Author: Martin W. Bowman

This new volume from Martin Bowman examines the first three years of the Second World War, consolidating first-hand accounts from German fighter pi...

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...

This is a pulsating account of the young RAF fighter boys who flew Spitfires, Hurricanes and Defiants in England against the Luftwaffe and from Mal...

Founded in 1916 by William E. Boeing, a wealthy timber merchant, the mighty Boeing Companys long history spans decades of rich achievement and tech...

The flak started about four or five minutes before the target and immediately it was apparent that it was intense and extremely accurate. Oboe enta...

Designed in response to a 1951 requirement, the C-130 Hercules is the most successful military airlifter ever built. Since it first flew in prototy...

Martin Bowman's considerable experience as a military historian has spanned over forty years, during which time he has amassed a wealth of material...

Sothe had already decided to use his nose armament against the 4-mot [four engined bomber]. He looked out and focused on a black shape of the Briti...

Martin Bowman's revealing narrative of the aerial conflict in South-East Asia, 1965-1972, which had its beginnings in 1 November 1955, engulfed Vi ...

First flown in 1940, the prototype Vought F4U Corsair instantly became the fastest fighter in the world and the fastest US aircraft of any descript...

Volume 4 of We Were Eagles reaches the climax of the daylight bomber war which saw the Eighth Air Force B-17s and B-24s push back the boundaries an...