Bøker av Martin W. Bowman

The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter is probably one of the most photographed jet aircraft of all time. Over 200 colour and historic black and white images are included here.

The Wellington Bomber story

The Vought F4U Corsair was among the most famous of all Second World War American fighters. Highly distinctive in appearance and with awesome power and performance, it dominated the Pacific theatre in the second half of the war.

Did a German invasion or invasions take place along the shores of East Anglia in 1940; Why have all the files on this most dramatic period in British history been placed under lock and key for the foreseeable future? Martin W. Bowman tells the full and thrilling story of this potentially fascinating historical cover up.

Over 200 fine colour and black and white images.

Lots of personal stories and colour images of the English Electric Lightning and the pilots who flew it.

Illustrated with never before seen images of RAF, SAAF, RAAF and USAAF aircraft and their crews.

Guy Gibson's 617 Squadron was founded for one reason only - Operation Chastise - the raid on the Ruhr dams. Using Barnes Wallis' revolutionary bouncing bomb, the hand-picked crews trained day and night over British reservoirs, perfecting the techniques required to deliver the new weapon to its target. On the night of 16/17 May 1943, three waves of modified Lancasters took off and headed for the industrial heartland of Germany and a series of daring raids on the various dams providing water and electricity to the heart of the Nazi war machine. Of the three main targets - the Mhne, Sorpe and Eder dams - two were destroyed, causing chaos downstream. The Mhne dam succumbed after five Upkeep bouncing bombs had hit it. It took three bombs to destroy the Eder dam but the Sorpe dam remained almost intact. Despite the losses in men and aircraft, the raid was a huge success. 617 Squadron went on to become one of the premier squadrons in Bomber Command, and destroyed the Tirpitz using another of Wallis' bombs - the Tallboy, a 12,000lb 'earthquake' bomb. Made into a film starring Richard Todd as Wing Commander Guy Gibson VC, their raid on the Ruhr dams has become the stuff of legend. This is the story of the Dam Busters.

This definitive history of one of East Anglia's most active bomber stations features interviews with personnel and many photographs, old and modern.