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Aviation
Supermarine Spitfire V Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 96
ISBN: 9788367227018
Pub Date: 03 Nov 2022
Imprint: MMP Books
Series: Polish Wings
Illustrations: 311 photos and drawings
Description:
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the Allied landing at Dieppe, France, on 19 August 1942, one of the most controversial battles of the Second World War, which also involved extensive air operations to provide direct support for the amphibious assault and to defend the troops and the fleet against the Luftwaffe. This book is a tribute to the 1st Polish Wing, Fighter Command’s most successful wing during the operation. The wing provided 10% of the Spitfire squadrons engaged in the battle, suffered 3.
The Fighting Colours of Richard J. Caruana. 50th Anniversary Collection. 3. EE/BAC Lightning Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 66
ISBN: 9788366549906
Pub Date: 03 Nov 2022
Imprint: MMP Books
Series: The Fighting Colours of Richard J. Caruana. 50th Anniversary Collection
Illustrations: 150+ color profiles, scale plans
Description:
Retired from service close to a quarter century ago, the English Electric (BAC) Lightning has become a cult subject with aviation enthusiasts, especially those who, like the author, remember seeing this mighty interceptor take to the air. As its Avons roared, it rotated on take-off, snapped in the main undercarriage like a flash, and then sat on its tail to go into a vertical climb disappearing to in the deep blue above, all within a few seconds.On its introduction into service, Royal Air Force squadrons faced a leap of several generations in technology, from the cannon-armed, subsonic Hunter and Javelin to the Mach 2, missile-armed Lightning.
Red Dragon 'Flankers' Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
ISBN: 9781950394104
Pub Date: 27 Oct 2022
Illustrations: colour maps, colour and black-and-white photos and tables
Description:
Noted for its exceptional performance, the Sukhoi Su-27 is not only one of the most capable fourth-generation fighters, but its development history is also remarkably rich. The ‘Flanker’ story took on a new industrial and political dimension when the Su-27 was chosen by China to meet the People’s Liberation Army Air Force’s requirement for a new fourth-generation type. This was a win-win-situation: Russia received a much-needed multi-billion-dollar contract and the PLAAF, for the first time, obtained a true high-end fourth-generation fighter.
Bristol’s Buckingham, Brigand and Buckmaster Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 160
ISBN: 9788366549913
Pub Date: 30 Sep 2022
Imprint: MMP Books
Series: Orange Series
Illustrations: Scale plans, color profiles, B&W photos
Description:
In late 1939, the Air Ministry were looking to replace the Blenheim as a medium bomber. Bristol Aircraft Company (BAC) initially came up with a bomber development of the Beaufighter, the Type 161. Due to specification changes and redesigns, the end result was the Type 163 Buckingham, a twin engined, twin tailed medium bomber.
Fairey Barracuda Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 16
ISBN: 9788366549869
Pub Date: 30 Sep 2022
Imprint: MMP Books
Series: Scale Plans
Illustrations: Scale plans
Description:
This book contains 8, A3 size scale plans in 1/48 and 1/72 scale of the British WW2 torpedo aircraft Fairey Barracuda.
NAA P-51 Mustang Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 44
ISBN: 9788367227025
Pub Date: 30 Sep 2022
Imprint: MMP Books
Series: Spotlight ON
Illustrations: 20+ color drawings
Description:
This book is the latest in a new reference series for aircraft modelers called "Spotlight On" and is a showcase for the superb aviation artwork created for the publisher by the remarkable Polish aviation artist Tomasz Kaca. The book contains 20 color plates showing 20 famous P-51 Mustang fighters depicted in the air. Aircraft of the famous fighter aces are shown based on the latest research.
Reggiane Re 2000, Re 2002, Re 2003 Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 160
ISBN: 9788366549814
Pub Date: 30 Sep 2022
Imprint: MMP Books
Series: Orange Series
Illustrations: Scale plans, color profiles, B&W photos
Description:
The development of the famous Italian WWII fighters of the Reggiane factory, with radial engines, is described and illustrated. It served with the Regia Aeronautica and other forces, including the Hungarian and Swedish air arms. This book describes the design, development, and operations of this elegant and effective fighter.
AMX Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 144
ISBN: 9781950394081
Pub Date: 28 Sep 2022
Illustrations: colour maps, photos and tables
Description:
Italy began work on a new fighter-bomber in the late 1970s, aiming to field an aircraft capable of surviving in heavily defended Cold War airspace, flying at very low level, and releasing its weapons deep in enemy territory with a high degree of accuracy. In the early 1980s, Brazil joined the programme, resulting in the AMX. Subsonic, the new fighter-bomber has also proven well suited to the types of conflicts that have proliferated in the last 25 years and has served the Italian Air Force well during close air support, interdiction and reconnaissance missions.
Cuban MiGs Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 144
ISBN: 9781950394098
Pub Date: 28 Sep 2022
Illustrations: colour maps, colour and black-and-white photos and tables
Description:
The Fuerza Aérea Revolucionaria (FAR), one of the most powerful and little-publicised air forces in the Americas, had Mikoyan-Gurevich (MiG) fighters as its main fighter aircraft, both in the defence of Cuban territory against the threat of US invasion and in support of Cuban leader’s efforts to export their revolutionary ideals. The book casts an unprecedented look at the introduction and utilisation of all MiG models in Cuban service, since their arrival before the Cuban Missile Crisis, to current times, going through all of the conflicts in which Cuba was involved, from incidents with the Dominican Republic (‘Operación Pico’) and the Bahamas, to its entanglements in wars in Vietnam, Syria, Guinea, Southern Yemen, Angola, Ethiopia and Nicaragua and the recent apprehension of ‘export goods’ to North Korea in the Panama Canal. The story of military aviation in Cuba before the arrival of the MiGs is also briefly presented, from the beginning of their air corps and its role in the political crises that affected the country, in Castro's Revolution and the ill-fated attempted invasion at the Bay of Pigs, contextualising the times when they happened.
Bomb Group Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 336
ISBN: 9781612009605
Pub Date: 15 Sep 2022
Illustrations: b/w images throughout
Description:
In February 1942, a reconnaissance party of United States Army Air Forces officers arrived in England. Firmly wedded to the doctrine of daylight precision bombing, they believed they could help turn the tide of the war in Europe. In the months that followed, they formed the Eighth Air Force - an organization that grew at an astonishing rate.
Gavin at War Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 240
ISBN: 9781636240244
Pub Date: 15 Sep 2022
Illustrations: 30 photographs
Description:
"General Gavin was a very brave man who had great faith in his men. The battle or the weather never stopped him from going to check the troops. He would go in the rain or snow.
Blackburn Shark Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 16
ISBN: 9788366549845
Pub Date: 08 Sep 2022
Imprint: MMP Books
Series: Scale Plans
Illustrations: Scale plans
Description:
This book contains 8, A3 size scale plans in 1/48 and 1/72 scale of the British aircraft Blackburn Shark.
Kyushu Q1W Tokai (Lorna) Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 16
ISBN: 9788366549838
Pub Date: 08 Sep 2022
Imprint: MMP Books
Series: Scale Plans
Illustrations: Scale plans
Description:
This book contains 8, A3 size scale plans in 1/48, 1/72 scale of the Japanese aircraft Kyushu Q1W Tokai (Lorna).
Mitsubishi Babs: The world's first high-speed strategic reconnaissance aircraft Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 200
ISBN: 9788366549739
Pub Date: 08 Sep 2022
Imprint: MMP Books
Illustrations: photos, color profiles, scale drawings
Description:
This book was written to redress this imbalance and tell the true story behind the development and operational deployment of the world’s first high-speed strategic reconnaissance aircraft, which began 6,000 miles further east and four years prior to the momentous events in Europe, under the guidance of the Imperial Japanese Army and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Co Ltd. Faced with similar preconceptions, technical arguments, and a very rigid operational doctrine, the Mitsubishi Babs was developed during a brief golden aeronautical period (between the mid 1930s and early 1940s), when the Japanese aircraft industry flourished under constant military aircraft competitions and production orders. Free from prying eyes and shrouded within a self-imposed veil of secrecy, the Japanese developed numerous designs that were equal to and in some cases ahead of contemporary Western manufacturers.
Saab 35 Draken Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 16
ISBN: 9788366549821
Pub Date: 08 Sep 2022
Imprint: MMP Books
Series: Scale Plans
Illustrations: Scale plans
Description:
This book contains 8, A3 size scale plans in 1/48, 1/scale of the famous Saab 35 Draken.
Ace in a Day Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 360
ISBN: 9781838068738
Pub Date: 05 Aug 2022
Illustrations: 24
Description:
Wayne K. Blickenstaff, known as 'Blick', was a stalwart of the 350th Fighter Squadron of the 353rd Fighter Group based at Goxhill, Metfield and Raydon, England as part of the Eighth Air Force prosecuting the strategic air campaign against Germany. As an original cadre member, he rose steadily through the ranks from a Second Lieutenant Element Leader to Flight Leader, Squadron Operations Officer, Squadron Leader and finally to a Lieutenant Colonel and Group Operations Officer.
RRP: £25.00