Aircraft

A detailed profile of the Groups, Wings and Divisions of the U.S. air Force that served at home and abroad during WWII.

A most evocative manual that was clearly used at the time to teach the complex arts of air navigation to young airmen.

"Adventures of the well-known Belgian Ace," Major the Chevallier Willy Coppens de Houthulst, DSO, MC etc.

The autobiography of a doctor who served with the Fleet Air Arm from the late 1940's to 1959, an era of incredible mechanical and medical advances.

Intended as in instructional manual for the use of Army and RAF Personnel and revised at the outset of WWII. A most comprehensive and fascinating volume.

The autobiography of the pioneering female flyer. By the age of 28, she had achieved more long distance solo flights than any other pilot, including London to New Zealand.

The autobiography of Australian born Air Vice Marshall Bennett, including his experiences of bombing raids and piloting flying boats.

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The incredible experiences and escapes from captivity of a parachutist during WWII.

The three volume officially commissioned history of the Royal Air Force in the Second World War.

A Biography of Squadron-Commander F. J. Rutland, famous for his courage and feats of daring whilst serving in the R.N.A.S in WWI. His speciality was flying reconnaissance planes off from the turret tops of cruisers, before the development of Aircraft Carriers. However, the mysterious circumstances of his arrest and long period of detention without trial during WWII are strange and disquieting.

The story of Japan's most successful fighter pilot during WWII, the war in the Pacific.

The memoires of a former officer in the Soviet Army and head of the Aerodynamics Laboratory, who defected from the USSR.

"In experimental flying, says Bill Waterton, there are only two kinds of people; the quick and the dead." After service as a fighter pilot in WW2, the author spent thousands of hours testing jets, including breaking the current world speed record. A fascinating insight into the British post-war aviation industry.

The true story of how three airmen of the US Navy survived in a raft for 34 days after their scout bomber crashed in to the Pacific.

A Biggles adventure set over the battlefields of WW1. "The story tells of a plan formed by certain young flying officers for rescuing British prisoners from behind German lines, and of the astonishing adventures that befell them carrying it out."

Written in the aftermath of WWII, a history of the development of the Soviet Air Force and it's part in the war, leading to the imposition of the Iron Curtain and uncertain future relations.