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This thrilling new volume from Martin Bowman focusses on British, Canadian, Australian and German soldiers and airmen who were captured during the Fir...
Seventy years on, D-Day remains the greatest combined military operation of all time. Published in association with the Imperial War Museum, this is a...
The third volume of this four-part series on Operation 'Market-Garden' in September 1944 draws on many individual soldiers and airmen's narratives to ...
For the Allies as well as Germany, it will be the longest day'. So said Field Marshall Erwin Rommel of the operations on D-Day; and he was correct. Th...
Here, Martin Bowman brings us the first book on Operation Varsity to include both British and US air and ground operations, as well as the US, British...
This fourth volume of a comprehensive five part work on D-Day covers every aspect of aerial operations on and behind the beaches at 'Omaha' and 'Utah'...
Martin Bowmanรขยยs considerable experience as a military historian has spanned over forty years, during which time he has spent hundreds of hours in...
The Boeing B-17, which has come to epitomise the American war effort in Europe, took the fight to Germans from the late summer of 1942 through to VE-D...
Martin Bowman tells the story of the Dam Busters using period images, some rarely published, as well as contemporary views....
The Navy can lose us the war, but only the Air Force can win it. Therefore our supreme effort must be to gain overwhelming mastery in the air. The Fig...
Personal Recollections of the Air War 1939-45
Of the 7,953 Bomber Command aircraft lost on night operations during the Second World War, an estimated 5,833 fell victim to Luftwaffe night fighters....
Today, the Mustang is a living legend and is remembered as probably the finest long-range single-seat piston-engined fighter ever built. Here, in word...
A History : Delivering the Dream
There is perhaps no other commercial airliner as iconic as the Boeing 747. A presence in our skies for over forty years, it has transported hundreds o...
A History
The F-104 Starfighter is quite possibly one of the most photographed aircraft of all time. It is certainly one of the most iconic. Here, Martin Bowman...
This most recognized passenger airliner of all time, the Boeing 747 has consistently set new standards since its introduction in 1970. During this per...
USAAF 8th Air Force Bombers Versus the Luftwaffe in World War 2
This is the story of the air war over Western Europe, told first hand by the American and German pilots and aircrew who took part. It spans the period...
WWII RAF Operations in the Middle and Far East
Highlights include several chapters on the Mediterranean air forces, with special emphasis placed on the brave but futile attempts of the South Africa...
USAAF 8th Air Force Bombers Versus the Luftwaffe, 1943-1945
From the beginning of World War Two the RAF s Bomber Command had been the only means of striking Hitler s Reich and its war machine. The entry into th...
Features a wealth of first-hand testimony drawn from pilots who flew the outstanding Hawker Hunter. If ever there was a real pilot's aeroplane it was ...
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter: Interceptor/ Strike/ Reconnaissance Fighter
The Starfighter was once described as 'a delight to fly, but one mistake and it will kill you'. It is one of the world's fastest fighters with a top s...
For TV, Games, Multimedia and Web
This is a comprehensive text for digital animators and media production students, which aims to answer any questions about animation in the digital wo...
Defenders of the Reich, 1940โ1943
This new volume from Martin Bowman examines the first three years of the Second World War, consolidating first-hand accounts from German fighter pilot...
This new volume from Martin Bowman examines the closing years of the Second World War, as the tide turned against the German and Axis forces. It inclu...
Interceptor, Strike, Reconnaissance Fighter
The Starfighter was once described as a delight to fly, but one mistake and it will kill you. It is one of the worlds fastest fighters with a top spee...
"Showcasing specific aircraft and highlighting significant missions illuminates the skills and emotions of the men who flew the machines. Bowman does ...
The twin-engined Mosquito was one of the classic aircraft of the Second World War. Famously wooden-built, its graceful lines and powerful performance ...
This fully illustrated history of the iconic American fighter plane examines its development and combat experience through WWII and beyond. First flow...
One of the world's greatest aircraft, for three decades pilots enthused about the Hunter and its smooth lines, Rolls-Royce Avon engine, outstanding ha...
The Story of the English Electric Lightning
Martin Bowman tells the story of the iconic Cold War fighter from first prototype to the present day, with many previously-unpublished images as well ...
Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
If ever there was a real pilot's airplane it was the Hunter; an outstanding multipurpose aircraft which excelled in the roles of interceptor fighter, ...
US Undercover Operations from England in the Second World War
The Bedford Triangle portrays the crucial part played by the British Special Operations Executive (SOE),US Army Air Force (USAAF) and American Office ...
The early 1950s were a boom time for British aviation. The lessons of six years of war had been learned and much of the research into jet engines, rad...
Fighters, Flak and Forts : First-hand Accounts of Mighty 8th Operations Over Germany
The B-17 Flying Fortress is, along with the British Avro-Lancaster, the most famed heavy bomber of World War II. More than 12,000 B-17s were built and...
6th June, 1944
On 18 December 1935 when the first flight of the Douglas DC-3 took place, few could have imagined that it would become one of the worldโs most celeb...
Truly an example of engineering ingenuity born out of the desperation of war, the legendary 'all-wooden' Mosquito was perhaps the best twin-engined fi...
Compelling Account of the 'Wooden Wonders' Triumphant WW2 Career
History....
The C-130 Hercules first flew in 1954, an easily maintained aircraft which entered service with the USAF Tactical Air Command. Ten years later the 'Ch...
Deep Sea Attack
Featuring a unique selection of wide-ranging experiences of British and Commonwealth Bomber Command aircrew during World War Two, this new release det...
The Wellington Bomber was omnipresent during the Second World War, employed in a variety of contexts in the fight against the Axis powers. The pilots ...
This book contains fourteen stirring accounts, each conveying an authentic sense of what it was really like to fly as a member of air-crew during the ...