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At the outbreak of the second World War, Air Chief Marshall Dowding was Commander-in-Chief of RAF Fighter Command, which had been set up three years ...
On 18 June 1940 Churchill declared in the House of Commons - 'The Battle of France is over... the Battle for Britain is about to begin ...
Over the past 80 years, histories of the Battle of Britain have consistently portrayed the feats of 'The Few' (as they were immortalized in Churchill ...
The greatest air battle in history was fought in the skies over southern England between the RAF and the Luftwaffe in the high summer of ...
On the night of 14/15 August 1944, the roar of an unknown aircraft was heard over the dense forests to the south-east of Moscow ...
The Spitfire is probably Britain's best loved and admired aeroplane. It is also revered around the world. This book looks at the later marques ...
It is difficult to overestimate the excitement that accompanied the birth of the Spitfire. An aircraft imbued with balletic grace and extraordinary versatility, it was ...
In this fascinating book the author examines the Japanese concept of Kamikaze, the deliberate self-sacrifice of life in the cause of victory. This attitude, while ...
AUSTRALIAN AUTHOR Compared to the RAFs Fighter and Bomber Commands, the Desert Air Force (DAF) is far less well known, yet its achievements were spectacular ...
The unforgiving and deadly combats fought in the skies over the United Kingdom during the Battle of Britain were, in many respects, personal affairs - one ...
Although New Guinea's Thunderbolt pilots faced several different types of enemy aircraft in capricious tropical conditions, by far their most common adversary was the ...
'I do not think that Malan could join a squadron without improving it, however good it was. Not by sword-waving, but by a strength of ...
A fully illustrated account of the Day Fighter Aces of the Luftwaffe from 1942 to 1945. Around 500 Luftwaffe fighter pilots were awarded the Knight ...
The Vickers Wellington was one of very few aircraft types to have been in production and frontline service throughout World War II, and more than ...
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA masterly history of the Dambusters raid from bestselling and critically acclaimed Max Hastings. Operation Chastise, the overnight destruction of the Mhne ...