WWII
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British Experimental Combat Aircraft of WWII: Prototypes, Research Aircraft, & Failed Production Designs
A first of its kind, this book describes the British fighter, bomber, and research aircraft produced in the run up to and during World War II.
$56.95 -
Building the B-17 Flying Fortress: A Detailed Look at Manufacturing Boeing
This book features photos and manufacturing details of America's greatest multi-engine World War II combat aircraft and tells the compelling story of how more than 12,000 B-17s were built.
$34.95 -
Building the P-51 Mustang: The Story of Manufacturing North American's Legendary WWII Fighter in Original Photos
This major work is devoted strictly to telling the story of how this legendary airplane was designed and built using rare original factory photos, documents, and unique engineering information.
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Carrier Battle in the Philippine Sea: The Marianas Turkey Shoot June 19-20, 1944
This book, originally printed in the 50th anniversary year of the event, includes a variety of primary and secondary sources describing the battle. Hull numbers of the U.S. Navy ships, aircraft carriers, Japanese carrier captains and senior squadron leaders are all listed within in the book.
$21.95 -
Close Call: RAF Close Air Support in the Mediterranean
In this first of two volumes, the author traces the evolution and development of close air support, beginning during the final year of the Great War, via the doldrums of the inter-war years, to the point where the RAF was criticized heavily because of its apparent absence at Dunkirk.
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Consolidated Catalina I,IB,II & IV-Pilot Notes
Facsimile reproductions of the original RAF publication, the Pilots Notes form a unique record of some of the world's most famous military aircraft.
$9.95 -
Consolidated P2Y Ranger
The P2Y was the aircraft that put Consolidated on the map of great aircraft manufacturers and led to the PBY and PB2Y flying boats that served with such distinction during WWII.
$32.95 -
Consolidated PB2Y Coronado
The PB2Y Coronado was a large flying boat patrol bomber designed by Consolidated Aircraft. After deliveries of the PBY Catalina, also a Consolidated aircraft, began in 1935, the United States Navy began planning for the next generation of patrol bombers.
$39.95 -
Consolidated PB4Y-1/1P Liberator
During WWII, the US Navy adopted the Consolidated B-24D Liberator as a long-range patrol bomber/sub hunter (PB4Y-1) and as an armed photo recon aircraft (PB4Y-1P). These Navy PB4Y Liberators became deadly hunter-killer aircraft and destroyed more than 1,000 enemy vessels. This new book covers the aircraft and history of all PB4Y-1 squadrons, as well as their most significant combat operations.
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Corky Meyer's Flight Journal: A Test Pilot's Tales of Dodging Disasters - Just in Time
Corky Meyer's Flight Journal is an electrifying tale of a very passionate and patriotic man, his wife and family, and of course his numerous sensational close calls as an experimental fighter test pilot.
$53.95 -
Curtiss Ascender XP-55
The Curtiss XP-55 Ascender was a tailless swept-wing WWII pusher fighter design born out by the USAAC 1940 fighter competition. Only three ever made, this book tells their story from start to finish.
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Curtiss SC-1/2 Seahawk
This book is written by CDR Long who flew this type of aircraft from the battleships and cruisers, when they were the center of the fleet. This book is a must for anybody who wants to know more about the role of the scout aircraft in the fleet.
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Curtiss SO3C Seamew/Seagull
In early 1937, Curtiss and Vought, the Navy's two pre-war suppliers of fleet catapult scout floatplanes, were asked to submit bids for a high-speed replacement of the very successful SOC Seagull series.
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Curtiss SOC Seagull
The aircraft served on battleships and cruisers in a seaplane configuration, being launched by catapult and recovered from a sea landing. The wings folded back against the fuselage for storage aboard ship.
$29.95 -
Curtiss XBT2C-1
This is the fifth book in the series of World War II aircraft designed under the Navy's Bomber Torpedo requirements.
$19.95 -
De Havilland Mosquito Volume 1
The first volume in the two volume set traces the history of the Mosquito from its first flight in November 1940 through to its production and many variants.
$32.95 -
Deadly Duo: The B-25 and B-26 in WWII
Deadly Duo: The B-25 and B-26 in World War II is a detailed overview of two important aircraft, with particular emphasis on their development and combat histories.
$37.95 -
Dive Bomber and Ground Attack Units of the Luftwaffe 1933-1945 Volume 2
This is the second book of a two-volume series (divided into the early and late phases of the war) covering pre-war formation, designation, and reorganization until the demise of the Luftwaffe, with lists of key operations, locations, bases and transfers, together with an exhaustive breakdown of theatres of operations, key battles and missions flown, and aircraft types that were flown by each unit.
$89.95 -
Dive Bomber and Ground Attack Units of the Luftwaffe 1933-45 Volume 1
The first in this two-volume series will provide all aviation historians with an exhaustive reference work on all the Luftwaffe's dive-bomber and ground-attack units, including information on operations.
$59.95 -
Dornier Do 17: The 'Flying Pencil' in Luftwaffe Service - 1936-1945
In this book Luftwaffe historian, Chris Goss, recounts the operational history of the Do 17, perhaps the least understood and often forgotten of the Luftwaffe's medium bombers.
$79.95 -
Dornier Do 217 1941-1945
Author Chris Goss has documented the operational history of the Do 217 and offers the most comprehensive account so far published in the English language.
$44.95 -
Douglas A-1 Skyraider - WarbirdTech Volume 13
Solid technical coverage of this long-lived aircraft that served from the end of WWII through Vietnam. Includes its many models and variants, technical drawings and construction and maintenance photos.
$29.95 -
Douglas A-26 Invader - WarbirdTech Volume 22
A technical look at the strengths and weaknesses of this aircraft through tech manual excerpts, cutaways, photos, etc.
$28.95 -
Douglas Boston 4 - Pilot's Notes
A series of books that provide, for the first time, the detailed information every pilot needs to know about the aircraft they are flying. Each book in the series covers all aspects of a popular aircraft type and is illustrated throughout with photographs and diagrams.
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Douglas C-74 Globemaster
This monograph of the C-74 Globemaster is written by Nick Williams, an award-winning author of over two dozen articles published in the Journal of the American Aviation Historical Society and publications in the U.K. This new book on the C-74 is the result of nearly 50 years of research, containing comments from several of the C-74's engineers as well as former Douglas and Air Force pilots.
$32.95 -
Douglas DC-3/C-47 in Latin American Military Service
Richly illustrated, with tables describing the often extraordinary individual services lives of each-and-every known Douglas DC-3 and C-47, this is a testament to the men and women who, for three-quarters of a century, have sweated, cursed and yet loved these magnificent aircraft.
$44.95 -
Douglas XSB2D-1/BTD-1 Destroyer
Bob Kowalski continues the saga of the bomber Torpedo (BT) program and the similar Scout Bomber (SB) program with the obscure story of the Douglas XSB2D-1 and BTD-1 "Destroyer".
$10.95 -
Douglas XTB2D-1 Skypirate
Bob Kowalski continues the saga of the Bomber Torpedo (BT) program and the similar Scout Bomber (SB) program with the obscure story of the Douglas XTB2D-1 "SkyPirate".
$10.95 -
Enemy Coast Ahead - Uncensored
The inside story behind the famous WWII Dambuster raids against Nazis Germany. The author Guy Gibson commanded the RAF's legendary 617 Squadron and led the remarkable bombing missions to destroy German hydroelectric power stations. Book also includes coverage of Gibson's entire combat service during the course of the war.
$18.95 -
Eyes for the Phoenix: Allied Aerial Photo-Recon Operations in South-East Asia 1942-1945
The job of the photographic squadrons in the Far East was to discover Japanese intentions within a vast area within which virtually no other intelligence could otherwise be obtained.
$44.95