Air Forces & Warfare

'Fascinating, full of original material and shrewd insights ... a masterful historian of air power' Leo McKinstry, Literary ReviewThe RAF was the w...

Illustrated with hundreds of detailed artworks of aircraft and their markings, Modern Military Aircraft is a comprehensive study of the fighting ai...

'Awesome!' ANDY McNAB | 'You must read this book' Colonel TIM COLLINS OBE | 'Extraordinary' Sir RANULPH FIENNES Forget what you thought you knew. D...

I hold the greatest respect for Len for what he achieved in the RAF. Gordon Mitchell, son of Spitfire designer R.J. MitchellIn May 1940, 20-year-o...

The end is in sight but the fight is long: the epic and terrifying conclusion to the greatest conflict in historyGoing into 1944, the Allies knew t...

Intended as a progressive development of the twin-engined Bf 110 Zerstörer (destroyer or heavy fighter), the Me 210 first took to the air in Septem...

A vivid history, packed with first-hand accounts, of the US Eighth Air Force's VIII Fighter Command from its foundation in 1942 through to its vict...

If ever there was a real pilot's aeroplane it was the Hunter, an outstanding multi-purpose aircraft which excelled in the roles of interceptor figh...

France has been called the cradle of aviation by many - a fact that cannot be disputed, although some have tried. By the end of the 19th century, s...

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

The Knight's Cross (Ritterkreuz) was one of the highest decorations given for extreme acts of valour to all ranks of the German armed forces during...

Introduced in 1941, the Short Stirling was the Royal Air Forces first four-engine heavy bomber of the Second World War. However, early on, the Stir...

Ben Bennion enlisted in the pre-war RAF, serving first as an 'erk' before being selected for pilot training. His first posting led to service in th...

Operation Market Garden, September 1944, the Netherlands. Three parachute drops and one armoured charge. The prize was the last bridge at Arnhem ov...

This is the story of 2 Group RAF during World War II. Much of it is told by the men who flew the Blenheim, Boston, Mitchell and Mosquito aircraft t...

This is the story of the air war over Western Europe, much of it told by the Halifax pilots and air crew who took part. It spans the period between...

A decorated fighter pilot and PGA professional tells the story of his life and serviceto both his nation and othersin this remarkable memoir that i...