Knights of the Air was the title given to daring aviators of the First World War, who flew fragile, unreliable machines in thrilling dogfights. Many pilots of the Royal Flying Corps met tragic ends, and this book by Chris Goss showcases an extraord...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-Jul-2025, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Air World, ISBN-13: 9781399005661)
The term ‘fighter ace’ grew in prominence with the introduction and development of aerial combat in the First World War. The actual number of aerial victories required to officially qualify as an ‘ace’ has varied but is usually considered to be five...Loe edasi...
On 17 July 1940, Oberst Josef Kammhuber took command of the Luftwaffe’s 1 Nachtjagddivision after his release from French captivity. He was tasked with combating RAF bombers, which were increasingly threatening Germany during the Battle of Britain. K...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 09-Apr-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Air World, ISBN-13: 9781473883093)
Entering service in early 1941, the Dornier Do 217 was designed as an improved version of the Flying Pencil, the Do 17 bomber. The Do 217E-1 twin radial-engine bomber first flew in October 1940, the same month that the production of the Do 17 ceased...Loe edasi...
The story of Germanys disastrous last cross-Channel Blitz in early 1944, which left the Luftwaffe devastated and barely able to oppose the D-Day landings.Operation Steinbock was the Luftwaffes last sustained bomber offensive again...Loe edasi...
As the war began to turn against Germany, the Luftwaffe was forced to defend the Reich against increasingly overwhelming numbers of Allied fighters and bombers. The Focke-Wulf Fw 190, together with the Bf 109G, was the mainstay of the Luftwaffe’s Rei...Loe edasi...
Focusing on the helicopters used specifically by the Royal Navy and British Army, this book looks at the Lynx, Sea King, Wasp Scout, Wessex, Whirlwind and some minor types. With over 180 black and white and color photographs, this book, the sixth in...Loe edasi...
Chris Chapman, James Goss, Russell T Davis, Scott Handcock, Tim Foley, Kate Winslet, Victoria Lambert, Sean Longmore, Rob Harvey
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-Jun-2023, CD-Audio, Kirjastus: Big Finish Productions Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781802400748)
For as long as anyone can remember, there have been stories about Bishop Grave School. Terrible secrets were once buried within its foundations, screaming to be unleashed, but nobody ever believed them. As a new year brings fresh dangers, can Taylor...Loe edasi...
Years after World War Two and the Luftwaffe is still of interest to many. Names such as Messerschmitt, Junkers ,Heinkel, Dornier and Focke-Wulf are associated with German aircraft production and, in particular, fighters. Other names, such as Horten,...Loe edasi...
This book explores the reconnaissance aircraft used by the British armed forces in the 1970s and ’80s, namely the Avro Shackleton, Hawker Siddeley Nimrod, Fairey Gannet and English Electric Canberra. The maritime patrol and airborne early warning (AE...Loe edasi...
This is the fifth book in the series of photographs of British combat aircraft of the 1970s and 1980s and covers the RAF helicopters in service during those two decades and their part in the latter stages of the Cold War....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 16-Jan-2023, Hardback, Kirjastus: Air World, ISBN-13: 9781526781208)
During Britain’s desperate struggle for survival that in the summer of 1940, the Dornier Do 17 played a prominent part in raids designed at neutralizing the RAF’s ability to resist and the British people’s will to fight back. Having been built to out...Loe edasi...
The SEPECAT Jaguar and Hawker Siddeley Harrier played critical ground-attack and tactical reconnaissance roles. The Jaguar came into RAF service in 1974 and was retired in 2007. The Harrier entered RAF service in 1969 and was prematurely retired in 2...Loe edasi...
The mainstays of the RAF’s bomber force in the 1970s and ’80s were the distinctive Avro Vulcan and the slightly less well-known Blackburn Buccaneer. The Buccaneer came into service in 1962 and flew with just five RAF and six RN squadrons before being...Loe edasi...
Two of the RAF’s most memorable aircraft are the English Electric Lightning and the McDonnell Phantom. Illustrated with more than 180 photographs, this book covers in great detail the Lightning and Phantom fighter aircraft and the part they played in...Loe edasi...
The Dornier Do 217 represented the refinement of German twin-engine bomber design, a progression from the earlier Do 17. From 1941, the Do 217 became the mainstay of the Luftwaffes bomber arm in the West, equipping four Gruppen for operations ove...Loe edasi...
This illustrated study charts the development and combat history of the Dornier Do 217 Units, the Luftwaffes workhorse bomber during World War II.The Dornier Do 217 had a much larger bomb load capacity and had considerably greater...Loe edasi...
