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Covers Australian aircrew in Europe during WWII and draws on extensive field research, including over two hundred interviews with survivors. The fact that the Australians were spread so widely across so many squadrons has contributed...

Republic Airlines and its twelve predecessors formed one of the finest national airlines that ever spanned the nation. Although in existence for only six years, it created a legacy of dependability and service while flying...

Created from elements of I./JG 77 and IV./JG 1 in January 1942, Jagdgeschwader 5 “Eismeer” is one of the lesser-known German fighter units of the Second World War. It nevertheless had an impressive operational history,...

The American experience with military gliders during World War II remains a fascinating story of innovation under wartime conditions of a weapon with no historical antecedents. The U.S. Army glider corps was formed in the...

This book provides a unique view of the development of military and commercial aviation in Japan from the pioneering years before World War I to the end of World War II. There are comparatively few...

This new book covers the famed World War Luftwaffe fighter on a variety of war fronts from Poland and France, through the Battle of Britain and the Russian front.[AuthorName]By (author) Rudolf Höfling[/AuthorName][AuthorBio][/AuthorBio][NumIllustration]over 140 color/bw images[/NumIllustration][CoAuthor][/CoAuthor][SubTitle][/SubTitle][ColorPattern]over...

This book covers the giant six-engine World War II Luftwaffe seplane, the largest operational aircraft of the war.[AuthorName]By (author) Rudolf Höfling[/AuthorName][AuthorBio][/AuthorBio][NumIllustration]over 130 color/bw images[/NumIllustration][CoAuthor][/CoAuthor][SubTitle][/SubTitle][ColorPattern]over 130 color/bw images[/ColorPattern]

This book covers the rarely discussed, though influential, World War Luftwaffe transport aircraft nicknamed the tatzelwurm (millipede) because of its long row of landing wheels.[AuthorName]By (author) Jörg Armin Kranzhoff[/AuthorName][AuthorBio][/AuthorBio][NumIllustration]over 90 color/bw images[/NumIllustration][CoAuthor][/CoAuthor][SubTitle][/SubTitle][ColorPattern]over 90 color/bw images[/ColorPattern]

This book is a concise history of the world's first operational jet fighter in World War II. This legendary Luftwaffe aircraft is shown in photos, line schemes, and color profiles.[AuthorName]By Manfred Griehl[/AuthorName][AuthorBio][/AuthorBio][NumIllustration]over 130 color/bw images[/NumIllustration][CoAuthor][/CoAuthor][SubTitle][/SubTitle][ColorPattern]over...

This is the history of fighter aircraft that transitioned the United States Air Force into the supersonic era. By 1952, fighter designations that started with the Curtiss P-1 in 1923, reached the century mark with...

Presented in this book is the story of the former Frontier Airlines from its founding just after World War II to its eventual demise in the 1980s. The legacy of pioneering air service, purchasing jets,...

The French Vautour was designed to serve as an attack aircraft, bomber and nightfighter. Israel purchased all three versions and was the only nation to operate all three types. Sqdn.110 recon Vautours collected imagery crucial...