Air forces and warfare

The true story of American Airlines pilots who ferried essential supplies to US troops over the Himalayas is recounted in this thrilling WWII history.

6 Group was born out of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP), which, among other things called for the formation of 25 Canadian Squadrons in Britain.

This volume chronicles aerial combat of the Korean War through both historical narrative and the personal accounts of Allied airmen and POWs.

Frank Broome was a 15 year old schoolboy when he experienced the three major blitzes in his home city of Coventry and at the age of 17 volunteered for the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in 1942 for pilot training.

Robert le Page flew with the Fleet Air Arm from 1940 to 1945, mostly in 816 Squadron flying carrier-based Fairey Swordfish.

The riveting firsthand account of an RAF pilot's adventures in World War II-from life-and-death situations to unusual posts that test his usual good humor.

This book covers the inception, growth and employment of Britains airborne forces (parachute and glider-borne formations) between June 1940 and March 1945.

A WWII historian shines a light on an unsung hero of the Battle of Britain and reveals the conspiracy that led to his undignified dismissal.

Miles Dempsey, Commander of the British Second Army in the invasion of Europe 1944-45, is almost unknown to the general public.

By the laws of statistics John Lowry should not be here today to tell his story.

The Great War of 1914-1918 saw the rapid development of the airplane as a weapon of war.

Samuel Kink Kinkead won two DSCs with the Royal Naval Air Service, two DFC with the fledgling RAF and the DSO in Russia.

London was a target for Zeppelins and bombers during the First World War, for bombers, V1s and rockets in the Second, and for Cold War missiles and for terrorists in more recent times, yet rarely has the history of twentieth-century attacks on the capital been studied as a whole.

When the top secret code breaking activities at Bletchley Park were revealed in the 1970s, much of the history of the Second World War had to be rewritten.

Aviation historian Guy Warner's First in the Field is an essential history of the Royal Air Force's Air Observation Post Squadron formed in World War II.

Hank Adlam began his naval flying career in 1941, his first operational posting was to the newly formed No.

The fierce struggle between the British 1st Airborne Division and the superior German forces in and around Arnhem is well documented.

An in-depth look at this historic military aircraft, including firsthand accounts from those who flew it.

Highly experienced author John Frayn Turner has succeeded in capturing the indomitable spirit of the WAAF during WW2.

Thanks to the perseverance and editorial effort of his son Allan, Jim Hunter's splendid war memoirs of flying and captivity can now be enjoyed by a wider audience.

Ken Adams, as a trained medic, was sent out to the Far East and immediately saw action on the Malay Peninsula.

Afghanistan is the theater where 1310 Flights role is to provide the heavy-lift support helicopter element within the British Forces Joint Helicopter Command.

This book describes in considerable detail the people, events ships and aircraft that shaped the Air Service from its origins in the late 19th century to its demise in 1945.

The WWI military expert presents his authoritative study of the German Army's operations during the First Battle of Ypres.

"e;[A] powerful autobiography from a Russian veteran of Stalingrad, Kursk and numerous other battles .

Sir Richard Fairey was one of the great aviation innovators of the twentieth century.

Sir Richard Fairey was one of the great aviation innovators of the twentieth century.

In warzones, ordinary commercially-available drones are used for extraordinary reconnaissance and information gathering.

In warzones, ordinary commercially-available drones are used for extraordinary reconnaissance and information gathering.

The groundbreaking expose of an international conspiracy to protect Nazi war criminals-now with new material and an introduction by Phillip Sands.

This is the autobiography of Alan Deere, New Zealand's most famous RAF pilot who saw action from the Munich Crisis to the invasion of France in 1944.

This is the autobiography of Alan Deere, New Zealand's most famous RAF pilot who saw action from the Munich Crisis to the invasion of France in 1944.

This is the personal account of an exceptional Spitfire test pilot and RAF and Fleet Air Arm fighter pilot.

This is the personal account of an exceptional Spitfire test pilot and RAF and Fleet Air Arm fighter pilot.

A Bomber Command book with a difference.

A Bomber Command book with a difference.

This is a short story spanning two years from 1956 to 1958.

This is a short story spanning two years from 1956 to 1958.

Arthwyr ap Meurig, der wahre König Arthur, im Schatten der Normannen & Franken, ist meine deutsche Übersetzung der historischen Bücher von Wilson & Blackett.

A moving tribute to the sacrifice and bravery of the fliers of RAF Bomber Command.

This book explores the military events and diplomatic games in the later years of the Second World War through which Josip Broz Tito's Yugoslav Partisans resistance movement gained the support of the Allies and, eventually, control over Yugoslavia itself.

'A revelatory and wholly fascinating work of history.

In Minefield six Falklands/Malvinas war veterans who once faced each other across a battlefield now face each other across a stage.

The Spanish Civil War was fought on land and at sea but also in an age of great interest in air warfare and the rapid development of warplanes.

The Spanish Civil War was fought on land and at sea but also in an age of great interest in air warfare and the rapid development of warplanes.

In 1922, his dreams of an independent Arabia shattered, T.

The American 'spy' aircraft, the SR-71 'Blackbird' was deliberately designed to be the world's fastest and highest-flying aircraft and has never been approached since.