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Janes Aircraft Recognition Guide 4TH Edition
by Gunter G Endres  Publisher Comments Jane's Aircraft Recognition Guide is the only guide that allows the general public access to information from the world-famous Jane's All the World's Aircraft (first published in 1909), used by international aviation and military organizations and...
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The Mighty Eighth War Manual
by Roger A Freeman Publisher Comments The Mighty Eighth was the largest striking force ever committed to battle, and putting it in the air remains one of the greatest military achievements of the Second World War. Over 1,700 aircraft, involving 15,000 men and a vastly sophisticated supply...
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Masters of the Air : America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany (07 Edition)
by Donald L. Miller Publisher Comments Masters of the Air is the deeply personal story of the American bomber boys in World War II who brought the war to Hitler's doorstep. With the narrative power of fiction, Donald Miller takes readers on a harrowing ride through the fire-filled skies over...
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The Lockheed Constellation
by Ken Wixey Publisher Comments A history of the development and use of the Constellation in both military and commercial use....
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Aircraft of the Aces #50: Hungarian and Bulgarian Aces of World War 2
by Gyorgy Punka Publisher Comments Like Germany, Hungary was forbidden from having an air force following the defeat of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the end of World War 1. However, again like Germany, the new state of Hungary created an air arm in secret during the 1930s. Hungarian...
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The Berlin Raids: RAF Bomber Command Winter 1943-44 (Cassell Military Paperbacks)
by Martin Middlebrook Publisher Comments The Battle of Berlin was the longest, most sustained offensive against a single target, and its merits remain a subject of debate even today. Here is the story behind these costly raids--including crucial tactical shifts within the R.A.F.--and month-by...
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Flyboys: A True Story of Courage
by James Bradley Publisher Comments James Bradley's #1 bestseller Flags of Our Fathers made real the humanity and legacy of war as few books had before. Now, in Flyboys, Bradley returns to World War II and an extraordinary — and totally unknown — true story of courage. Over...
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Me 262 Volume 1
by J Richard Smith Publisher Comments Due to demand, this is a revised reprint of the first volume of J. Richard Smith's and Eddie J. Creek's exhaustive study of the Messerschmitt Me 262, the world's first operational military jet aircraft. This edition contains updated technical drawings...
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Before the Storm: The Story of Bomber Command 1939-42
by Robert Jackson Publisher Comments Three bloody years of horrible battle, of a badly underequipped force fighting a superior enemy: that's what British Bomber Command endured in the early years of World War II. Every one of these tales, told by those who survived, features heroes with...
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McGregor Renewal and the Current Air Defense Mission
by David Rubenson Publisher Comments Evaluates the military rationale for retaining in the military system the 600,000-acre McGregor Range on Fort Bliss....
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War in the Air 1914-45 (Smithsonian History of Warfare) (Smithsonian History of Warfare)
by Williamson Murray Publisher Comments The first aircraft flew in 1903 and within ten years had been developed into military weapons.From World War I to World War II, pilots became exalted national heroes, gallant knights astride their iron steeds high above the skies of Europe.Far from the...
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Marine Air: The History of the Flying Leathernecks in Words and Photos
by Robert F. Dorr Publisher Comments An illustrated oral history of the Marine Air Wing describes their origins in World War I, their significant role in some of World War II's most harrowing battles, and the contributions of such figures as Major Pappy Boyington of the "Black Sheep...
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Warplanes of the Future
by David Oliver Synopsis As we enter the 21st century, airforce and aerospace designers are conceptualizing and testing new aircraft systems based on lessons learned in combat during the last years of the previous century, and in anticipation of new threats in the future. This...
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Stealth Warplanes
by Doug Richardson Synopsis Aircraft that no radar can detect, that no missile can strike - this book describes the technology behind developments in aerial warfare since the jet engine and the atomic bomb. It penetrates the secrecy, misinformation and speculation to provide a...
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Full Circle: The Story of Air Fighting
by J E Johnson Publisher Comments In World War One, pilots flew alone, engaging in aerial duels using rifles or revolvers. Solo planes evolved into two-seaters, then into ones capable of carrying entire squadrons. But, as aircraft gained speed and altitude, the trend reversed, and with...
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Jane's U.S. Military Aircraft Recognition Guide (Jane's U.S. Military Aircraft Recognition Guide)
by Tony Holmes Publisher Comments <ul> <li>More than 400 color photographs</li> <li>Key recognition features</li> <li>Includes aircraft from 1909 to the early twenty-first century</li> <li>Technical specifications and history</li> <...
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The Few: The American "Knights of the Air" Who Risked Everything to Save Britain in the Summer of 1940
by Alex Kershaw Publisher Comments The Few tells the dramatic and unforgettable story of eight young Americans who joined Britain's Royal Air Force, defying their country's neutrality laws and risking their U.S. citizenship to fight side-by-side with England's finest pilots in the summer...
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Lockheed P 38 Lightning Volume 7
by Terry C Treadwell Publisher Comments Chronicles the history of this long range interceptor (pursuit) and escort fighter....
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The Corsair: 1940-1970
by Bruno Pautigny Publisher Comments The Vought F4U Corsair has gone down in history as one of the best fighters of the entire Second World War....
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Question of Loyalty :Mitchell
by Douglas Waller Publisher Comments It had all the ingredients of a movie drama:a scandal that grips Washington and touches the White House; bitter battles and backroom intrigue at the highest levels of the U.S. military; glamorous women who make or break the careers of powerful men; a...
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