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The 4th and final volume of the series on Market-Garden, September 1944.

* 2013 marks the 70th Anniversary of the Dambuster's Raid - an episode of Second World War history that continues to posses a strong hold over the national imagination. * Complemented throughout by a series of black and white images, some of which have never been published before.

This book is for the passengers and aviation buffs who use London's main airports. It will include a brief history, plans and photographs for each of the five airports, together with directions and information about gates, security, passport control, shopping, restaurants, car parks and other transport connections. Details of Air Traffic Control in London airspace will be explained with the inclusion of aerial photographs taken during approach...

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This is the second volume of a five part work that provides a comprehensive insight into all aspects of RAF Bomber Command in World War Two. Few campaigns waged from the summer of 1942 onwards continue to excite more hotly-contested debate than the bomber offensive against the Third Reich. It was a time of specialist innovations such as the Path Finders to mark targets and the Bomber Stream to control large numbers of aircraft over a target wh...

The Wellington Bomber story

The Mosquito story

Martin Bowman tells the story of the Dam Busters using period images, some rarely published, as well as contemporary views.

A fascinating history from the voices of the American airmen who flew daily from bases in East Anglia to the heart of Germany.

On 15 November it came suddenly out of nowhere inches above the hangars with a crackling thunderclap of twin Merlins. As we watched, bewitched, it was flung about the sky in a beyond belief display for a bomber that could out perform any fighter. Well-bred whisper of a touch down, a door opened and down the ladder came suede shoes, yellow socks an

The book contains twenty-three stirring accounts of what life flying as air-crew in World War Two was really like. The writers are a mixed bunch of pilots, navigators and gunners who flew medium and heavy bombers or Mosquitoes. It conveys the terror of being coned by German searchlights over the target, attacks by Luftwaffe night-fighters, catastrophic damage to aircraft and the ensuing struggle to keep the machine airborne on the return trip ...

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An engaging collection of first-hand accounts, illuminating the experiences of pilots shot down during WWII. Provides comprehensive coverage, featuring stories from evaders and escapers in a variety of contexts. British, American and Canadian pilot testimonies all feature.

The role of the RAF in World War II has been one of the most discussed elements of the war. This exceptionally researched collection of anecdotes, poems, songs, memories and stories, diary extracts, and cartoons has been drawn together from the airmen themselves and touches on all aspects the of air forces' experience, from Bomber Command to the Battle of Britain, and operations to Germany to the North African campaign. Illustrated with contem...

A wonderful combination of stunning aerial photography.

A must-have for anyone interested in military history and the Second World War in the air.

Follow secret operations behind enemy lines in WWII.The Bedford Triangle portrays the crucial part played by the British Special Operations Executive, the US Army Air Force and the American Office of Strategic Services in operations behind enemy lines in occupied Europe during the Second World War. Milton Ernest Hall, a country house in Bedfordshire used officially as the UK headquarters of the US Army Air Force Service Command, was located at...

A must-have for anyone interested in military history and the Second World War in the air.

A must-have for anyone interested in military history and the Second World War in the air.

Consolidates a host of first-hand reminiscences of individuals caught up in RAF night-time operational proceedings during the Second World War.