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(Hardback)

By: Carl Molesworth

ISBN: 9781472840035
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2020
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The moving biography of Lt. Col. William Norman Reed, a World War II fighter ace who fought with the Flying Tigers and died in defense of the nation he loved.


(Paperback)

By: Carl Molesworth

ISBN: 9781846034213
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2009
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Famous for the fearsome sharksmouths that adorned their planes, the 23rd FG fought a guerrilla war against the Japanese, steadily moving pilots and aircraft from one remote air base in China to another to keep the enemy off balance. By the end of the war its pilots had compiled a score of 594 aerial victories and nearly 400 ground kills.


(Paperback)

By: Carl Molesworth

ISBN: 9781849083379
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2011
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Paperback)

By: Carl Molesworth

ISBN: 9781780969091
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2013
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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With the threat of war in Europe growing by the day, the US Army Air Corps brass wanted a modern fighter that would combine the sterling handling qualities of the P-36 with a boost in performance that would make it competitive with the new types emerging in Germany and England, and the generals wanted the new plane immediately.


(Paperback)

By: Carl Molesworth

ISBN: 9781780969121
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2013
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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An improved version of the Allison V-1710 engine gave rise to the Curtiss H-87, which began life in 1941 as the P-40D and featured a completely redesigned fuselage. The shorter and deeper nose of the new fighter gave it a decidedly snub-nosed appearance compared to the earlier P-40 models. This title deals with this engine.


(Paperback)

By: Carl Molesworth

ISBN: 9781841760797
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2000
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Details the experiences of the elite pilots of the AAF's Tenth and Fourteenth Air Forces in the 'forgotten' China-Burma-India theatre during World War 2.


(Paperback)

By: Carl Molesworth

ISBN: 9781841762883
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2002
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The remarkable tale of how, flying outmoded and outclassed machines, P-40 pilots managed to hold their own against technically superior and battle-seasoned German pilots during World War II.


(Paperback)

By: Carl Molesworth

ISBN: 9781841765365
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2003
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This volume covers P-40 Warhawks fighting in the Pacific from the first defence of Pearl Harbour on 7th December 1941 to the Marshall Islands in March 1944. It looks at all of the Warhawk aces including "aces-in-a-day" Mel Wheadon and Joe Lesika.


(Paperback)

By: Carl Molesworth

ISBN: 9781849084697
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2011
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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"P-40 Warhawk Vs. Bf 109: Mto 1941-43".


(Paperback)

By: Carl Molesworth

ISBN: 9781846032950
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2008
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Paperback)

By: Carl Molesworth

ISBN: 9781846030420
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2006
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Tells the story of the brave men of the Tokyo Club and their efforts to defeat the aerial forces defending Japan.