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British Aircraft Before the Great War
Stock #: KB10123
Author: Mike Goodall
List Price: $59.95
Karen's Price:
$54.95
For the very first time, the history of British pre-World War I aircraft has been gathered together in one volume, with more than 900 of them well illustrated. This new book constitutes a most valuable contribution about a remarkable period in aviation history and is a memorial to the bravery and inventiveness of the intrepid pioneers of that far off era. more»
Subject: Aviation
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British Aviation Squadron Markings of World War I
Stock #: KB10128
Author: Les Rogers
List Price: $69.95
Karen's Price:
$63.95
Years in the making, this book covers the wide variety of markings used by British aviation units in World War I. Organized numerically by squadron number the book includes both textual and photographic examples for nearly all RFC, RAF, and RNAS squadrons. Many of the photographs are published here for the first time, and the color profiles offer a representative selection of units, aircraft, and color schemes. more»
Subject: Aviation
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British Single-Seater Fighter Squadrons in World War I
Stock #: KB10129
Author: Alex Revell
List Price: $69.95
Karen's Price:
$63.95
This is the story of the single-seater fighter operations over the Western Front flown by the fighter pilots of Great Britain and her Commonwealth. Along with their opposite numbers from Germany and her allies, these pilots of the Royal Flying Corps, the Royal Naval Air Service and later, the Royal Air Force, were the world's first fighter pilots. It was imperative that these two-seater observation/reconnaissance aeroplanes were prevented in carrying out their vitally important tasks and destroyed – in effect to deny the enemy his ‘eyes'.Fast ‘fighter' aeroplanes were used to carry out this task, which led to each side attempting to protect their reconnaissance aeroplanes with fighter aeroplanes of their own. It was the beginning of a new type of warfare – aerial combat. more»
Subject: Aviation
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British and American Aces of World War I
Stock #: KB10130
Author: Norman Franks
List Price: $59.95
Karen's Price:
$54.95
A companion volume to German Aces of World War I - The Pictorial Record (Norman Franks & Greg VanWyngarden, Schiffer, 2004), this new book covers the British and Commonwealth fighter aces of the Great War. One chapter covers the aces with ten or more victories, and an additional chapter lists the fighter aces with nine down to five victories, giving their squadrons, where they hailed from, and in many cases their subsequent fate. more»
Subject: Aviation
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British and Commonwealth Aces of World War II: The Pictorial Record
Stock #: KB10259
Author: Norman Franks
List Price: $59.95
Karen's Price:
$54.95
Having photographically covered the British Aces of World War I in his book British and American Aces of World War I: The Pictorial Record, it followed that the RAF and Commonwealth aces of World War II should also be depicted in a single volume. This book therefore shows all RAF, Commonwealth and other country (tm)s aces who flew with the RAF between 1939-1945. Featured here "" in most cases as portraits "" are those fighter pilots who achieved ten or more victories. more»
Subject: Aviation
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Building the P-51 Mustang
Stock #: KB10001
Author: Michael O'Leary
List Price: $39.95
Karen's Price:
$34.95
The P-51 Mustang holds a fascination unlike any other World War II aircraft, and countless books have been written about nearly every aspect of the Mustang's colorful history. Now, for the first time, here is a major work devoted strictly to telling the story of how this legendary airplane was designed and built using rare original factory photographs, documents, and unique engineering information. more»
Subject: Aviation
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