosses than any other gruppe and lost four Commanding Officers. This extensively ilustrated volume contains over 280 black and white and colour photographs of the unit's men and machines, many… Read more

(Subject: Aviation - General) Mass market paperback.Pages browning. Good. The USAAF's massive air raid on Schweinfurt in August and October 1943. The terrible air battles against the Luftwaffe and the resultant heavy losses (Published: 1980) (Publisher: Magnum Books) (ISBN: 0417041209) (Pagination: 373pp ills) (Condition: ) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Aviation - General) Polish/English text. This high quality series of aircraft monographs from Poland presents detailed studies of selected aircraft types, illustrated with original manufacturer’s photos, drawings and design documents. Although built in fewer numbers than the PZL P.11, the PZL P.24 was, for a period during the 1930s, the fastest and most heavily armed single-seat fighter in… Read more

(Subject: Aviation - General) The story of Luftwaffe maritime operations has frequently been written about in fragmentary terms, delineating between the planned naval air arm operating under Kriegsmarine direction and the ‘operational Luftwaffe’. This book studies the development of German naval aircraft as a concerted attempt to engage the enemy at sea in every theatre of operations, from Norway… Read more

(Subject: Aviation - General) The third volume in this series returns to November 1942 to explain the background to the first major Anglo-American venture – Operation Torch, the invasion of French North Africa. It deals with the fratricidal combats which followed the initial landings in Morocco and Algeria for several days. It then considers the efforts made – unsuccessfully… Read more

(Subject: Aviation - General) London was a target for Zeppelins and bombers during the First World War, for bombers, V1s and rockets in the Second World War, and for terrorists in more recent times, yet rarely has the history of twentieth-century attacks on the capital been studied as a whole. This thought-provoking account vividly describes how the destructive potential… Read more

(Subject: Aviation - General) mass market paperback small crease bottom r/h ow vg. A fully revised & updated edition, re-issued to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain, includes new information and previously unpublished photographs. (Published: 1990) (Publisher: Grafton (Paperbacks)) (ISBN: 0586210229) (Pagination: 361pp ills) (Condition: ) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Aviation - General) Unquestionably the best American fighter of WWII, the North American P-51 Mustang served in large numbers with the USAAF’s Eighth Air Force from late 1943 until VE Day, & was the mount of most of the aces in the ETO. Responsible for escorting the huge formations of B-17 Flying Fortress & B-24 Liberator bombers on… Read more

(Subject: Aviation - General) The story of the ultimate bomber of the propeller era flying perilous combat missions against a sleek, nimble jet age warplane, the Soviet MiG-15. A heavy bomber & giant of the skies during WWII, the B-29 was the most advanced combat aircraft in the world at that time. But when North Korea attacked its southern… Read more