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  • The Lafayette Flying Corps-During the First World War
    Volume one of a two volume history of the famous American volunteer squadron of the First World WarThere can be few who have heard of the Lafayette Flying Corps who are unaware of its history. It was, of course, comprised of the American pilots who volunteered to fight for France in the air and it included the famous Lafayette Escadrille. More than 200 American pilots completed...
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    25,83 €

  • The Lafayette Flying Corps-During the First World War
    Volume two of the history of the famous American volunteer squadron of the First World WarThere can be few who have heard of the Lafayette Flying Corps who are unaware of its history. It was, of course, comprised of the American pilots who volunteered to fight for France in the air and it included the famous Lafayette Escadrille. More than 200 American pilots completed French a...
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    31,63 €

  • The Lafayette Flying Corps-During the First World War
    Charles Bernard Nordhoff / James Norman Hall
    Volume two of the history of the famous American volunteer squadron of the First World WarThere can be few who have heard of the Lafayette Flying Corps who are unaware of its history. It was, of course, comprised of the American pilots who volunteered to fight for France in the air and it included the famous Lafayette Escadrille. More than 200 American pilots completed French a...
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    22,68 €

  • An American Fighter Pilot in the R.A.F
    Arthur Gerald Donahue
    Two outstanding personal accounts by a fighter pilot during the Second World WarThis special Leonaur title, our first ever book about the Second World War, contains two accounts of the war in the air as fought by the fighter pilots of the Royal Air Force. It is remarkable because its author was an American who had elected to join the battle against fascist Germany before his ow...
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    28,59 €

  • An American Fighter Pilot in the R.A.F
    Arthur Gerald Donahue
    Two outstanding personal accounts by a fighter pilot during the Second World WarThis special Leonaur title, our first ever book about the Second World War, contains two accounts of the war in the air as fought by the fighter pilots of the Royal Air Force. It is remarkable because its author was an American who had elected to join the battle against fascist Germany before his ow...
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    19,65 €

  • Legitimate Targets?
    Janina Dill
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    111,22 €

  • The Warbirds of Walney
    John Nixon
    The Warbirds of Walney – A History of RAF Walney (RAF Barrow) and No.10 Air Gunnery School.This lavishly illustrated work will delight aviation enthusiasts, genealogists, and amateur historians alike. Providing an accessible and engaging reading experience for those seeking to understand the construction and wartime usage of this South Lakeland airfield. This book is sure to be...
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    28,04 €

  • The Air War in Southeast Asia
    Air University Press / Herman L. Glister
    The author subjects five case studies of interdiction, close air support, and strategic bombardment to rigid analysis. Dr. Gilster shows the relationship between the strike effort and target damage of several air campaigns during the Vietnam War. First published in 1993. Contains maps, tables, graphs and photographs in black and white. 3 ...
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    18,49 €

  • Into the Unknown Together
    Air Univeristy Press / Mark Erickson
    Colonel Erickson examines the use of space exploration as a tool to secure international prestige and national pride as part of the Cold War struggle with the Soviet Union during the Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson administrations. He looks at the creation of the National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA), the evolving NASA-DOD relationship, and the larger context i...
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    34,02 €

  • Defending Air Bases in an Age of Insurgency
    Air University Press / Shannon Caudill
    This anthology discusses the converging operational issues of air base defense and counterinsurgency. It explores the diverse challenges associated with defending air assets and joint personnel in a counterinsurgency environment. The authors are primarily Air Force officers from security forces, intelligence, and the office of special investigations, but works are included from...
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    31,89 €

  • Mosquitoes to Wolves
    Gary Robert Lester
    Dr. Lester traces the evolution of US close air support, with special emphasis on Korea and Vietnam. He discusses the differing views of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force at some length and compares close air support in these two conflicts. The author notes the need for close air support in the Gulf War and explores the future of close air support. He punctuates this ...
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    32,52 €

  • The Paths of Heaven
    Air Univeristy Press
    The Paths of Heaven counterbalances the Air Force's tendency to emphasize operational concerns at the expense of theory. Most of the fifteen essays are contributed by current or former faculty of the School of Advanced Airpower Studies at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. Collectively, the authors trace the development of airpower theory from its origins with Giulio Douhet, thro...
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    25,25 €

  • Measuring Military Power
    Joshua M. Epstein / Joshua MEpstein
    Joshua M. Epstein argues that prevailing assumptions about the East- West balance of power rest on erroneous measures of military strength. He develops a method for analyzing military capabilities and applies that general procedure to the Soviet tactical air threat to NATO.Originally published in 1984.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to ag...
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    73,84 €

  • A Wing and a Prayer
    The personal narrative of Ralph Freund, who flew 32 missions during World War II as a B-17 flight engineer and top turret gunner and member of the 379th Bomb Group. From the first mission on May 22, 1944 to the last one, a little over two months later, on July 25, 1944, including two missions on D-Day, Ralph talks about the dangers, fears, triumphs and close calls as a member o...
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    25,99 €

  • A Wing and a Prayer
    The personal narrative of Ralph Freund, who flew 32 missions during World War II as a B-17 flight engineer and top turret gunner and member of the 379th Bomb Group. From the first mission on May 22, 1944 to the last one, a little over two months later, on July 25, 1944, including two missions on D-Day, Ralph talks about the dangers, fears, triumphs and close calls as a member ...
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    12,00 €

  • Chasing the Silver Bullet
    Kenneth P. Werrell / Kenneth PWerrell
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    31,50 €

  • F-111 Aardvark Pilot’s Flight Operating Manual
    United States Air Force
    The F-111 Aardvark flew 4000 combat missions during the Vietnam War, struck Libya in 1986, and saw action during Operation Desert Storm. Originally designed as a medium-range fighter-bomber, the versatile aircraft proved its meddle as a strategic bomber, tactical strike aircraft, and reconnaissance platform. When it debuted in 1964, the F-111 ushered in a new era. Equipped with...
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    30,00 €

  • Journey Through the Clouds - Duty, Honor and Country
    Arthur H. Barnes / Arthur HBarnes
    'Our freedom today was bought by the blood of millions of service men and women of the military.We had lived through the Depression years. Germany and Japan were trying to take over the world.We were sent to block their takeover, and take back what they had taken. This is just a small part of what I did for my country to help keep it free.' -Carl C. Barnes, WWII and Korean War ...
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    32,60 €

  • Flying Fortress (Corrected Edition)
    Edward Jablonski
    This Echo Point Books edition includes corrected material based on Edward Jablonski’s handwritten notes in his file copy of the original publication. So be sure to purchase either the Echo Point Books hardcover edition (ISBN 978-1-62654-867-1) or the paperback (ISBN 978-1-62654-904-3).Renowned throughout the world for its strength and destructiveness, the Flying Fortress was on...
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    38,58 €

  • Flying Fortress (Corrected Edition)
    Edward Jablonski
    This Echo Point Books edition includes corrected material based on Edward Jablonski’s handwritten notes in his file copy of the original publication. So be sure to purchase either the Echo Point Books hardcover edition (ISBN 978-1-62654-867-1) or the paperback (ISBN 978-1-62654-904-3).Renowned throughout the world for its strength and destructiveness, the Flying Fortress was on...
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    48,26 €

  • Winged History
    Jr. Kenneth L. Chastain / JrKenneth L Chastain / JrKenneth LChastain
    Winged History: The Life and Times of Kenneth L. Chastain, Aviator, Updated Edition is a must read for anyone interested in 20th century American aviation history. The visually documented chronicle, written by Chastain’s only son, Ken Jr., traces the life of an American pilot over a period of 37 years and aircraft from early wood and fabric, small horsepower biplanes to the adv...
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    17,47 €

  • Scream of Eagles
    Robert K. Wilcox / Robert KWilcox
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    17,20 €

  • Angels Defiant
    Briggs Kilburn Adams / Stuart Walcott
    Two American pilots above the Western FrontAccounts of the lives of the young men who flew and fought as pilots during the First World War-the first war of the air-are comparatively few in number. All are, of course, interesting and essential for preserving the historical record of these pioneering combat pilots. The rate of mortality among these brave young men was high and, i...
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    33,56 €

  • Angels Defiant
    Briggs Kilburn Adams / Stuart Walcott
    Two American pilots above the Western FrontAccounts of the lives of the young men who flew and fought as pilots during the First World War-the first war of the air-are comparatively few in number. All are, of course, interesting and essential for preserving the historical record of these pioneering combat pilots. The rate of mortality among these brave young men was high and, i...
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    21,24 €

  • Wings Over Sands
    John Nixon
    A history of the Cark Airfield site - from the proposed airship factory development in 1916-1917 to its wartime use as RAF Cark. Including No1 Staff Pilot Training Unit from 1942-1945, No.9 Light Artillery Unit, 650 Squadron Anti-Aircraft Cooperation Unit from 1942-1944. Also, RAF Grange-over-Sands Equipment Officer's Training School based at the Cumbria Grand Hotel from 19...
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    27,82 €

  • The Tiger Facs
    Donald Bell and the Tiger Facs
    They were the Tiger FACs, the forward air controllers who flew fast-moving F-4E Phantoms over the deadly skies of Laos and North Vietnam in an air war that history forgot to mention. These are their stories, in their own words, of missions in AAA-filled skies with supersonic angels as their wingmen. They challenged the enemy down in the weeds, eyeball-to-eyeball; cutting the s...
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    48,61 €

  • The B-29 Airplane Commander Training Manual for the Superfortress
    U.S. Army Air Force / U.SArmy Air Force
    The Boeing B-29 was one of the most sophisticated aircraft of WWII. It featured many innovations including guns that could be fired by remote control and pressurized crew compartments. It was also the heaviest production plane of the war, with terrific range and bomb-carrying capabilities. Carrying a crew of ten, the Superfortress devastated Japan in a series of raids in 1944-4...
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    31,15 €

  • Zero
    Jiro Horikoshi / Martin Caidin / Masatake Okumiya
    This is the thrilling saga of war in the air in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II told from the Japanese point of view. It is the story of the men who created, led, and fought in the deadly Zero fighter plane. In their own words, Jiro Horikoshi (who designed the Zero), Masatake Okumiya (leader of many Zero squadrons), and Saburo Sakai (Japan’s leading surviv...
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    40,73 €

  • Zero
    Jiro Horikoshi / Martin Caidin / Masatake Okumiya
    This is the thrilling saga of war in the air in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II told from the Japanese point of view. It is the story of the men who created, led, and fought in the deadly Zero fighter plane. In their own words, Jiro Horikoshi (who designed the Zero), Masatake Okumiya (leader of many Zero squadrons), and Saburo Sakai (Japan’s leading surviv...
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    20,19 €

  • The United States in Air Force Asia
    Air Force History & Museums Program / Betty Barton Christiansen
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    85,78 €


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