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(Paperback)

By: Donald Nijboer

ISBN: 9781472818867
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2017
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This is the fully illustrated story of the desperate struggle between the world's most advanced self-defending bomber and Japan's most heavily armed single-seat fighter interceptor of World War II.


(Paperback)

By: Donald Nijboer

ISBN: 9781472836717
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2019
UK Publication Date: 31st October 2019
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This title offers a detailed look at the crucial but little-acknowledged role of the German heavy flak guns in the defense against allied heavy bombers in World War II.


(Paperback)

By: Donald Nijboer

ISBN: 9781472846334
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2021
UK Publication Date: 28th October 2021
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The SBD Dauntless and Zero-sen are two of the most recognizable and iconic aircraft of World War 2 and this illustrated study describes the fighting capabilities of both aircraft when engaged in aerial combat.


(Hardback)

By: Donald Nijboer

ISBN: 9781472854216
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2023
UK Publication Date: 1st September 2022
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The perfect companion to Masters of the Air on Apple TV+, this is a superbly illustrated examination of the aircraft, pilots, crews and operations of the US Eighth Air Force.


(Paperback)

By: Donald Nijboer

ISBN: 9781849087063
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2012
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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A total of 10,500 missiles were launched as part of the V1 attack, of which 3,957 were destroyed by the defences. Rushed into action in July 1944 to help counter the V1 threat, Britain's Gloster Meteor I was the first jet fighter to enter RAF service. On 4 August the Meteor scored its first V1 victory. This book deals with this jet fighter.


(Paperback)

By: Donald Nijboer

ISBN: 9781846034831
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2010
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The success of No 126 Wing began before the D-Day landings and through operations at Falaise Gap, Operation Market Garden, the winter offensive in the Ardennes, and crossing the Rhine into Germany. This book examines the wing's operations chapter by chapter, demonstrating how the five squadrons of Spitfires of No 126 Wing were self-sufficient.


(Paperback)

By: Donald Nijboer

ISBN: 9781846039430
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2010
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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With its distinctive, twin-tailed design, the P-38 was one of the most recognizable fighter aircraft of World War II. The P-38 proved the superior fighter. This book recreates these fast, deadly duels in the skies of the Pacific using dramatic artwork and first-hand accounts.


(Paperback)

By: Donald Nijboer

ISBN: 9781846034336
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2009
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Products of different design philosophies, the Seafire F III and the A6M Zero were never intended to meet in combat. This book examines these two iconic fighters and their two different histories, using artwork to illustrate the aerial duel of World War II, as the British Seafire overcame its critics to emerge victorious over the Japanese Zero.


(Paperback)

By: Donald Nijboer

ISBN: 9781782003564
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2014
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The inability of the Italians and Germans to invade Malta proved decisive for Allied victory in the Mediterranean during World War II, as the islands provided the Allies with a base from which to project air power. This title deals with this topic.