Air Forces & Warfare

The French air force of the First World War developed as fast as the British and German air forces, yet its history, and the enormous contribution ...

The key roles played by the Royal Observer Corps in the Second World War have, all too often, been overshadowed by more glamourous arms of the defe...

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...

The Avro Lancaster took the RAFs bombing campaign right to the heart of Nazi Germany, night after night, despite suffering appalling losses. The un...

The scene is set with an overview of the respective states of the RAF and Japanese Airforce, and an explanation of how the American Volunteer Group...

Flight Through the Ages' was the title of the first annual exhibition of the Guild of Aviation Artists in 1971. This book celebrates 50 years of ex...

A decorated First World War pilot, Hans Baur was one of the leading commercial aviators of the 1920s before being before becoming Adolf Hitler's pe...

An extraordinary and forthright character, Dereck French was an original bomber boy and one of those few who managed to survive the war. His batter...

During the summer of 1940, Britain stood alone, defying the Luftwaffes aerial assault the prelude to a proposed seaborne invasion. Fighter Command...

A major new TV series - MASTERS OF THE AIR How America's bomber boys and girls in England won their war, and how their English allies responded to ...

A unique insight into the U-boat war in World War II, focusing on FAGr 5, the Luftwaffe's only long-range maritime reconnaissance and U-boat cooper...

Enthralling stories of adventure and bravery from RAF pilots shot down in the sea during World War II and those who rescued them. The RAFs Air Se...

Reborn in 1951, the Myasishchev design bureau made its mark by creating the M-4 strategic bomber. Yet, this subsonic aircraft was soon made obsoles...

Since the early days of flight, military pilots have personalized aircraft with artistic creations, giving each plane a unique identity and aircrew...

The unforgiving and deadly combats fought in the skies over the United Kingdom during the Battle of Britain were, in many respects, personal affair...

In this fascinating book the author examines the Japanese concept of Kamikaze, the deliberate self-sacrifice of life in the cause of victory. This ...

Merton Naydler joined the RAF at the age of nineteen and served for the next six years until May 1946. He flew Spitfires and Hurricanes during a to...

The First World War had seen the mechanisation of warfare. Battle fronts had become immobilised in the grip of machine-guns and heavy artillery, le...

The early 1950s were a boom time for British aviation. The lessons of six years of war had been learned and much of the research into jet engines, ...

Over and Above is Gurdons first and best book, repeatedly reprinted for two decades, variously titled Winged Warriors or Wings of Death. Billed as ...

Although first designed as a fighter, during the fighting in and over Europe during 1944 and 1945 the Hawker Typhoon gained a tremendous reputation...

Over the last decade, the rapid pace of innovation with drone technology has led to dozens of new and innovative commercial and scientific applicat...

The highly anticipated follow-up to Phantom Boys! Once again Richard Pike has brought together brilliant, hitherto unpublished, accounts across eig...