Aviation

This is a vivid first-hand account of military rotary wing flying which will appeal to aircrew both civil and military, aviation enthusiasts and military historians.

Author: Col Robert Wilsey.

Publisher: Air World.

Hardback. 288pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781399002509

Weight: 677

Original Price: £25.00

Testing World War II Single-Engined Fighter Aircraft

During the years preceding and during World War II, the RAF and the Royal Aircraft Establishment were responsible for the selection and procurement of British military aircraft and also to evaluate their capabilities against captured enemy models whenever possible. 

Author: Peter Caygill

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 214pp. 15.5x23.3x1.8cm.

ISBN: 9781399014397

Weight: 450g

Original Price: £14.99

Eagles of the Luftwaffe.

Author: Dan Sharp.

Publisher: Tempest Books.

Paperback. 104pp. 18cm by 24cm.

ISBN 9781911658054

Original Price: £12.99

Originally built as an airliner that could carry passengers across the Atlantic for Deutsche Lufthansa, the Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor developed into the Luftwaffe’s principal long-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft. It was used in the North Sea and in the Atlantic, searching for Allied convoys and warships, passing on information to waiting U-boats.

Author: Chris Goss

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 156pp. 19x24.5x1.2cm.

ISBN: 9781848324879

Weight: 500g

Original Price: £14.99

Author: Dilip Sarkar

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 272pp. 16cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781399075725

Weight: 912g

Original Price: £25.00

From the Images of War series.

Author: IIan Sumner.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 160pp. 19cm by 24cm.

ISBN 9781526701794

Original Price: £14.99

Bombers, Patrol and Assault Aircraft: Cold War Bombers, Patrol and Assault Aircraft

Author: Jean-Christophe Carbonel

Publisher: Crecy

Hardback. pp. cm by cm.

ISBN: 9781910809068

Weight: 1.315kg

Original Price: £27.50

Using unpublished images including photographs of surviving aircraft archive images and models and replicas it shows details of aircraft that were kept top secret during the war.

Author: Mark C Wilkins.

Publisher: Casemate.

Hardback. 192pp. 20cm by 26cm.

ISBN: 9781612006192

Weight: 867

Original Price: £29.99

The Gloster F.9/40 was Britain’s first jet fighter and as the Meteor F.I became the first jet-powered aircraft of any description to enter service with the Allies in World War II. Several early Meteors were despatched to Europe in the hope that 1945 might witness the first ever jet-on-jet combats between it and the much-vaunted German jets – a contest which, in the event, was never to occur.

Author: Martin Derry and Neil Robinson

Publisher:Pen & Sword

Paperback. 96pp. 21cm by 30cm.

ISBN: 9781526702661

Weight: 556g

Original Price: £16.99

The Folland Gnat was used by the RAF mainly in the advanced training role, in the 1960s and 70s, where it proved to be an ideal lead-in trainer for high-performance aircraft such as the iconic Lightning, the first RAF supersonic fighter. It was also the aircraft used by the famous Yellowjacks formation aerobatic team, formed in 1964, the forerunner of the world-famous Red Arrows team which was equipped with the Gnat for over a decade before being replaced by the Hawk in 1980.

Author: Air Commodore Rick Peacock-Edwards, Tom Eeles

Publisher: Grub Street / Hachette

Hardback. 256pp. 24.1 x 3 x 16.4 cm

ISBN: 9781911667261

Weight: 880g

Original Price: £25.55

A complete history, relayed in a style that is both celebratory and objective.

Author: Ian Hall.

Publisher: Pen & Sword.

Hardback. 348pp. 17cm by 24cm.

ISBN 9781783400584

Original Price: £25.00

Handley Page's post-war transport aircraft. Including a brief history of the Hermes.

Author: Tim Senior.

Publisher: Dalrymple & Verdun Publishing.

Paperback. 112pp. 21cm by 28cm.

ISBN 9781905414079

Original Price: £19.95