Air Forces & Warfare

The Battle of Britain started on 10 July 1940, ending 16 weeks later on 31 October 1940. The Luftwaffes intention was to destroy Fighter Command, d...

Spitfire Voices represents an important oral history of the Spitfire from the fighter pilot's perspective. Drawing upon the personal letters, diari...

Of the 7,953 Bomber Command aircraft lost on night operations during the Second World War, an estimated 5,833 fell victim to Luftwaffe night fighte...

More than 150,000 American Jews served in the air war during World War II. Despite acts of heroism and commendations, they were subject to bigot...

The jump jet was the first vertical/short takeoff and landing (VSTOL) operational jet aircraft developed using the revolutionary vectored thrust Pe...

Shortly before the start of the Second World War, the University Air Squadron was formed to give basic training to young men selected as potential ...

This book evaluates the development of the Rhodesian Air Force during the Second Chimurenga or Bush War (1966-1980). Airpower in irregular confl...

Combat helicopter pilots in the Vietnam War flew each mission in the face of imminent death. Begun as a series of letters to Department of Veterans...

She flew the swift P-51 and the capricious P-38, but the heavy, four-engine B-17 bomber and C-54 transport were her forte. This is the story of Nan...

Find out how a pilot was instructed in flying a Battle of Britain fighter, using the original Pilot's Notes for the Supermarine Spitfire and Hawker...

Ryuji Nagatsuka did not know, when he made an application to become a pilot in October 1943, that by the following autumn Japans situation in the w...

A fabulous slice of wartime nostalgia, a facsimile edition of the propaganda booklet issued following victory in the Battle of Britain. First publi...

A fabulous slice of wartime nostalgia, a facsimile edition of the propaganda booklet issued following victory in the Battle of Britain. First publi...

Find out how a pilot was instructed in flying a four-engined heavy bomber using the original Pilots Notes for the Avro Lancaster, Handley Page Hali...

From day one of the Second World War to the last, fighter pilots from Derbyshire were active. They fought the Germans over France during the Blitzk...

Barnes Wallis was the most famous inventor and designer of the Second World War. Thanks to the film and book of The Dam Busters, he is still a hous...

West Point graduates played a central role in developing U.S. military air and space power from the earliest days of mechanized flight through the ...

The end of the First World War brought with it the closure most of the military aerodromes in Scotland. It, however, retained its links with naval ...

This book is a poignant story of a small-town boy, who stumbled into a lifelong flying career spanning 38 years as a pilot. Now at 99, Captain Ho W...