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  • DOWDING'S EAGLES
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    DOWDING'S EAGLES
    NORMAN FRANKS
    Twenty-five veteran airmen share stories of their experiences during World War II's Battle of Britain in this unique history. The Battle of Britain fought by The Few, as Churchill famously called them, will remain a legendary feat of arms for centuries to come. Sadly, there remain only a handful today who can tell their stories so this collection of personal accounts is extreme...

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  • TON-UP LANCS
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    TON-UP LANCS
    NORMAN FRANKS
    An updated and expanded photographic history of the famed military aircraft—and the men who flew them.   Aviation historian Norman Franks updates his classic book, The Lancaster, with new information and photos. The Avro Lancaster was a four-engine heavy bomber that played a crucial role in World War II, and this illustrated volume records the history of thirty-five of them, su...

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  • GREAT WAR FIGHTER ACES, 1914–1916
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    GREAT WAR FIGHTER ACES, 1914–1916
    NORMAN FRANKS
    Here, Norman Franks tells the story, in words and images, of the emergence of some of the greatest fighter aces to see action during the first half of the First World War. He explores the manner in which the situation developed from late 1914 to the late summer of 1916, the point at which Oswald Boelcke helped form the German Jasta system that would prove so devastating to the ...

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  • TALLY HO!
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    TALLY HO!
    R W FOSTER / NORMAN FRANKS
    A memoir of the life and World War II service of Battle of Britain veteran, RAF fighter pilot Bob Foster. Bob Foster's flying years began shortly before WWII, when he learned to fly with the RAFVR. Called up for war service in September 1939, he completed his training and was posted to 605 Squadron, equipped with Hawker Hurricanes. By early September 1940 he and his Squadron we...

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  • MANNOCK
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    MANNOCK
    ANDY SAUNDERS / NORMAN FRANKS
    The definitive biography of the WWI fighter pilot Edward "Mick" Mannock—and a revealing investigation into his mysterious fate.   Although he was arguably the highest scoring RAF fighter pilot of the First World War, Edward "Mick" Mannock's life, particularly his death, is still shrouded in mystery. Did he achieve as many victories as are sometimes ascribed to him? How did he d...

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  • DOG FIGHT
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    DOG FIGHT
    NORMAN FRANKS
    The history of WWI aviation is a rich and varied story marked by the evolution of aircraft from slow moving, fragile, and unreliable powered kites, into quick, agile, sturdy fighter craft. At the same time there emerged a new kind of 'soldier', the fighter pilots whose individual cunning and bravery became crucial in the fight for control of the air. Dog-fight traces this rapid...

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  • GALLANTRY IN ACTION
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    GALLANTRY IN ACTION
    NORMAN FRANKS
    A who's who of the British airmen honored for their valor and courage—from the RAF's inception to the post-WWII era—arranged alphabetically. When the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service merged on 1 April 1918, to form the Royal Air Force, the new command needed to have its own gallantry medals to distinguish itself from the Army and the Royal Navy. Thus the new D...

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  • THE FALLEN FEW OF THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN
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    THE FALLEN FEW OF THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN
    NORMAN FRANKS / NIGEL MCCRERY / EDWARD MCMANUS
    'Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few' Seventy-five years on the unforgettable words of Winston Churchill ring as powerfully as they did in August 1940 when the young men of the RAF stood as the last line of defence against Hitler's far more powerful Luftwaffe.This emotional yet factual book describes the three and a half months (10 July 31...

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  • RAW COURAGE
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    RAW COURAGE
    NORMAN FRANKS / SIMON MUGGLETON
    This is the captivating story of the four Raw brothers, all of whom served with the Royal Air Force. The eldest three flew during WW2 and all three died. The youngest, not old enough to see wartime flying, flew night-fighters in the postwar years, ending up flying Spitfires with the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. The eldest brother, John, was killed in a flying accident jus...

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  • DIEPPE: THE GREATEST AIR BATTLE
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    DIEPPE: THE GREATEST AIR BATTLE
    NORMAN FRANKS
    When Canadian troops and British Commandos made their now famous ‘reconnaissance in force’ against the harbor town of Dieppe on 19th August 1942, they were supported and protected by the largest array of Royal Air Force aircraft ever seen in WWII until that time. Air Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory, AOC of Fighter Command’s No.11 Group, was given command of the air operation and...

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  • TEMPEST PILOT
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    TEMPEST PILOT
    NORMAN FRANKS / CJ SHEDDAN
    Jimmy Sheddan was one of the many New Zealanders who joined the RNZAF, then left his native land to come to England to fight the enemies of Great Britain and her Empire during World War Two. Through his recollections we can share some of the trials and wartime tribulations they faced. Yet we can read too of the enormous amount of fun these men had despite the dangers and sacrif...

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  • THE RED BARON
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    THE RED BARON
    NORMAN FRANKS
    A pictorial history of the infamous German World War I air force pilot, by the author of Dieppe: The Greatest Air Battle. There are numerous books covering the life of Rittmeister Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen, and he has remained at the forefront of World War I studies. In commemoration of one hundred years since the beginning of the war, author Norman Franks introduces a ne...

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  • FIGHTER COMMANDS AIR WAR, 1941
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    FIGHTER COMMANDS AIR WAR, 1941
    NORMAN FRANKS
    An extensive history of the Royal Air Force’s Circus offensive against Nazi Germany in World War II, by the author of Jasta Boelcke. Following the Battle of Britain, the RAF started taking the air war to the Germans. A small number of bombers, escorted by large numbers of fighters, tried to force the Luftwaffe into battle. Much air combat ensued, but it was not until Germany in...

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  • VETERAN LANCS
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    VETERAN LANCS
    NORMAN FRANKS
    Aviation historians will know that the Avro Lancaster bomber is the most famous aircraft to have fought with RAF Bomber Command during World War Two. They will know too that, of the 7,366 that were built, over 3,400 were lost on operations and a further 200 plus were destroyed and written-off in crashes. Operational sorties flown totalled more than 156,000, carrying over 600,00...

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  • THE RAF AIR-SEA RESCUE SERVICE IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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    THE RAF AIR-SEA RESCUE SERVICE IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
    NORMAN FRANKS
    When the Second World War began in 1939 it was thought that it would be fought along the same lines as the First World War, with the Allied air forces operating from both Britain and France. With the fall of Britains Northern European Allies in May 1940, all that changed. From then onwards, RAF aircraft operating over enemy and enemy-held territory necessitated flights across b...

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  • FALLEN EAGLES
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    FALLEN EAGLES
    NORMAN FRANKS
    The 50 pilots featured in Fallen Eagles were all decorated for bravery during The Great War. All survived the conflict only to die flying in the postwar years.The causes of their deaths ranged from being casualties of small wars, then as now rife in the Middle East, mechanical failure or pilot error. The 1920s were still pioneering years for aviation and aviators and test flyin...

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  • SOPWITH CAMELS OVER ITALY, 1917–1918
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    SOPWITH CAMELS OVER ITALY, 1917–1918
    NORMAN FRANKS
    During the First World War, Italy was on the side of their British Allies and their fight was against the Austro-Hungarian Empire, bordering on Austria. In October 1917, the Austro-Hungarians managed to push the Italians back during the battle of Caporetto. With the danger signs obvious, both Britain and France sent reinforcements.Britains Royal Flying Corps sent three squadron...

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  • BLACK SEPTEMBER 1918
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    BLACK SEPTEMBER 1918
    NORMAN FRANKS / RUSSELL GUEST / FRANK BAILEY
    The authors of Bloody April 1917 present a new volume of facts, photos, and analysis covering aerial combat in the last days of the Great War. Fifteen months after the events of April 1917, more battles had been fought, won and lost on both sides, but now the American strength was feeding in to France with both men and material. With the mighty push on the French/American Front...

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  • BLOODY APRIL 1917
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    BLOODY APRIL 1917
    NORMAN FRANKS / RUSSELL GUEST / FRANK BAILEY
    “Nowhere will you find such an exhaustive book on the day-to-day events of the aerial war over the Western front in April 1917.” —A Wargamers Needful Things  Even those people who know little of WWI’s air war will have heard of Bloody April. After more than eighteen months of deadly stalemate on the Western Front, by April 1917 the British and French were again about to launch ...

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  • GREAT WAR FIGHTER ACES, 1916–1918
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    GREAT WAR FIGHTER ACES, 1916–1918
    NORMAN FRANKS
    By the close of 1916, the air war over France was progressing amazingly. The Royal Flying Corps, the French Air Force and the opposing German Air Service, were all engaged in fierce aerial conflict and the Allied air forces were following a particularly successful if aggressive policy. They were taking the war to the Germans by constantly crossing the massive trench system that...

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  • TYPHOON ATTACK
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    TYPHOON ATTACK
    NORMAN FRANKS
    This volume collects lively tales of aerial combat from Royal Air Force pilots who flew Typhoon fighters into the frontlines of WWII. The Typhoon fighter played a pivotal role in Allied victories from D-Day to the Battle of the Bulge and the final battle in Germany. Through original interviews with RAF veterans, Norman Franks explores what it was really like to fly Britain's le...

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  • COASTAL COMMAND'S AIR WAR AGAINST THE GERMAN U-BOATS
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    COASTAL COMMAND'S AIR WAR AGAINST THE GERMAN U-BOATS
    NORMAN FRANKS
    This book summarises the story of how RAF Coastal Command overcame the German U-boat danger during the Second World War and how the escalation of the U-boat war promoted the development of anti-submarine warfare, leading to victory over this menace in the Atlantic.At the start of the war, RAF Coastal Command had virtually no real chance of either finding or sinking Germany's su...

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  • GREAT WAR FIGHTER ACES, 1914–1916
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    GREAT WAR FIGHTER ACES, 1914–1916
    NORMAN FRANKS
    Here, Norman Franks tells the story, in words and images, of the emergence of some of the greatest fighter aces to see action during the first half of the First World War. He explores the manner in which the situation developed from late 1914 to the late summer of 1916, the point at which Oswald Boelcke helped form the German Jasta system that would prove so devastating to the ...

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  • RAF FIGHTER PILOTS OVER BURMA
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    RAF FIGHTER PILOTS OVER BURMA
    NORMAN FRANKS
    It is a recognized fact that, had the war gone badly for the Allies on the India/Burma front, and had the Japanese succeeded in invading the Indian Continent, the outcome of the war would have been entirely different. Yet despite this, the campaign on the Burma front is offered surprisingly scant coverage in the majority of photo-history books. This new book, from respected mil...

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  • UNDER THE GUNS OF THE KAISER'S ACES
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    UNDER THE GUNS OF THE KAISER'S ACES
    NORMAN FRANKS / HAL GIBLIN
    The Under the Guns series continues with an all-encompassing look at four highly decorated German fighter aces and their dogfights in World War I. Following their imaginative, popular and successful approach to identifying and describing all the airmen who were claimed by Manfred von Richthofen in Under the Guns of the Red Baron, and by Immelmann, Voss, Göring and Lothar von Ri...

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  • AIR BATTLE FOR DUNKIRK, 26 MAY–3 JUNE 1940
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    AIR BATTLE FOR DUNKIRK, 26 MAY–3 JUNE 1940
    NORMAN FRANKS
    A gripping account of the Royal Air Force's daring exploits during the heroic evacuation of Allied troops from France in World War II. "Where is the RAF?" was the oft-quoted question asked by soldiers waiting on the beach at Dunkirk, to where they had retreated following the German blitzkrieg through northern France, and where they were now being pounded by the Luftwaffe. The a...

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  • JASTA BOELCKE
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    JASTA BOELCKE
    NORMAN FRANKS
    An account of the renowned German fighter unit in World War I, "a wonderful journey through these pilots' lives, in victory and defeat" ( Aerodrome). As August drew to a close in 1916, the German Air Service was reeling almost helplessly towards inevitable defeat on the Somme. The Artillery and Feldflieger Abteilungen, the Kampfstaffeln, had been quickly reduced to relative imp...

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  • BEYOND COURAGE
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    BEYOND COURAGE
    NORMAN FRANKS
    The author of Another Kind of Courage takes a deep dive into the World War II heroics of the pilots and aircrew of the single-engined amphibian airplanes. This book covers the adventures of 283, 284, 293 and 294 Walrus Squadrons, operating from North Africa, Sicily, Italy and Sardinia. The pilots, like their counterparts in England, knew of the dangers of landing on the sea. It...

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  • IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE RED BARON
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    IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE RED BARON
    MIKE O'CONNOR / NORMAN FRANKS
    Manfred von Richthofen became a fighter pilot on the Western Front in August 1916. By January 1917, Richthofen had shot down fifteen aircraft had been appointed commander of his own unit. He painted the fuselage of his Albatros D-III a bright red and was nicknamed the Red Baron. In June 1917, Richthofen was appointed commander of the German Flying Circus. Made up of Germany's t...

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