WWII
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"Blue Goose" Command Aircraft of the USN, USMC, and USCG 1911 to 1961
This book covers US Naval Aviation from its beginnings in 1911 until 1961 through the interesting and sometimes colorful "Blue Goose" or Command Aircraft.
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1001 Aviation Facts
This book provides an insightful and in-depth look at aviation history by highlighting many little-known, yet very important aviation facts. Stories are organized by category, such as military, commercial, and sport aviation and include topics like pilots and personalities, aviation movies, TV shows, and model building.
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357th Over Europe: The 357th Fighter Group in World War II
This book tells the story of the 357th Fighter Group in WWII through the thoughts and words of many veterans.
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Action Stations Revisited: Volume 4 South West England
Military airfields of South West England are the focus of the latest volume of the Action Stations Revisited series.
$39.95 -
Air War Over Spain: Aircraft and Units of the Nationalist and Republican Air Forces 1936-1939
This unique 'Classic Colours' format single volume covers the opposing air forces in the Spanish Civil War as well the intervention of the German, Italian, and Soviet air forces in their respective guises.
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America's Round-Engine Warbirds: Airframes and Powerplants at the Close of the Military Prop Era
With a particular emphasis on the design, development, and evolution of American radial aircraft engines, this work chronicles the progression of US military aircraft from pre-World War II through the transition to the jet engine.
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American Aircraft Development of WWII: Special Types 1939-1945
Focusing on the U.S. military's development of special aircraft types during World War II, including many experimental aircraft and one-off secret projects, this book shows how U.S. aviation designs and weapons progressed under the pressure of global warfare.
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American Bomber Aircraft Development in World War 2
A new perspective on the development of US bomber aircraft during World War 2, revealing how the intense combat pressures of the war accelerated the scientific and technological advances of aeronautics, propulsion, aircraft systems, avionics and ordnance. Packed with three-view drawings and rare photographs including a wide variety of little-known experimental aircraft.
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American Secret Projects 3: U.S. Airlifters Since 1962
The book, and its companion volume, American Secret Projects 2, covers airlifter designs from WWII to the start of the 1960s, and has been made possible by the authors being given unprecedented access to major aerospace company archives, uncovering scores of design proposals which have never previously been revealed.
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American Secret Projects 4
This first, revised book in the American Secret Projects series describes the design and development of American bomber and attack aircraft from the end of World War II to the mid-1970s, both for the Air Force and the Navy.
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Arado Ar 234 Blitz: The World's First Jet Bomber
This study is the result of nearly 50 years of research and draws upon original Arado, German Air Ministry and Luftwaffe reports and documents as well as pilot accounts compiled from interviews and personal correspondence, original war diaries, memoirs and other unpublished sources associated with the Ar 234's design, development and operations.
$79.95 -
Astonishing Stories Pilots Tell Pilots
Airplane pilots are notorious story tellers. As this collection of tales (mostly true) are revealed in this book, the reader, whether a pilot or not, can experience a sense of what it is like to be at the controls of everything from a puddle jumper to a Mach 3 jet.
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Aufklarer Volume 1: Luftwaffe Reconnaissance Aircraft and Units 1935-1941
This book is a colorful and informative study of the operations, camouflage schemes, and unit markings of the reconnaissance aircraft flown by the German Luftwaffe between 1935-1941.
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Aviation Records in the Jet Age: The Planes and Technologies Behind the Breakthroughs
This book explains in detailed, but easy-to-understand, terms how specific advances in aircraft design such as powerplants, aerodynamics, flight control systems, instrumentation, and life-support systems led to ever-improved record-breaking aircraft.
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Axis Aircraft in Latin America
This new book features many famous Axis aircraft from the inter-war period, including the Junkers all-metal transports, the Dornier flying boats, the Fiat CR.20 fighter aircraft, as well as the only Japanese type, the Mitsubishi Betty. Colorful and detailed, this unique history will be of interest to WWII aviation enthusiasts and modelers alike.
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B-17 Nose Art Name Directory
This directory lists over 8,200 Boeing B-17s from the World War II era on which some sort of name identification was obtained, showing name and where available, group, squadron, and serial number.
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B-24 Liberator - WarbirdTech Volume 1
Includes original engineering drawings, A through M models, PB4Y Privateers, C-87s, C-109s, battle damage photos, excerpts and drawings from tech and engineering manuals, etc.
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B-24 Nose Art Name Directory
A product of years of statistical research, this detailed listing of over 7,800 Consolidated B-24s in all their variations from the WWII era, provides the aircraft's name and, where available, group, squadron and serial number.
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B-29 Photo Combat Diary: The Superfortress in WWII and Korea
This diary depicts the B-29 in combat in the 1940s against a failing Japanese air force and the 1950s against the ultra fast & dangerous Russian built MiG-15 jets. Includes 100s of air-to-air shots, battle damage, paint schemes and markings, famous planes and air crews, Air Force bases, etc.
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Battle of Britain: The Fight for Survival in 1940
Michael Bowyer tells the story of the Battle of Britain day by day detailing squadrons, aircraft types, locations, and people together with an analysis of the success or otherwise of German raids.
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Battle Under the Moon
This is a gripping account of the ill-fated RAF raid on May 3, 1944, on the Panzer tank depot and military barracks at Mailly-le-Camp south of Rheims in northern France.
$12.95 -
Bell XFM / YFM Airacuda Bomber Destroyer
Number 225 in Steve Ginter's Air Force Legends series bring you the history of the Bell XFM/YFM Airacuda Bomber Destroyer.
$19.95 -
Bloody Biscay: The History of V Gruppe/Kampfgeschwader 40
Bloody Biscay is the story of the Luftwaffe's only long range maritime fighter unit -- V Gruppe/Kampfgeschwader 40 (V/KG 40) and its battles against the RAF, the US Army Air Force (USAAF) and the US Navy (USN) from July 1942 to August 1944 above the Bay of Biscay.
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Blue Skies and Dark Nights
Blue Skies and Dark Nights is the autobiography of Group Captain Bill Randle. It is an honest and straightforward account of an unusual career in the RAF and beyond.
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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress - WarbirdTech Volume 7
Filled with vintage photos, exploded views, official technical manual excerpts and factory shots. This work examines the B-17 in all its models. Good coverage of armament system.
$29.95 -
Boeing B-29 Superfortress - WarbirdTech Volume 14
With more than 30 volumes now available, this series is one of the best sources of information for modelers and aviation enthusiasts. Each volume is jam packed full of excerpts, drawings, exploded views, cutaways, assembly line, and repair depot photographs taken from original tech manuals.
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Brewster F2A Buffalo and Export Variants
This is the ultimate history of the Brewster F2A Buffalo, the US Navy's first monoplane fighter aircraft. Allied flyers in WWII called it the "flying coffin", but in the hands of Finnish aces, the Buffalo was wildly successful. This new book is lavishly illustrated with over 300 photos, many seen here for the first time.
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Brewster SB2A Bucaneer
The Brewster Bermuda is the name given by the RAF to the Brewster SB2A. In the US Navy service, the aircraft was the SB2A "Buccaneer." Also includes coverage of the XSBA-1 and SBN-1.
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Britain's Aircraft Industry: Triumphs and Tragedies Since 1909
For the first time here is a readable, highly-illustrated, examination of the entire British aircraft industry, its heritage, and the changes it faces in the 21st century, both technical and political.
$44.95