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Tangmere 1941

On 30 August 1940, at the height of the Battle of Britain, the pilots of RAF Fighter Command’s No.12 Group were requested to reinforce 11 Group and intercept a Luftwaffe raid on an aircraft factory at Hatfield. The events that day led the swashbuckling, legless, fighter pilot Douglas Bader to submit a report arguing that the more fighters he had at his disposal, the greater would be the execution of the enemy that could be achieved.

Author: Dilip Sarkar MBE.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 298pp. 16x24x2.6cm.

ISBN: 9781399017053

Weight: 900g.

Original Price: £25.00

This is the story of Britain’s secret cold war fighter jet designs, fully illustrated with a host of drawings, illustrations and photographs.

Author: Dan Sharp.

Publisher: Tempest Books.

Hardback. 216pp. 22cm by 28cm.

ISBN 9781911658030

Weight. 964

Original Price: £27.50

The history of Autair and Court Line aviation.

Author: Graham M. Simons.

Publisher: Pen & Sword.

Hardback. 320pp. 17cm by 25cm.

ISBN 9781526725561

Original Price: £30.00

From the Images of War series.

Author: IIan Sumner.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 160pp. 19cm by 24cm.

ISBN 9781526701794

Original Price: £14.99

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

A Photo History of the First American Fighter Squadron.

Author: Steven A. Ruffin.

Publisher: Casemate.

Paperback. 194pp. 17cm by 25cm.

ISBN: 9781612008523

Weight: 786

Original Price: £18.99

A study in air power 1933-1945.

Author: E.R. Hooton.

Publisher: Classic/Ian Allan.

Hardback. 302pp. 15cm by 23cm.

ISBN 9781906537180

Original Price: £24.99

Exploring the content of records from the National Archives.

Author: Mary Hudson.

Publisher: Air World.

Hardback. 308pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN 9781526783523

Original Price: £25.00

12 Superbly illustrated articles covering a variety of aviation stories from a stealth WWI airship to Rhodesian Hawker Hunters.

Author: Compendium.

Publisher: Red Kite.

Paperback. 145pp. 29cm by 21cm.

ISBN 9781908757173

Original Price: £15.00