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9781526797957

From F-4 Phantom to A-10 Warthog

Memoirs of a Cold War Fighter Pilot Author: Ladd, Steven K. Code: 61652 Price: AU $44.99 Format: Paperback / 320 pages Publisher: PEN & SWORD BOOKS LTD Published date: 01/05/2023 Availability: Pre Order. Release date: May 2023

Fighter pilots! Images of Baron Manfred von Richthofen and Eddie Rickenbacker in the Great War, Johnnie Johnson, Robert Stanford Tuck and Richard Bong in the Second World War, or Robin Olds in Vietnam, all spring to mind. Volumes have been written about them, past and present. Understandably, most of these revolve around the skill, cunning and ......

9780750995160

Female Few

Spitfire Heroines Author: Hyams, Jacky Code: 60586 Price: AU $35.00 Format: Paperback Publisher: HISTORY PRESS Published date: 28/01/2023 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 7-15 business days
Spitfire Heroines. Through the darkest days of the Second World War, an elite group of courageous civilian women risked their lives as aerial courier pilots, flying Lancaster bombers, Spitfires and many other powerful war machines in thousands of perilous missions. In 'The Female Few', five of these astonishingly brave women tell their ......
9781784388300

Blood, Dust & Snow

Diaries of a Panzer Commander in Germany and on the Eastern Front Author: Schafer, Robin Code: 62578 Price: AU $75.00 Format: Hardback / 448 pages Published date: 19/12/2022 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 7-15 business days

The infantry is only a few metres ahead of us when suddenly, on the left of our tank, a Russian stands up. The swine had pretended to be dead when our infantry came past him! Thats an old classic, pretending to be dead and then firing from the rear. But that isnt a good idea when facing tank-men like us... floor the accelerator! Turn left and ......

9781911658757

HMS Bristol

Author: Griffin, Rob Code: 61629 Price: AU $39.95 Format: Paperback / 116 pages Publisher: MORTONS MEDIA GROUP Published date: 16/10/2022 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 7-15 business days

The Type 82 Destroyer HMS Bristol was born in a blaze of glory as lead ship in a proposed class of four - designed to escort a new generation of super carriers for the Royal Navy. The carriers never materialized and neither did the other Type 82s, leaving Bristol literally in a class of her own.

Completed as a trials ship for new ......

9781911667391

Vampire Boys

True Tales from Operators of the RAF's First Single-Engined Jet Author: Bailey, Charlotte Code: 61988 Price: AU $69.99 Format: Hardback / 224 pages Publisher: GRUB STREET Published date: 29/09/2022 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 7-15 business days

Sliding out of the shadows of World War Two, the de Havilland Vampire accompanied by the distinctive whine of its Goblin engine quickly proved itself an effective alternative to piston-powered fighters. After entering operational service with the RAF (as the services first single-engined jet) in 1946, the Vampire sought by air forces the world ......

9781911667377

Cold War Boys: Previously Unpublished Tales of Derring-Do

From Lightning, Phantom and Hunter Pilots Author: Pike, Richard Code: 61987 Price: AU $69.99 Format: Hardback / 192 pages Publisher: GRUB STREET Published date: 08/09/2022 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 7-15 business days

When the US president, Harry S Truman, declared the Truman Doctrine in March 1947, he could not have known that the resultant Cold War would persist for over 40 years until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991. In addition to nuclear and conventional military friction between the Eastern and Western blocs, the struggle for ......

9780753557822

The Pathfinders

The Elite RAF Force that Turned the Tide of WWII Author: Iredale, Will Code: 61870 Price: AU $24.95 Format: Paperback / 448 pages Publisher: EBURY PRESS Published date: 31/07/2022 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 3-7 business days

The untold story of the elite force that spearheaded almost every British bombing raid over Nazi Germany by the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Kamikaze Hunters. Perfect for fans off John Nichols Spitfire, Patrick Bishops Fighter Boys and Dambusters Dark low-level raids, dodging anti-aircraft flak to make pinpoint-accurate drops - the ......

9781911667315

Fleet Air Arm Boys: Volume One

Air Defence Fighter Author: Bond, Steve Code: 61871 Price: AU $39.95 Format: Paperback / 288 pages Publisher: GRUB STREET Published date: 17/06/2022 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 7-15 business days

The RAFs continuing role in the projection of air power in the defence of the United Kingdom and its overseas interests since the end of the Second World War is well known. However, the same cannot always be said about the Royal Navys Fleet Air Arm (FAA), in part due to the ten-year gap between the retirement of the Harrier and the arrival of ......

9781636240985

Snipers of World War II

The Men, Their Guns, Their Stories Author: Yee, Gary Code: 61595 Price: AU $99.00 Format: Hardback / 288 pages Publisher: CASEMATE BOOKS Published date: 15/05/2022 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 7-15 business days

A comprehensive illustrated history of snipers and their battlefield role in World War II. Thousands of volumes have been published about World War II but relatively little attention has been given to the sniper. Drawing from memoirs, government documents and interviews, Snipers of World War II incorporates eyewitness accounts to weave a ......

9781788166393

Burning Steel

A Tank Regiment at War, 1939-45 Author: Hart, Peter Code: 61618 Price: AU $49.95 Format: Hardback / 496 pages Publisher: PROFILE BOOKS LTD Published date: 10/05/2022 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 3-7 business days

This is the story of a tank regiment: the 2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry in the Second World War. Raw and visceral personal recollections from the men themselves recall some of the most dramatic and horrific scenes imaginable - the sheer nerve-wracking tension of serving in highly inflammable Sherman tanks, the sudden impact of German shells, the ......

9781911667292

Luftwaffe Fighter Pilot

Defending The Reich Against The RAF and USAAF Author: Fischer, Wolfgang Code: 61558 Price: AU $34.99 Format: Paperback / 216 pages Publisher: MUSHROOM MODEL PUBLISHING Published date: 27/04/2022 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 7-15 business days

Within weeks of war being declared, Wolfgang Fischer had volunteered to join the Luftwaffe and spent nearly five of the succeeding six years of hostilities in uniform. During this time, he was given a succession of postings varying from a long-range recce unit; as a decoder in a met office in occupied France; to a bomber squadron; and as a ......

9781399083270

The First Jet Pilot

The Story of German Test Pilot Erich Warsitz Author: Warsitz, Lutz Code: 61433 Price: AU $44.99 Format: Paperback / 176 pages Publisher: PEN & SWORD BOOKS LTD Published date: 01/03/2022 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 7-15 business days

On 27 August 1939, Flugkapitan Erich Warsitz became the first man to fly a jet aircraft, the Heinkel He 178 and in June of the same year he flew the first liquid-fuel rocket aircraft, the Heinkel He 176. His legendary flying skills enabled him to assist the pioneering German aircraft and engine design teams that included Wernher von Braun and ......

9781399003360

The 'Real' Spitfire Pilot

Flight Lieutenant D.M. Crook DFC's Original Unpublished Manuscript Author: Flight Lieutenant D M Crook DFC Code: 60608 Price: AU $55.00 Format: Hardback Published date: 22/11/2021 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 7-15 business days

Flight Lieutenant David Moore Crook DFCs original Spitfire Pilot ranks among the finest first-hand accounts published during the Second World War, particularly for a Battle of Britain airman. It rightly remains a sought-after classic.

A Spitfire pilot during the epic aerial battles of the summer of 1940, DMC became a ......

9781911667209

Nimrod Boys

True Tales from the Operators of the RAF's Cold War Trailblazer Author: Blackman, Tony Code: 61689 Price: AU $39.99 Format: Paperback / 256 pages Publisher: GRUB STREET Published date: 01/09/2021 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 7-15 business days

Nimrod Boys is a collection of eighteen first-hand accounts of operating the Hawker Siddeley Nimrod an aircraft which served at the forefront of the Cold War. As the first jet-powered maritime aircraft, it could reach critical points for rescues or for operational requirements in rapid time. Its outstanding navigation and electronics systems ......

9781526777294

Battleship Duke of York

An Anatomy from Building to Breaking Author: Buxton, Ian Code: 60639 Price: AU $140.00 Format: Hardback / 320 pages Publisher: PEN & SWORD BOOKS LTD Published date: 15/08/2021 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 7-15 business days
Unlike the United States, which has preserved a number of battleships as museums or memorials, not a single British dreadnought survives in the country that invented them. This book is an ambitious attempt to achieve the next best thing - a level of documentation in plans, photographs and words that portrays every aspect of the ship, albeit in two ......
9781920785000

Spitfire Pilot: Lou Spence

A Story of Bravery, Leadership and Love Author: Spence, John C.H. FRS Code: 61021 Price: AU $24.99 Format: Paperback / 240 pages Publisher: BROLGA PUBLISHING PTY LTD Published date: 07/08/2021 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 7-15 business days
The biography of decorated RAAF fighter pilot Lou Spence in World Ward II and the Korean War, a story of bravery, leadership and love.
9780241505373

Fighter

The True Story of the Battle of Britain Author: Deighton, Len Code: 60830 Price: AU $19.99 Format: Paperback / 368 pages Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS Published date: 14/07/2021 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 3-7 business days

A myth-busting, page-turning history of the Battle of Britain Summer, 1940- western Europe has been conquered, and Hitler turns his attention to the invasion of England. Fighter is Len Deightons thrilling history of the ensuing Battle of Britain - the aerial combat between the RAF and the Luftwaffe that was fought over the summer of 1940. ......

9780241400982

SAS: Sea King Down

The estraordinary true story of a sabre squadron at war Author: Aston, Mark Code: 60482 Price: AU $35.00 Format: Hardback / 400 pages Publisher: MICHAEL JOSEPH LTD Published date: 13/06/2021 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 7-15 business days
After passing the world's toughest Special Forces selection and joining D Squadron, 22 SAS in 1979, Mark 'Splash' Aston thought the hard part was over.Then on April 2 1982 Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands. Days later D Squadron joined the cutting edge of Britain's campaign to retake the islands. Over the next six weeks of fighting, the ......
9780008359300

Merlin: The Power Behind the Spitfire, Mosquito and Lancaster

The Story of the Engine That Won the Battle of Britain and WWII Author: Hoyland, Graham Code: 60565 Price: AU $21.98 Format: Paperback / 272 pages Publisher: WILLIAM COLLINS Published date: 08/06/2021 Availability: In Stock, usually dispatched same day
The most iconic planes of WWII, the Supermarine Spitfire, Hawker Hurricane, DeHavilland Mosquito and the Avro Lancaster, were all powered by one engine, the Rolls-Royce Merlin. The story of the Merlin is one of British ingenuity at its height, of artistry and problem-solving that resulted in a war-winning design.
9781472841346

I Will Run Wild

The Pacific War from Pearl Harbor to Midway Author: McKelvey Cleaver, Thomas Code: 60618 Price: AU $32.98 Format: Paperback / 320 pages Publisher: OSPREY Published date: 31/05/2021 Availability: In Stock, usually dispatched same day
This fascinating volume--now available in paperback offers a vivid narrative history of the early stages of the Pacific War, as US and Allied forces desperately tried to slow the Japanese onslaught that began with the sudden attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941.
9781472143549

Defiant

Forgotten Heroes of the Battle of Britain Author: Verkaik, Robert Code: 60829 Price: AU $22.99 Format: Paperback / 384 pages Publisher: ROBINSON Published date: 29/05/2021 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 7-15 business days

Robert Verkaik makes a revisionist case for an unsung aircraft, the Boulton Paul Defiant. This two-seat gun-turret fighter is, argues Verkaik, the forgotten fighter of Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain; the effectiveness as well as the courage of its crews is overlooked in standard accounts. To advance his case, he notes that a Defiant ......

9781529378085

Battle of Britain

The pilots and planes that made history Author: Pearson, Simon Code: 60648 Price: AU $22.99 Format: Paperback / 240 pages Publisher: HODDER AND STOUGHTON Published date: 24/05/2021 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 7-15 business days

A useful contribution to an overcrowded field of history by giving deserved attention to the ordinary men and unsung machines that arent usually included in the dramatic narrative. - The TimesA great read and a real eye-opener to anyone who thinks the Battle of Britain is only about Brits and Germans and Messerschmitts and Spitfires. The value ......

9781472281968

The Spitfire Kids: The generation who built, supported and flew

Britain's most beloved fighter Author: Cross, Alasdair Code: 60613 Price: AU $33.00 (was AU $44.00) Format: Hardback / 320 pages Published date: 11/05/2021 Availability: In Stock, usually dispatched same day
A bestselling BBC World Service ten-part series and podcast that celebrates the men and women who built and flew the Second World War's most famous fighter plane - the Spitfire.
9781405943826

Topgun

The Real Story Author: Pedersen, Dan Code: 59169 Price: AU $19.99 Format: Paperback / 320 pages Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS Published date: 17/04/2021 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 3-7 business days
When American fighter jets were being downed at an unprecedented rate during the Vietnam War, the U.S. Navy turned to a young lieutenant commander, Dan Pedersen, to figure out a way to reverse their dark fortune. On a shoestring budget and with little support, Pedersen picked eight of the finest pilots to help train a new generation to bend jets ......
9781526781321

The Red Baron : Manfred von Richthofen

A Photographic Album of the First World War's Greatest Ace Author: Treadwell, Terry C Code: 60640 Price: AU $43.98 Format: Hardback / 256 pages Published date: 12/04/2021 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 7-15 business days
A unique collection of photographs that explores the life and military career of this famous airman until his death in April 1918.
9781460756522

Our Great Hearted Men

[Australia Post] Author: Brune, Peter Code: 61031 Price: AU $24.99 Format: Paperback / 464 pages Publisher: HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS Published date: 07/04/2021 Availability: Delivery estimate: Usually dispatched 7-15 business days

The AIF and the Hundred Days Battlefields such as Gallipoli, Fromelles, Pozières, Bullecourt and Passchendaele are burnt into the Australian Great War psyche. Unfortunately the sheer guts, fortitude and sacrifice of the diggers in those battles had often been wasted by poor leadership and planning. From an Australian perspective, such sacrifice ......

9781788544696

Jet Man

The Making and Breaking of Frank Whittle, the Genius behind the Jet Revo Author: Campbell-Smith, Duncan Code: 60480 Price: AU $55.00 Format: Hardback / 448 pages Publisher: HEAD OF ZEUS Published date: 10/03/2021 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 7-15 business days

The story of Frank Whittle - RAF pilot, mathematician of genius, inventor of the jet engine and British hero. In 1929, a twenty-two-year-old maverick named Frank Whittle - a self-taught aeronautical obsessive and risk-takingly brilliant RAF pilot - presented a blueprint for a revolutionary, jet-powered aircraft engine to the Air Ministry. His ......

9781911621966

Hawkeye: The Enthralling Autobiography of the Top-Scoring Israel Air

Force Ace of Aces Author: Even-Epstein, BG Giora Code: 59250 Price: AU $54.99 Format: Hardback / 192 pages Publisher: GRUB STREET Published date: 01/03/2021 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 7-15 business days
For more than thirty years, Giora Even-Epstein flew fighters for the Israel Air Force, achieving recognition as a highly skilled military aviator and the highest-scoring jet-mounted ace with the most number of confirmed victories in the French Mirage.
9781922473400

Alfred Wright's Autograph Book

Author: Edye, Chris Code: 60529 Price: AU $24.95 Format: Paperback / 80 pages Publisher: ETT IMPRINT Published date: 04/02/2021 Availability: In Stock, usually dispatched same day

In 1916 Alfred Wright enlisted in the AIF. After training at the Engineer Officer Training School in Moore Park and at Roseville NSW he embarked aboard HMAT A14 Euripides, headed for Britain. On the way, he bought an autograph book, and over the next four years, more than 100 of the people he met signed it. 

9781912690787

The Frontline Walk

Following in the footsteps of those who fought Author: Whenham, Terry Code: 59415 Price: AU $44.99 Format: Hardback / 192 pages Publisher: UNICORN PRESS Published date: 28/12/2020 Availability: In Stock, usually dispatched same day
This book tells the story of the Frontline Walk, a sponsored walk across the former battlefields of the Western Front supporting the work of ABF The Soldier's Charity. The service charity was estalised in 1944, working with army veterans of every conflict and to support future generations and their dependants. This book uncovers the stories ......
9781682476239

Catkiller 3-2

An Army Pilot Flying for the Marines in the Vietnam War Author: Caryl, Raymond Code: 59337 Price: AU $39.99 Format: Paperback / 264 pages Publisher: NAVAL INSTITUTE PRESS Published date: 15/11/2020 Availability: Available to special order. Please contact us for updated price and availability.

Catkiller 3-2 provides unique insights into the role of the tactical air controller, airborne (TACA) in I Corps as seen through the eyes of one of the pilots who flew low-flying, unarmed, single-engine aircraft in support of Marine ground units during the Vietnam War. When Gen. William Westmoreland changed the Marines role in I Corps ......

9780241486108

Tomorrow Will Be A Good Day

My Autobiography Author: Captain Tom Moore Code: 59818 Price: AU $45.00 Format: Hardback / 400 pages Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS Published date: 17/10/2020 Availability: In Stock, usually dispatched same day

At the height of the pandemic, ninety-nine-year-old WWII veteran Captain Tom Moore began walking laps of his garden to raise e1000 for the NHS. By the time of his 100th birthday, hed reached e32 million and captured the hearts of the nation. In his official autobiography, announced alongside the creation of the Captain Tom Foundation, he tells ......

9781472837868

We Killed Yamamoto: The long-range P-38 assassination of the man behind

Pearl Harbor, Bougainville 1943 Author: Sheppard, Si Code: 59976 Price: AU $32.99 Format: Paperback / 80 pages Publisher: OSPREY Published date: 20/08/2020 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 3-7 business days

He masterminded the most devastating surprise attack against the United States in its history. He was a marked man in the war that followed. A key intelligence breakthrough enabled the military to pinpoint his location.

An elite team was assembled and charged not with his capture and subsequent trial but with his execution. Osama ......

9780750993852

The Buried Spitfires of Burma

A 'Fake' History Author: Brockman, Andy Code: 59734 Price: AU $49.99 Format: Hardback / 336 pages Publisher: HISTORY PRESS Published date: 01/08/2020 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 7-15 business days

This is the story of Lincolnshire farmer David Cundalls quixotic quest to unearth dozens of Spitfire fighters he believes were buried at the end of WWII. Armed with a high-tech survey showing mysterious shapes under the sunbaked surface of Yangon Airport, Davids expedition is equipped with state of the art JCB excavators, supported by a crack ......

9781526774996

Fighter Aces of the RAF in the Battle of Britain

Author: Kaplan, Philip Code: 60105 Price: AU $39.99 Format: Paperback / 224 pages Publisher: PEN & SWORD BOOKS LTD Published date: 01/08/2020 Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 7-15 business days

This book examines the reality behind the myths of the legendary RAF fighter aces during the Battle of Britain. It explains why only a small minority of pilots those in whom the desire for combat overrode everything accounted for so large a proportion of the victories. It surveys the skills that a successful fighter pilot must have a natural ......

9781529378061

Battle of Britain

The pilots and planes that made history Author: Pearson, Simon Code: 59202 Price: AU $32.49 (was AU $49.99) Format: Hardback / 256 pages Publisher: HODDER AND STOUGHTON Published date: 24/07/2020 Availability: In Stock, usually dispatched same day
An original, 360-degree re-telling of the Battle of Britain through 18 of the iconic (and some less well-known) aircraft and the pilots who flew them - British, Polish, New Zealander, German, Danish.
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