Air Forces & Warfare

The United Kingdom and the United States governments made a series of signed agreements in the early part of 1941 which allowed for the American Na...

During the Second World War, thousands of young men volunteered for service with the Royal Air Force. Some of these became fighter pilots, but a gr...

Karel Kuttelwascher may have had a German surname, but he was a Czech who became the scourge of the Luftwaffe bombers operating from France and the...

From the lessons of the First World War, the RAF developed a fleet of modern monoplane aircraft in time for hostilities in 1939; a force that consi...

In October 1943 Jack changed from Liberators to Beaufighters having been selected for Torbeau training in Scotland. He joined a Strike Wing at Nort...

Cela fait 70 ans que le bruit des moteurs et le fracas des bombes ne résonnent plus dans le ciel de France. Après avoir effectuéde nombreuses reche...

In this riveting critique of the Fleet Air Arm''s policy across two world wars, former FAA Fighter Pilot Henry Adlam charts the course of its histo...

This is a comprehensive reference to the structure, operation, aircraft and men of the 1st Tactical Air Force, or Desert Air Force as it became kno...

THE HISTORY OF THE RAF AND THE LANCASTER BOMBER celebrates and commemorates over 100 years of the Royal Air Force. With access to rare RAF archives...

The Royal Air Force is the world's oldest independent air arm, yet little has been written about its logistics. This ground-breaking book, which dr...

de Havilland Mosquito: The Original Multirole Combat Aircraft covers the creation, design and development of the beloved Mosquito that was built in...

Jimmy Sheddan was one of the many New Zealanders who joined the RNZAF, then left his native land to come to England to fight the enemies of Great B...

We visualise dashing and daring young men as the epitome of the pilots of the Second World War, yet amongst that elite corps was one person who fle...

During the plunging temperature of the early Cold War years the RAF found itself increasingly in need of a truly all-weather high performance fight...

Into the Swarm: Stories of RAF Fighter Pilots in the Second World War is a collaborative work by Christopher Yeoman (Rise Against Eagles) and Tor I...

Royal Air Force Fighter Command's brief was to provide an effective aerial barrier to any attempt at domination of British skies. The aircraft and ...

The Sino-Japanese war of 1937-1945 was the longest struggle of the Second World War. It started with the Japanese aggression in July 1937 and soon ...

The Israel Air Force (IAF) has accumulated as much battle experience as any air force in the world during the post-Second World War era, and it has...