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Johnnie Johnson's 1942 Diary
The War Diary of the Spitfire Ace of Aces
Price: $32.95
ISBN: 9781526798237
Pub Date: 2025-08-31
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Air World
232 Pages
Air Vice-Marshal ‘Johnnie’ Johnson was a character literally from the pages of Boys’ Own: an individual who became the RAF’s top-scoring fighter pilot and wing leader par excellence of the Second World War. A one-time household name synonymous with the superlative Spitfire, Johnnie’s aerial combat successes inspired schoolboys for generations.
The Men Who Flew the Hawker Hunter
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781399016018
Pub Date: 2025-07-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword Aviation
288 Pages
If ever there was a real pilot's airplane it was the Hunter, an outstanding multi-purpose aircraft which excelled in the roles of interceptor fighter, ground attack, reconnaissance, research vehicle and two-seater trainer, not to mention its dramatic displays in formation aerobatic performances.
Johnnie Johnson's Great Adventure
The Spitfire Ace of Ace's Last Look Back
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781526799104
Pub Date: 2025-03-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword Aviation
288 Pages
Air Vice-Marshal Johnnie Johnson – a policeman’s son from Leicestershire – ended the Second World War as the RAF’s top-scoring fighter pilot. Fearless, and an exceptional pilot and marksman, Johnnie was also highly intelligent and a gifted writer.
Night Duel Over Germany
Bomber Command's Battle Over the Reich During WWII
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781399075336
Pub Date: 2024-12-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword Aviation
224 Pages
Bomber Commands night offensive against Nazi Germany, which lasted for nearly six years, was one of Britains major contributions to the Allied effort during the Second World War. But the decision to...
Group Captain John 'Joe' Collier DSO, DFC and Bar
The Authorised Biography of the Bomber Commander, Air War and SOE Strategist & Dambuster Planner
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781399078832
Pub Date: 2024-12-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword Aviation
272 Pages
John Colliers war began on day one, flying Hampdens in 83 Squadron with his friend Guy Gibson, in a hunt for the battleship Admiral Scheer. By the summer of 1940 he was bombing the Dortmund-Ems Canal...
Cold War Test Pilot
Surviving Crash Landings and Emergency Ejections: From Fast-jets to Heavy Multi-Engine Aircraft
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781399090742
Pub Date: 2024-12-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Air World
240 Pages
The Falkland Islands had been invaded and a Task Force was already steaming south at full speed. On board the carriers were the Harriers that would provide essential aerial cover for the British troops...
Escape Fever
An Airman’s Escape from the Kaiser’s Germany
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 9781526796363
Pub Date: 2024-12-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword Military
224 Pages
This memoir of a Royal Flying Corps officer's escape from captivity in the autumn of 1917 was published in the earlier thirties, towards the end of the torrent of personal war accounts that were put into print in the years following the Armistice.
Group Captain Tom Gleave
The Memoirs of One of The Few and a Founder of the Guinea Pig Club
Price: $49.95
ISBN: 9781399059183
Pub Date: 2024-12-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Air World
296 Pages
A detailed and revealing autobiography one of ‘The Few’, who, badly burned when shot down in the Battle of Britain, went on to be a founder member of the Guinea Pig Club.
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Johnnie Johnson's 1942 Diary
The War Diary of the Spitfire Ace of Aces
Price: $32.95
ISBN: 9781526798237
Pub Date: 2025-08-31
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Air World
232 Pages
The Men Who Flew the Hawker Hunter
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781399016018
Pub Date: 2025-07-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword Aviation
288 Pages
Johnnie Johnson's Great Adventure
The Spitfire Ace of Ace's Last Look Back
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781526799104
Pub Date: 2025-03-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword Aviation
288 Pages
Night Duel Over Germany
Bomber Command's Battle Over the Reich During WWII
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781399075336
Pub Date: 2024-12-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword Aviation
224 Pages
Group Captain John 'Joe' Collier DSO, DFC and Bar
The Authorised Biography of the Bomber Commander, Air War and SOE Strategist & Dambuster Planner
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781399078832
Pub Date: 2024-12-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword Aviation
272 Pages
Cold War Test Pilot
Surviving Crash Landings and Emergency Ejections: From Fast-jets to Heavy Multi-Engine Aircraft
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781399090742
Pub Date: 2024-12-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Air World
240 Pages
Escape Fever
An Airman’s Escape from the Kaiser’s Germany
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 9781526796363
Pub Date: 2024-12-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword Military
224 Pages
Group Captain Tom Gleave
The Memoirs of One of The Few and a Founder of the Guinea Pig Club
Price: $49.95
ISBN: 9781399059183
Pub Date: 2024-12-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Air World
296 Pages