"The air battles of the Second World War were fought ferociously and with extraordinaryskill and courage on both sides. The fighter pilots of the Luftwaffe, the Jagdflieger, in fact outscored their Allied counterparts by quite some margin and became the highest-scoring fighter p…
A6M Zero-sen aces 1940-42
by Millman, Nicholas, Olsthoorn, Ronnie
fromOsprey aircraft of the aces
A6M Zero-sen aces 1940-42
by Millman, Nicholas, Olsthoorn, Ronnie
fromOsprey aircraft of the aces
Mosquito aces of World War 2
by Thomas, Andrew, Davey, Chris
fromOsprey aircraft of the aces
Tethered balloons reached their zenith as a means of providing a stationary observation platform above the battlefield during World War I. It took a special breed of daredevil to take on such odds deep in enemy lines in order to destroy a balloon, with Balloon specialists such a…
Completed just in time for the German standard fighter competition of early 1918, the Fokker D VII was an obvious choice for first prize. This book charts the careers of the aviators who made ace in the D VII--arguably amongst the best all-round fighting scouts of the Great War.
Mustang aces of the Eighth Air Force
by Scutts, Jerry, Holmes, Tony
fromOsprey aircraft of the aces
This book details the history of the fighter pilots of the United States Air Force's 8th air squadron, and the fighter pilots of the United States Air Force's 352nd Fighter Group (also known as the 'Bluenosed Bastards of Bodney'). In addition, this book explores the design and h…