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The dambuster who cracked the dam The dambuster who cracked the dam Arthur G. Thorning xii, 178 p. , [48] p. of plates : 25 cm OL13741352W
With Wings Like Eagles With Wings Like Eagles Michael Korda Michael Korda's brilliant work of history takes the reader back to the summer of 1940, when fewer than three thousand young fighter pilots of the Royal Air Force — often no more than nine hundred on … OL14990298W
The Flyer The Flyer Martin Francis A scholarly study of the men of the RAF and British culture during the war, 'The Flyer' examines the lives of these men and their popular representation in literary and cinematic texts. It illuminate… OL16418849W
A Trenchard Brat At War A Trenchard Brat At War Thomas Lancashire "The announcement of my intention to apply for entry into the Royal Air Force was met by abject horror from my mother and she was quite adamant that no son of hers was going to join the armed forces.… OL17435728W
A good war A good war Patrick Bishop Adam Tomaszewski is a Polish airman, flying Hurricanes alongside British pilots as the Battle of Britain rages in the summer skies over Kent and Sussex. Far from home and facing death daily Adam is d… OL17887441W
Apache Apache Macy, Ed (Warrant Officer) Designed in the mid 1980s to take on the Soviets, the Apache is the most sophisticated fighting helicopter the world has ever known. Ed Macy's account of the incredibly hard Apache selection process … OL17914045W
Fire and Fury Fire and Fury Randall Hansen During the Second World War, Allied air forces dropped nearly two million tons of bombs on Germany, destroying some 60 cities, killing more than half a million German citizens, and leaving 80,000 pil… OL18155856W
Spitfire in combat Spitfire in combat Alfred Price viii, 180 p. : 27 cm OL18703811W
The bombers and the bombed The bombers and the bombed R. J. Overy A history of the Allied bombing campaigns of World War II questions the morality of British and American attacks on occupied European cities while offering insight into the course of the civilian fro… OL19706494W
The dog who could fly The dog who could fly Damien Lewis "An instant hit in the UK, this is the true account of a German shepherd who was adopted by the Royal Air Force during World War II, joined in flight missions, and survived everything from crash-land… OL19978277W
The Kamikaze hunters The Kamikaze hunters Will Iredale "Follows a group of young men who fought towards the end of World War II, from their enlistment and initial training to the terrifying and unexpected reality of fighting against pilots who would rath… OL20031836W
The last British Dambuster The last British Dambuster George Johnson I was anxious to fight. Hitler was the bastard that had started all this and he needed sorting out. We were under threat. Everything we stood for - our country, our families and our way of life - was… OL20807140W
The dambuster's raid The dambuster's raid John Sweetman "Operation Chastise - the Dambusters Raid, as it became known - undertaken by 19 Lancasters of 617 Squadron on the night of 16 May 1943, was the most audacious bombing raid of the Second World War. F… OL20923717W
On and off the flight deck On and off the flight deck Henry Adlam "We had seen enough now to know that we would be lucky, either one of us, to see the end of the war and the future was always a taboo subject with any of us."Hank Adlam began his naval flying career … OL21730400W
The Royal Flying Corps in France The Royal Flying Corps in France Ralph Barker xi, 237 p., [16] p. of plates : 25 cm OL3072866W
Finest hour Finest hour Tim Clayton,Phil Craig Sixty years ago, Europe lay at the feet of Adolf Hitler. Standing between Hitler and world domination was the just-appointed Prime Minister Winston Churchill and a few hundred pilots in the Royal Air… OL3343217W
War in a Stringbag War in a Stringbag Charles Lamb Commander Charles Lamb fought an exceptional war flying the slow and obsolete Fairey Swordfish for the Fleet Air Arm. It was an antiquated machine, but it could outmanoeuvre almost any other aircraft… OL3670837W
Wings over North Africa Wings over North Africa A. G. Dudgeon 222 p., [20] p. of plates : 23 cm OL3810375W
A Damned Good Show A Damned Good Show Derek Robinson,Robinson, Derek They joined an R.A.F. known as "the best flying club in the world," but when war pitches the young pilots of 409 Squadron into battle over Germany, their training, tactics and equipment are soon foun… OL4162009W
First light First light Geoffrey Wellum 'An extraordinary, deeply moving and astonishingly evocative story. Reading it, you feel you are in the Spitfire with him, at 20,000 feet, chased by a German Heinkel, with your ammunition gone' INDEP… OL5991877W
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