Beaufighter Boys - True Tales from Those Who Flew Bristol's Mighty Twin by Graham Pitchfork; David Cousins (Foreword by)
40.00 NZD
Category: Military
A departure from the Cold War for the Boys series! Researched many years ago by the author for a project which did not come to fruition, Beaufighter air and ground crew gave freely of their stories which ranged from complete memoirs to brief anecdotes. And there were a plethora of original photographs f ...Show more
The Ruhr 1943 - The RAF's Brutal Fight for Germany's Industrial Heartland by Richard Worrall; Graham Turner (Illustrator)
35.00 NZD
Category: Aviation | Series: Air Campaign Ser.
This illustrated study explores, in detail, the RAF's first concentrated air campaign of World War II against one of the hardest and most important targets in Germany - the industrial heartland of the Ruhr that kept Hitler's war machine running. Between March and July 1943, RAF Bomber Command undert ...Show more
Hazard Spectrum - A Life in the Danger Zone by the Fleet Air Arm S Top Gun by Nathan Gray
40.00 NZD
Category: Military
Topgun Lessons From the Sky by Fletcher McKenzie
35.00 NZD
Category: Aviation
This book aims to share lessons from the U.S. Navy, inspired by TOPGUN – the air combat school.In TOPGUN Lessons From The Sky, we seek to understand how the aviation industry can learn from the mistakes made by naval aviators and crew, so that we can all become safer pilots. Do you want to be the pilot ...Show more
RAF Tornado Units in Combat 1992-2019 by Michael Napier; Janusz Swiatlon (Illustrator); Gareth Hector (Illustrator)
33.00 NZD
Category: Military | Series: Combat Aircraft Ser.
After the Gulf War of 1990, No Fly Zones (NFZ) were established over northern and southern Iraq and the Tornado GR 1 force stepped up to operations over the southern NFZ. The Tornado GR 4 took responsibility for RAF combat air operations in Afghanistan from the Harrier force in 2009, and in 2011 was inv ...Show more
Vintage & Iconic Aircraft by Don Jessen
50.00 NZD
Category: Aviation
Vintage and Iconic Aircraft - New Zealand collections is a snapshot of how much we love to fly, of how much our country was made for flying, and is a wonderful "pilot's pot-pourri" of pictures and rich little stories.' - Jim Hickey New Zealand is home to a world-class collection of iconic and vintage ai ...Show more
Cinderella Boys The Forgotten RAF Force That Won the Battle of the Atlantic by Leo McKinstry
38.00 NZD
Category: Military
The remarkable story of the unsung RAF wing who rescued Britain from Hitler's U-boats and made Allied victory possible.In early 1943 Britain was engaged in an epic struggle for survival. As the deadly wolf packs of German U-boats roamed the Atlantic, supply lines and shipping losses fell victim to the c ...Show more
Spitfire, Vol. 1 - Supermarine's Spitfire Marques I to VII and Seafire Marques I to III by Ron Mackay
45.00 NZD
Category: Aviation | Series: Legends of Warfare: Aviation Ser.
This first of two volumes on the Supermarine Spitfire covers the design, testing, development, and early WWII combat use of the famed British fighter aircraft's initial variants. The Spitfire in its original marques up to the Mk. VII provided a platform that allowed the Royal Air Force to challenge the ...Show more
British Aircraft Carriers 1945-2010 by Angus Konstam
27.00 NZD
Category: Military | Series: New Vanguard Ser.
The history of the Royal Navy flagships that led the fleet through the Cold War, ensured victory in the Falklands War, and saw action in Iraq and the Balkans.In 1945, at the end of World War II, the Royal Navy's carrier fleet proved essential to the post-war world. Royal Navy carriers fought in the Kore ...Show more
The Crew by David Price
25.00 NZD
Category: Military
The Crew, based on interviews with Ken Cook, the crew's sole surviving member, recounts the wartime exploits of the members of an Avro Lancaster crew between 1942 and the war's end. Gloucestershire-born bomb aimer Ken Cook, Australian pilot Jim Comans, Navigator Don Bowes, Upper Gunner George Widdis, Ta ...Show more
US Navy Ships Vs Kamikazes 1944–45 by Mark Stille
35.00 NZD
Category: Aviation | Series: Duel
The ineffectiveness of conventional air attacks on U.S. Navy surface ships, particularly heavily defended targets such as carrier task groups, forced the Japanese to reevaluate their tactics in late 1944. The solution they arrived at was simple: crash their aircraft into American ships. This notion of s ...Show more