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F-16 Volume 1: Fighting Falcon A + B Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 80
ISBN: 9782352501299
Pub Date: 15 Jan 2011
Illustrations: 150 photos, 56 profiles
Description:
A multirole jet fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics for the United States Air Force, the F-16 has been in service for an incredible 36 years, with no sign of retiring. At a time when other planes retire to museums, General Dynamics’ fighter bomber is still a formidable foe in international combat against so-called “fifth generation” planes.The first prototype flew for the first time in 1974 and the operational career of the last aircraft built will continue well into the 2040s - almost 75 years and still going strong!
LUFTWAFFE OVER THE DESERT Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 68
ISBN: 9788361220800
Pub Date: 15 Jan 2011
Imprint: Kagero
Description:
The book concerns the Luftwaffe activity in North Africa during the first eight months of 1942. The author presents not only the actions of famous JG 27 fighters against Hurricanes, Kittyhawks and RAF bombers, but also the less frequently described service of bomber and ground-attack units of the Luftwaffe, which had played important role in supporting the Panzerarmee Afrika offensives. Like the other publications in the series, this title includes many firsthand accounts and period photos.
Mysteries, Legends And Myths Of The First World War Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 128
ISBN: 9781552774311
Pub Date: 04 Jan 2011
Imprint: Formac-Lorimer
Series: Amazing Stories
Illustrations: b/w photos throughout
Description:
This book offers a fresh, close-up look at the First World War as it was experienced by ordinary Canadian soldiers. Over 67,000 Canadians lost their lives in WWI and 173,000 were wounded. Their sacrifice was driven by a sense of duty to the ‘Mother Country’.
RRP: £9.99
Sharks Of The Air Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 320
ISBN: 9781935149460
Pub Date: 01 Jan 2011
Illustrations: 16-pg photo section
Description:
In July 1944 the Allies were stunned by the appearance of the Messerschmitt Me-262, the world’s first operational jet warplane. This new German fighter was more than 100mph faster than any other aircraft in the skies. Although always greatly outnumbered, the Me-262 gained scores of victories over Allied fighters and bombers, and by the end of the war, many of the Luftwaffe’s greatest aces had clamoured to be in their cockpits.
60 Years Of Combat Aircraft - From WWI To Vietnam War Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 164
ISBN: 9782352501176
Pub Date: 15 Dec 2010
Illustrations: 400 profiles & illustrations
Description:
From the Battle of the Marne to the end of the Vietnam War, this “first half” of the 20th Century must undeniably be considered as the period of greatest development for aerial warfare. With the 400 profiles and illustrations contained in this book, Bruno Pautigny, the world famous illustrator, presents the technical portraits of the most famous fighters and bombers of all the great conflicts of the previous century; the First and Second World Wars, Indochina, Korea and Suez, Algeria, Vietnam, and beyond.
RRP: £37.50
When Art Kept 'Em Flying Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 176
ISBN: 9782352501336
Pub Date: 15 Dec 2010
Illustrations: 500 colour pictures
Description:
In 1944 George Grod, a strip cartoon, modeling and aviation enthusiast, discovered with amazement some American magazines which an MP billeted near his village lent him. What he liked best were the gleaming advertisements scattered throughout the pages.In the eighties, during an “old papers” fair, George came across some old numbers of Life Magazine and from there he started an unbridled search for original magazines dating back to between 1942 and 1945.
Romanian Fighter Colors 1941-1945 Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 192
ISBN: 9788389450906
Pub Date: 30 Nov 2010
Imprint: MMP Books
Series: White Series
Illustrations: 200 b/w & color photos, 32 pages of color profiles
Description:
This book describes and illustrates all the fighter aircraft used by the Romanian armed forces during WW2. Covering both the indigenous designs employed early on through to the German fighters flown for much of the period, the camouflage and markings of these aircraft are described and illustrated in great detail.Fully illustrated with many rare wartime photos.

Caudron Cr. 714, MS 406, Hawk H75A (1/48 Scale)

Format: Paperback
Pages: 16
ISBN: 9788361421313
Pub Date: 16 Nov 2010
Imprint: MMP Books
Series: Camouflage & Decals
Illustrations: 20+ b/w photos, 16 color profiles, decals for 3 aircraft in 1/48 scale
Description:
First title in a new series, “Camouflage and Decals”. This book describes, in great detail, the camouflage and markings of three aircraft types used by Polish pilots in France in 1939/40. Also include high quality decals for examples of these aircraft in 1/48 scale, produced by Techmod.
Kamikazes, Corsairs & Picket Ships Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 448
ISBN: 9781935149415
Pub Date: 01 Nov 2010
Illustrations: Black and white photos throughout
Description:
This is the previously untold story of one of the most ferocious and prolonged air/naval battles in history: the battle at the radar picket stations during the American assault on Okinawa in spring 1945. It weaves together the experiences of the ships and their crews, Navy, Army, and Marine Corps pilots, and Japanese kamikazes in an account which provides the complete story of this infamous battle. The US fleet and its accompanying airpower that took station off Okinawa was of gigantic proportions, such that the Japanese could only rely on suicide attacks to inflict critical damage.
Heinkel He 162 "Volksjäger" Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 430
ISBN: 9783952296813
Pub Date: 15 Jan 2010
Imprint: History Facts
Illustrations: 140 photographs, 50 scale drawings, 30 colour plates
Description:
The primary objective of this source edition is to provide readers with original documents, allowing them to form their own impression of the development, manufacture and operation of the Heinkel He 162. By linking this accumulated data with the historical situation of those times, we hope to have facilitated a more objective assessment of the "Volksjäger" project.For the purposes of this book, around 200 file documents were selected from a multitude of material on the Heinkel He 162 and reproduced in their original state.
RRP: £55.00
345 Bg Vol. I Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 88
ISBN: 9788389088468
Pub Date: 05 Jan 2010
Imprint: Kagero
Series: Air Miniatures
Illustrations: 84 b/w Photos, 9 profiles
Description:
A further title in this well-established series looks at the history of this USAAF B-25 Mitchell 345 Bomb Group unit, which operated mainly in the Pacific Theatre. The unit was formed in late 1942 and finally entered the Pacific in mid-1943. There, due to the ingenuity of an ex-Philippines Airlines pilot, 'Pappy' Gunn and Jack Fox, a North American aviation technician, standard B-25s were turned into gun-toting strafers by adding additional machine guns to the nose and in special gun packs added to the sides of the forward fuselage.
P-40s Of The Mediterranean Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 69
ISBN: 9788360445495
Pub Date: 05 Jan 2010
Imprint: Kagero
Series: Air Battles
Illustrations: 56 b/w photos, 8 sheets, 10 colour profiles
Description:
The first in a new series from Kagero illustrating the combat history of P-40s in the Mediterranean. The Curtiss P-40 was an American single-engine, single-seat, all-metal fighter and ground attack aircraft that first flew in 1938. It was used by the air forces of 28 nations, including those of most Allied powers during World War II, and remained in front line service until the end of the war.
Immelmann Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 256
ISBN: 9781932033984
Pub Date: 25 Sep 2009
Illustrations: 16 pages b/w photos
Description:
Max Immelmann was born in Dresden, the son of a paper board container factory owner. When World War I started, Immelmann was recalled to active service, transferred to the Luftstreitkräfte and was sent for pilot training in November 1914. He was initially stationed in northern France as a reconnaissance aviator.
King Of Airfighters Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 256
ISBN: 9781932033991
Pub Date: 25 Sep 2009
Illustrations: 16 pages b/w photos
Description:
Ira Jones' biography of Britain's top scoring ace of World War I has become the subject of some controversy over the last few years, most notably as it is the source of the claim of 73 "kills" for Mannock, thereby making him the number one scoring Allied Ace of the war. Later research has thrown serious doubt on this claim and indeed Mannock himself only claimed 51 kills. Jones' biography is nevertheless an important account, especially when seen in the context of the time in which it was first written.
9th Air Force Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 196
ISBN: 9782352500773
Pub Date: 09 Mar 2009
Illustrations: full colour throughout
Description:
During the preparation of the Normandy Invasion, the American high command realized soon enough that the 8th Air Force, which was wholly committed to strategic bombing, could not undertake the close support of ground units in this major offensive. The keystone of operation “Overlord” would indeed be mastery of the skies: tactical aviation had to be able to intervene quickly and precisely, and to operate from bases on the Continent. The heavy bombers, as they were dependent on large and permanent airfields, could not be called upon for such tasks.
P-40 Curtiss Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 84
ISBN: 9782352500650
Pub Date: 23 Oct 2008
Series: Planes & Models
Illustrations: full colour throughout
Description:
After a first volume devoted to the Focke Wulf FW 190, the new release in the collection “Planes and Model Kits” is dedicated to the Curtiss P-40. Despite its limits, the Warhawk is an aircraft which played a major part in the whole war and on all the front lines, displaying the most colorful insignia and “nose arts” of WW2. This book has no historical claim and makes us discover the B, E, F, N versions of this mythical fighter through the most beautiful models currently available.