Covers the full war service of the famous Hawker Hurricane with gripping first-hand personal accounts by pilots of this legendary fighter aircraft.

In 1945 it was announced that Allied airmen who had taken part in the Battle of Britain in 1940 would be entitled to the immediate award of the 1939-1945 Star, with Battle of Britain Clasp. This was the only Clasp awarded with the 1939-1945 Star.

What was it like to be a pilot in Hitlers Luftwaffe during World War II? In this book, the veterans themselves provide the answer. Christer Bergstroem enjoys a reputation as one of the greatest experts on Luftwaffe during World War II. During over 40 years of research, he has visited and made interviews with hundreds of Luftwaffe pilot veterans. ......

USS Hornet (CV-8), made famous through its launching of the 16 US Army B-25 Mitchell bombers flown by Jimmy Doolittle's raiders in the first US strike on Japan in May 1942, was the third and last Yorktown-class aircraft carrier completed. Serving the US Navy for just over one year, the warship had a brief yet heroic life. This volume explores ......

Photographic history of the war in the air during the Normandy campaign.

A compilation for aero modellers of 4-view colour profiles, scale plans and photo details of the single variant of the PZL Ts-11 Iskra R Novak, with scale plans in 1/72 and 1/48 scales plus drawings from wartime technical manuals.

A compilation for aero modellers of 4-view colour profiles, scale plans and photo details of the single variant of the PZL P.11a, with scale plans in 1/72 and 1/48 scales plus drawings from wartime technical manuals.

Of the many myths that emerged following the end of the Korean War, the prevailing one in the West was that of the absolute supremacy of US Air Force pilots and aircraft over their Soviet-supplied opponents. The claims of the 10:1 victory-loss ratio achieved by the US Air Force fighter pilots flying the North American F-86 Sabre against their ......

No less than thirteen separate airborne operations involving Allied paratroopers and glider borne troops took place on the nights of 5/6 and 6/7 June 1944.

The Paratrooper Training Pocket Manual 1939-45 provides an unusually detailed insight into what it took to make a military paratrooper and how he was then utilized as part of wider operations.

An unusual perspective on the first Blitz, being seen from the German point of view.

Under the Lend-Lease agreement with the US during WWII, the Soviet Union received large quantities of war materiel, including many aircraft; the Bell P-39 Airacobra takes a special place among them. The P-39 was dismissed as hardly suitable for combat both by the US and England, who turned it over in large numbers to the USSR. Soviet pilots had ......

'He was courageous. He was ambitious. He was skilled. He was visionary. He could be ruthless. He was someone born of a new nation. But he was of a time now long past. And yet in the language of a later generation it could be said he had the "right stuff" . . . Michael Molkentin captures [Ross Smith] brilliantly.' - Andy Thomas, NASA Astronaut ......

Military Jet Aircraft is a fully illustrated guide to over fifty of the most important jet-engined aircraft developed between 1945 and the present day, with an artwork and description of each aircraft type alongside action photographs and a comprehensive specifications.

This is a story written by a young man who trained as a pilot, and then flew with the Royal Flying Corps in France during the First World War, eventually to become an ace. With the end of the First World War, his son continues the story of a remarkable career and life. A timely reminder of the difficulties that young pilots faced during WWI.

Based on Jack Lidsey's detailed First World War diary, a unique personal insight into life and death on the Western Front, both in the trenches and in the air, including combat with the Red Baron.

A compilation for aero modellers of 4-view colour profiles, scale plans and photo details of the single variant of the PZL P.11c, with scale plans in 1/72 and 1/48 scales plus drawings from wartime technical manuals.

A compilation for aero modellers of 4-view colour profiles, scale plans and photo details of the single variant of the Bell P-39Q Airacobra, with scale plans in 1/72 and 1/48 scales plus drawings from wartime technical manuals.

A compilation for aero modellers of 4-view colour profiles, scale plans and photo details of the single variant of the Hawker Hurricane I, with scale plans in 1/72 and 1/48 scales plus drawings from wartime technical manuals.

A compilation for aero modellers of 4-view colour profiles, scale plans and photo details of the single variant of the NAA P-51D-10-NA Mustang, with scale plans in 1/72 and 1/48 scales plus drawings from wartime technical manuals.

A compilation for aero modellers of 4-view colour profiles, scale plans and photo details of the single variant of the Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-17F / Lim-5, with scale plans in 1/72 and 1/48 scales plus drawings from wartime technical manuals.

A compilation for aero modellers of 4-view colour profiles, scale plans and photo details of the single variant of the Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a Schwalbe, with scale plans in 1/72 and 1/48 scales plus drawings from wartime technical manuals.

Delving in to the official archives of the Fleet Air Arm Museum and the wider National Museum of the Royal Navy, David Morris tells their incredible story through a selection of significant objects.

This unique insight into RAF Reaper operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria is based on unprecedented research access to the Reaper squadrons and personnel at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire and Creech Air Force Base in Nevada, USA. The author has observed lethal missile strikes against Islamic State jihadists in Syria and Iraq alongside the ......