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Flight of the Dragon A Taiwanese U-2 Pilot's Long Journey to Freedom

Rios Bromley Linda

ISBN: PB: 9781911096481, Casemate, Helion and Company, June 2017
152 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 25 photos

When Chang-di "Robin" Yeh departed on his scheduled recon flight on 1 November 1963, his life was full of promise. In an instant, the experienced pilot transitioned from a free man to a prisoner held on spy charges by mainland China. Promised early o...

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Fighter Aces Knights of the Skies

Sadler John, Serdiville Rosie

ISBN: PB: 9781612004822, Casemate, June 2017
160 pp., 19.8x12.5 cm, 30 black&white illus.

Just over a decade after the first powered aeroplane flight, fearless pioneers were flying over the battlefields of France in flimsy biplanes. As more military aircraft took to the skies, they were equipped with weapons and their pilots began to deve...

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Luftwaffe in Colour Volume 2: From Glory to Defeat 1942-1945

Cony Christophe, Roba Jean-Louis

ISBN: PB: 9781612004556, Casemate, June 2017
160 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 400 colour illus.

Eighty years after its creation, the Luftwaffe is still one of the most fascinating forces in the history of aviation. A companion to Luftwaffe in Colour Volume 1, which covered the victory years from 1939 up to Spring 1942, this volume with nearly 4...

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100 Hour War The Conflict Between Honduras and El Salvador in July 1969

Overall Mario, Hagedorn Dan

ISBN: PB: 9781911096504, Casemate, Helion and Company, June 2017
104 pp., 29.7x21 cm, 25 colour photos, 120 black&white photos

In July 1969, while the world was expectant about the upcoming first manned landing on the moon, two little-known Central American States crossed sabers in what was derogatorily coined by the media as "The Soccer War". Far from a simple out-of-hand s...

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Bomber Command: Battle of Berlin Failed to Return

Bond Steve, Darlow Steve, Feast Sean, Macdonald Andy, Owen Robert, Russel Nicole, Sandall Howard

ISBN: HB: 9780993415272, Casemate, Fighting High Publishing, May 2017
128 pp., 27.5x21 cm, 100 illus.

"Tonight you are going to the Big City. You will have the opportunity to light a fire in the belly of the enemy that will burn his black heart out". The message from Commander-in-Chief of RAF Bomber Command Sir Arthur Harris was clear. As the Second...

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Slybirds A Photographic Odyssey of the 353rd Fighter Group During the Second World War

Cross Graham

ISBN: HB: 9780993415265, Casemate, Fighting High Publishing, May 2017
208 pp., 21x27.5 cm, 450 illus.

The distinctive black and yellow chequered markings of the 353rd Fighter Group, the "Slybirds", made them one of the USAAF 'Mighty' 8th Air Force's most colourful fighter groups. Flying P-47D Thunderbolts and later P-51D Mustangs the 353rd's appearan...

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Russia's Air-launched Weapons

Butowski Piotr

ISBN: PB: 9780997309218, Casemate, Harpia Publishing, April 2017
80 pp., 27.7x21.1 cm, colour illus.

Following Harpia Publishing's acclaimed two-volume series Russia's Warplanes, author and researcher Piotr Butowski sheds light on the full range of air-launched ordnance of Russian origin that can be found in large-scale service today. This unique r...

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Biography & Memoires

Chig Sky Pilot to the Glider Pilots of Arnhem

Vockins Mike

ISBN: HB: 9781911512332, Casemate, Helion and Company, April 2017
196 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 8 maps, 23 illus.

New, hitherto unseen, first-hand accounts of the battle of Arnhem, the heroic Allied military operation known as "Market Garden", become rarer as time passes. "Chig: Sky Pilot to the Glider Pilots of Arnhem" is the story of a choir boy, who became a...

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Monographs, No. 63 Focke-Wulf Ta 152

Murawski Marek J.

ISBN: HB: 9788364596933, Casemate, Kagero, March 2017
80 pp., 29.7x21 cm, 110 archival photos

Not for sale in Poland! The events of World War 2 proved beyond any doubt that the strategic bombing campaign greatly contributed to the Allies' ultimate victory over Nazi Germany. British night bombing raids and daylight carpet bombing missions fl...

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Wings Over Sinai The Egyptian Air Force During the Sinai War, 1956

Nicolle David, Ali Gabr Gabr, Cooper Tom

ISBN: PB: 9781911096610, Casemate, Helion and Company, March 2017
112 pp., 29.7x21 cm, 120 black&white illus. 3 colour illus., 15 colour profiles

Sixty years since the tripartite aggression of France, Great Britain and Israel against Egypt, this is the first account about Egyptian military operations during the Suez War of 1956 (or "Suez Crisis", as it is known in the West). Based on research...

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