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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 Halifax
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781399021692
Pub Date: 2024-11-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword Aviation
240 Pages
This is the story of the air war over Western Europe, much of it told by the Halifax pilots and air crew who took part. It spans the period between 1942 and 1945 and covers the encounters between the...
Escape From Hitler's Reich
Amazing Stories of PoW Escapes by Allied Airmen in WW2
Price: $42.95
ISBN: 9781399073202
Pub Date: 2024-11-14
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Air World
248 Pages
Fascinating for its gripping and factual re-creation of the bomber-fighter/flak encounters, the confrontations in captivity between PoWs and Stalag guards, Escape from Hitler’s Reich provides a real insight into the war as those who ‘fell from formation’ saw it.
Escape Fever
An Airman’s Escape from the Kaiser’s Germany
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 9781526796363
Pub Date: 2024-08-31
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.
The Great War Ace, The Red Baron and Beyond
The Life and Achievements of Air Marshal Sir Brian Baker KBE, CB, MC, DSO, AFC
Price: $49.95
ISBN: 9781399058315
Pub Date: 2024-08-31
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword Aviation
256 Pages
From Rifleman to Air Marshal, Sir Brian Baker excelled in every role. Having transferred to the Royal Flying Corps and learning to fly in record time on a Maurice Farman Longhorn, he progressed to a...
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: 2024-08-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Air World
296 Pages
Thomas Percy Gleave began his RAF career in 1930. He transferred to Bomber Command on 1 January 1939, but at the outbreak of war requested a return to Fighter Command. He took command of 253 Squadron...
Cockpit Commander: A Navigator's Life
The Autobiography of Wing Commander Bruce Gibson
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781399021739
Pub Date: 2024-07-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword Aviation
520 Pages
Previously self-published by the author, this book charts the course of a dramatic career as a Wing Commander. Living through one of the most dynamic periods in the history of military and aviation development, Bruce Gibson saw events play out from his elevated aerial position.
Luftwaffe Bomber to Nightfighter
Volume I: The Memoirs of a Knight's Cross Pilot
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781784388164
Pub Date: 2024-07-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Greenhill Books
288 Pages
'Suddenly, flash bombs to my right, I instantly dive low to avoid being a direct target. We stay down, close above ground … before too long life returns in the area and we spot men milling around;...
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 Halifax
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781399021692
Pub Date: 2024-11-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword Aviation
240 Pages
Escape From Hitler's Reich
Amazing Stories of PoW Escapes by Allied Airmen in WW2
Price: $42.95
ISBN: 9781399073202
Pub Date: 2024-11-14
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Air World
248 Pages
Escape Fever
An Airman’s Escape from the Kaiser’s Germany
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 9781526796363
Pub Date: 2024-08-31
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword Military
224 Pages
The Great War Ace, The Red Baron and Beyond
The Life and Achievements of Air Marshal Sir Brian Baker KBE, CB, MC, DSO, AFC
Price: $49.95
ISBN: 9781399058315
Pub Date: 2024-08-31
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword Aviation
256 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: 2024-08-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Air World
296 Pages
Cockpit Commander: A Navigator's Life
The Autobiography of Wing Commander Bruce Gibson
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781399021739
Pub Date: 2024-07-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword Aviation
520 Pages
Luftwaffe Bomber to Nightfighter
Volume I: The Memoirs of a Knight's Cross Pilot
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781784388164
Pub Date: 2024-07-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Greenhill Books
288 Pages