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  • THE GREAT WAR ACE, THE RED BARON AND BEYOND
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    THE GREAT WAR ACE, THE RED BARON AND BEYOND
    JACQUIE BUTTRISS
    “Fortunately, Sir Brian’s sister, Winifred, spent most of her life chronicling her brother’s service, maintaining sever-al scrapbooks of his correspondence, articles written by and about him, and even sympathy messages received following his death.” – Over the Front From Rifleman to Air Marshal, Sir Brian Baker excelled in every role. Having transferred to the Royal Flying Corp...

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  • AIR TRANSPORT AUXILIARY AT WAR
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    AIR TRANSPORT AUXILIARY AT WAR
    STEPHEN WYNN
    This book looks at the invaluable work carried out by members of the Air Transport Auxiliary during the course of the Second World War. Comprised of both men and women, it was a civilian organization tasked with the collection and delivery of military aircraft from the factories to the RAF and Royal Navy stations. Men who undertook the role had to be exempt from having to under...

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  • THE MEN WHO FLEW THE ENGLISH ELECTRIC LIGHTNING
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    THE MEN WHO FLEW THE ENGLISH ELECTRIC LIGHTNING
    MARTIN W BOWMAN
    The early 1950s were a boom time for British aviation. The lessons of six years of war had been learned and much of the research into jet engines, radar and aerodynamics had begun to reach fruition. In Britain, jet engine technology led the world, while wartime developments into swept wing design in Germany and their transonic research program were used to give western design t...

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  • TORPEDO BOMBERS, 1900–1950
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    TORPEDO BOMBERS, 1900–1950
    JEAN-DENIS LEPAGE
    The torpedo-bomber was a very short-lived weapon system, operational for scarcely half a century from just prior WWI to the 1960s. Yet during its brief existence it transformed naval warfare, extending the ship-killing range of ships and coastal defences to hundreds of miles. The Royal Navy and Fleet Air Arm led the way, recording the first sinking of a ship by aerial torpedo i...

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  • EARLY JET FIGHTERS
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    EARLY JET FIGHTERS
    LEO MARRIOTT
    In almost 200 archive photographs Leo Marriott traces the course of the development of British and American jet fighters during the first pioneering decade of their production. In many ways the period from 1944 to 1954 was one of the most exciting and innovative in the history of military aviation. Rare images show the first jet fighters flown by the RAF towards the end of the ...

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  • LOCKHEED F-104 STARFIGHTER
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    LOCKHEED F-104 STARFIGHTER
    MARTIN W BOWMAN
    The F-104 Starfighter is quite possibly one of the most photographed aircraft of all time. It is certainly one of the most iconic. Here, Martin Bowman offers up a well researched, comprehensive and thoroughly entertaining history of this impressive interceptor aircraft and fighter bomber. Firsthand insights gathered from pilots who have flown the Starfighter in a variety of int...

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  • RAF IN CAMERA: 1970S
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    RAF IN CAMERA: 1970S
    KEITH WILSON
    The 1970s were an event-filled and action packed decade for the Royal Air Force. Many events are worthy of note and all are recorded here, in words and images. Keith Wilson takes up from where he left off with RAF In Camera 1960s in order to take us on a journey through a particularly significant decade. The start of the 1970s saw the retirement of the Dakota from service, foll...

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  • SNIPER OF THE SKIES
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    SNIPER OF THE SKIES
    NICK THOMAS
    When asked to conjure an impression of the 'typical fighter pilot', you may be inclined to think of the confident, extroverted, gregarious type, rallying his men and flying in the pursuit of victory. George Frederick 'Screwball' Beurling, DSO, DFC, and DFM, certainly achieved more victories than most typical fighter pilots dream of, but in temperament, personality and style, he...

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  • COBRA! THE ATTACK HELICOPTER
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    COBRA! THE ATTACK HELICOPTER
    MIKE VERIER
    The history of the Cobra helicopter is a long and varied one, characterised by extensive deployment in some of the most dynamic theatres of war. Designed in 1965, we are fast approaching the 50th Anniversary of the craft's inception into the world of combat flight, so it seems timely that we should be presented with this, a comprehensive historical account of the various landma...

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  • FLYING CATALINAS
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    FLYING CATALINAS
    ANDREW HENDRIE
    The consolidated PBY Catalina was probably the most versatile and successful flying boat/amphibian ever built, serving not just with the US Army, Navy and Coast Guard during the Second World War, but also with the air forces of Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, with the Danes, Free French and Norwegians as well as in Brazil, Chile, Indonesia and elsewhere. With a rema...

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  • SEPECAT JAGUAR
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    SEPECAT JAGUAR
    DAVE WINDLE / MARTIN W BOWMAN
    This versatile single-seater aircraft was a joint development between the UK and France. It first flew in 1968, but its robust and flexible operational uses led to its long service life, only being retired from RAF service in 2008. It has seen front-line action in all major conflicts since introduced and has been exported to India, Ecuador, Nigeria and Oman. This book contains ...

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  • ONE OF ‘THE FEW’
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    ONE OF ‘THE FEW’
    JOHN SHIPMAN
    Ted Shippy Shipman was one of The Few who flew with 41 Squadron in the Battle of Britain. He left his father's farm in 1930 and enlisted in the RAF as a driver ACII. He flew for thirteen years of his thirty years service, achieved the highest grade of flying instructor and retired as a Wing Commander. This book is based on the copious notes that Shippy wrote in the 1970s and br...

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  • SEPECAT JAGUAR
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    SEPECAT JAGUAR
    MARTIN W BOWMAN
    This versatile, rugged aircraft was a joint Anglo/French project and first flew in September 1968, becoming operational with both the RAF and Armèe del'Air in 1972/3. The Jaguar's multi-role design made it easy to adapt for the ground-attack, reconnaissance, interceptor and maritime strike roles. It has a top speed of Mach 0 .9 and a combat radius of 875 miles and is powered b...

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  • THE VOUGHT F4U CORSAIR
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    THE VOUGHT F4U CORSAIR
    MARTIN W BOWMAN
    First flown in 1940, the prototype Vought F4U Corsair instantly became 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 driving an enormous 13 feet 4 inch propeller, the first Corsairs were capable of 417mph. This figure would rise to nearly 450mph in later versions. Production be...

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  • HITLER'S INVASION OF EAST ANGLIA, 1940
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    HITLER'S INVASION OF EAST ANGLIA, 1940
    MARTIN W BOWMAN
    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 openly confided that 'even a small invasion might go a long way’, and asked that his forces might mount one, two or even three ‘small invasions’ in 1940. So were the mass raids on London merely a...

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  • D-DAY DAKOTAS
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    D-DAY DAKOTAS
    MARTIN W BOWMAN
    On 18 December 1935 when the first flight of the Douglas DC-3 took place, few could have imagined that it would become one of the world’s most celebrated aircraft of all time, not just as a commercial airliner but also as the C-47 military transport. When production ceased in the summer of 1945, a total of 10,926 had been built. This wonderfully versatile aircraft played a sign...

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  • THE P51 MUSTANG
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    THE P51 MUSTANG
    PETER SAXTON
    The P51 Mustang, a single-engine warplane fighter, although a late arrival in the Second World War, proved vital in the crucial air-war conflict in Europe. It was first envisaged in a tactical role - a low to medium level reconnaissance fighter-bomber supporting army ground operations. It did well but was rejected by RAF Fighter Command as a high-level dogfighter as being out-p...

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  • MODELLING BATTLE OF BRITAIN FIGHTER AIRCRAFT
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    MODELLING BATTLE OF BRITAIN FIGHTER AIRCRAFT
    ANDY SINGLETON
    Andy Singleton, in association with the Kent Battle of Britain Museum has produced an excellent guide to building and painting scale models of the iconic fighters involved in that critical struggle. Aimed at beginner and intermediate modellers, the step-by-step instructions will help the reader build a Supermarine Spitfire, Bolton-Paul Defiant, Messerschmitt Bf109 and Messersch...

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  • THE FLYING ADVENTURES OF CHARLES GREEN
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    THE FLYING ADVENTURES OF CHARLES GREEN
    ALASTAIR GOODRUM
    Charles Green, an innovative aeronaut, revolutionized balloon flight with coal-gas inflation, contributing to the future of aviation. The action-packed flying career of aeronaut Charles Green (1785-1870), a working-class Londoner in the infancy of aviation, who defied death in a career of 35 years and over 500 balloon flights to make a unique contribution to world aeronautical ...

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  • A PATHFINDER IN THE PEENEMUNDE RAID
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    A PATHFINDER IN THE PEENEMUNDE RAID
    ARTHUR SPENCER
    Arthur volunteered for aircrew service with the RAF in 1940 at the age of 19, as soon as his school examinations were completed. He trained as a navigator in Canada and Florida. After further training in the UK and crewing up with a pilot and other crew members, he joined 97 Squadron, flying Lancasters in December 1942. The following April the crew transferred to Pathfinder For...

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