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  • Tempest Pilot

    par Sheddan, Squadron Leader C J, Franks, Norman ...
    Jimmy Sheddan was one of the many New Zealanders who joined the RNZAF, then left his native land to come to England to fight the enemies of Great Britain and her Empire during World War Two. Through his recollections we can share some of the trials and wartime tribulations they faced. Yet we can read too of the enormous amount of fun these men had despite the dangers and sacrifices of war. It is ... En savoir plus

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  • Knight of Germany

    Oswald Boelcke German Ace

    par Johannes Werner ...
    Traduit par Claude W. Sykes ...
    Collections series Vintage Aviation Library
    The story of the World War I fighter pilot the Red Baron himself sought to emulate . . .German air ace Oswald Boelcke was a national hero during World War I. He was the youngest captain in the German air force, decorated with the Pour le Mérite while still only a lieutenant, and credited with forty aerial victories at the time of his death.Becoming a pilot shortly before the outbreak of the war, ... En savoir plus

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  • Air Battle for Dunkirk, 26 May–3 June 1940

    par Norman Franks ...
    A gripping account of the Royal Air Force's daring exploits during the heroic evacuation of Allied troops from France in World War II."Where is the RAF?" was the oft-quoted question asked by soldiers waiting on the beach at Dunkirk, to where they had retreated following the German blitzkrieg through northern France, and where they were now being pounded by the Luftwaffe. The air forces were there, ... En savoir plus

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  • Dieppe: The Greatest Air Battle

    par Norman Franks ...
    When Canadian troops and British Commandos made their now famous ‘reconnaissance in force’ against the harbor town of Dieppe on 19th August 1942, they were supported and protected by the largest array of Royal Air Force aircraft ever seen in WWII until that time. Air Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory, AOC of Fighter Command’s No.11 Group, was given command of the air operation and had 46 Spitfire, 8 ... En savoir plus

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  • Ton-Up Lancs

    A Photographic History of the Thirty-Five RAF Lancasters that Each Completed One Hundred Sorties

    par Norman Franks ...
    An updated and expanded photographic history of the famed military aircraft—and the men who flew them.Aviation historian Norman Franks updates his classic book, The Lancaster, with new information and photos. The Avro Lancaster was a four-engine heavy bomber that played a crucial role in World War II, and this illustrated volume records the history of thirty-five of them, supported by stories from ... En savoir plus

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  • Dowding's Eagles

    Accounts of Twenty-Five Battle of Britain Veterans

    par Norman Franks ...
    Twenty-five veteran airmen share stories of their experiences during World War II's Battle of Britain in this unique history.The Battle of Britain fought by The Few, as Churchill famously called them, will remain a legendary feat of arms for centuries to come. Sadly, there remain only a handful today who can tell their stories so this collection of personal accounts is extremely timely.The Author ... En savoir plus

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  • Veteran Lancs

    A Photographic Record of the 35 RAF Lancasters that Each Completed One Hundred Sorties

    par Norman Franks ...
    Collections series Images of War
    Aviation historians will know that the Avro Lancaster bomber is the most famous aircraft to have fought with RAF Bomber Command during World War Two. They will know too that, of the 7,366 that were built, over 3,400 were lost on operations and a further 200 plus were destroyed and written-off in crashes. Operational sorties flown totalled more than 156,000, carrying over 600,000 tons of bombs to ... En savoir plus

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  • Bloody April 1917

    An Exciting Detailed Analysis of One of the Deadliest Months in the Air in WWI

    par Norman Franks, Russell Guest, Frank Bailey ...
    "Nowhere will you find such an exhaustive book on the day-to-day events of the aerial war over the Western front in April 1917." — A Wargamers Needful ThingsEven those people who know little of WWI's air war will have heard of Bloody April. After more than eighteen months of deadly stalemate on the Western Front, by April 1917 the British and French were again about to launch yet another land ... En savoir plus

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  • The RAF Air-Sea Rescue Service in the Second World War

    par Norman Franks ...
    Collections series Images of War
    When the Second World War began in 1939 it was thought that it would be fought along the same lines as the First World War, with the Allied air forces operating from both Britain and France. With the fall of Britains Northern European Allies in May 1940, all that changed. From then onwards, RAF aircraft operating over enemy and enemy-held territory necessitated flights across both the North Sea ... En savoir plus

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  • Beyond Courage

    Air Sea Rescue by Walrus Squadrons in the Adriatic, Mediterranean and Tyrrhenian Seas 1942–1945

    par Norman Franks ...
    The author of Another Kind of Courage takes a deep dive into the World War II heroics of the pilots and aircrew of the single-engined amphibian airplanes.This book covers the adventures of 283, 284, 293 and 294 Walrus Squadrons, operating from North Africa, Sicily, Italy and Sardinia.The pilots, like their counterparts in England, knew of the dangers of landing on the sea. It was a daunting task ... En savoir plus

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  • Dog Fight

    Aerial Tactics of the Aces of World War I

    par Norman Franks ...
    The history of WWI aviation is a rich and varied story marked by the evolution of aircraft from slow moving, fragile, and unreliable powered kites, into quick, agile, sturdy fighter craft. At the same time there emerged a new kind of 'soldier', the fighter pilots whose individual cunning and bravery became crucial in the fight for control of the air. Dog-fight traces this rapid technological ... En savoir plus

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  • Jasta Boelcke

    The History of Jasta 2, 1916–1918

    par Norman Franks ...
    An account of the renowned German fighter unit in World War I, "a wonderful journey through these pilots' lives, in victory and defeat" ( Aerodrome).As August drew to a close in 1916, the German Air Service was reeling almost helplessly towards inevitable defeat on the Somme. The Artillery and Feldflieger Abteilungen, the Kampfstaffeln, had been quickly reduced to relative impotency by the ... En savoir plus

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