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A-7 CORSAIR II UNITS 1975-1991 by MERSKY PETER JIM LAURIER
$32.99 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Combat Aircraft Ser.
At its peak, in the mid-1980s, some 30 US Navy light attack squadrons flew various versions of the A-7 Corsair II, including six Naval Air Reserve units. Yet, by the time the jet saw its final combat in Operation Desert Storm in 1991, only two fleet squadrons remained - many others having either disesta ...Show more
Arado Ar 196 Units in Combat by Peter De Jong; Janusz Swiatlon (Illustrator); Mark Postlethwaite (Illustrator)
$32.99 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Combat Aircraft Ser.
A detailed study of the attractive Arado Ar 196, one of the last fighting seaplanes. It was the standard seagoing aircraft for the German Kriegsmarine during World War II, providing the Luftwaffe with reach into the southern oceans. Beating its biplane rivals in a 1936 Reich Air Ministry design comp ...Show more
Arado Ar 234 Bomber and Reconnaissance U by Nick Beale Forsyth Robert
$32.99 AUD
Category: Military | Series: Combat Aircraft Ser.
When the revolutionary twin jet-powered Arado Ar 234 first appeared in the skies over north-west Europe in the summer of 1944, it represented the state-of-the-art in terms of aeronautical and technical development. The Ar 234 was a formidable aircraft o powered by Jumo 004Bs, the same engine used by the ...Show more
B-36 'Peacemaker' Units of the Cold War by Peter E. Davies; Gareth Hector (Illustrator); Jim Laurier (Illustrator)
$29.99 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Combat Aircraft Ser.
Perhaps no other aircraft represents the popular American 'bigger and better' theme than the extraordinary Convair B-36 'Peacemaker'. While it lacked the revolutionary features of many experimental aircraft of the 1950s, it combined considerable technical innovation with an evolutionary design that bega ...Show more
Bf 109 Jabo Units in the West by Malcolm V. Lowe
$34.99 AUD
Category: Military | Series: Combat Aircraft Ser.
Using specially commissioned artwork and detailing technical specifications, this book explores the Bf 109's different roles occasioned by wartime necessity, from its employment as a fighter to its evolution as a fighter-bomber.One of the principal types in the Luftwaffe's inventory at the beginning of ...Show more
Dornier Do 217 Units of World War 2 by Chris Goss; Janusz Swiatlon (Illustrator); Mark Postlethwaite (Illustrator)
$29.99 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Combat Aircraft Ser.
The Do 217 had a much larger bomb load capacity and had considerably greater range than the Do 17, which it replaced in frontline service from mid to late 1941. Although initially used simply as a bomber, later variants were developed to allow the Do 217 to undertake the precision maritime strike role. ...Show more
F-4 Phantom II Wild Weasel Units in Combat by Peter E. Davies; Jim Laurier (Illustrator); Gareth Hector (Illustrator)
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Category: No Category | Series: Combat Aircraft Ser.
With first-hand insight into the into the key role of the US Air Force's fighter-bomber from the Vietnam War through to Operation Desert Storm during the First Gulf War, this book is an unmissable account of some of the most dangerous and demanding missions in the two wars.The advent of the surface-to-a ...Show more
F2H Banshee Units by Jim Laurier (Illustrator); Rick Burgess; Gareth Hector (Illustrator)
$29.99 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Combat Aircraft Ser.
A fully illustrated study of the extraordinarily successful early-generation jet, the F2H Banshee, a frontline aircraft that served with 27 US Navy and US Marine Corps squadrons and three Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) squadrons.The F2H Banshee was an extraordinarily successful early-generation jet that outl ...Show more
F3D/EF-10 Skyknight Units of the Korean and Vietnam Wars by Joe Copalman; Jim Laurier (Illustrator); Gareth Hector (Illustrator)
$29.99 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Combat Aircraft Ser.
The Douglas F3D Skyknight was an early but effective attempt at combining new technologies together in a lethal package capable of shipboard operation. Whereas most fighters relied on speed and maneuverability, the portly, straight-winged F3D relied on three radars, four 20mm cannon, and - most importan ...Show more
Junkers Ju 188 Units of World War 2 by Robert Forsyth; Gareth Hector (Illustrator); Janusz Swiatlon (Illustrator)
$32.99 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Combat Aircraft Ser.
This volume examines the history and development of the Ju 188 twin-engined aircraft, the Luftwaffe's attempt to enhance and improve its peerless Ju 88.The Junkers Ju 188 was the epitome of mid-war German twin-engined aircraft design, representing the enhancement of an earlier type and incorporating inc ...Show more
Macchi C. 202/C. 205V Units in Combat by Marco Mattioli; Richard Caruana (Illustrator); Gareth Hector (Illustrator)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Military | Series: Combat Aircraft Ser.
A study of the Macchi Folgore and Veltro, the most successful Italian fighters in World War II. With specially commissioned profiles, the book examines how these fighters were conceived, their performance and the fascinating stories of their pilots.Italian fighters, such as the Fiat G.50 and Macchi C.20 ...Show more
Me 210/410 Zerstörer Units by Robert Forsyth; Jim Laurier (Illustrator); Mark Postlethwaite (Cover Design by)
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Category: No Category | Series: Combat Aircraft Ser.
This title tells the fascinating story of German airborne heavy weapons platform designs and the difficult history behind the types' development.Intended as a progressive development of the twin-engined Bf 110 Zerst rer ("destroyer" or heavy fighter), the Me 210 first took to the air in September 1939. ...Show more