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  • Focke Wulf 190

    The Birth of the Butcher Bird 1939–1945

    by Morten Jessen ...
    Series series Luftwaffe at War
    Long with its well-known counterpart, the Messerschmitt Bf 109, the Fw 190 became the backbone of the Luftwaffe’s fighting force. Capable of performing in theatres as diverse as North Africa, the Russian Front and in Western Europe, its superior killing ability earned it the nickname, the ‘Butcher Bird’. Famed for its speed and manoeuvrability – some of the Luftwaffe's most successful fighter aces ... Read more

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  • Gunship Pilot

    An Attack Helicopter Warrior Remembers Vietnam

    by Robert F. Hartley ...
    It was 1968 and Robert Hartley was on his first combat mission in Vietnam as copilot of a helicopter gunship. As he and his platoon leader flew over the A Shau Valley, a Chinook helicopter engulfed in flames suddenly came into view. Hartley noticed tiny black smoking objects exiting the tail ramp of the aircraft. Seconds later, he realized those objects were men escaping the flames and plunging to ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • Mustang Ace

    by Robert J. Goebel ...
    MUSTANG ACE: Memoirs of a P-51 Fighter Pilot by Robert J. Goebel + Easygoing and quick to learn, young Bob Goebel worked his way steadily through the phases of military flight training, and found in himself an aptitude for flight. Following months of rigorous operational flying in Panama, Goebel and his young companions found themselves in North Africa in the spring of 1944 with orders to the 31st ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Red Devils over the Yalu

    A Chronicle of Soviet Aerial Operations in the Korean War 1950-53

    by Stuart Britton, Igor Seidov ...
    Series Book 26 - Helion Studies in Military History
    The Korean War (1950-1953) was the first - and only - full-scale air war in the jet age. It was in the skies of North Korea where Soviet and American pilots came together in fierce aerial clashes. The best pilots of the opposing systems, the most powerful air forces, and the most up-to-date aircraft in the world in this period of history came together in pitched air battles. The analysis of the ... Read more

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  • Vought F4 Corsair

    Carrier and Land-Based Fighter

    by Dave Windle, Martin W. Bowman ...
    Series series Profiles of Flight
    The Vought F4U was the best carrier based fighter of WW2. 12,571 aircraft were built and downed 2,140 enemy aircraft for the loss of only 189 Corsairs. It was developed early in 1938 for the US Navy. The designer, Tex Beisel, worked on the principle of the largest engine in the smallest airframe. Britain received 2012 of the type. This book contains the world famous color profiles created by Dave ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Cinderella Service

    RAF Coastal Command 1939 - 1945

    by Andrew Hendrie ...
    This book reveals the vital contribution that RAF Coastal Command made to the Allies war effort. Although often referred to as the 'Cinderella Service' because by its nature, it did not gain the recognition it deserved and was overshadowed by Fighter and Bomber Commands and considering that it was not given priority in terms of aircraft and equipment, its wartime record was second to none.The two ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Pacific Payback

    The Carrier Aviators Who Avenged Pearl Harbor at the Battle of Midway

    by Stephen L. Moore ...
    “Deeply researched and well written....By far the most detailed account of USS Enterprise’s dive-bombers and their decisive role at the Battle of Midway.”*Sunday, December 7, 1941, dawned clear and bright over the Pacific....But for the Dauntless dive-bomber crews of the USS Enterprise returning to their home base on Oahu, it was a morning from hell. Flying directly into the Japanese ambush at ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

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  • MiG-17 and MiG-19 Units of the Vietnam War

    by Dr István Toperczer ...
    Series Book 25 - Combat Aircraft
    A detailed history of the MiG-17 and MiG-19 units of the Vietnamese People's Air Force, packed with first-hand accounts and colour profiles.The erstwhile enemy of the USAF and US Navy during the nine years of American involvement in the Vietnam War, the Vietnamese Peoples' Air Force (VPAF) quickly grew from an ill-organised rabble of poorly trained pilots flying antiquated communist aircraft into ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • The Goldfish Club

    by Danny Danziger ...
    Mayday. Mayday. Mayday . . .Every member of the Goldfish Club has been forced to broadcast these terrifying words from a stricken aircraft, making them one of the most unusual fellowships in the world. Formed during the Second World War to foster comradeship among pilots who had been forced to bail out over water, the Goldfish Club has taken on new airmen (and one woman) ever since and there are ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

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  • He 162 Volksjäger Units

    by Robert Forsyth, Mr Mark Postlethwaite ...
    Series Book 118 - Combat Aircraft
    With the Third Reich on the brink of defeat Hitler's instructions to his designers were clear. He wanted a Volksjäger – a People's Fighter that was quick to produce and used minimal quantities of strategic materials.Heinkel rose to the challenge with the He 162, a fighter constructed of wood and metal that was designed, built and flown in the staggeringly short time of ten weeks. Professional ... Read more

    $21.19 CAD

  • Area 51

    The Graphic History of America's Most Secret Military Installation

    by Dwight Zimmerman, Greg Scott ...
    The actual history of the United States' worst-kept military secret revealed in graphic format.Though nearly everyone has heard of it, almost no one has known anything about it . . . until now. Located in the remote Nevada desert near the dry bed of Groom Lake, Area 51 is the most famous military installation in the world that doesn't "officially" exist. In Area 51, author Dwight Zimmerman and ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • B-1B Lancer Units in Combat

    by Thomas Withington ...
    Series Book 60 - Combat Aircraft
    The development of the B-1B Lancer bomber was difficult to say the least.Originally conceived to fulfil a USAF requirement for an Advanced Manned Strategic Aircraft, the original B-1A concept aircraft was accused of being a white elephant, capable of performing nothing which could not be achieved at less financial and human expense than an intercontinental ballistic missile.Cancelled by the Carter ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD