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Raspberry One
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Charles Ferry |
Nick and Hildy, two young aircrewmen flying bombing support against Japan's kamikaze offensive in the Pacific, are devastated but ultimately strengthened by their war experience. |
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Bomber Command Continues
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Great Britain. Ministry of Information. |
The official wartime account of RAF Bomber Command's air operations against Germany between July 1941 and June 1941. This follows on from the Ministry of Information publication *Bomber Command* (see… |
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Enduring Courage
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John F. Ross |
From the Introduction...
Rickenbacker lived at a time when the latest machines of the industrial revolutions were ripping apart the ages-old rhythms of plow and steam. When he was seven, the first… |
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The airman's war
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Albert Marrin |
Examines the role of the air force in World War II, including the nonstop bombing over Germany and the slow island by island battles in the Pacific. |
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Pusher aces of World War 1
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Jon Guttman |
Pusher fighters, designed with the engine at the rear and the machine gun at the front, may have looked ungainly, yet they were able to hold their own remarkably well against their German counterpart… |
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When tigers ruled the sky
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Bill Yenne |
Presents an account of the Flying Tigers, the legendary World War II combat group which led America's first venture into covert operations against a foreign power. |
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Marked for death
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James Hamilton-Paterson |
Little more than ten years after the first powered flight, aircraft were pressed into service in World War I. The romance of aviation had a remarkable grip on the public imagination, propaganda focus… |
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A time for war
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Zachary M. Sherman |
When his plane is shot down on June 6, 1944, D-Day, paratrooper Private Michael Donovan must find a way to survive and locate his platoon. |
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Allied fighters 1939-45
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Christopher Chant |
Features more than 200 colour artworks with full specifications of every major type of fighter airplane flown by the allies in the European theatre during World War II. |
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The Allied resupply effort in the China-Burma-India theater during World War II
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Leo J. Daugherty |
"This volume takes an in-depth look at the situation the Allies faced in China, India and Burma exploring the realities of the politic-laden campaign waged in this 'forgotten theatre' during World Wa… |
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The war of the aeronauts
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Evans, Charles M. |
x, 358 p. : 24 cm |
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World War II in the Air
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James F. Sunderman |
A definitive and full account of the air war that occurred in the ETO. The book is comprised of excerpts from other novels, aviation magazines, or flier's memoirs who specifically wrote sections for … |
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Decisive air battles of the First World War
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Arthur George Joseph Whitehouse |
360 p. 22 cm |
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Aeroplanes and flyers of the First World War
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Joseph A. Phelan |
The antique aeroplanes shown here represent a capsule history of the development of aviation from 1903 to 1913. In the ten short years that followed the first success of the Wright brothers, aeroplan… |
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Pilote de guerre
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
Flight to Arras is Saint-Exupéry's recollection of the final shattering days during World War II when, though the defeat of France was imminent, a pitifully inadequate number of French pilots and the… |
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Manila Bay Sunset
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Billy D. Templeton |
This book is about a Billy D Templeton and his survival against the Japanese during WWII Starting December 8 1941 with the bombing of Clark Field 60 miles from Manila. Resulting in the withdrawal of … |
OL8848435W |