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Carrier Aviation in the 21st Century Aircraft Carriers and Their Units in Detail
ISBN: PB: 9780997309225, Casemate, Harpia Publishing, February 2018
256 pp., 27.7x21.1 cm, colour and black&white illus.
The modern aircraft carrier is without doubt one of the most exciting and hazardous operating environments in the field of warfare. The "flattop" is a symbol of global military power without parallel, and it remains a capability beyond reach of all b...
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£34,00
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Air Battles over the Baltic 1941 The Air War on 22 June 1941 - The Battle for Stalin's Baltic Region
ISBN: HB: 9781911512561, Casemate, Helion and Company, February 2018
528 pp., 24.5x17 cm, 500 black&white photos, 28 tables, 14 maps, 111 colour illus.
This unique work is the first in a series of publications dedicated to the condition of the air forces of the Red Army prior to the Nazi invasion of 22 June 1941. The author describes in detail the composition and the capabilities of the Soviet avi...
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£55,00
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First Kills The Illustrated Biography of Fighter Pilot Wladyslaw Gnys
ISBN: HB: 9781612005560, Casemate, December 2017
304 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, highly illustrated
Polish pilot W³adek Gnyœ was credited with shooting down the first two German aircraft of World War II on September 1, 1939. On 2 September 1939, as Gnys' squadron took off near Krakow to intercept the German invaders, German Stuka pilot Frank Neuber...
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£25,00
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Lend-Lease and Soviet Aviation in the Second World War
ISBN: HB: 9781911512264, Casemate, Helion and Company, December 2017
656 pp., 24.4x17 cm, 100 colour aircraft, 650 colour and black&white illus.
Seventy years have passed since the Second World War yet the books and articles still keep coming in a never-ending stream discussing the question of what role the deliveries of arms and materials by Soviet allies played in the victory of the Red Arm...
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£59,00
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Prisoner of the Swiss A World War II Airman's Story
ISBN: HB: 9781612005546, Casemate, November 2017
160 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 16 black&white illus.
During World War II, 1,517 members of US aircrews were forced to seek asylum in Switzerland. Most neutral countries found reason to release US airmen from internment, but Switzerland took its obligations under the Hague Convention more seriously than...
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£19,00
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Brazilians at War Brazilian Aviation in the Second World War
ISBN: PB: 9781911512585, Casemate, Helion and Company, September 2017
112 pp., 29.7x21 cm, 270 black&white photos, 35 colour photos, 6 maps, 10 tables
When the Second World War erupted, Latin America – despite being initially neutral – became part of it. Brazil, with its large provision of goods to the Allied Powers, was soon a victim of the Axis submarines – leading to the urgent development of an...
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£19,00
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Hot Skies Over Yemen Volume 1: Aerial Warfare over the Southern Arabian Peninsula, 1962-1994
ISBN: PB: 9781912174232, Casemate, Helion and Company, August 2017
80 pp., 29.7x21 cm, 120 photos, 15-18 colour profiles, 3 maps
Since September 1962, hardly a week passed without a major armed confrontation or an outright war in Yemen. The number of long-lasting insurgencies, mutinies, rebellions, or terrorism-related activities that took place during this period is going int...
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£16,00
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Monographs, No. 09 Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe
ISBN: HB: 9788365437457, Casemate, Kagero, July 2017
228 pp., 29.7x21 cm, illus.
Not for sale in Poland! The monograph on the Messerschmitt Me 262, WW2 German jet fighter and fighter-bomber, discusses its design and development in regard to the evolution of jet propulsion and Messerschmitt company. The authors describe the util...
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£31,00
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Monographs, No. 08 Messerschmitt Bf 109F
ISBN: HB: 9788365437440, Casemate, Kagero, July 2017
260 pp., 29.7x21 cm, illus.
Not for sale in Poland! In the autumn of 1938 the design team of the Bayerische Flugzeugwerke in Augsburg began work on a development version of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 E, which at that time was entering service as the primary fighter of the Germa...
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£27,00
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Monographs, No. 04 Horten Ho 229
ISBN: HB: 9788365437150, Casemate, Kagero, July 2017
280 pp., 29.7x21 cm, illus.
Not for sale in Poland! Aircraft described as flying wing have aroused interest of the designers since the early, pioneer years of aviation. This definition is used to describe aircraft with specific design solutions, allowing for resignation from...
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£34,00
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