Air Forces & Warfare

The I-200 fighter project was a compromise between design offices capabilities, realities of the Soviet aviation industry, with its available techn...

Nakajima K-43 Hayabusa, code-named Oscar by the Allies, was the Imperial Japanese Armys equivalent of the Zero fighter in service with the Imperial...

This book compiles the 4-view color profiles, scale plans, and photo details of the single variant of the McDonnel F-4B Phantom II. Scale plans are...

In early 2001 we launched the CAMOUFLAGE & DECALS series. Although the first book in the series was an instant hit, we were forced to abandon t...

In 1937, Dornier obtained a patent for a plane with two engines in the fuselage, driving the pull and push propellers. The design was marked P.59, ...

Trained as a pursuit pilot but assigned to an observation squadron, the indefatigable Bill Erwin flew twice as many hours over the front lines as a...

The ongoing Pacific Profiles series presents the most accurate WWII profiles of aircraft which served throughout the South Pacific. Volume 10 cover...

The Dornier Do 335A did not meet all the Luftwaffe requirements. First, the cockpit armor was too weak, which excluded the machine from the role of...

Many books on the Luftwaffe in World War II have been published over the years, although the Night Fighter´s branch has been studied less often. In...

The FACA programme (Future Fighter and Attack Aircraft) was once the largest investment in armaments made in Spain. When choosing the F-18 of McDon...

Aleksander Siewierski, originally from Georgia, was in the United States in 1917 and was there when the revolution in Russia broke out. As Alexande...

The Pacific Profiles series presents the most accurate WWII profiles of aircraft which served in the South Pacific theatre.   Volume Seven covers...

Volume Five of this series chronicles aerial warfare primarily in the New Guinea theatre in the critical period between September and December 1942...

The small number of Finnish fighter pilots who defended Finland in three separate wars between 1939 and 1945 amassed scores only bettered by the Lu...

The MiG-3 fighter plane, like the history of the creation of the Mikoyan and Gurevich ( ) design bureau, is relatively well known to anyone intere...

Arranged by type, German Fighter Aircraft of World War II offers a highly illustrated guide to the most important fighters used by the Luftwaffe du...

The ultimate fighting machine...The unflinching memoir of the elite combat pilot who flew it in action...And his nail-biting story of training Prin...

Meticulously researched over the course of 20 years, this colour rendition of the Luftwaffe's Eagles in defeat accurately portrays the stark realit...

When the First World War ended the then recently established Royal Air Force was awash with aircraft of all descriptions. More surprising, perhaps,...

In this book, the history and utility of land- and carrier-based strategic airpower is brought to life by the gallant exploits and photographs of B...

The Pacific Profiles series presents the most accurate WWII profiles of Allied and Japanese aircraft which served throughout the Australia;New Guin...

Admiral Sir Victor Alfred Trumper VAT Smith AC KBE CB DSC MiD RAN is a towering figure in Australian naval circles;his extraordinary career spannin...

On May 3, 1943, dozens of airplanes could be seen flying in and out of Royal Air Force Bovingdon Airfield near London, England. Among the aircraft ...

On May 3, 1943, dozens of airplanes could be seen flying in and out of Royal Air Force Bovingdon Airfield near London, England. Among the aircraft ...

'Nerve-shattering, enlightening and deeply moving' - JOHN NICHOL'A powerful and compelling read' - ROWLAND WHITEOn 5 December 2002, trainee pilot N...

During the Second World War, the Soviet Unions Petlyakov Pe-2 Peshka dive-bomber was unique in that it was as fast as most fighter aircraft. This w...

It is more than a hundred years since Manfred von Richthofen, the Red Baron, was killed in combat on the Western Front. Yet this gallant fighter pi...

The RAF did not come of age until the Second World War. The role of its forerunners in the Great War, the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Ai...

During the Second World War over 200,000 British prisoners of war were detained by the Third Reich. A large proportion of these PoWs were members o...

This book chronicles exploits of the 3rd Bomb Squadron of Maj. Gen. Claire Chennault's experimental Chinese-American Composite Wing, in which young...

Japan is increasingly becoming a key player in the Indo-Pacific security environment, as regional tensions ramp up over a variety of different fact...

Will resonate with readers of the The Forgotten 500 and Code Talker. The exploits, trials, disappointments, and victories of members of the America...

The Allied Operation Mallory Major (northern Italy, July 1944) aimed at the destruction of all bridges across the Po River and its tributaries and ...

During the Second World War, Britain's skies were transformed by the drone of aircraft, factory workers toiled around the clock to produce new type...

An illustrated guide to the most deadly production fighter aircraft in the world The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor entered service in 2005, and ...

One of the most famous and spectacular events of the Second World War was the destruction of two dams in the Ruhr by Avro Lancaster bombers of 617 ...

An illustrated account of how the USAAF's might was challenged by the Jagdflieger and their heavily armed, and armoured, Fw 190A-8 Sturmjäger. D...

The first book to cover the full history of the RAF's air war against Hamburg, one of the most important target cities in Germany. The city of Ha...

An illustrated account of the dramatic engagement between the Luftwaffes Me 163 units and Allied bombers during the closing years of World War II. ...