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142 produkter
Vought F4U Corsair
E-bok, 2019
15 kr
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This fully illustrated history of the iconic American fighter plane examines its development and combat experience through WWII and beyond. First flown in 1940, the Vought F4U Corsair was the fastest fighter in the world and the fastest US aircraft of any description. Powered by a huge 18-cylinder …
Men Who Flew the Hawker Hunter
Häftad, 2027
171 kr
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If ever there was a real pilot's aeroplane it was the Hunter, an outstanding multi-purpose aircraft which excelled in the roles of interceptor fighter, ground attack, reconnaissance, research vehicle and two-seater trainer, not to mention its dramatic displays in formation aerobatic …
C-130 Hercules
A History
Häftad, 2022
219 kr
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Designed in response to a 1951 requirement, the C-130 Hercules is the most successful military airlifter ever built. Since it first flew in prototype form on 23 August 1954, more than 2,100 have been produced in over eighty different versions. Across its variants, the Hercules serves more than …
Battle of Berlin
Bomber Command Over the Third Reich, 1943–1945
E-bok, 2020
162 kr
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"A fascinating look into the aircrews used and the effect on those who had to live through this constant bombing" by the RAF during World War II (UK Historian).Berlin was bombed by four Allied air forces between 1940 and 1945. British bombers alone dropped 45,517 tons of bombs, while the Americans …
Battle of Berlin
Bomber Command over the Third Reich, 1943–1945
Häftad, 2026
219 kr
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The Battle of Berlin, the bombing of the ‘Big City’ as it was known to the crews of RAF Bomber Command, raged from 18 November 1943 to the end of the war in Europe in 1945. It is recalled here both by those in the air over capital of the Third Reich, as well as those who suffered under the bombing …
RAF Marham
Bomber Station
Häftad, 2008
280 kr
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RAF Marham’s history reaches back into the First World War when its aircraft served a vital home defence role, intercepting raiding Zeppelins and Gothas. In the late 1930s the station was reopened as a bomber base and, post-war, operated bombers and reconnaissance aircraft. Its squadrons played a …
Bedford Triangle
US Undercover Operations from England in the Second World War
Häftad, 2009
212 kr
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The Bedford Triangle portrays the crucial part played by the British Special Operations Executive (SOE),US Army Air Force (USAAF) and American Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in operations behind enemy lines in occupied Europe during World War Two. Milton Ernest Hall, a country house in …
Men Who Flew the Vought F4U Corsair
Häftad, 2025
208 kr
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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 …
GERMAN NIGHT FIGHTERS VERSUS BOMBER COMM
Häftad, 2022
167 kr
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A consolidation of first-hand accounts from German fighter pilots caught up in some of the most dramatic night time conflicts of the early war years.
Men Who Flew the Halifax
Häftad, 2025
172 kr
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This is the story of the air war over Western Europe, much of it told by the Halifax pilots and air crew who took part. It spans the period between 1942 and 1945 and covers the encounters between the Luftwaffe and the air forces of Britain and the Commonwealth.Many unique experiences are recounted …
D-Day Dakotas
6th June, 1944
Häftad, 2025
204 kr
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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 …
Spitfire Heaven - Hurricane Hell
Malta’s Battle for Survival in WW2 By Those Who Were There
Inbunden, 2025
334 kr
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‘The tempo of life here is just indescribable,’ reported one of the fighter pilots sent to the beleaguered and besieged island of Malta. ‘The morale of all is magnificent – pilots, ground crews and Army, but it is certainly tough. The bombing is continuous on and off every day. One lives here only …
Escape From Hitler's Reich
Amazing Stories of PoW Escapes by Allied Airmen in WW2
Inbunden, 2024
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
271 kr
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From 1942 until the end of the war in Europe, the aircraft of RAF Bomber Command and the United States' 8th and 15th Air Forces maintained a twenty-four hour, round-the-clock' bombing offensive against the Third Reich. However, aircraft and crew casualties were heavy as bomber after bomber …
Cheating Hitler
Allied Airmen Who Evaded Capture in WW2
E-bok, 2023
156 kr
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"The reader anxious or merely curious to know what it was like to flee under the threat of being shot or capture will experience it all here." —ARGunners.comFor most, and particularly the injured and the wounded, being shot down over Occupied Europe during the Second World War meant that capture …
Cheating Hitler
Allied Airmen Who Evaded Capture in WW2
E-bok, 2023
161 kr
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"The reader anxious or merely curious to know what it was like to flee under the threat of being shot or capture will experience it all here." —ARGunners.comFor most, and particularly the injured and the wounded, being shot down over Occupied Europe during the Second World War meant that capture …
Stories from the Stalags
Allied Airmen Behind the Wire in WW2
Inbunden, 2024
280 kr
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From 1942 until the end of the war in Europe, the aircraft of the RAF's Bomber Command and the United States 8th and 15th Air Forces provided twenty-four-hour round-the-clock' bombing of the Third Reich. Aircraft and crew casualties were heavy as bomber after bomber succumbed to flak and fighter …
Voices in Flight: The Wellington Bomber
Häftad, 2022
176 kr
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The Wellington Bomber was omnipresent during the Second World War, employed in a variety of contexts in the fight against the Axis powers. The pilots who flew this aircraft did so with an immense amount of pride, and there is perhaps no-one better placed to tell the story of this incredible …
Nachtjagd, Defenders of the Reich, 1940–1943
Häftad, 2025
193 kr
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This new volume from Martin Bowman examines the first three years of the Second World War, consolidating first-hand accounts from German fighter pilots caught up in some of the most dramatic night time conflicts of the early war years.Viewing Bomber Command's operations through the eyes of the …
Air War Market Garden - Shrinking Perimeter
Häftad, 2025
167 kr
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This is the third release in a series that aims to dissect each aspect of Operation Market-Garden as it played out in September 1944. It draws on many individual soldiers and airmens narratives to tell the story of the ongoing fight to keep the Hells Highway open to relieve 1st Airborne at Arnhem, …
Voices in Flight - RAF Fighter Pilots in WWII
Häftad, 2025
181 kr
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This is a pulsating account of the young RAF fighter boys who flew Spitfires, Hurricanes and Defiants in England against the Luftwaffe and from Malta 1940-45 against the Regia Aeronautica. Their story is told using combat reports and first person accounts from RAF, German and Commonwealth pilots …
Mosquito Mayhem
de Havilland's Wooden Wonder in Action in WWII
Häftad, 2021
176 kr
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The flak started about four or five minutes before the target and immediately it was apparent that it was intense and extremely accurate. Oboe entailed the pilot flying dead straight and level for ten minutes on the attack run. Suddenly a tremendous flash lit up the sky about 50 yards ahead of our …
2nd Air Division Air Force USAAF 1942-45
Liberator Squadrons in Norfolk and Suffolk
E-bok, 2021
127 kr
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As part of the AHT series, the airfields and interest in this book are concentrated in a particular area - in this case Norfolk and Suffolk. The Second Air Division's first bombing mission was flown on November 7, 1942; the last on April 25, 1945. A total of 95, 948 sorties were flown in 493 …
US 9th Air Force Bases In Essex 1943-44
E-bok, 2021
127 kr
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As part of the AHT series, the airfields and interest in this book are concentrated in a particular area in this case Essex. It covers the American air bases used by the Martin B-29 Marauders, P-47 Thunderbolts and P-51 Mustangs of the 9th USAAF Air Force during 1943-44 prior to their move south to …
Bomber Command. Volume 4
Battles with the Nachtjago 30/31 March–September 1944
E-bok, 2021
131 kr
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This, the fourth volume of a five part work that provides a comprehensive insight into all aspects of RAF Bomber Command in World War Two, begins in the spring of 1944 with a completely new insight on the catastrophic raid on Nuremburg on the night of 30/31 March and follows with the disastrous …
Bomber Command. Volume 5
Armageddon, 27 September 1944–May 1945
E-bok, 2021
127 kr
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This is the fifth release in a series that provides a comprehensive insight into all aspects of RAF Bomber Command in World War Two. It begins in late September 1944 when the Allied Bomber Offensive was at its height, and takes us through to the end of the conflict. The crews' personal narrative …
Bloody Beaches
E-bok, 2021
127 kr
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This fourth volume of a comprehensive five part work on D-Day covers every aspect of aerial operations on and behind the beaches at 'Omaha' and 'Utah' beaches on 6 June 1944. It might be imagined that the passing years would blunt the outlines of the experience but the D-Day veterans do not forget. …
Shrinking Perimeter
E-bok, 2021
127 kr
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The third volume of this four-part series on Operation 'Market-Garden' in September 1944 draws on many individual soldiers and airmen's narratives to tell the story of the ongoing fight to keep the Hell's Highway' open to relieve 1st Airborne at Arnhem, and the brave attempts to re-supply them from …
Shrinking Perimeter
E-bok, 2013
132 kr
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The third volume of this four-part series on Operation ''Market-Garden'' in September 1944 draws on many individual soldiers and airmen''s narratives to tell the story of the ongoing fight to keep the Hell''s Highway'' open to relieve 1st Airborne at Arnhem, and the brave attempts to re-supply them …
Bloody Beaches
E-bok, 2013
147 kr
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This fourth volume of a comprehensive five part work on D-Day covers every aspect of aerial operations on and behind the beaches at 'Omaha' and 'Utah' beaches on 6 June 1944. It might be imagined that the passing years would blunt the outlines of the experience but the D-Day veterans do not forget. …
