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Arado Ar 234 Bomber and Reconnaissance Units by Robert Forsyth; Nick Beale; Janusz Swiatlon (Illustrator); Mark Postlethwaite (Illustrator)
Category: Military History | Series: Combat Aircraft Ser.
When the revolutionary twin jet-powered Arado Ar 234 first appeared in the skies over north-west Europe in the summer of 1944, it represented the state-of-the-art in terms of aeronautical and technical development. The Ar 234 was a formidable aircraft o powered by Jumo 004Bs, the same engine used by the ...Show more
F-4 Phantom II Wild Weasel Units in Combat by Peter E. Davies; Jim Laurier (Illustrator); Gareth Hector (Illustrator)
Category: Technology and Transport | Series: Combat Aircraft Ser.
With first-hand insight into the into the key role of the US Air Force's fighter-bomber from the Vietnam War through to Operation Desert Storm during the First Gulf War, this book is an unmissable account of some of the most dangerous and demanding missions in the two wars.The advent of the surface-to-a ...Show more
F4U Corsair Units of the Korean War by Thompson Warren E
Category: Military | Series: Combat Aircraft Ser.
This book tells the story of the 26 US Navy Squadrons, most of which were carrier based, and the six Marine Corps F-4 squadrons that flew combat missions against the North Koreans. Drawing from a vast repository of personal interviews with F-4 pilots, the author paints a harrowing picture of the deadly ...Show more
Heinkel He 177 Units of World War 2 by Robert Forsyth; Jim Laurier (Illustrator); Mark Postlethwaite (Cover Design by)
Category: Military | Series: Combat Aircraft Ser.
In many ways, the Heinkel He 177 'Greif' (Griffon) was Nazi Germany's 'lost' strategic bomber. With some fundamental creases ironed out, and built in large numbers, the He 177 would have offered the Luftwaffe the means with which to carry out long-range, mass bombing attacks against targets of a strateg ...Show more
Macchi C. 202/C. 205V Units in Combat by Marco Mattioli; Richard Caruana (Illustrator); Gareth Hector (Illustrator)
Category: Military | Series: Combat Aircraft Ser.
A study of the Macchi Folgore and Veltro, the most successful Italian fighters in World War II. With specially commissioned profiles, the book examines how these fighters were conceived, their performance and the fascinating stories of their pilots.Italian fighters, such as the Fiat G.50 and Macchi C.20 ...Show more
P-61 Black Widow Units of World War 2 by Warren Thompson; Mark Styling (Illustrator)
Category: Military | Series: Combat Aircraft Ser.
The first aircraft to be purposely designed as a radar-equipped nightfigher, Northrop's P-61 Black Widow was heavily influenced by early RAF combat experience with radar-equipped aircraft in the years 1940/41 of World War II (1939-1945). Built essentially around the bulky Radiation Laboratory SCR-720 ra ...Show more
Pe-2 Guards Units of World War 2 by Dmitriy Khazanov; Andrey Yurgenson (Illustrator); Aleksander Medved
Category: Reference | Series: Combat Aircraft Ser.
Petlyakov's Pe-2 was the most numerous Soviet twin-engined bomber of World War 2, the aircraft being used as a dive-bomber, ground attack platform and dedicated reconnaissance type. The first examples entered service in August 1940, and by the time production came to end in late 1945, no fewer than 10,5 ...Show more
Tempest Squadrons of the RAF by Chris Thomas (Illustrator); Mark Postlethwaite (Cover Design by)
Category: Military | Series: Combat Aircraft Ser.
Hawker's charismatic Tempest V entered RAF service just in time to be the most successful counter to the V1 flying bomb assault on southern England in the summer of 1944. With more than 800 of the robot missiles to its credit, Tempest V units then crossed the Channel to lock horns with the best the Luft ...Show more
Vickers Wellington Units of Bomber Command by Michael Napier; Janusz Swiatlon (Illustrator); Mark Postlethwaite (Illustrator)
Category: Military | Series: Combat Aircraft Ser.
This illustrated study charts the development and combat history of the Vickers Wellington units, the mainstay of the RAF heavy bomber force during the first half of World War II. The Vickers Wellington was one of very few aircraft types to have been in production and frontline service throughout World ...Show more
Yokosuka D4Y 'Judy' Units by Mark Chambers; Jim Laurier (Illustrator); Mark Postlethwaite (Illustrator)
Category: Military | Series: Combat Aircraft Ser.
A fully illustrated guide to one of the finest dive-bombers produced during World War 2, the Yokosuka D4Y "Judy." In 1938, the Yokosuka Naval Air Technical Arsenal, acting under the requirements issued by the Kaigun Koku Hombu for a Navy Experimental 13-Shi Carrier Borne specification for a dive-bomber ...Show more
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