Air Forces & Warfare

`THE BIG SHOW IS AS CLOSE AS YOULL EVER GET TO FIGHTING YOUR LIFE FROM THE COCKPIT OF A SPITFIRE OR TYPHOON. PERHAPS MOST VISCERALLY EXCITING BOOK...

For over 40 years NATO and Warsaw Pact aircraft faced each other across the Iron Curtain, or fought in proxy wars around the world. Illustrated wit...

By his own, modest, admission Norbert Hannig was a Frontflieger, or operational pilot, who really did nothing special during World War Two. He was ...

The German 'Blitz' that followed the Battle of Britain killed tens of thousands and laid waste to large areas of many British cities. And although ...

The seizure of Pegasus Bridge by six glider borne platoons of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry under Major John Howard very early...

This vivid narrative history tells the full story of the US Air Force''s involvement in the wars in the air over Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. The...

While scores of books have been published about the atomic bombings that helped end World War II, little has been written about the personal lives ...

America's Few delves into the history of US Marine Corps aviation in World War II, following the feats of the Corps top-scoring aces in the skies o...

Charles Sweeny (1882-1963) was the heir to a fortune. Renouncing a life of comfort, he became a warrior for causes he believed in. Twice kicked ...

In May 1942 RAF Bomber Command observer Jack Loves world comes crashing down, literally. His aircraft sustains flak damage and a catastrophic engin...

An aircraft- and flight-themed puzzle book compiled by Dr Gareth Moore, author of the bestselling Mindfulness Puzzle Books among many others, done...

A study of the Macchi Folgore and Veltro, the most successful Italian fighters in World War II. With specially commissioned profiles, the book exam...

An illustrated history of how Japan devised and launched a new kind of air campaign in late 1944 the suicidal assaults of the kamikaze units again...

Scramble! Scramble! Almost 80 years ago the skies over Britain were full of dogfighting aircraft as young pilots of the RAF fought to repel the mig...

Almost since the advent of warfare, civilians have suffered collateral damage', but the concept of Total War - a war without limits - only surface...

The Flying Sikh tells the unique story of the only Sikh airman to fly with the RFC and the RAF during the First World War. It is the remarkable acc...

Born in 1916, after learning to fly as a civilian, Ian Richard Gleed was granted a RAF commission in 1936. He completed training on Christmas Day t...

In 1918, the RAF was established as the world's first independent air force. To mark the 100th anniversary of its creation, Penguin are publishing...

Ever since its introduction in the late 1950s, the B-52 Stratofortress has been the United States primary heavy bomber and a powerful symbol of its...