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41 Squadron is one of the oldest RAF Squadrons still in existence and has seen service from the First World War, policing the Middle East in the 1930s, throughout the Second World War, and more recently in the First Gulf War and Yugoslavia. This is the first comprehensive study, concentrating on its Second World War between August 1942 - May 1945
Bill Love found himself in close contact with a traditional witchcraft coven as early as 1942. This was outrageous and dangerous. The Witchcraft Act was not repealed until almost ten years and yet Bill Love firmly attached to the concept of living in harmony with nature, and in 1953 he asked to join such a coven. This book represents his story.
Luftwaffe aerial reconnaissance photographed all of Great Britain. In June 1945 a British intelligence unit stumbled upon 16 tonnes of pictures, dumped in a barn in the Bavarian forest. The original Luftwaffe archive was destroyed at the end of the war, and this discovery was an incomplete German Intelligence copy. This book reproduces 220 images
A definitive biography of the aviator Bert Hall of the Lafayette Escadrille, a French fighter squadron during World War 1. Hall was variously labelled as: rogue, card cheat, forger, human cannonball, criminal, bigamist, deserter, filmmaker, author, Chinese General, arms smuggler, Foreign Legionnaire, salesman, aerial racer amd aviation pioneer.
Fighters over Stalingrad Volume One covers air operations, battles and plans of Soviet VVS and Luftwaffe during the epic battle for Stalingrad (defensive period July 1942 - October 1942). The book includes records on day-by-day activities, claims and losses from both sides in incredible detail. It includes previously unpublished material and maps.
The treasure was to be found in an English country house, and it was worth one million pounds, but what was the treasure, was it jewels or something else? Various parties were searching; American gangsters among them, and all had to unravel the clues to be found in the works of Shakespeare. Murder followed murder as the ruthless search continued.
Classic 1920s crime thriller. A fascinating crime story with unusual twists, murder follows murder with no seeming motive. In the classic genre of '20s and '30s crime fiction, Macdonell manages to introduce a different element, unusual twists that keep the reader captivated and anxious to discover what came next.
Bess was the other Duchess, Georgiana's best friend, who with Georgiana and her husband, William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, formed the infamous menage a trois at Devonshire house
A masterpiece of character depiction. An expose of the Mayfair Mussolini fans and war profiteers One of A. G. Macdonell's most biting books - a perceptive look at the rise of Nazism and its inevitable outcome. A novel, but with such prescience it could have been fact; illustrating the fondness for the right wing fascist movements among monied set
My Eyes Have Seen the Glory is a match-by-match, blow-by-blow, superbly illustrated account of Manchester City's glorious 2011/12 Premiership season.
German railroading revolutionized warfare during 1825-1918 by getting more men, horses, guns, and supplies to the various battlefronts quicker and more efficiently than any other Great Power until the Allies discovered how to do it also, and sometimes better. In order to gain the advantages over their enemies, strict timetables had to be followed!
The much troubled yet iconic Tornado F3 is here scrutinised by a best- selling author who served as crew in one
The First book to examine the bases that British airships flew from in detail
The top-secret agreement between Britain and the Soviet Union whereby the British Special Operations Executive, the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force arranged the transport of 34 Soviet agents from Archangel and Murmansk to be infiltrated into France, Holland, Italy, Austria and Germany.
From the ranks of Hitler's select few grew the SS, a modern praetorian guard which developed into a massive and efficient military-style force with tentacles spreading into all elements of German life. Hitler appointed leaders upon whom he could rely. Many names remain obscure, but this large book highlights who they all were and how they appeared.
The golden pre-war age of British flying, caught by the camera of an amateur enthusiast
A detailed look at this legendary race for seaplanes, the models that took part and their legacy beyond 1931
For historians William Shakespeare is both a curse and a blessing: a curse because he immortalized Tudor spin on fifteenth-century civil wars that helped justify their occupation of the throne; a blessing because without Shakespeare's 8-play history cycle, hardly anyone beyond specialists in the history of the period would know of their existence.
The story of a brave and successful German soldier on the Eastern Front in the Second World War
During the 1950s, Chris Helme was often asked by relatives: 'What do you want to be when you grow up?' A policeman was always his answer. Chris was brought up to respect the local police who seemed to know everyone. This book takes the reader through a catalogue of sad, humorous, and almost unbelievable incidents in the life of a local policeman.
Illustrated with drawings and information on the Luftwaffe's radical fighter projects, The Ultimate Piston Fighters chronicles the revolutionary designs that might have changed the course of the war. They were the extreme designs left on the drawing board after the first jet engines were available for the manufacture of the Messerschmitt Me 262.
London's Lost Battlefields hides the ghosts of bloodshed and rebellion from Boudicca to the devastating but little known Zeppelin attacks of the First World War.
Farnborough is best known for its experiments and development of aircraft types. After WWII it played host to a considerable variety of aircraft including a number of Axis types captured during the war. Beautifully illustrated and written by an aviation expert, SBAC Farnborough is the definitive book on the subject of Farnborough from 1932 onwards.
The true story of operators from a private military contractor working in Iraq shortly after the Gulf War. Steiner had left the British Army to join the gold rush in war-torn Iraq, but grew disillusioned about the declining situation in the country as he believed that the joint US and UK invasion had made things far worse.
Manston had its origins in the RN Seaplane Station, Westgate, later expanded for landplane operations. The first unit at Manston was 3 Wing RNAS that moved from Detling in April 1916. Together with RNAS Eastchurch, Manston's War Flight of Triplanes, Camels and Pups patrolled the coast. After WWI, Manston expanded and to become a training station.
During World War II the Merchant Navy played a vital part in evacuations from countries that were overrun. They saved over 90,000 troops from Dunkirk and went on to rescue more than 200,000 from other parts of France. They also manned salvage ships, rescue tugs and other specialist craft. This book tells the story of these achievements.
Offices were set up in London and establishments for the training and deployment of US secret agents into occupied Europe as well as assisting the SOE in supplying the resistance. Until an airfield was built for their clandestine operations, OSS agents were flown out from RAF Tempsford, Churchill's Most Secret Airfield.
The story of Lancaster rear gunner W/O Sidney Knott, DFC, Knott survived sixty-four operations, included many 'Battle of the Ruhr' targets. This combination of dramatic narrative and strategic overview includes controversial views about the morality of area bombing and its contribution to victory in Europe.
A comprehensive compilation of rare events during this fascinating period, this book covers all regions. It features steam (mainly), as well as diesel and electric motor power at work on scheduled and extraordinary services throughout the network. The chronology is supported by many contemporary photographs. There are lots of surprises!
Ivor Jones' new book vividly describes the cunning night-time decoys which saved Cardiff, indeed Wales itself from German bombings during the Second World War.
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