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Spring 2009
New books
Complete Publication Listing
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New titles
AFE
A Glider Pilot Bold - page 46
Airmanship - page 46
Clearer Horizons - page 46
Microlight Flyers Handbook - page 47
Robinson R44 - page 47
UK VFR Helisites 2009 - page 47
Air Research
Publications
Crécy Naval
Cruise of the Sea
Eagle - page 32
Eagles War - page 32
Flight
Recorder
Publications
Palace at War - page 52
East Riding Airfields
1915 - 1920
- page 23
Crécy Publishing
Action Stations Revisited
No. 3 South East England
- page 10
No. 4 South West England
- page 10
FW200 Condor - page 4
Ideals and Training of a
Flying Officer - page 12
Hikoki
Courage Alone - page 18
Luftwaffe Eagle - page 19
Soviet Strategic Aviation
in the Cold War - page 17
Independent books
Test Pilots - page 50
Pacific Century
Amazing Adventures of Betsy
and Niki - page 53
Specialty Press
A Technical and Operational History of the
Liberty Engine - page 38
Apollo 11 Moon Landing - page 36
Convair Deltas - page 36
Gunships - page 36
MiG Killers - page 37
North American’s T-6 – page 37
Strike from the Sea – page 37
U.S. Air Force Prototype Jet Fighters - page 38
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We are delighted to announce both our
new titles for Spring 2009 which include
more in-depth works of reference in our
Hikoki range and forthcoming books
from other publishers, Specialty Press,
Pacific Century, Air Research
Publications, and Independent Books.
All our books are available through our
website and worldwide network of
distributors, agents and stockists
including museums, specialist retailers
and high street bookshops.
Contents
With a growing range of titles in our
range Crécy Publishing enjoys a
reputation as one of Europe’s premier
aviation, military and transport
publishing companies.
Complete History
Crécy Classic
Crécy
4
7
10
Hikoki
17
Flight Recorder
23
Witness to War
26
Pilot’s Notes
30
Crécy Naval
32
AIRtime Publishing
34
Specialty Press
36
Airplan Flight Equipment
46
Distributed titles
50
Independent Books
50
Air Research Publications
51
Pacific Century
53
Index
54
Order Form
55
Trade information
56
Above all, our aim remains to publish
quality books of distinction that will be
indispensable to the enthusiast,
historian and modeler and will also
appeal to anyone seeking an insight into
the people and machines that make up
military and transport history.
Enquiries to
Tel: +44 (0)161 499 0024
Email: [email protected]
www.crecy.co.uk
for up-to-date details on all our titles
buy online: www.crecy.co.uk
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A Complete History
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Born of an idea suggested by the Japanese Navy to arm Germany’s elegant Fw 200 Condor airliner for a maritime reconnaissance role, the Luftwaffe’s long range Condor proved it’s worth in the first years of World
War II.
A practical anti-shipping raider, the Condor fought a virtually private war
against surface vessels in line with the policy of imposing a blockade to
strangle Britain’s seaborne lifeline. Rapidly neutralised by allied escort
carriers and merchant ships the Condor’s role switched to staving off the
Sixth Army’s defeat at Stalingrad. Condor crews hauled supplies in appalling winter conditions – sub-zero temperatures and low visibility and
routinely serviced and refulled aircraft under the guns of the Red Air
Force.
For the Germans, maritime patrol duty grew ever more costly in terms of
men and machines and new ‘stand-off’weapons were introduced to beat
the defences. By 1944 the Fw 200 had been all but eclipsed in a combat
role and the survivors reverted to the transport role for which they were
originally designed.
2010 title
FW200 Condor
Jerry Scutts
Estimated 300 pages, hardback
246mm x 189mm
Over 200 b&w photographs
Over 20 colour profiles
9 780859 791311 £29.95
PUBLICATION DATE SPRING 2010
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The Fw 200 Condor describes the development of the aircraft and its varied roles, missions and personnel including the fate of all aircraft built.
Colour profiles and a wealth of photographs provide comprehensive information on this elegant aircraft.
• Airliner, maritime reconnaissance, combat and transport aircraft
• Used as the Fuhrer’s personal transport
• Dominated the sea-lanes between 1940-1942
• Adapted to test a new generation of the remotely guided Hs 293 glide bomb
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Bestsellers
A Complete History
de Havilland Mosquito
An Illustrated History Volumes 1 and 2
Stuart Howe and Ian Thirsk
Both volumes of de Havilland Mosquito An Illustrated History trace the fascinating development of the Mosquito from its construction through to operational fighter and bomber. Human stories of RAF aircrew, ground crew
and Commonwealth Air Forces are also detailed.
Volume 1 follows the history of the Mosquito from its first flight in November 1940 through to its production and many variants. The aircraft’s varied
post war uses are outlined in roles ranging from oil prospecting and air racing to aerial survey.
Volume 2 covers the Mosquito factory and the people who worked with and
flew in her together with many of the Mosquito variants including fighter,
bombers, sea Mosquitoes, target tugs and that operated by the Russians.
Extended captions in both volumes include aircraft numbers, specifications,
dates, personalities, and background information coupled with over 1,000
black and white photographs which make the set a must for researchers
and historians alike.
An Illustrated History - Volume 1
176 pages, paperback
268mm x 198mm
Over 400 b&w
+ 18 colour photographs
9 780947 554767 £14.95
An Illustrated History - Volume 2
268mm x 198mm
Approx 700 b&w
+ 22 colour photographs
9 780859 791021 £19.95
The Hawker Hunter
Tim McLelland
Tim McLelland’s Hawker Hunter is both a comprehensive work of reference and an authoritative history. It covers the origins of the aircraft
from both the P1040 and P1052 swept wing
versions and moves through design and development of the twin-seat dual-control Hunter
T7 to the ‘ultimate’ FGA.Mk.9. The Hunters varied operational successes are noted with particular emphasis on major foreign users in
Switzerland and India, and, amongst others,
exports to Oman and Chile.
It faithfully reproduces the Hunter’s original
Aircrew Manual and presents appendices on
service histories, serial numbers and the fate
of every Hunter built. Colour profiles and a set
of scale plans ensure the complete history of
the aircraft is presented in a single volume and
provides essential reading for the aviation enthusiast or historian.
384 pages, hardback
246mm x 189mm
Approx 250 b&w photographs + drawings
Over 20 colour drawings
9 780859 791236 £29.95
“An automatic addition
to your bookshelf.
Highly recommended.”
Model Aircraft Monthly
The Avro Vulcan
Tim McLelland
The story of the Avro Vulcan is as
dramatic as the presence of the aircraft itself. Designed by a team led
by Roy Chadwick, the man responsible for the Lancaster, the Vulcan was
one of the three bombers developed
to carry Britain’s nuclear deterrent in
the 1950s and 1960’and wrote a
spectacular epilogue to its operational torch when, in 1982, the aircraft was pressed back into the
frontline to undertake the longest
bombing raid flown – to the Falklands.
Tim McLelland’s Avro Vulcan is both
a comprehensive work of reference
and an authoritative history. It covers
the origins of the Vulcan and deltawinged flight and provides details of
every major production variant and
also describes the aircraft’s use as a
test-bed for a variety of missile, engine and equipment technologies. It
faithfully reproduces sections of the
Vulcan’s original Aircrew Manual and
presents appendices on both
squadron deployment and the fate of
every Vulcan built with colour profiles
and scale plans.
368 pages, hardback
246mm x 189mm
Approx 250 b&w photographs
+ drawings
9 780859 791274 £29.95
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A Complete History
Complete listing
The Avro Vulcan
A Complete History
The Bristol Blenheim
A Complete History
368 pages, hardback
246mm x 189mm
Approx 250 b&w photographs +
drawings
9 780859 791274 £29.95
Graham Warner
An Illustrated History –
Volume 2
Ian Thirsk
268mm x 198mm
Approx 700 b&w + 22 colour photographs
9 780859 791021 £19.95
The Hawker Hurricane
An Illustrated History
Francis K Mason
264 pages, hardback
270mm x 200mm
b&w photographs throughout +
two colour sections
9 780947 554965 £24.95
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An Illustrated History Volume 1
656 pages, hardback
246mm x 189mm
Over 400 b&w photographs and
2 colour sections
9 780859 791014 £34.95
Stuart Howe
Fw 200 Condor
The Hawker Hunter
A Complete History
Jerry Scutts
Est 300 pages, hardback
246mm x 189mm
9 780859 791311 £29.95
Available October 2008
268mm x 198mm
Over 400 b&w + 18 colour photographs
9 780947 554767 £14.95
384 pages, hardback
246mm x 189mm
Approx 250 b&w photographs +
drawings
9 780859 791236 £29.95
The Stirling Story
The Tiger Moth Story
Michael JF Bowyer
Alan Bramson
408 pages, hardback
234mm x 156mm
9 780947 554910 £24.99
320 pages, hardback
246mm x 189mm
Over 100 b&w + 20 colour photographs
plus maps and drawings
9 780859 791038 £24.95
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New title
Crécy Classic
Soft cover edition of bestselling hardback
Stormbird
Hermann Buchner
One of the Luftwaffe’s highest scoring Me262 aces
Bomber pilots who become fighter pilots are rare, Hermann Buchner was one.
The author, a Luftwaffe NCO pilot and Knight’s Cross holder gives a riveting account of his training with the pre-war Austrian airforce, instructing with the Luftwaffe then the terrifying ground attack operations on the Eastern Front trying to
stop the Russian mincing machine.
Despite being shot down twice, Buchner himself targeted Il 2s, Yak 9s and
Boston bomber who fell victims to his eagle eye
Later tasked with opposing the Allied daylight bombing raids into deepest Germany, Buchner laboured to protect his homeland. Serving alongside many wellknown aces and sometimes taking off from his home airfield while under Soviet
shellfire, he paints a picture of a man surviving against incredible odds, who became one of the elite with JG7 and learnt that the important thing with the Me262
was to land near a convenient foxhole.
Supplemented by over 140 photographs, mostly from the author’s personal collection together with colour profiles of his aircraft and opponents, Stormbird
presents a remarkable insight into the life of a Luftwaffe pilot in WWII.
• Autobiographical account of a Knights Cross holder
• Austrian born pilot
• Ground attack on Russian Front in WWII
• Over 600 operational missions
• Shot down 60 Russian, RAF+ USAAF aircraft and destroyed
47 armoured vehicles
Crécy Classic
For many years it was far too common for book lovers and enthusiasts to lament the disappearance of classic books - all too often
overlooked and forgotten by the bigger publishers. Now Crécy has
collected together many of these legendary works, and published
them in our ‘Crécy Classics’ series. Not every title is well-known to
the general public, but every one has earned the right to be truly regarded as a Crécy Classic.
272 pages, soft cover
234mm x 156mm
140 b&w photographs and 16pp
colour section
9 780859 791403 £10.95
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Crécy Classic Bestsellers
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Enemy Coast
Ahead –
Uncensored
Spitfire
Sigh for a Merlin
A Test Pilot’s Story
Jeffrey Quill
Testing the Spitfire
Alex Henshaw
Leader of the
Dambusters
Wing Commander Guy
Gibson VC DSO DFC
This is the story of an exceptional
test pilot and RAF and Fleet Air Arm
fighter pilot, Jeffrey Quill, who took
charge of some of the most important military aircraft of his time.
First published in 1944, Enemy
Coast Ahead combines Gibson’s
RAF career, including the famous
Dambuster raid which he himself led,
with the inside story of life in Bomber
Command. And yet, what has not
been widely known is that the original edition of Enemy Coast Ahead
was carefully cut by wartime censors. Now, Gibson’s original manuscript has been be brought to light.
This uncut edition provides not only
previously unpublished details of
Gibson’s career, but also reveals his
true view of the course of th e war, of
the wartime population, of his pilots
and crews and of Bomber Command
tactics. Combined with newly added
photographs Enemy Coast Ahead –
Uncensored is one of the outstanding accounts of WWII seen through
the eyes of one of its most respected
and controversial personalities.
Starting with lively descriptions of
the Royal Air Force in the mid
1930s, Jeffrey Quill moves on to
cover his fascinating test flying experiences where he took charge of
some of the most important military aircraft of that time. In particular, he flight-tested every variant of
the immortal Spitfire, from its experimental, prototype stage in 1936
when he worked with its chief designer, R J Mitchell, to the end of
its production in 1948. Using his
first-hand experience of combat
conditions
fighting
with
65
Squadron at the height of the Battle
of Britain, Jeffrey Quill helped to
turn this elegant flying machine
into a deadly fighter aeroplane.
The enthralling account of Alex
Henshaw’s life with the Spitfire.
Alex Henshaw spent the early days
of World War II at Eastleigh, England, testing the immortal Spitfire
fighter with Jeffrey Quill before
being appointed Chief Test Pilot at
Supermarine’s new factory in Castle Bromwich.
234mm x 156mm
b&w photographs and
illustrations throughout
9 780859 791182 £10.95
“This is the way it was.”
Air Marshal Sir Harold Martin
KCB DSO DFC AFC (who flew on
the Dams Raid with Guy Gibson)
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234mm x 156mm
b&w photographs throughout
9 780947 554729 £10.95
‘Quill, the man and pilot, made his
mark; this book is his testament.
…This is a handsome record, filled
with nostalgia for an era in flying
that is now gone…Splendid and
readable’
The Times Literary Supplement
Thousands of Spitfires were
tested and manufactured at this
site throughout the war, by the
end of which 37,000 test flights
had been made with Alex Henshaw flying an estimated ten per
cent of all Spitfires ever built.
Often landing without aids of any
kind, his breathtaking aerobatic
style and complete mastery of the
aircraft were to save his life on
several occasions.
234mm x 156mm
9 780947 554835 £10.95
‘One of the best Spitfire books’
RAFNews
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Crécy Classic
Albert Ball VC
Enemy Coast Ahead
Pure Luck
Chaz Bowyer
Wing Commander Guy Gibson VC
DSO DFC
Alan Bramson
Fascinating story of the Royal Flying Corps
first celebrity ace with 44 kills.
280 pages soft cover
234mm x 156mm
9 780947 554897 £10.95
234mm x 156mm
b&w photographs and illustrations
throughout
9 780859 791182 £10.95
An authorised biography of aviation pioneer
Sir Thomas Sopwith, 1888-1989
Foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales
234mm x 156mm
9 780859 791069 £10.95
Sigh For A Merlin
Spitfire
Stormbird
Alex Henshaw
Jeffrey Quill
Hermann Buchner
Testing the Spitfire
A Test Pilot's Story
234mm x 156mm
9 780947 554835 £10.95
234mm x 156mm
9 780947 554729 £10.95
One of the Luftwaffe’s highest scoring
Me262 aces
234mm x 156mm
140 b&w photographs and
16pp colour section
9 780859 791403 £10.95
Thud Ridge
We Landed by Moonlight
Winged Warfare
Jack Broughton
Hugh Verity
F-105 Thunderchief missions over the hostile
skies of North Vietnam
A chronicle of secret SOE landings in Occupied France by one of the most outstanding
pick-up pilots of them all.
William Avery (‘Billy’) Bishop VC,
DSO MC
234mm x 156mm
79 photographs plus maps and plans
9 780859 791168 £10.95
234mm x 156mm
9 780947 554750 £10.95
A unique autobiographical and contemporary account of one of the highest scoring
fighter aces of World War I.
234mm x 156mm
integrated b&w photographs
9 780947 554903 £10.95
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The Action Stations
Revisited series covers
the military airfields of
Great Britain.
Arranged alphabetically within
geographical area, coverage
ranges from airfields where
flimsy biplanes and blimps of
World War I rose to defend
Britain, through those from
which Hurricanes and Spitfires
took on the Luftwaffe in the
Battle of Britain to those bases
from which the RAF fought the
long Cold War and more recent
conflicts.
Arranged in alphabetical order
with maps and map references,
directions, plus an index, these
books provide a fascinating
wealth of information for the
historian and enthusiast alike.
Action Stations
Revisited
Action Stations
Revisited
David Lee
The complete history of
Britain's military airfields
David Berryman
Military airfields in Kent, through Sussex, Hampshire up to Swindon in Wiltshire are all in the third volume of the
new Action Stations Revisited series.
Instantly recognised names like
Manston, Hawkinge, Odiham, Tangmere, Lee-on-Solent, Greenham
Common, Thorney Island, Farnborough and Wroughton mingle with less
well known places such as Bekesbourne, Welford, Grain, Hartford
Bridge, Throwley, Ramsbury and
Woodchurch. The relics of the little
known story of the Sound Mirrors,
Britain’s early warning system before
radar, are amongst the many previously unpublished accounts and photographs
which illustrate this
comprehensive coverage of Britain’s
front line airfields.
234mm x 156mm
Over 150 photographs plus maps
& plans
9 780859 791106 £24.95
PUBLICATION DATE NOVEMBER 2009
Critical Acclaim for the Action
Stations Revisited series
‘A welcome addition to the reference
shelf ’
Aviation Historian
Military airfields of the south-west are
the subject of the latest volume of the
new Action Stations Revisited series.
The area covered includes most of the
counties of Gloucestershire, Hampshire and Wiltshire, along with those
of Dorset, Somerset, Devon, Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly and the Channel Islands.
The whole of British aviation history is
reflected here from the birth of military
aviation at Larkhill, flying training at
Old Sarum during the First World War
and at Upavon during the 1930s, to
fighter operations from Charmy Down
during the Second World War. Postwar developments at Filton and
Boscombe Down are supplemented
by recent activities at Culdrose,
St.Mawgan, Yeovilton and Lyneham.
Accounts of the construction and operational use of the stations, with the
aircraft types flown and units involved
are illustrated by a wealth of photographs, many of them previously unpublished.
234mm x 156mm
& plans
9 780859 791212 £24.95
PUBLICATION DATE SEPTEMBER 2009
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NEW REVISED AND
UPDATED EDITION
ALSO AVAILABLE
Action Stations
Revisited
No. 1 Eastern England
Michael JF Bowyer
400 pages, hardback
234mm x 156mm
& plans
9 780947 554798 £24.95
Action Stations
Revisited
No. 2 Central England and
the London Area
Michael JF Bowyer
416 pages, hardback
234mm x 156mm
& plans
9 780947 554941 £24.95
NOW AVAILABLE
IN PREPARATION
Action Stations
Revisited
Action Stations
Revisited
No. 5 Wales and the
Midlands
No. 6 Northern England
and Yorkshire
234mm x 156mm
& plans
9 780859 791113 £24.95
234mm x 156mm
& plans
9 780859 791120 £24.95
PUBLICATION DATE SUMMER 2010
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The son of a Canadian lawyer, Roderick Ward Maclennan joined the
University of Toronto’s Officer’s Training Corps in 1915. Enlisting in Kingston
he crossed the Atlantic in 1916 with the Medical Service on work which was
‘congenial and necessary’. Commissioned to the Royal Flying Corps, he
trained in Oxford on the BE 2b.
Learning to fly was an adventure and learning the art of reconnaissance
was pure joy.
‘I get in my machine, put on my leather cap and tie a pencil on the
end of a string to my belt. Then I fold my map so that the spot I
have to cover is visible, and then secure my map to my left leg
above the knee with one of my garters. I do the same with my
notebook on my right knee, and after a final polish of my goggles
I am ready…’
Eventually posted to France with 60 Squadron, Maclennan flew the
notorious SE 5.
The Ideals and
Training of a
Flying Officer
2nd Lieutenant
R W Maclennan RFC
Maclennan’s beautifully naïve writing
vividly brings to life the spirit of the
times when the world was opening
up to these ‘gentlemen’ pilots, and
reveals another view of the golden
age of aviation and the glorious
language of the times.
Hidden in the archives of his
Canadian University, the writing of
2nd Lieutenant Maclennan, can
finally be revealed.
• WWI diary of a RFC airman
• Wonderful descriptive language of it’s time
• Reveals naiivety of ‘gentlemen’ officers
Approx 80 pages, hardback
210mm x 145mm
3 pages of b&w photographs
9 780859 791304 £7.99
PUBLICATION DATE OCTOBER 2009
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Bestsellers
Wrecks & Relics
21st edition
Ken Ellis
How many exhibits are there at Duxford? Where can I see a Constellation?
How do I discover the aviation heritage
of the South-West?
21st Edition
Only one book can provide the answers. Charting the current status of
museums, workshops, military and civilian instructional airframes and derelicts
and covering over 750 locations on a
geographic basis, Wrecks & Relics is a
fabulous touring guide; providing details
of visitor attractions large and small;
over 5,000 individual aircraft entries,
over 700 aircraft types, exhibits, locations, opening times, web-sites and
much, much more.
320pp cased
96 colour photographs
9 780859 791342 £17.95
‘This is not an item for the bookshelf,
but something to be kept in your glove
compartment, because wherever you go
in the UK, you will not be far from
some aviation relic.’
Scale Aircraft Modelling
‘If you don’t already own a copy, you
should – and if you own an earlier
edition, it’s out of date, mate!’
Today’s Pilot
Warburton’s War
Tony Spooner
Adrian Warburton was one of the
most decorated pilots of World War
II. A below average, Warburton was
sent to Malta to avoid trouble in the
UK. Known at first as a loner, when
given his head, his spectacular
results enabled his unconventional
behaviour to be overlooked.
Becoming CO of 69 Squadron,
then 683 PR Squadron ‘Warby’ was
fearless in the air, shooting down
nine enemy aircraft and winning
fame in Malta for his invaluable
photo-reconnaissance work at
Taranto. Based on interviews with
his colleagues, Warburton’s War,
paints a picture of a fascinating
man who with 350 operational
missions from Malta alone,
became a living legend.
204 pages, ‘B’ format paperback
198mm x 128mm
20pp b&w photograph sections
9 780907 579434 £7.99
‘The most valuable pilot
in the RAF’
Marshal of the Royal Air
Force Lord Tedder
‘…both educating and
entertaining’
Flugzeug Classic
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Complete listing
No. 1 Eastern England
Michael JF Bowyer
400 pages, hardback
234mm x 156mm
Over 150 photographs plus maps & plans
9 780947 554798 £24.95
Publication date September 2009
David Berryman
234mm x 156mm
9 780859 791212 £24.95
Publication date September 2009
No. 2 Central England and
the London Area
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David Lee
416 pages, hardback
234mm x 156mm
9 780947 554941 £24.95
234mm x 156mm
9 780859 791106 £24.95
Publication date November 2009
No. 5 Wales and the
Midlands
No. 6 Northern England
and Yorkshire
Tim Mclelland
Tim Mclelland
234mm x 156mm
9 780859 791113 £24.95
Publication date Summer 2010
234mm x 156mm
9 780859 791120 £24.95
Publication date Summer 2010
Michael JF Bowyer
Bloody Biscay
Clean Sweep
D-Day The Lost Evidence
Chris Goss
Tony Spooner DSO, DFC
Chris Going and Alun Jones
The history of V Gruppe/Kampfgeschwader
40 using personal accounts from both German and Allied survivors.
The remarkable story of Ivor Broom, who
rose to the rank of Sergeant Air Marshal and
completed three tours of operations over
enemy territory.
Photographic evidence showing the real
story of the D-Day beaches.
246mm x 189mm
Approx 200 b&w integrated photographs
9 780947 554873 £14.95
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16 page b&w photograph section
9 780907 579182 £5.99
144 pages, hardback
246mm x 189mm landscape
Over 200 photographs and
40 full colour images
9 780859 790970 £14.95
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Faith Hope and Malta GC
Ground and Air Heroes of
the George Cross Island
Fist from the Sky
Five Up
Peter C Smith
Laddie Lucas
The story of Captain Takashige Egusa the Imperial Japanese Navy’s most illustrious divebomber pilot.
A chronicle of five lives – Wing Commander
Laddie Lucas – golfer, journalist, legendary
fighter ace, Conservative MP and author.
192 pages, hardback
234mm x 156mm
9 780859 791175 £19.95
212mm x 142mm
b&w photograph section
9 780947 554804 £7.99
Flights into the Night
Flying Without Wings
L Anthony Leicester
Milton O Thompson and Curtis
Peebles
The Ideals and Training of
a Flying Officer
Tony Spooner
Personal stories from those who were there.
208 pages ‘B’ format paperback
12 page B&W photo section
9 780907 579588 £6.99
Reminiscences of a World War II RAF
Wellington pilot in Canada, the Middle East,
India and Burma as well as Europe.
212mm x 142mm
9 780947 554842 £7.99
Janusz Zurakowski
Bill Zuk and Janusz Zurakowski
The story of Colonel Janusz Zurakowski as a
Battle of Britain pilot, test pilot and inventor
of the ‘Zurabatic cartwheel’.
320 pages, hardback
234mm x 156mm
9 780859 791137 £19.95
A story of pioneering NASA’s wingless aircraft technology that would profoundly influence the history of spaceflight.
248 pages, hardback
234mm x 156mm
9 780947 554781 £19.95
2nd Lieutenant R W Maclennan
RFC
WWI diary of a RFC airman.
210mm x 145mm
3 pages of b&w photographs
9 780859 791304 £7.99
The Luftwaffe Bombers’
Battle of Britain
Luftwaffe Fighter-Bombers
over Britain
Chris Goss
Chris Goss
The inside story: July-October 1940. A new
insight into the experiences of the German
bomber crews from the Luftwaffe attacker’s
viewpoint in the Battle of Britain.
The Tip and Run Campaign, 1942-1943
208 pages, hardback
246mm x 189mm
over 100 previously unpublished
photographs
9 780947 554828 £19.95
336 pages, hardback
246mm x 189mm
9 780947 554972 £24.95
A comprehensive account of Jagdbomber attacks on Britain revealing the strikes from
both attacker and defender viewpoints.
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Shark Squadron
Straight Down!
Uncommon Valour
Robin Brown
Peter C Smith
AG Goulding DFM
The complete history, from Sopwith Camels
in WWI, of 112 squadron, to postwar Hunters,
still with the famous ‘shark’s mouth’ markings.
The development of the North American A36, including the training of its pilots and
graphic descriptions of combat missions in
Europe and Asia.
A comprehensive account of Bomber Command’s part in the Second World War, together with a personal view of the leadership
of the force in those crucial years.
256 pages, hardback
246mm x 189mm
9 780947 554736 £19.95
9 780859 790956 £4.99
300 pages, hardback
212mm x 175mm
9 780947 554330 £24.99
Warburton’s War
Wellington Wings
Wings Aflame
Tony Spooner
F R Chappell
Doug Stokes
The Life of Maverick Ace Adrian Warburton,
who was one of the most highly decorated
pilots of World War II.
Based on the diaries of a 205 Group intelligence officer who paints a realistic picture of
the desert atmosphere.
198mm x 128mm
20pp b&w photograph sections
9 780907 579434 £7.99
282 pages, hardback
45 b&w photographs
9 780947 554279 £15.95
The acclaimed biography of Victor Beamish,
the legendary Irish RCAF aerobatic Ace and
RAF station commander during the Battle of
Britain.
Wrecks and Relics
Ken Ellis
A best selling reference source on the UK
and Irelands aviation heritage.
234mm x 156mm £17.95
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9 780907 579724 £5.99
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Born in the 1940s, the Soviet Air Force’s long-range bomber arm (known
initially as the ADD and later as the DA) proved itself during the Second
World War and continued to develop in the immediate post-war years,
when the former allies turned Cold War opponents.
Soviet Strategic Aviation In The Cold War follows aircraft development
for almost 50 years until the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991 including initiatives to fit air launched missiles to bombers, the first supersonic aircraft and the 1980’s mighty Tu-160 Blackjack which was capable
of carrying 12 air-launched cruise missiles. Major operations including the
air arm’s involvement in the Afghan War, Cold War exercises over international waters in the vicinity of the ‘potential adversary’ and the shadowing
of NATO warships are covered, as are Arctic operations, nuclear testing,
co-operation with ‘friendly nations’ and air-launched missile systems.
Air Armies, bomber divisions and bomber regiments are detailed, including their aircraft on a type-by-type basis.
Over 500 photos, most of which are previously unpublished in the West,
are supplemented by more than 60 colour profiles, colour badges and
line drawings of the aircraft and their weapons, making this an essential
reference source for all aircraft enthusiasts.
A companion volume is in preparation; this
will continue the story from 1991 and present
a comprehensive overview of Russian Strategic Aviation today.
Soviet Strategic
Aviation in the
Cold War
Yefim Gordon
272 pages, hardback
297mm x 210mm
Over 500 b&w + colour
photographs
9 781902 109084 £34.95
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Derided by Allied propaganda which made it out to be an air force
equipped solely with elderly biplanes, ineffective in attack or always
in retreat, the Regia Aeronautica was overshadowed by its more
ruthless Axis partner, the Luftwaffe.
Using research from a mass of original documentation, including
personal accounts and combat diaries, the author takes an objective
view and shows that the men who flew the Macchis, Fiats and
Savoias were no less skilled or determined than their opponents.
Area commands and theatres are discussed together with squadron
allocations, anti-shipping operations, aircrew and details of the top
fighter aces.
Comprehensive tables provide information on aircraft equipment,
squadron allocation and unit histories. Coupled with drawings from
the original aircraft handbooks, almost 250 photographs and over 100
colour profiles and unit badges, Courage Alone provides a detailed
reference source for historians, modellers and enthusiasts alike.
Courage Alone
The Italian Air Force
1940 - 1943
Chris Dunning
Praise for the first edition of
Courage Alone
‘As a primary English language
reference on this relatively neglected
subject, this will be hard to beat.’
Aeroplane
‘A momentous tome, which is the
result of some 12 years of detailed
research, this book fills an important
gap in the air force histories currently
available.’
Flypast
‘… a consummate work that leaves
little in the way of unturned
stones…this is something to be
rightly proud of.’
Military in Scale
320 pages, hardback,
297mm x 210mm
Over 240 b&w and colour
photographs
Over 100 colour aircraft profiles
17 colour maps
ISBN 9 781902 109091 £34.95
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• Completely revised edition of best selling book
• Comprehensive details of all Italian Units
• Detailed drawings from original aircraft handbooks for Caprioni
309 and Fiat CR32
• New colour photographs
• Over 100 colour aircraft profiles
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Luftwaffe pilot Walter Schuck flew the Me109 in the Arctic Sea fighter squadrons
becoming the Russian air force’s feared enemy in the far north. Awarded the
Knights Cross in April 1944 he claimed his 100th kill in June of that year, then
barely 48 hours later shot down 12 aircraft in one day – a record never achieved
by any other Arctic Sea pilot.
His mastery continued when in March 1945 he joined JG 7, newly equipped
with Me262 jet fighters, and shot down two Allied fighters on his first operation,
closely followed by four B-17 bombers in a single mission. Celebrated by his colleagues for his skill, courage, sheer guts and chivalry over 500 sorties including
his deep feelings for those he shot down, he earned the nickname ‘Adler der
Tundra’ or ‘Northern Knight’.
In this autobiography, the author tells his story simply, conveying his impressions of life, the rationale of the Lufwaffe and the everyday life of a military man
in those times, including the difficulties and hardships of the war over the Arctic Seas.
Rich in detail and facts and supplemented by photographs from his personal
collection and colour aircraft profiles, Walter Schuck helps us to put the past
into context, painting a unique picture of life in the Luftwaffe during the times of
the Third Reich.
• Life of a Luftwaffe Pilot over the Eastern Front and Homeland.
• Flew both Me109 and Me262 with 206 combat victories
• Excellent description of life in the Staffel
• Many unpublished photographs from authors personal collection
Luftwaffe Eagle
From the Me109 to
the Me262
Walter Schuck
240 pages, hardback
297mm x 210mm
Over 175 b&w photos, drawings
and maps
5 colour aircraft profiles
9 781902 109060 £29.95
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MiGS over North
Vietnam
The Vietnamese Peoples’
Air Force in Combat
1965 – 1975
Roger Boniface
Using rare first-hand accounts and
many new photographs Roger Boniface analyses the Vietnamese Peoples’ Air Force (VPAF) fighter
operations over North Vietnam between 1965-1975.
Frank opinions are voiced on how
the North Vietnamese viewed the
gradual escalation of the aerial conflict over their country, including details of key operations and VPAF
tactics against USAF F-4s and B-52s.
Amongst others, Nguyen Van Coc
(the highest scoring pilot of the Vietnam conflict) relates details of the
Black Friday Massacre, America’s
heaviest aerial defeat. The author reveals much new data, which challenges previous reports such as
three kills claimed by Lt. ‘Duke’ Cunningham, later a US Senator. Comprehensive appendices reveal the
first complete loss list of all VPAF personnel and a victory table with a
break down of all known kills.
16 intricate profiles of rare aircraft including the VPAF Soviet supplied
MiG 15, MiG 17F and Chinese MiG
19 (Shenyang F-6) combine with the
text to produce a unique insight into
the aerial war from the Vietnamese
viewpoint.
176 pages, hardback
297mm x 210mm
Approx 150 photographs (colour
& b&w)
16 colour profiles
9 781902 109053 £29.95
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Chinese Aircraft
Luftwaffe Colours
China’s Aviation Industry
since 1951
Yefim Gordon and
Dmitriy Komissarov
1935 - 1945
Michael Ullmann
Shrouded in secrecy, output from the
Chinese aviation industry was, until recently, largely unknown in the West.
Now, for the first time, Chinese Aircraft
provides a unique description of
China’s indigenous aircraft from fighters, bombers, special mission and
strike aircraft to trainers, light utility, helicopters, UAV’s, airliners and transports.
The Shaanxi Y8 family of aircraft,
Chengdu FC-1 Xiaolong (JF-17 Thunder) and Shenyang J-10 fighters are
featured as are the Xian JH-7 (FBC-1
Flying Leopard) fighter bomber and
the Changhe Z8 heavy helicopter.
Factories and design institutions representing the industry over the years
are noted including Chengdu,
Guizhou and Changhe together with
their logos, early and late designs.
Aircraft weapons, unmanned aerial vehicles and China’s exports are highlighted together with an abundance of
technical data. Fully indexed China’s
aircraft provides a wealth of information for the historian, enthusiast and
modeler alike.
312 pages, hardback
297mm x 210mm
Over 650 photographs (colour &
b&w). Over 110 colour profiles and
100 drawings
9 781902 109046 £34.95
‘This book is magnificent, it is one
of the most comprehensive I have
ever had the pleasure of reading.’
‘This is an impressive book, wellproduced and copiously illustrated.’
Aeroplane
Much has been written about the Luftwaffe but no aspect has been more
controversial than the question of aircraft camouflage and markings.
In this comprehensive study, the author follows the development and use
of the many colours used and establishes the links between the then standard RAL colours and those adopted
by the German Air Ministry.
Using much original documentation he
reveals how and why these finishes
were developed and applied to both
military and Lufthansa aircraft – in such
detail that anyone with an interest in
the subject, either as an historian,
model-maker or aircraft preservationist – can recreate Luftwaffe colours
with unprecedented accuracy.
New chapters include details of national emblems and markings and
JG54 ‘dark’ camouflage colours. Supplemented by a paint chip chart, over
300 photographs, 40 drawings and 16
pages of detailed colour aircraft profiles, many of which are now presented
in 1:72 scale, Luftwaffe Colours presents a remarkable insight into the art of
WWII German camouflage markings.
360 pages, hardback
297mm x 210mm
16pp of colour aircraft profiles
9 78190 2109077 £34.95
“It is a book that I know I'll be
referring to time and time again
over the years and one that I can
most highly recommend to you.”
Modeling Madness
“This surely must be the ultimate
student's textbook on the subject”
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Bodenplatte: The
Luftwaffe’s Last Hope
Chinese Aircraft
China’s Aviation Industry
since 1951
John Manrho and Ron Pütz
Condor: Luftwaffe in Spain
1936-1939
Patrick Laureau
A definitive study of the attack on Allied airfields, New Year’s Day, 1945.
Yefim Gordon and Dmitriy
Komissarov
The story of the men, machines and units
which formed the Legion Condor.
256 pages, hardback
297mm x 210mm
400 b&w photographs
9 781902 109404 £35.00
297mm x 210mm
Approx 600 photographs (colour & b&w)
9 781902 109046 £34.95
240 pages, hardback
300mm x 213 mm
over 450 b&w photographs and 100 colour
illustrations
9 781902 109107 £29.95
Coronation Wings
Courage Alone
Eyes for the Phoenix
Eric Bucklow
Chris Dunning
Geoffrey J Thomas
The men & machines of the Royal Air Force
Coronation Review at Odiham 15 July 1953.
320 pages, hardback
297mm x 210mm
Over 240 b&w and colour photographs
Over 100 colour aircraft profiles
17 colour maps
ISBN 9 781902 109091 £34.95
Publication date July 2009
Allied Aerial Photo-Reconnaissance Operations in South-East Asia 1942-1945
I-400
KG 200
Henry Sakaida, Gary Nila, and Koji
Takaki
Geoffrey J. Thomas & Barry Ketley
Latin American Air Wars &
Aircraft
96 pages, softback
300mm x 213mm
16 page colour profiles
ISBN 9 781902 109961 £14.95
The full story of I-400, Japan’s Secret Aircraft
Carrying Strike Submarine, and its missions.
144 pages, hardback
297mm x 210mm
full colour illustrated throughout
9 781902 109459 £29.95
The Luftwaffe’s Most Secret Unit delivering
spies, flying captured Allied aircraft and testing new weapons.
192 pages, hardback
297mm x 210mm
200 b&w photographs and 16 page
colour section
9 781902 109336 £29.95
272 pages, hardback
297mm x 210mm
200 b&w photographs +
16 page colour section
9 789519 89944 £29.95
Dan Hagedorn
A comprehensive photographic resource of
aircraft taking part in the conflict in the skies
of Central and South America.
192 pages, hardback, 297mm x 210mm
Over 400 b&w and colour photos plus
colour artwork section
9 781902 109442 £34.95
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Luftwaffe Colours
1935-1945
Luftwaffe Eagle
Walter Schuck
Michael Ullmann
206 combat victories in the Me 109 and Me 262
Chronicles the development of Luftwaffe
paints and markings.
256 pages, hardback
297mm x 210mm
Over 175 b&w photo’s, drawings and maps
Approx 20 colour aircraft profiles
9 781902 109060 £29.95
297mm x 210mm
16pp of colour aircraft profiles
9 78190 2109077 £34.95
MiGS over North Vietnam
Mission 376
Roger Boniface
Ivo de Jong
The Vietnamese Peoples’ Air Force in Combat 1965-1975
Follows the battle over the Reich on 28 May
1944 and the first combat use of remotely
controlled glide bombs by the USAAF.
176 pages, hardback
297mm x 210mm
Approx 150 photographs (colour & b&w)
16 colour profiles
9 781902 109053 £29.95
Shadows
Michael I Draper
The amazing story of the massive airlift of
food and arms in Biafra and Nigeria 19671970, second only to the Berlin Airlift of 1948.
288 pages, hardback
300mm x 213mm
b&w illustrations throughout and 32 page
colour section
9 781902 109633 £29.95
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256 pages, hardback
210mm x 297mm
250 b&w photographs and 16 page
colour section
9 781902 109039 £29.95
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Luftwaffe Aerial Torpedo
Aircraft and Operations in
World War Two
Harold Thiele
A chronological diary including floatplane
equipped Staffeln.
96 pages, softcover
300mm x 213 mm
Over 100 b&w photographs and colour
section
9 781902 109428 £19.99
RAF & RCAF Aircraft Nose
Art in World War II
Clarence Simonsen
256 pages hardback
297mm x 210mm
400 b&w photographs and 16pp colour
drawings
9 781902 109206 £29.95
Soviet Strategic Aviation
in the Cold War
Spitfires and Yellow Tail
Mustangs
Yefim Gordon
Tom Ivie and Paul Ludwig
Development of Soviet aviation
A history of the USAAF 52nd Fighter Group in
World War II.
272 pages, hardback
297mm x 210mm
Over 500 b&w + colour photographs
9 781902 109084 £34.95
176 pages, hardback
Over 300 b&w photographs and colour
artwork section
ISBN 9 781902 109435 £29.95
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East Riding Airfields 1915 -1920
Geoffrey Simmons
Even before the outbreak of the first World War, aviation had made its
presence felt in the East Riding of Yorkshire, with visits from many of the
leading aviation pioneers including Gustav Hamel and Harry Hawker. It
was, however, the outbreak of the war in 1914 and the arrival of the German Zeppelins which led to the establishment of the first official air bases
in the area.
In fact the first ever enemy attacks upon Yorkshire from the German navy
when they bombarded Scarborough and Whitby on 16 December 1914.
On June 6 1915, however, threat became reality when a Zeppelin bombed
Hull, killing 24 people and injuring 40. For the next four years the landing
grounds and marine stations in the East Riding served as bases for British
aircraft and airships which were defending the East Riding towns and
coastal shipping from air and sea attack.
Geoffrey Simmons tells something of the bravery and expertise of the
men who flew the primitive machines of the time, often in appalling
weather at night, from these little known bases.
64 pages, paperback,
268mm x 198mm
90 b+w and over 10 colour photographs
5 colour profiles and over 15 maps and
drawings
9 780954 560591 £12.95
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Wekusta
Luftwaffe Meteorological
Reconnaissance Units & Operations
1938-1945
John A Kington & Franz Selinger
Anticipating a more or less complete failure of the international weather observation network in the event of war,
the German Meteorological Service developed methods
of long-range meteorological reconnaissance by aircraft
from 1937. Beginning with a small civilian unit of pilots and meteorologists, a Luftwaffe-controlled air section, comprising Wettererkundungs Staffeln (Wekusta) was set up on the eve
of World War II. These squadrons and related units contributed in no small way to the
achievements of the German Meteorological Service in all wartime theatres. The mostly unknown or forgotten history of the Wekusta, usually operating over hostile or enemy-controlled regions, is brought to light in this volume.
At the height of the war the Wekustas included around a dozen individual
squadrons, totalling several hundred aircraft and over 1,000 flight crews. Encounters with enemy aircraft were frequent and of an erratic nature, ranging
from generous life-saving efforts to attacks on downed crew members. After
the secret Zenit code of the German aircraft reports was broken by British intelligence, the RAF sometimes let German weather aircraft pass without attack because their radio messages were considered more valuable than
shooting down the reporting aircraft.
Wekusta fills a long-existing gap in
the history of atmospheric science
and military aviation and, above all
makes fascinating reading.
290mm x 210mm
256 pages, hardback
b&w + colour photographs
throughout
9 780954 560584 £34.99
Rise and Defend
The USAF at Manston 1950-1958
Duncan Curtis
Taken over by the United States Air Force in 1950 as a direct result of the developing chill of
the Cold War, the ex-RAF station at Manston in Kent served as a forward air base from which
American aircraft could be rapidly deployed to meet the threat of incoming Soviet bombers.
Manston also served as a base from which USAF forces in Europe could be speedily reinforced and also hosted some of the earliest helicopter-equipped dedicated SAR squadrons
around the British coast.
Despite never firing a shot in anger, the Manston-based units played a major role in the development of operational use and tactics of jet aircraft such as the F-84 Thunderjet, the nuclear-armed Thunderstreak and the F-86 Sabre in their numerous variants. The difficulties and
tribulations attached to these sometimes led to situations of extreme danger for the crews, but
also occasionally of farce. In the end, Manston was closed as a USAF base °X not for military
reasons, but in the interests of noise abatement... The author includes a full list of USAF aircraft based at Manston and provides a fascinating record of men, machines and operations.
192 pages, hardback
290mm x 210mm
b&w + colour photographs throughout, 16 page colour section
9 780954 560553 £29.95
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Auster - A Brief History of
the Auster Aircraft in
British Military History
Barry Ketley
A pictorial volume tracing the Auster aircraft’s
influence upon the development of British
Army aviation in World War II and beyond.
96 pages, softback
290mm x 210mm
Over 195 b&w and colour photos
9 780954 560560 £12.99
A Civilian Affair
A Brief History of the
Civilian Aircraft Company
of Hedon
Eduard F Winkler
Includes a history of every aircraft built.
48 pages, softback
290mm x 210mm
Over 50 b&w photos and drawings
9 780954 560508 £5.99
East Riding Airfields
1915 - 1920
Geoffrey Simmons
64 pages, paperback
268mm x 198mm
90 b&w and over 10 colour photographs
5 colour profiles and over 15 maps and
drawings
9 780954 560591 £12.95
Publication date autumn 2009
Rise and Defend
The USAF at Manston
1950-1958
The Long Drag
A Short History of British
Target Towing
The Warlords
Volume 1: The 4th, 20th &
55th Fighter Groups
Duncan Curtis
Don Evans
Barry and Ann Money
Including a full list of USAF aircraft based at
Manston and a fascinating record of men and
operations.
Including the air snatch technique, winged
and sleeve targets, target intelligence and
winches.
192 pages, hardback
290mm x 210mm
b&w + colour photographs throughout
16 page colour section
9780 954560553 £29.95
68 pages, softback
290mm x 210mm
135 b&w photographs and 4 pages of
colour scale plans
9 780954 560546 £9.99
160 pages, softback
290mm x 210mm
over 500 colour profiles
9 780954 560515 £17.99
Wekusta
Luftwaffe Meteorological
Reconnaissance Units &
Operations 1938-1945
John A Kington & Franz Selinger
The development and operations of the
German Meteorological Service.
290mm x 210mm
256 pages, hardback
b&w + colour photographs throughout
9 780954 560584 £34.99
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Enemy Coast
Ahead
Evader
Lancaster Target
Denys Teare
Jack Currie
Guy Gibson
Leader of the
Dambusters
On September 5th, 1943, Denys Teare
baled out of his burning Lancaster
bomber over Occupied France; and
from this moment on became an
evader in the midst of the enemy. Continually thwarted in his escape attempts, he was a doubly wanted man:
not only a British airman evading the
occupying force, but also an active
member of the French Resistance.
Described as one of the best three
books about life in Bomber Command
during World War Two, Lancaster Target is the classic story of one crew’s fi
ght to fl y and survive a full tour of operations in the night skies of wartime
Europe. Flying Lancaster bombers
from RAF Wickenby in Lincolnshire between 1943 and 1944, Jack Currie
chronicles the life and death struggles
against flak, night fighters and perilous
weather with clarity and feeling, whilst
capturing the ‘live for the moment’
spirit of off duty escapades.
First published in 1944, Guy Gibson’s Enemy Coast Ahead quickly
became regarded as the classic
Bomber Command book, following
Gibson’s RAF career from flying the
Hampden and Manchester at the beginning of WWII to the triumphant return home of the Lancasters from the
famous 1943 Dambuster raid which
Gibson led and for which he was
awarded the Victoria Cross.
Enemy Coast Ahead is also the inside story of life in Bomber Command throughout the first years of
WW2, culminating in breath-holding
drama as the RAF planned, practiced
and strove towards breaching the
dams on that famous night in May
1943.
9 780907 579625 £6.99
‘A remarkable piece of descriptive
writing. It records the night-tonight life of a bomber pilot with
modesty, humour and a rich
understanding... everyone should
read this unforgettable book.’
Punch
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This book tells what it was really like
living in France under the Nazis, of the
danger and horror before the Liberation – and of what liberation really
meant when it came.
This new paperback edition includes
material which originally came under
censorship, and is illustrated with photographs from the author’s own collection.
9 780907 579281 £6.99
‘…rightly described as a classic.’
British Aerospace News
9 780907 579489 £6.99
‘Wonderful(ly) detailed story of life
in occupied territory.’
GMR Talk – Manchester Local Radio
As the global conflicts of the 20th
century move out of living memory, it becomes
more and more difficult to understand the unique experiences of ordinary people trying to fight and survive in extraordinary circumstances.
The everyday hardships, dangers, fears and heroism of these times cannot be conveyed any better than in the words of those who lived through
these times, and best of all these stories are found in the Goodall
‘Witness To War’ series.
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Nine Lives
No Moon Tonight
Al Deere
OBE, DSO, DFC & Bar
Don Charlwood
The renowned autobiography of New
Zealand’s most famous RAF pilot who
saw action from the Munich Crisis to
the invasion of France in 1944. Al
Deere experienced the drama of the
early days of the Battle of Britain while
serving with Spitfire squadrons based
at Hornchurch and Manston, and his
compelling story tells of the successes
and frustrations of those critical weeks.
Deere was in action over Dunkirk for
14 days in May 1940 during which
time he shot down six enemy aircraft
including an Me 109 and his nine lives
are the accounts of his fantastic luck
in escaping from seemingly impossible situations.
9 780907 579823 £7.99
‘…undoubtedly one of the classics of
the genre, giving an excellent
firsthand account of Dunkirk and
the Battle of Britain.’
Pilot Magazine
Accepted as a RAF navigator in 1940,
Don Charlwood was posted to 103
Squadron at Elsham Wolds in the winter of 1942. There he crewed up with a
pilot from Western Australia and a
British crew to fly a Lancaster bomber.
In No Moon Tonight he gives a profound insight into the inner lives of the
men of Bomber Command and their
hopes and fears in the face of mounting losses. He depicts the appalling
human cost of the air war in an account which has been favourably compared to enduring memoirs of the 1st
World War, namely Sassoon’s Memoirs of an Infantry Officer and Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front.
A memorable first hand account of the
air war over Germany.
9 780907 579977 £6.99
‘…the tension is so sustained and
vivid that the book hangs together,
emotionally like a piece of music.’
Daily Telegraph
Rear Gunner
Pathfinders
Ron Smith DFM
Foreword by Group Captain
Hamish Mahaddie
DSO DFC AFC & BAR
A Bomber Command book with a difference, the story of the air war over
Germany as seen from the small Perspex bubble of a ‘Tail-End Charlie’
rear gunner in a Lancaster.
Flying firstly with 626 squadron, and
later 156 Pathfinder squadron, Ron
Smith flew 65 operations and
recorded them with the intensity
brought on by the isolation of being
cocooned in his lonely gun turret.
‘Suddenly we were over the Big
City… after long hours of searching
the night sky from the coast, to be
suddenly propelled into the brilliant
hell over Berlin produced a freezing
of the mind…flak sliced up through
the broken illuminated clouds, ascending gracefully to stream past the
turret. A Lancaster slid across at right
angles with a single fighter just behind it, as if attached by an invisible
thread… the city far below was bubbling and boiling, splashes of fire
opening out as the blockbusters
pierced this terrible brew.’
9 780907 579274 £6.99
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Air Gunner
Enemy Coast Ahead
Evader
Mike Henry
Guy Gibson
Denys Teare
A light-hearted, story of one air gunner and
many of his colleagues who shared the honour and tragedies of war-time flying.
Leader of the Dambusters, his life in Bomber
Command including the Dambuster raid.
A story of escape and evasion behind enemy
lines
9 780907 579625 £6.99
9 780907 579489 £6.99
9 780907 579427 £4.99
Keeping Watch
Lancaster Target
Mosquito Pathfinder
Pip Beck
Jack Currie
Albert and Ian Smith
A WWII RAF Bomber Command R/T operator who talked down the crews on their return
from operations, met them off duty and so
often within days, mourned their loss.
The story of a RAF Lancaster bomber pilot in
World War II and his crew’s fight to survive a
full tour of operations in the night skies of
wartime Europe.
Life as a navigator in Wellington and Mosquito aircraft during WWII.
9 780907 579380 £6.99
9 780907 579281 £6.99
212mm x 142mm
9 780947 554958 £7.99
Mosquito Victory
Night Fighter
Night Flyer
Jack Currie DFC
CF Rawnsley and Robert Wright
Lewis Brandon DSO, DFC & Bar
The sequel to Lancaster Target graphically
and humorously describes all aspects of life
as a WWII RAF bomber pilot on ‘rest’.
‘Jimmy’ Rawnsley, crewed with gunner ‘Catseyes’ Cunningham were among the first to
use the newly developed airborne radar and
went on to become one of the RAF’s leading
night fighter crews.
The story of Lewis Brandon and his pilot
Wing Commander James Gillies Benson who
became one of the most successful night
fighter teams of the 2nd World War.
9 780907 579335 £6.99
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9 780907 579670 £5.99
9 780907 579779 £5.99
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Nine Lives
No Moon Tonight
Pathfinder
Al Deare
Don Charlwood
New Zealand’s Battle of Britain Ace
A tour of operations as a Bomber Command
navigator.
Air Vice-Marshal Don Bennett
CB, CBE, DSO
9 780907 579823 £7.99
9 780907 579977 £6.99
The autobiography of AVM Donald Bennett
creator and leader of the legendary
Pathfinder Force of 8 Group.
9 780907 579571 £5.99
Rear Gunner Pathfinders
Wings Over Georgia
Wing Leader
Ron Smith
Jack Currie DFC
Johnnie Johnson
A Lancaster ‘Tail-end Charlie’
Jack Currie’s story of entry into the RAF, his
early UK training and his initial training with
the US Army Air Corps under the Arnold
Scheme.
Top-scoring Allied fighter pilot in WWII
9 780907 579274 £6.99
9 780907 579878 £7.99
156 pages, 178mm x 111mm
9 780907 579113 £3.99
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9780859790055 Avro Anson I
9780859790000 Auster Mk 6, T7 and T10
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Spitfire IX
9780859790994 Grumman Avenger
Mosquito 38
9780859790154 Bristol Beaufighter II
Hurricane
9780859790734 Bristol Beaufighter TFX
Mustang
9780859790130 Bristol Blenheim V
9780859791298 Bristol Blenheim IV
9780859790895 Dougalas Boston 4
9780859790949 English Electric Canberra
Battle of Britain
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Spitfire II, Hurricane, Lancaster I
9 780859 791410
9780859790239 de Havilland Chipmunk
Battle of Britain
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9 780859 791328
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Spitfire MkII, Spitfire Mk V,
Seafire 45
9 780859 791250
9780859790710 Chance Vought Corsair
9780859790277 Fairey Firefly
9780859790598 Boeing Flying Fortress
9780859791243 Focke-Wulf Fw 190
9780859790314 Handley Page Halifax
Trainers
9780859790697 North American Harvard
Tiger Moth, Oxford, Chipmunk
9 780859 791335
9780859790222 de Havilland Hornet FIII
Light Bombers
9780859790024 Airspeed Horsa
Wellington, Blenheim, Boston
9 780859 791373
9780859791045 Lockheed Hudson VI
Heavy Bombers
9780859790062 Avro Lancaster I, III & X
Halifax, Lancaster I, Stirling
9 780859 791380
9780859790079 Avro Lancaster II
Carriers
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9 780859 791465
9780859790321 Hawker Hurricane II
9780859790086 Avro Lincoln I & II
9780859790611 Consolidated Liberator
9780859790550 Westland Lysander III
Early Jets
9780859791199 Messerschmitt Me 109
Meteor, Vampire, Canberra
9 780859 791427
9780859790291 Gloster Meteor III
9780859790741 North American Mitchell
9780859790208 de Hav. Mosquito FB6
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B-17 Flying Fortress
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B-24 Liberator
ISBN 9780879940003
B-25 Mitchell
ISBN 9780879940041
B-26 Marauder
ISBN 9780879940058
B29 Superfortress
ISBN 9780879940065
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F4U Corsair
ISBN 9780879940263
F6F Hellcat
ISBN 9780879940331
9780859790871 de Hav. Mosquito PR34
9780859790758 de Havilland Mosquito 38
9780859790680 North American Mustang
F80 Shooting Star
ISBN 9780879940331
F82 Twin Mustang
ISBN 9780879940355
9780859790017 Airspeed Oxford I & II
Grumman Wildcat
9780859790505 Seafire 17
ISBN 9780879940997
9780859790772 Seafire 45 & 46
ISBN 9780879940133
JN4-D Jenny
9780859790352 Hawker Sea Fury Mk X
ME 262 Sturmvogel
9780859790437 Spitfire II
ISBN 9780879940201
9780859790444 Spitfire V
P-38 Lightning
9780859790451 Spitfire VI
P-39 Airacobra
ISBN 9780879940195
9780859790802 Spitfire F7, F8 & PRX
ISBN 9780879940249
9780859790468 Spitfire IX, XI & XVI
P-40 Warhawk
9780859790826 Spitfire XII
9780859790475 Spitfire 14 & 19
ISBN 9780879940188
P-47 Thunderbolt
ISBN 9780879940225
9780859790482 Spitfire 18
P-61 Black Widow
9780859790819 Spitfire 21
ISBN 9780879940256
9780859790499 Spitfire 22 & 24
ISBN 9780879940362
P-63 Kingcobra
9780859790413 Shorts Sunderland III
Texan AT-6
9780859790833 Shorts Sunderland V
ISBN 9780879940348
9780859790420 Shorts Stirling I,III & IV
YB-49 Flying Wing
9780859790178 Bristol Sycamore
9780859790345 Hawker Tempest II
9780859790840 Hawker Tempest V
9780859790888 de Hav. Tiger Moth
9780859790338 Hawker Typhoon IA & IB
9780859790215 de Havilland Vampire F1
ISBN 9780879940317
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9780859790543 Warwick II & V
9780859790536 Wellington
9780859790567 Westland Whirlwind I
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The Cruise of the Sea Eagle
The story of Imperial Germany’s Gentleman Pirate
Blaine Pardoe
On December 21, 1916, a three-masted sailing ship slipped out of the
river Weser in Northern Germany. Her captain had false papers, a deliberately damaged logbook, and a young sailor with a blonde wig to pose
as his wife. The ship sailed under a false flag and even her name – the
Hero – was a ruse. So begins the amazing true story of The Cruise of the
Sea Eagle, the account of Felix von Luckner, the Imperial German Navy
raider set upon the high seas of WWI to sink Britain’s vital wartime supply ships.
Using sheer determination, pluck and quick wits, von Luckner steered
clear of the British Navy to board and sink as many merchant ships as
possible. Within a month, he had already claimed three vessels. But unlike Germany’s vaunted submarine fleet, the gentleman pirate made room
on his ship for all prisoners and never fired a shot unless it was unavoidable.
Eagles War
Peter C Smith
A gripping and moving
story of a famous aircraft
carrier at war.
HMS Eagle was already old when
war was declared in September 1939
and her Swordfish biplanes were
soon flying escort to vital Australian
troop convoys in the wastes of the Indian Ocean. When the war moved to
the Mediterranean, Eagle’s meagre
air group bolstered by a few Sea
Gladiator biplanes held the ring with
Cunningham’s superb fleet through
the dark days of 1940 to 1941. Her
aircraft took part in the naval victories
of Calabria and Taranto; worked from
desert air strips with great success
and hounded the Italian Navy out of
the Red Sea. Following further ocean
patrols in the South Atlantic, Eagle
joined the famous Force ‘H’ at Gibraltar and did more than any other ship
to sustain Malta during the islands’
greatest ordeal. Before being lost in
action during the greatest of all convoy battles Operation Pedestal, in
August 1942. This almost day-by-day
account of her battles and actions as
seen through the eyes of its former
crew members is a fitting tribute to all
who served aboard her or flew from
her decks.
Estimated 192 pages
‘B’ format paperback
9 780907 579533 £6.99
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Stealth, trickery and bravado
together with the collaboration of captured prisoners all
helped von Luckner’s wind
powered ship overcome his
more powerful enemies providing us with a thrilling adventure story of bluff, piracy
and above all, gentlemanly
conduct on the high seas.
Estimated 288 pages, softcover
234mm x 156mm
Approx 30 b&w photographs.
9 780859 791205 £10.95
PUBLICATION DATE AUTUMN 2009
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Pedestal
Task Force 57
The convoy that saved
Malta
Peter C Smith
The British Pacific
Fleet,
1944-45
Peter C Smith
In the summer of 1942 one of the
main issues in the balance was the
fate of Malta. The island was still a
bastion ofthe Royal Navy in the
Mediterranean and a constant
threat to the supplyroute for the
enemy land forces in North Africa.
It bravely resisted every onslaught
of the Axis powers, but food supplies were desperately short and
fuel oil running low. In August of
that year Operation Pedestal was
launched – a last attempt to relieve
Malta. Fourteen merchant ships
were allocated to it and the Royal
Navy provided the most powerful
force ever to escort a convoy including four aircraft carriers. Operating from Sardinia and Sicily, the
Germans and Italians let fly with
their shore-based aircraft on an unprecedented scale. The losses on
the British side were appalling, but
the objective was achieved and the
blockade of Malta was finally lifted.
224 pages, ‘B’ format
paperback
24 page black and white
photograph section
9 780907 579199 £6.99
Formed in 1944 the British Pacific
Fleet was to fight alongside the
Americans and so was given an
American codename – Task Force
57. But the Pacific theatre was unlike anything the British had experienced before. Surface action was
rare and major engagements were
fought at ranges of 200 miles. The
veterans of the Atlantic, Mediterranean and North Sea had to start
again and faced a new deadly
enemy from the air – the
Kamikaze. Although overshadowed in numbers by the vast
American task forces, Task Force
57 made a decisive contribution to
victory in the Far East. A definitive
account of this ‘forgotten fleet’.
234mm x 156mm
4 b&w photograph sections
9 780947 554859 £10.95
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Fleet Air Arm Newsletter
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If the Gods Are
Good
The story of HMS Jervis
Bay’s final heroic battle
Gerald L Duskin and
Ralph Segman
On 28th October 1940 HMS Jervis
Bay, an ancient cargo ship armed
with a small number of obsolete
guns, set out to escort 37 freighters
and tankers across the North Atlantic.
Unexpectedly discovered by the Admiral Scheer, one of Germany’s most
feared pocket battleships, the Jervis
Bay captain immediately dispersed
convoy HX84 to hide. Outgunned
and with no hope of survival, Captain
Fegen and over 190 of the 256 Jervis
Bay crew sacrificed themselves as
they took the battle to the enemy in a
one-sided duel as they fought to secure the safe passage of the ships in
their charge. This heroic battle is fully
placed in both its contemporary
naval and political contexts and includes graphic descriptions of battle
scenes and action aboard the ships,
together with the harrowing aftermath as men struggled to survive in
the icy seas.
‘a fascinating, fast-moving and
wellresearched book’
Nautical Magazine
234mm x 156mm
9 780859 791076 £10.95
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Air Combat Legends Vol 1
David Donald (Editor)
The British Spitfire and German Bf 109 were the definitive fighters of their day. This incredible book
charts the history and development of both these
iconic aircraft.
256 pages, cased
9 781880 588741 £24.95
Carrier Aviation Air Power
Directory
A special issue of IAPR that covers world carrier aviation from the 1950s through the present day.
Arranged country by country, it details each aircraft
carrier, and the aircraft and units that have operated
from its decks.
200 pages
9 781880 588437 £18.95 cased
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Encyclopedia Of World Air Forces
A complete directory of all of the world’s air arms,
including paramilitary organisations.
Volume 1
includes vols 1
thru 4
9 781880 588505
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includes vols 5
thru 8
9 781880 588697
320 pages, cased
9 781880 588307 £24.95
Modern Battlefield Warplanes
Today’s important ground attack warplanes are detailed including the AV-8 Harrier, AH-64 Apache,
AH-1 Cobra, and SU-25 ‘frogfoot’. Superbly illustrated with hundreds of colour photos, artwork and
technical drawings.
320 pages, cased
9 781880 588765 £24.95
Tupolev Bombers
David Donald (Editor)
In-depth profiles of Tupolev’s legendary bombers:
the Tu-16 ‘Badger’; Tu-22 ‘Blinder’; Tu-22M ‘Backfire’; Tu-160 ‘Blackjack’; and Tu-95MS ‘Bear-H’, Tu142 ‘Bear F’ family, and Tu-142MR ‘Bear-J’.
Volume 3
includes
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9 781880 588888
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includes vols 13
thru 16
9 781880 588086
160 pages, cased
9 781880 588628 £19.95
United States Military Aviation
Directory
Profiles the organisation and air assets of US air
arms. Descriptions of every serving aircraft, including specifications, mission and weapon options.
Magnificent artwork with 3-views, maps, tables, insignias, line drawings and 600 colour photos.
256 pages, cased
9 781880 588291 £24.95
Warplanes of the Fleet
Volume 5
includes vols 17
thru 20
9 781880 588055
Comprehensive analysis of all US Navy aircraft operating aboard carriers. Includes the F-14 Tomcat,
F/A-18C/D Hornet, C-2 Greyhound, S-3 Viking, SH60 Seahawk, MH-53 Sea Dragon, and T-45
Goshawk.
176 pages, cased
9 781880 588819 £19.95
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Convair Deltas
From SeaDart to
Hustler
Bill Yenne
The Apollo 11
Moon Landing
A Photographic
Retrospective
Dennis R Jenkins & Jorge
Frank
20:17:40 UTC, 20 July 1969. Contrary to popular belief, few people
remember the first words actually
spoken from the Moon. The first
words were procedural, ‘Contact
light; Okay, engine stop; ACA – out
of detent,’ etc. Then, in words intended for public consumption,
spoken to a worldwide audience
enthralled with the mission by Neil
Armstrong: ‘Houston, Tranquillity
Base here. The Eagle has landed.’
It was a culmination of a dream
that dated back millennia. Landing
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on
the Moon had cost the lives of
three astronauts in the Apollo 1
(AS-204) fire, as well as something approaching $125 billion (in
2009 dollars) of American treasure. It stands as the landmark
technical achievement in the
6,000-year recorded history of the
human race. This photo scrapbook shows images — some famous, others unknown — that
chronicle the epic journey of Buzz
Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and
Michael Collins aboard Apollo 11,
40 years ago.
228mm x 228mm
50 b&w & 250 colour
photographs
9 781580 071482 £17.99
The compelling story of America's aerospace industry in its
heyday, when manufacturers
boldly took the initiative to explore futuristic new designs by
actually building and test flying
airplanes to determine how well
they would work, if at all. Convair led the way in this area with
America's only complete family
of delta-wing aircraft that included America's first delta-wing
jet, the one-of-a-kind XF-92 experimental prototype, the XF2Y-1 jet-powered seaplane, the XFY-1 Pogo turboprop vertical takeoff and landing fighter, the F-102 Delta Dagger and F-106 Delta
Dart supersonic missile-firing interceptors, and the revolutionary record-breaking four-engine B-58 Hustler – the world's first Mach 2 strategic bomber.
Noted aviation author Bill Yenne thoroughly documents Convair's quest to conquer the aerodynamic mysteries of the delta wing with stories of the dramatic
struggles and technological breakthroughs that gave the world some of its
greatest fighter and bomber aircraft.
228 pages, hardback
230mm x 230mm
200 b&w and 130 colour photos with 44 illustrations
9 781580 071185 £22.99
Gunships
The Story of Spooky,
Shadow, Stinger and
Spectre
Wayne Mutza
The dramatic story of transforming military cargo transports into
deadly ground-attack aircraft
used by the U.S. and other
countries in worldwide conflicts
from the Vietnam War to the
Middle East today. Beginning
with piston-powered, WWII-era
C-47s the book progresses to
the four-engine turboprop C-130
Hercules, showing how gunships evolved from using 20mm mini guns to 105mm Howitzers with digital-age
Battle Management Centers housed onboard. These highly effective airplanes
made history by removing the safe haven of night operations from the enemy.
Author Wayne Mutza not only carefully researched all these aircraft and their
paths to reality, but also tells the tale of the brave and persevering men who believed in this unique weapon system and who saw its development through to
the end. This book features detailed appendices documenting gunship production data, combat units, and aircraft losses and a wealth of outstanding
colour photographs, many of which have never before been published.
204 pages, hardback
230mm x 230mm
101 b&w and 245 colour photographs with 7 illustrations
9 781580 071239 £24.99
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MiG Killers
A Chronology of U.S. Air
Victories in Vietnam
1965-1973
Donald J. McCarthy, Jr.
The dramatic story of U.S. Air Force and
Navy flight crews who battled the Sovietbuilt enemy MiGs in the war-torn skies
over Southeast Asia.
A vivid and detailed narrative describes all
202 MiG kills made by six different aircraft
types, with every engagement arranged in
chronological order.
This book also features the most complete
photo documentation on this subject ever
assembled. By using outstanding original,
and military photography, much of which
has never before been published, this book shows 169 of the 174 U.S. aircraft
credited with MiG kills during the Vietnam War. It describes each aircraft with
serial number, tail code, operational unit, crewmember names, call sign, and
specific weaponry and tactics used in accomplishing each and every MiG kill
made from April 1965 through January 1973. Ideal for historians and modelers
alike.
160 pages, hardback
280mm x 225mm
178 colour and 67 b&w photographs with 8 illustrations
9 781580 071369 £24.99
North American’s
T-6
A Definitive History of
the World’s Most
Famous Trainer
Dan Hagedorn
NORTH AMERICAN'S T-6: A Definitive History of the World's
Most Famous Trainer is the book
the world's extensive T-6 community has been waiting years to
have. Author Dan Hagedorn, curator for the Museum of Flight in
Seattle, Washington, combines
his professional documentation skills with rare access to valuable North American archival material to write the definitive book about one of the world's most
beloved World War II aircraft.
The T-6 served as an advanced trainer for military pilots from more than 80 different nations around the world for several decades. In addition to highly detailed documentation of every T-6 variant used by both the U.S. Army Air Corps
and U.S. Navy, literally all foreign T-6s manufactured in America or exported
overseas are listed by individual country as well. Of the nearly 16,000 T-6s built,
hundreds still fly today as prized, restored collectibles or air show performers,
giving this book a large potential readership.
Strike from the Sea
U.S. Navy Attack Aircraft
from Skyraider to Super
Hornet since 1948
Tommy H. Thomason
A celebration of carrier-based airto-ground attack aircraft which
first came into operation during
the Korean War, reached maturity
during Vietnam, and are deployed
today throughout the world. Wellknown author and naval aviation
authority Tommy Thomason not
only explores such legendary
Navy aircraft as the A4D Skyhawk,
A3J Vigilante, and A-6 Intruder, but
also the critical role of the aircraft
carrier itself, for without these
massive nuclear powered floating
airfields, U.S. Navy attack aircraft
would have no sea-borne bases
from which to operate.
Armament from gravity bombs to
today's
GPS-guided
“smart
weapons” are covered in great detail and this book also explains
that while many different types of
airplanes were required for flying
attack missions in the past, only
one aircraft - the advanced F/A18E/F Super Hornet - is needed to
carry out these same missions in
an even more complex and hostile
combat environment today.
264 pages, hardback
255mm x 255mm
134 b&w and 125 colour photos
with 40 illustrations
9 781580 071321 £29.99
PUBLICATION DATE AUGUST 2009
240 pages, hardback
230mm x 230mm
330 b&w and 30 colour photographs with 85 illustrations
9 781580 071246 £22.99
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U.S. Air Force
Prototype Jet
Fighters
Photo Scrapbook
Dennis R Jenkins
& Tony R Landis
Experimental and
Prototype U.S. Air Force
Jet Fighters
Dennis Jenkins & Tony Landis
The United States was late in developing a jet
fighter. Nevertheless a small number of Lockheed P-80 Shooting Stars did make it to the
European theatre before VE day. After the war
the sheer size of the US aviation industry
guaranteed that American fighters would
soon dominate the skies. In the United States
alone several dozen different fighter designs
made it to the prototype stage during the
1950s and 1960s.
The U.S. Air Force began
developing jet fighters as
World War II came to a
close. The Cold War that
soon developed saw a
significant increase in
fighter production programs as America tried
An ideal partner for
to counter the perceived Soviet
Experimental and
threat. World War II's best pistonPrototype U.S. Air
powered fighters could barely top
Force Jet Fighters
speeds in excess of 450 mph. But
the post-war jets developed by the
U.S. Air Force were soon breaking the sound barrier, flying to
Mach 3, and Mach-4–capable aircraft were on the drawing board.
U.S. Air Force Prototype Jet Fighters details the evolution of these
aircraft, using dozens of never-before-published photographs from
government archives.
228mm x 228mm
190 b&w & 126 colour photographs
9 781580 071376 £19.99
A Technical and Operational History
of the Liberty Engine
Tanks, Ships and Aircraft 1917-1960
Robert J. Neal
The aim of the Liberty was to
standardize aircraft engine design. The theory was to have an
engine design that could be
built in several sizes and thus
power airplanes for any purpose, from training to bombing.
The differences in sizes would
be obtained by using different
numbers of cylinders in the
same design. A large number of
other parts would also be used
in common by all resulting sizes
of the engine series. The initial
concept called for four-, six-,
eight-, and 12-cylinder models.
The authors look at a variety of different jetfighter concepts that made it to the hardware
stage. The rationale for developing each aircraft is covered along with a discussion of
the technology needed to build it, its flighttest program and the reasons it was cancelled or put into production. Derived from
official Air Force documents all aircraft are
covered photographically with seldom seen
images.
260 pages, cased
254mm x 254mm
9 781580 071116 £29.99
The engine design eventually saw use on land, sea, and in the air,
and its active military career spanned the years 1917 to 1960. In
addition, it provided noble service in a multitude of civilian uses.
This book covers the complete history of the Liberty's design, production, and use in amazing detail and includes appendixes covering contracts, testing, specifications.
616 pages, hardback
280mm x 225mm
1058 photos, drawings, charts, and diagrams
9 781580 071499 £49.99
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Magnesium
Overcast
The Story of the
Convair B-36
Dennis R Jenkins
The
Convair
B-36
“Peacemaker” was the ultimate statement of American air power at the
beginning of the Cold
War. This book includes
the first-ever photoNow available
graphs of the never-flown
in softcover
second prototype YB-60
all-jet version, details about Convair's flying-boat version of the XC99 cargo aircraft, and technical information on the stillborn Variable
Discharge Turbine B-36C variant. Extensive photographic coverage of the devastating 1952 Texas tornado that severely damaged
and grounded a good portion of the B-36 fleet is also included together with a detailed serial number list covering each airplane and
its final disposition.
230mm x 230mm
9 781580 071291 £19.99
‘If you have any interest whatsoever in the B-36,
this is a book you cannot do without. Quite
simply, this is the absolute best and most detailed
coverage of the B-36 you will ever find.’
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Valkyrie
North American’s Mach 3 Superbomber
Dennis R. Jenkins & Tony R. Landis
The story of the largest
Mach 3 aircraft ever flown
– the North American Aviation XB-70A Valkyrie.
The authors have conducted extensive research in military, NASA,
and company archives to
find previously uncovered aspects of this fascinating program. Valkyrie
includes descriptions of
the proposed bombing
and navigation systems,
defensive
armament,
electronic countermeasures, and early attempts at stealth technology. Accompanied by
over 250 photographs and dozens of illustrations, this in-depth history covers the entire B-70 program.
230mm x 230mm
9 781580 071307 £19.99
New softbound
edition of a best
seller!
‘To put it simply, this book is a must
have for any aviation enthusiast.’
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U.S. Experimental &
Prototype Aircraft
Projects Fighters
1939-1945
William Norton
America's military aircraft industry was
forced to grow at an incredible pace during
World War II. At the beginning of the conflict,
the nation's air arms were out-matched by
better-performing Axis aircraft. It was the development, often in secret, and subsequent
performance of America's fighter aircraft that
helped turn the tide of the war.
This book focuses on those American fighter
projects of WWII that never reached combat
forces, or only in a very limited manner. It illuminates little known or minimally documented aircraft and projects that significantly
advanced fighter design but never went into
full-rate production and deployment. ‘Standard’ types are also examined to illustrate the
state of the art at the time, the American posture and capabilities, goals set by national
and military leadership, and general factors
affecting the course of development for
classes of fighters. Also included are ‘deadend’ variants of service types, those only exported after US evaluation, and aircraft that
entered service in only small numbers before
being overcome by more advanced models
or the end of hostilities.
264 pages, cased
254mm x 254mm
9 781580 071093 £29.99
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Air Racing Over Reno
Anytime Baby!
Philip Handleman
Eric Hildebrand
The National Championship Air Races at
Reno, Nevada, including cockpits, nose art,
and static display aircraft.
Hail and Farewell to the US Navy F-14 Tomcat
216mm x 280mm
9 781580 071123 £19.99
192 pages, hardback
178mm x 300mm
9 780967 404059 £34.99
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American Secret Pusher
Fighters Of World War II
Gerald Balzer
This book analyzes the state of military aircraft procurement just prior to the start of
World War II, and the three winners of the
1940 fighter competition — the Vultee XP-54,
the Curtiss XP-55, and the Northrop XP-56.
192 pages, hardback
254mm x 254mm
9 781580 071253 £29.99
The Apollo 11 Moon
Landing
B-24 Nose Art Name
Directory
Dennis R Jenkins & Jorge Frank
Wallace R Forman
Images that chronicle the epic journey
aboard Apollo 11, 40 years ago.
Includes group, squadron and aircraft serial
numbers.
228mm x 228mm
9 781580 071482 £17.99
Publication Date July 2009
278mm x 215mm
over 50 b&w photographs
9 781580 070034 £12.95
256 pages, hardback
254mm x 254mm
50 colour photographs +350 b&w
photographs + three-view drawings
9 781580 070713 £27.99
Clear the deck!
Aircraft Carrier Accidents
of World War II
Convair Deltas
From SeaDart to Hustler
Corky Meyer's Flight
Journal
Bill Yenne
Corky Meyer
Delta wing aircraft from the SeaDart to the
Hustler.
First hand account of testing more than 125
different types of military and commercial jet
and piston-engine aircraft.
Cory Graff
An examination of the amazing Naval aviation
actions that took place during WWII
230mm x 230mm
207 b&w photographs
9 781580 071192 £11.99
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228 pages, hardback
230mm x 230mm
200 b&w and 130 colour photos with 44
illustrations
9 781580 071185 £22.99
Publication Date September 2009
Boeing’s B-47 Stratojet
Alwyn T Lloyd
The U.S. Air Force’s first strategic jet bomber’s
entire history in deep technical detail.
178mm x 254mm
approx 100 b&w & 50 colour
photographs
9 781580 070935 £19.99
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Experimental and
Prototype U.S. Air Force
Jet Fighters
Dennis Jenkins & Tony Landis
The development of fighter airframes and engines since the end of World War II detailing with
an ‘XF’ or ‘YF’ designation. An ideal companion
to U.S. Air Force Prototype Jet Fighters (above)
260 pages, hardback
254mm x 254mm
9 781580 071116 £29.99
F-117 Nighthawk Stealth
Fighter Photo Scrapbook
Front Row Center
Erik Hildebrandt
Tony Landis & Yancy Mailes
Inside the World’s Greatest Air Show
A photographic history of Lockheed’s aircraft
and its service history in Operation Desert
Storm.
178 pages, hardback
300mm x 228mm
200+ colour photographs
9 780967 404028 £27.99
230mm x 230mm
250 colour & 100 b&w photographs
9 781580 070997 £11.99
Front Row Center 2
Front Row Center 3
Erik Hildebrandt
Erik Hildebrandt
Inside the World’s Greatest Air Show
Inside the Great American Air Show
Charles Mendenhall
The Centennial of Flight air show season of
2003 featuring, amongst others the US Navy
Blue Angels, US Air Force Thunderbirds,
Sean D Tucker and Julie Clark.
An expanded section dedicated to the 60th
Anniversary season of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels plus unprecedented images of the
USAF’s fighter, the F-22 Raptor.
The entire line of Granville Bros. projects including all sport and racing planes, and
drawings for a proposed Indy race car.
168 pages, hardback
300mm x 228mm
9 780967 404042 £27.99
160 pages, hardback
300mm x 228mm
9 780967 404066 £27.99
Gunships
Heritage Flight
Wayne Mutza
Erik Hildebrandt
The Story of Spooky, Shadow, Stinger and
Spectre
Images from world-renowned photographer
Erik Hildebrandt showing pairings of modern
jet fighters with vintage military aircraft.
204 pages, hardback
230mm x 230mm
101 b&w and 245 colour photographs
with 7 illustrations
9 781580 071239 £24.99
Publication Date May 2009
178 pages, hardback
228mm x 300mm
over 200 colour photographs
9 780967 404035 £34.99
The Gee Bee Racers: A
Legacy of Speed
253mm x 178mm
Over 175 b&w illustrations
9 780933 424050 £17.99
How to Build and Modify
Resin Model Aircraft Kits
Richard Marmo
Includes detailed information on tools & airbrushes, scale jumping and how to properly
display finished models.
216mm x 280mm
9 781580 070485 £17.99
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Hypersonic
Dennis R Jenkins & Tony R Landis
Laird Airplanes
A Legacy of Speed
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Magnesium Overcast
Dennis R Jenkins
The Story of the North American X-15
Edward H Phillips
The Story of the Convair B-36
230mm x 230mm,
500 b&w & 50 colour photographs, 100
drawings
9 781580 071314 £19.99
The career of E M ‘Matty’ Laird, who turned
his mechanical abilities & fascination with
flight into a career that put him at the top of
aviation’s pioneers.
230mm x 230mm
9 781580 071291 £19.99
144 pages, hardback
230mm x 230mm
190 b&w photographs
9 781580 070706 £19.99
MiG Killers
North American’s T-6
Donald J. McCarthy, Jr.
Dan Hagedorn
A Chronology of U.S. Air Victories in Vietnam
1965-1973
A Definitive History of the World’s Most Famous Trainer
160 pages, hardback
280mm x 225mm
178 colour and 67 b&w photographs with
8 illustrations
9 781580 071369 £24.99
240 pages, hardback
230mm x 230mm
330 b&w and 30 colour photographs with
85 illustrations
9 781580 071246 £22.99
Publication Date June 2009
Radical Wings & Wind
Tunnels
Return-To-Flight Space
Shuttle Discovery
A Photo Scrapbook
Skystreak, Skyrocket, &
Stiletto. Douglas HighSpeed X Planes
Dennis R. Jenkins
Scott Libis
Stunning photography showing the Space
Shuttle in ways that have never before been
seen.
Exploring the aeronautical history of these
Douglas aircraft.
Joseph R Chambers & Mark A
Chambers
A behind-the-scenes look at how NASA Langley uses wind tunnels and flight testing to
advance aeronautical science
160 pages, hardback
216mm x 280mm
9 781580 071161 £24.99
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230mm x 230mm
9 781580 071048 £11.99
Northrop’s Night Hunter
The P-61 Black Widow
Jeff Kolln
The offensive and defensive systems, operations, and the unique uses of the P-61.
264 pages, hardback
254mm x 254mm
9 781580 071222 £29.99
184 pages, hardback
230mm x 230mm
More than 300 photographs and
illustrations
9 781580 070843 £19.99
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Space Shuttle
3rd Edition
Stearman Aircraft
A Detailed History
Dennis R. Jenkins
Edward H Phillips
Covers the 80+-year history of developing
reusable lifting-reentry spacecraft
The career of Lloyd Carlton Stearman from
his work on the New Swallow biplane to the
expansion of Stearman facilities into Boeing
Airplane Company.
Cory Graff
192 pages, hardback
254mm x 254mm
385 photographs including 100 in colour
9 781580 070874 £27.99
160 pages, hardback
216mm x 280mm
350+ b&w & 25 colour photographs
9 781580 070928 £22.99
A Technical and
Operational History of the
Liberty Engine
U.S. Air Force Aviation
A Military Photo Logbook,
Volume 1
216mm x 280mm, hardback
514 pages
1000+ b&w photographs and
illustrations
9 780963 397454 £29.99
Strike from the Sea
U.S. Navy Attack Aircraft
from Skyraider to Super
Hornet since 1948
Strike & Return
American Air Power and
the Fight for Iwo Jima
Covers the air war and aircraft in the fight for
Iwo Jima, offering insiders' perspectives and
many rare photographs.
Robert J. Neal
Dennis R Jenkins
Tommy H. Thomason
Tanks, Ships and Aircraft 1917-1960
264 pages, hardback
255mm x 255mm
134 b&w and 125 colour photos with 40
illustrations
9 781580 071321 £29.99
Publication Date August 2009
616 pages, hardback
280mm x 225mm
1058 photos, drawings, charts, and
diagrams
9 781580 071499 £49.99
All aspects of Air Force operations, including
combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, training exercises and aircraft & weapons testing.
U.S. Air Force Prototype
Jet Fighters Photo
Scrapbook
U.S. Experimental &
Prototype Aircraft Projects
Fighters 1939-1945
Dennis R Jenkins & Tony R Landis
William Norton
The evolution of US post war jets and an
ideal companion to Experimental and Prototype U.S. Air Force Jet Fighters (above).
Those American fighter projects of WWII that
never reached combat forces.
228mm x 228mm
9 781580 071376 £19.99
264 pages, hardback
254mm x 254mm
9 781580 071093 £29.99
230mm x 230mm
9 781580 071130 £17.99
U.S. Naval Air Superiority
Development of U.S.
Shipborne Jet Fighters
1943-1962
Tommy H Thomason
Profiles the turbulent design and development stage of the Navy’s carrier-based jet
fighter program.
100 colour & 200 b&w photographs plus
50 technical drawings
9 781580 071109 £29.99
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U.S. Naval Aviation
A Military Photo Logbook,
Volume 1
Dennis R Jenkins
A stunning, behind-the-scenes look at naval
aviation operations.
230mm x 230mm
9 781580 071147 £17.99
Valkyrie
The Wrong Stuff
Dennis R. Jenkins & Tony R. Landis
John Moore
North American’s Mach 3 Superbomber
The personal story of John Moore’s ‘cat with
nine lives’ life surviving two Korean combat
tours, Navy test operations and years as test
pilot for North American Aviation.
230mm x 230mm
9 781580 071307 £19.99
192 pages, hardback
152mm x 228mm
100 b&w photographs
9 781883 809102 £17.99
X-plane crashes
X-Planes Photo Scrapbook
Peter Merlin & Tony Moore
Dennis R Jenkins
The ‘X-Hunters’ examine more than 100
crash sites of exotic aircraft from Edwards air
Force Base and Area 51.
Covering the formal X-series and experimental aircraft used by the U S military & NASA.
160 pages, hardback
216mm x 280mm
9 781580 071215 £22.99
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230mm x 230mm
450 b&w photographs + 50 colour
photographs
9 781580 070768 £19.99
RaceplaneTech Series
Griffon-Powered Mustangs
- Vol. 1
A Kevin Grantham &
Nicholas A Veronico
The evolution of the world record-setting Red
Baron; World Jet Mustang development and
racing history, airframe and cockpit modifications, including Lear Jet wings, F-86 tail;
Griffon engine development and unlimited
racing results.
280mm x 216mm
150 b&w photographs
+ 4 page colour section.
9 781580 070348 £12.99
AirlinerTech Series
The Airliner Tech series provides the enthusiast with an under-the-skin look at structure,
design, systems, and operation of these
high-tech wonders.
Each title
280mm x 216mm,
Approx 160 photographs and line art
+ 4 pages of colour photographs.
£12.99
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9 781580 070256
9 781580 070362
9 781580 070379
9 781580 070478
9 781580 070737
3. Airbus A340
5. Lockheed 188 Electra
7. De Havilland Comet
8. Lockheed L-1011 Tristar
9. Boeing Stratocruiser
12. Convair Twins
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WardbirdTech Series:
The WarbirdTech series is one of the best sources of information for modellers
and aviation enthusiasts. Each volume is crammed full of excerpts, drawings, exploded views, cutaways, assembly line and repair depot photographs from original tech manuals. All new & revised titles have 104 pages, including 8 pages of
colour photographs.
100-104 pages, paperback
280mm x 215mm,
approx 160 photographs and line art with 4 pages of colour.
£12.99
9 781580 070546
9 780933 424661
9 780933 424722
9 781580 070867
9 780933 424791
9 781580 070096
9 781580 070133
9 781580 070140
9 781580 070201
9 781580 070270
9 781580 070294
9 781580 070454
9 781580 070508
9 781580 070560
9 781580 070577
9 781580 070638
9 781580 070690
9 781580 070805
9 781580 070812
9 781580 070850
9 781580 070911
9 781580 071024
9 781580 070942
9 781580 071062
Vol 1: Consolidated B-24 Liberator
Vol 3: F-86 Sabrejet
Vol 9: F-15 Eagle
Vol 10: Lockheed Blackbirds (Revised Edition)
Vol 14: Boeing B-29
Vol 16: Lockheed U-2 Dragon Lady
Vol 20: A-10 Warthog
Vol 21: Boeing / Bae Harrier
Vol 25: F-117 Nighthawk
Vol 27: Lockheed AH-56A Cheyenne
Vol 29: Martin B-26 Marauder
Vol 32: Griffon-Powered Spitfires
Vol 33: Grumman A-6 Intruder
Vol 34: North American XB-70A Valkyrie
Vol 35: Merlin-Powered Spitfires
Vol 37: Hawker Sea Fury
Vol 38: Lockheed F-104 Starfighter
Vol 39: Lockheed C-141 Starlifter
Vol 40: Mikoyan MiG-15 Fagot
Vol 41: Mikoyan MiG-29 Fulcrum
Vol 42: Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker
Vol 43: Tupolev Tu-95 Bear
Vol 44: Northrop F-5/F-20/T-38
Vol 45: Mikoyan MiG-21 Fishbed
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Airmanship
Carey Edwards
Written to define the term
Airmanship this book reveals how an understanding
of the subject enables the
pilot to become safer, making him aware of his surroundings and being able to
cope with both the expected
and unexpected.
170mm x 245mm
9 781906 559106 £15.95
PUBLICATION DATE
SUMMER 2009
A Glider Pilot Bold
Wally Kahn
A wealth of stories about scrapes and escapes,
machines and pilots and the evolution of the
sport of gliding from the perspective of glider
pilots and personalities over 50 years. Wally
Kahn is a well known glider pilot and has as
competed in National and International flying
competitions. A very funny book.
210mm x 150mm
9 781906 559069 £12.95
Chapters:
¥ Taking Care of Your
Passengers
¥ New Horizons
¥ Weather Factors
¥ Different Environments
¥ Flying and Finance
¥ Tackling Something New
Clearer Horizons
James Allan
This book shows how pilots can enjoy flying and gain confidence in developing new
skills which will allow them to progress
through the higher grades of certification.
Night flying, instrument flying, aerobatics
and precision flying are covered as are
ideas on improving technique and extended flights to different types of airfield
which will increase the pilot’s confidence
while increasing those vital flying hours.
170mm x 245mm
9 781906 559083 £14.95
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UK VFR
Helisites 2009
Editor Louise Southern
Produced by the UK VFR
Flight Guide editorial team
the UK VFR Helisite Guide
2009 contains over 800 helicopter landing sites in the
UK. Each entry consists of:
latitude, longtitude and OS
references, ATC frequencies,
together with an OS map of
the site, operational information and contact details.
All essential information
available at a glance, with
supplemental information laid
out in the standard format.
600 pages, spiral bound
225mm x 148mm
Full colour throughout
9 781906 559007 £26.95
Microlight Flyers
Handbook
Guy Gratton
Designed to help all microlight pilots with basic
technical details of 80 different microlights this
book is based upon the old ATA blue book.
Robinson R44
A Pilot’s Guide
John Swan
AFE Pilot’s Guides are the standard reference for any pilot of
many popular aircraft and helicopter types – whether learning
to fly, converting onto type, becoming a club pilot or considering becoming an owner.
Compiled by Dr Guy Gratton, lecturer in Aeronautics at Brunel University, UK and renowned
microlight pilot, engineer and test pilot, all the
information is based upon the manufacturers
approved operations manual and from personal flying experience. Sections include correct approach speed and flap settings, main
flying speeds, emergency drills, type of engine
fitted and landing or permit information. Microlight Flyers Handbook contains the core information required for flight.
176 pages, spiral bound or loose leaf
225mm x 148mm
Spiral bound 9 781906 559014 £14.95
Loose Leaf 9 781906 559021 £16.95
The Robinson R44 is a new addition to the range and describes the helicopter in detail including construction features; equipment and handling; expanded checklist; weight
& balance and performance calculations. Each Pilot’s Guide
is based on practical operating and ownership experience –
the good and the not-so-good – including those aspects of
each type’s operation that the manufacturer won’t always
want to tell you about in the POH/FM.
Illustrated throughout with drawings, graphs, charts and photographs, the Robinson R44 Pilot’s Guide is recommended
for anyone taking the PPL Skill Test.
Estimated 110 pages, softcover
210mm x 148mm
Illustrated throughout
9 781874 783879 £9.95
PUBLICATION DATE SPRING 2009
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The acclaimed Private
Pilot’s Licence Course by
Jeremy M Pratt comprises
5 books to cover the PPL
syllabus. Each volume is
well illustrated with over
246mm x 189mm.
Volume 1
Flying
Training
9 781874 783084
£21.95
A Glider Pilot Bold
Clearer Horizons
Wally Kahn
James Allan
Scrapes and escapes, machines and pilots
from the sport of gliding.
How pilots can enjoy flying and gain confidence in developing new skills.
210mm x 150mm
9 781906 559069 £12.95
170mm x 245mm
9 781906 559083 £14.95
Publication date summer 2009
Airmanship
Microlight Flyers
Handbook
Volume 2
Air Law,
Operational
Procedures
and Communications
9 781906 559090 £21.95
Carey Edwards
A definition of ‘Airmanship’ and how understanding the subject enables a pilot to become safer.
Volume 3 Navigation and
Meteorology
9 781874 783183 £21.95
170mm x 245mm
9 781906 559090 £15.95
Publication date summer 2009
Guy Gratton
Basic technical details of 80 different microlights including the core information required for flight.
176 pages, spiral bound or loose leaf
225mm x 148mm
Spiral bound 9 781906 559014 £14.95
Loose Leaf 9 781906 559021 £16.95
Volume 4
Technical
9 781874 783237
£21.95
Volume 5
Human
Factors and
Flight Safety
9 781874 783282
£19.95
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Beyond the PPL
Nigel Everett
Putting the fun and skill into flying.
234mm x 156mm
9 781874 783299 £15.95
Air Law for Microlight
Pilots
Geoff Weighell
110 pages. paperback
210mm x 148mm
9 781874 783794 £14.95
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The Introductory
Helicopter Flying Lesson
The UK AIM Aeronautical
Information Manual
Jeremy M Pratt
Compiled solely from official sources and includes flying rules, procedures and regulations.
A description of what is involved in a first helicopter flying lesson.
64 pages, paperback
210mm x 148mm
9 781874 783783 £5.99
800 pages approx, paperback
225mm x 152mm, b&w diagrams
9 781874 783992 £18.95
The Pilot’s Guide
Series
Jeremy M Pratt
AFE Pilot’s Guides are the standard reference for any pilot of
many popular aircraft and helicopter types. Each book in the series
covers all aspects of a particular
type and is illustrated throughout
with photographs and diagrams.
Approx. 100 pages each,
paperback,
245mm x 170mm UK Only
The Introductory Flying
Lesson
Jeremy M Pratt
An explanation of what to expect from a first
flying lesson.
64 pages, paperback
210mm x 148mm b&w photographs
throughout
9 781874 783770 £4.99
UK VFR Helisites 2009
Over 800 helicopter landing sites in the UK
including an OS map of the site, operational
information and contact details.
600 pages, spiral bound
225mm x 148mm
Full colour throughout
9 781906 559007 £26.95
Publication date spring 2009
PA-38 Tomahawk
9 781874 783633 £9.95
PA-28 Cherokee
9 781874 783589 £9.95
PA-28 Warrior
9 781874 783534 £9.95
Cessna 150
9 781874 783381 £9.95
Cessna 152
9 781874 783435 £9.95
Cessna 172
9 781874 783480 £9.95
Diamond Katana
Ed Helmick
9 781874 783213 £9.95
Robinson R22
John Swan
9 781874 783312 £9.95
Robinson R44
John Swan
9 781874 783879 £9.95
PPL Question and Answer
Simplifier
Jeremy M Pratt
Practice questions for the PPL course exams.
246mm x 189mm
9 781906 559076 £19.95
VFR Flight Guide
Over 500 airfields including email addresses
and websites. Available in different formats,
each 225mm x 152mm
9 781906 559038 Spiral £22.95
9 781906 559045 Bound £22.95
9 781906 559052 Loose Leaf £26.95
“… very useful additions to pilot’s
literature…I am convinced these
little books should also make a
significant contribution to air
safety… one of the best bargains
currently available in aviation.”
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The Steinhilper Trilogy
Roll of Honour Trilogy
The ‘Roll of Honour’ series comprises paperback editions of many classic titles which deserve to remain in
print.
Spitfire on my
Tail
Luftwaffe fighter pilot, Ulrich
describes his 150 missions
during the Battle of Britain,
until being captured over England in October 1940.
84 illustrations
9 781872 836003 £10.95
Target Dresden
Alan Cooper
Target Dresden chronicles the
story behind the Dresden raids
which were the most controversial conventional bombing
attacks of World War Two.
234mm x 156mm
43 b&w photographs and
illustrations
9 781872 836607 £10.95
Test Pilots
A treatise on test
flying from the very
earliest days to the
jet.
Wolfgang Spate
The experiences of predominantly German test pilots from
the earliest years of aviation to
the modern age. Including
writings by Kurt Zwickau,
Hanna Reitsch and Jean Marie
Saget.
235mm x 155mm
9781872836208 £10.95
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Born Leader
Alan Cooper
The Story of Guy Gibson VC
9 781872 836829 £10.95
PUBLICATION DATE OCTOBER 2009
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Ulrich Steinhilper and Peter Osborne
Spitfire on my Tail
Luftwaffe fighter pilot, Ulrich describes his 150 missions during the
Battle of Britain, until being captured
over England in October 1940.
368 pages, hardback
234mm x 156mm
84 illustrations
9 781872 836003 £17.95
Ten Minutes To
Buffalo
Sequel to Spitfire On My Tail, the
courageous story of Steinhilper’s experiences as a German POW in
Canada and the USA and his three
escape attempts.
431 pages, hardback
234mm x 156mm
45 illustrations
9 781872 836010 £14.95
Full Circle
The final volume in the trilogy showing Ulrich Steinhipler’s life behind
barbed wire culminating in his fifth
and final bid to get back to Germany.
408 pages, hardback
234mm x 156mm
74 illustrations
9 781872 836027 £17.95
Blue Skies and Dark Nights
Bill Randle
The fascinating autobiography of Group
Captain Bill Randle RAF in WWII and the
‘Cold War’ period.
352 pages, hardback, 234mm x
156mm
9 781872 836409 £9.95 UK only
Shark Squadron Pilot
Bert Horden
A graphic account of the realities of air
war in the Western Desert with 112
‘Shark’ Squadron.
193 pages, hardback, 234mm x
156mm
9 781872 836454 £9.95 UK only
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1941 The Turning Point
Part 1
1941 The Turning Point
Part 2
Battle of Britain - The
Forgotten Months
John Foreman
John Foreman
John Foreman
The Battle of Britain to the Blitz
358 pages, paperback, 234mm x 156mm
9 78187 187229 £19.95
The Blitz to the Non-Stop Offensive
9 78187 187250 £19.95
A day-to-day narrative in November and December 1940 of the battle and particularly
Coastal and Bomber Commands.
9 781871 187021 £14.95
The Charterhall Story
The history of a small Borders airfield from
1942 including lists of aircraft and accidents.
9 781871 187281 £14.95
Dunsfold – Surrey’s Most
Secret Airfield
The Fighter Command War
Diaries
Paul McCue
John Foreman
Told through de-classified records and
through the eyes of many who worked on
the airfield.
9 781871 187120 £14.95
A complete record of Fighter Command in
WWII.
Volume 1: September 1939
to September 1940
9 781871 187441 £19.95
Diaries
Diaries
Diaries
John Foreman
John Foreman
John Foreman
WWII.
Volume 2: September 1940
to December 1941
9 781871 187359 £24.95
WWII.
Volume 3: January 1942 to June
1943
9 781871 187465 £19.95
WWII.
Volume 4: July 1943 to June 1944
9 781871 187489 £24.95
Jack Thompson
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Flying Boffin
Knights of the Skies
Freddy Stringer
Michael C Fox
WWII.
A first hand account of testing aircraft radar
and post war military aircraft at RAE Farnborough.
Volume 5: July 1944 to May 1945
9 781871 187458 £24.95
234mm x 156mm
9 781871 187496 £14.95
The development of armour for British fighting aircraft
234mm x 156mm
9 781871 187502 £19.95
Intruders over Britain
The Luftwaffe’s Night
Fighter Offensive
Martin Bowman
John Foreman
Simon W Parry
First-hand accounts from those who flew with
the Allies and the Luftwaffe.
232mm x 150mm
9781871187168 £14.95
Low Level from Swanton
The story of Swanton Morley during its 55
years as a RAF station.
210mm x 140mm
9 781871 187182 £14.95
Making for Sweden Part 2
The United States Army
Air Force
Wegman and Widfelt
A record of airmen seeking shelter in Sweden
350 pages, hardback
210mm x 140mm
9 781871 187373 £24.95
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The Palace at War
Stephen Flower
The story of how war affected the Royal
Palaces and their Household.
Me262 Combat Diary
As a member of the uniformed staff at
Hampton Court Palace, home of Henry VIII,
the author’s interest led him to explore the
more recent history of the Palaces - in
WW1 and WW2.
John Foreman and Sid Harvey
The definitive account of the Luftwaffe’s greatest fighter in combat.
190 B&W illustrations
225mm x 134mm
9 781871 187519 £19.95
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9 781871 187526 £14.95
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The Pendulum and the
Scythe
Ken Marshall
An overview of the activities of Bomber Command, their Luftwaffe opponents and the
technological advances of both sides.
9 781871 187328 £24.95
Raiders Overhead
Rolling Thunder
Stephen Flower
John T Smith
The story of the ordinary folk of Walton and
Weybridge in the front line with homes and
places of work destroyed by German bombs.
212mm x 142mm
97818711871842 £11.95
A fully detailed history of the Vietnam air campaign from both the airmen and the politician’s point of view.
212mm x 142mm
9 781871 187205 £15.95
Selected for Aircrew
Tirpitz – The Halifax Raids
The Whitley Boys
James Hampton
Nigel Smith
GL “Larry” Donnelly DFM
A hard hitting and thought provoking book
about life in Bomber Command.
9 781871 187175 £14.95
Daring attempts to sink the battleship Tirpitz.
9 781871 187274 £14.95
A graphic account 4 Group Bomber Operations 1939-1940 flying Armstrong Whitworth
Whitley aircraft.
9 781871 187366 £19.95
Pacific Century
NEW
The Amazing Adventures of
Betsy & Niki
Captain Charles ‘Chic’ Eather
Betsy and Niki comprised the founding fleet
of Cathay Pacific Airways and, as the airline
grew, they found themselves in a series of extraordinary, and occasionally terrifying situations.
Winged Odyssey
Lettice Curtis
The biography of Mary,
Duchess of Bedford
210mm x 140mm
60 b&w illustrations
9 781871 187199
£14.95
Captain Charles ‘Chic’ Eather knew both aircraft intimately and here shares his memories
in a remarkable book that is not just a thrilling
read, but a valuable and unique document of
a time when air travel in the Far East was as
romantic as it was unpredictable.
130 pages, hardback (with slipcase)
218mm x 190mm
Colour and b&w illustrations throughout
9 789881 763099 £14.99
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textured gift box
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Index
I 1941 the Turning point Part 1
I 1941 the Turning point Part 2
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A
I A Civilian Affair
25
I A Glider Pilot Bold
46
I A Technical and Operational History of the
Liberty Engine
38
I Action Stations Revisited
10
I Air Combat Legends Vol 1
35
I Air Gunner
28
I Air Racer
40
I Air Racing Over Reno
40
I AirlinerTech
44
I Airmanship
46
I Albert Ball VC
9
I Amazing Adventures of Betsy & Niki
53
I American Secret Pusher Fighters Of World
War II
40
I Anytime Baby
40
I Apollo 11 Moon Landing
36
I Auster
25
I Avro Vulcan Complete History
6
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Hawker Hunter
Hawker Hurricane
Heritage Flight
How to Build and Modify Resin Model
Aircraft Kits
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I-400
Ideals and Training of a Flying Officer
If the Gods are Good
International Air Power Review
Intruders over Britain
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I KG 200
I Knights of the Skies
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Lancaster Target
Latin American Air Wars & Aircraft
Long Drag
Low Level from Swanton
Luftwaffe Aerial Torpedo Aircraft and
Operations in World War Two
Luftwaffe Bombers’ Battle of Britain
Luftwaffe Colours
Luftwaffe Eagle
Luftwaffe Fighter-Bombers over Britain
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Magnesium Overcast
Making for Sweden Part 2
Me262 Combat Diary
Microlight Air Law
Microlight Flyers Handbook
MiG Killers
MiGS over North Vietnam
Mission 376
Modern Battlefield Warplanes
Mosquito Pathfinder
Mosquito Victory
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Night Flyer
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No Moon Tonight
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Palace at War
Pathfinder
Pedestal
Pendulum and the Scythe
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Pilot’s Notes
PPL Introductory Lesson
PPL Introductory Helicopter Lesson
PPL Question and Answer Simplifier
Private Pilot’s Licence Course
Pure Luck
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B-24 Nose Art Name Directory
Battle of Britain the Forgotten Months
Beyond the PPL
Bloody Biscay
Blue Skies and Dark Nights
Bodenplatte
Boeing’s B-47 Stratojet
Bristol Blenheim
Carrier Aviation Air Power Directory
Charterhall Story
Chinese Aircraft
Clean Sweep
Clear the deck!
Clearer Horizons
Condor: Luftwaffe in Spain 1936-1939
Convair Deltas
40
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6
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Corky Meyer’s Flight Journal
Coronation Wings
Courage Alone
Cruise of the Sea Eagle
Eagles War
32
East Riding Airfields 1915- 1920
23
Encyclopedia Of World Air Forces
35
Enemy Coast Ahead
26
Enemy Coast Ahead – Uncensored
8
Evader
26
Experimental and Prototype U.S. Air Force
Jet Fighters
38
I Eyes for the Phoenix
21
F
I F-117 Nighthawk Stealth Fighter Photo
Scrapbook
I Faith Hope and Malta GC
I Fighter Command War Diaries
I Five Up
I Flights into the Night
I Flying Boffin
I Flying Without Wings
I Front Row Center
I Full Circle
I FW200 Condor
41
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50
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I Gunships
41
36
54
R
I RaceplaneTec
I Radical wings & Wind Tunnels
I RAF & RCAF Aircraft Nose Art in
World War II
I Raiders Overhead
I Rear Gunner Pathfinders
I Return-To-Flight Space Shuttle Discovery
I Rise and Defend
I Robinson R44
I Rolling Thunder
42
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21
25
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Shadows
22
Shark Squadron
15
Shark Squadron Pilot
50
Sigh for a Merlin
8
Skystreak, Skyrocket, & Stiletto
42
Soviet Strategic Aviation in the Cold War 17
Space Shuttle
43
Spitfire on my Tail
50
Spitfire, A Test Pilot’s Story
8
Spitfires and Yellow Tail Mustangs
22
Stearman Aircraft
43
Stirling Story
6
Stormbird
7
Straight Down!
15
Strike & Return
43
Strike from the Sea
37
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Target Dresden
Task Force 57
Ten Minutes To Buffalo
Test Pilots
Thud Ridge
Tiger Moth Story
Tirpitz – The Halifax Raids
Tupolev Bombers
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I U. S. Air Force Aviation
I U. S. Naval Aviation
I U. S. Air Force Prototype
Jet Fighters
I U. S. Experimental & Prototype Aircraft
Projects - Fighters 1939-1945
I U. S. Naval Air Superiority
I UK AIM
I UK VFR Helisites 2009
I Uncommon Valour
I United States Military Aviation Directory
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I VFR Flight Guide
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Warlords
Warplanes of the Fleet
WarplaneTech
We Landed by Moonlight
Wekusta
Wellington Wings
Whitley Boys
Wing Leader
Winged Odyssey
Winged Warfare
Wings Aflame
Wings Over Georgia
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Wrong Stuff
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