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By: Robert Forsyth

ISBN: 9781849084383
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2011
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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"Luftwaffe Viermot Aces 1942-45".


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By: Steve Nichols

ISBN: 9781846033056
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2008
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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By: John Weal

ISBN: 9781855327535
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 1999
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This volume is devoted to the Bf 110 day fighter aces, spanning the war years from Poland to the defence of the Reich.


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By: Istvn Toperczer

ISBN: 9781472812551
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2016
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The Vietnam People's Air Force at the beginning of the Vietnam War were equipped with slow, old Korean War generation fighters - a combination of MiG-17s and MiG-19s - types that should have offered little opposition to the fighter-bombers such as the F-4 Phantom II, and more. This is an analysis of the exploits of Vietnamese pilots.


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By: Dmitriy Khazanov

ISBN: 9781849084420
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2012
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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"Mig-1/3 Aces of World War 2".


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By: Kari Stenman

ISBN: 9781782003410
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2014
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The MS.406 was an important aircraft not only because it was built in larger numbers than any other French fighter of the period, but also because it was the first modern fighter in the Armee de l'Air inventory. This book deals with this aircraft.


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By: John Weal

ISBN: 9781846031779
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2007
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The 4-year long Eastern Front campaign fought between Germany and the Soviet Union produced the greatest number of aces, and also the highest individual and unit scores ever recorded. This book covers the Luftwaffe fighter pilots credited with scores of between 50 and 100, and provides first-hand accounts from the combat veterans themselves.


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By: Andrew Thomas

ISBN: 9781841768786
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2005
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Flown by specialised squadrons, the Mosquito matured into the best British night fighter of World War 2, which allowed its crews to hit night intruders and German night fighters alike with speed and the devastating firepower. The aircraft's range and striking power led to its deployment by RAF Coastal Command as an effective long-range fighter.


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By: Chris Bucholtz

ISBN: 9781846039850
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2010
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The 357th Fighter Group produced 42 aces, more than any other group within the USAAF. It was also the first group in the Eighth Air Force to be equipped with the P-51. This book presents an account of the group.


(Paperback)

By: Jerry Scutts

ISBN: 9781855324473
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 1994
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Describes the design and production of the P-51D, and draws on first-hand accounts to chart its combat history in Europe, and to tell the stories of the aces who flew the fighter. This book also includes new colour illustrations and cutaways, as well as contemporary photographs.


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By: Jerry Scutts

ISBN: 9781855325838
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 1995
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The UK-based 9th Air Force produced nearly 100 aces flying Mustangs, the subject of this book. In fact, it was the RAF which was the first Allied air force to put the Mustang into service, producing seven aces. The book looks back on both the plane and the aces who flew them.


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By: John Stanaway

ISBN: 9781855327801
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 1999
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Although better known for their exploits over the war torn skies of Germany and Italy, the USAAF's premier fighters, the P-47 and P-51, also made contributions to the victory against Japan from 1943 onwards.


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By: Jon Guttman

ISBN: 9781849086646
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2012
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Looks at the many flying naval heroes who served alongside or against those of the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS). While the RNAS operated its own formidable arsenal of Nieuport and Sopwith scouts over the Flanders coast, the German Navy countered with its own Land Feld Jagdstaffeln and Seefront Staffeln.


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By: Jon Guttman

ISBN: 9781849083454
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2011
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Covering all the naval fighter pilots to achieve ace status during World War I, this book examines the elite members of the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS). It covers the members of the RNAS who 'made ace'. It also cover the naval Aces from the other participants in the war.


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By: Norman Franks

ISBN: 9781855329614
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Apr 2000
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The French Nieuport company provided the Allied air forces with the first true fighter scout of World War I. This detailed text outlines the exploits of the aces who flew them and is accompanied by 40 specially commissioned artworks.


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By: Lionel Persyn

ISBN: 9781846034091
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2009
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The Curtiss P-36 was considered a revolution in performance design in comparison to other US fighters. Yet, by the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor the P-40 was supplanting the P-36, which the US then exported to France under the guise of the Hawk 75. This book depicts the life of a plane that fought on both sides in the war.


(Paperback)

By: John Stanaway

ISBN: 9781782003328
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2014
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Featuring illustrations depicting P-38 models from the E to the H-5 previously not known to the general public, unpublished photographs and new data, this volume presents an account of some of these lesser known aces.


(Paperback)

By: Steve Blake

ISBN: 9781849087438
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2012
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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When the 82nd Fighter Group was organized in March 1942, most of its initial pilot cadre was comprised of newly graduated staff sergeant pilots of Class 42-C - enlisted men! They learned to fly the P-38 at Muroc, in California's Mojave Desert. This deals with the 82nd fighter group.


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By: John Stanaway

ISBN: 9781855326989
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 1998
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Built by Lockheed to meet a USAAC requirement for a long-range, high-performance escort for the B-17 bomber, the P-38 Lightning made its combat debut in Europe in 1942. This volume presents archival photographs, scale drawings and interviews with several leading Lightning aces.


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By: John Stanaway

ISBN: 9781855326330
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 1997
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Aces such as USAAF pilots Dick Bong and Tom McGuire used the P-38 Lightning to accrue some of the highest scores of Allied fighter pilots in World War II. Described here, the P-38 was born of the need for a high speed, high altitude fighter to escort the B-17 bomber on raids.


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By: John Stanaway

ISBN: 9781841762043
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2001
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This title charts the history of the P-39 Airacobra which served alongside the P-40 and P-38 in the bitter struggle to capture the Guadal canal in World War II.


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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.


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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.


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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.

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