World War II
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Ju 88: Over All Fronts
The most versatile German aircraft of WWII is shown in its many uses and on a variety of war fronts.
Jump Wings: History of Canadian Airborne Qualification Badges, 1942-2012
Canadian parachute-related 'wings'. Included are the first styles of wings introduced during the Second World War and continued to the present. Other sections address Para Rigger, Search and Rescue, Pathfinder/Scout and Army Pilot wings.
Lancaster at War: 2
Here is a collection of different ex-RAF men recalling the WWII bombing of Germany, with emphasis on repairs and operations.
It provides a holistic look at base support positions and the daily routine, including the food truck driven by a WAAF for tea breaks. They too, served their nation. Each chapter deals with a different function contributing to readiness for a mission.
Starting with unblooded planes, Garbett shows factory scenes, tests, mechanics at work (who rarely got proper credit). It may seem contrary, but the Merlin engine, same as on Spitfires, was ideal for Lancasters. Well known, they would drag their load into the air, then to battle, even give their last during the shooting. At base, the 'erks' would put them right so the ship was ready for ops again. Crews flight test, then, if airworthy, they are fueled and loaded with bombs and ammunition.
And on the other side of the base, crewmen try to down a meal, attend briefing, collect their kit. Trucks deliver them to the waiting Lancs and on time, taxi out for takeoff. Once in the air, they set course for the enemy coast. Then the mission gets interesting....
The Lancaster shares with its contemporary the Spitfire the distinction of having become a legend in its own lifetime. And since the war that legend has continued to grow, fostered by the inevitable nostalgia attending the vanished days of national greatness and the long gone youth of the men who flew and serviced the aircraft. Inevitably too, the legend has its element of myth. The Lancaster was, after all, a weapon of a particularly unpleasant form of warfare. All too often its role was 'nasty, brutish – and short'. And yet – the legend remains, the stories proliferate and photographs abound.
Lancaster at War was first published in 1971 and has been reprinted ten times. It remains one of the classic books of the air war of World War II and is likely to continue in print for years. Lancaster at War - 2 is a totally new collection of Lancaster stories and photographs; it complements the earlier book, it does not duplicate it. Compiled by Mike Garbett and Brian Goulding over several years, much of its material has been, in many instances, inspired by the readers of the first Lancaster at War. The only change is that this book tends to look rather more closely at the men who flew the Lancaster and the men and women who kept it in the air. It is nonetheless a further expansion of the celebrated Lancaster legend and will delight Lanc veterans, air historians and enthusiasts alike.
Lancaster at War: 5
There is no name more redolent of Britain's wartime struggle against Nazi Germany than the classic four-engined bomber, the Avro Lancaster. From its introduction to operation in 1942 through to the end of the war, the Lancaster was at the forefront of Bomber Command's aerial onslaught against Germany and Nazi-occupied Europe.
The Lancaster was involved in many of the RAF's most successful and audacious operations, such as the famous ‘Dambusters’ raid and the action that led to the sinking of the Tirpitz, as well as the regular night time raids that wrought so much destruction on German cities and industry.
More than 20 years ago Mike Garbett and Brian Goulding first paid tribute to the Avro Lancaster in Lancaster at War. This pioneering book, which brought together first-hand accounts and historic photographs, was the first of a series of books that has helped to keep the reputation of the Lancaster alive. In this, their latest contribution to the series, the authors have again delved into their files to bring a further fascinating selection of stories from those who flew and worked with the Lancaster.
Légi háború Magyarország Felett / Air War over Hungary (Volume 1)
This is a rare and wonderful look at the Hungarian Airforce during World War II. The book is written in Hungarian, with some English text. Even if you can't read Hungarian, the photographs, drawings, and maps will serve anyone interested in the Hungarian Airforce.
Légi háború Magyarország Felett / Air War over Hungary (Volume 2)
This is a rare and wonderful look at the Hungarian Airforce during World War II. The book is written in Hungarian, with some English text. Even if you can't read Hungarian, the photographs, drawings, and maps will serve anyone interested in the Hungarian Airforce.
Lend-Lease Aircraft in World War II
Lend-Lease Aircraft In WWII Pearcy Full details of UK Lend-Lease contracts for aircraft are revealed, as is an insight into the massiveorganization necessary to fly the war machines to the battle fronts. Included are the stories of th e ferry pilots, the ferry routes they flew, and the aircraft involved. Contains a complete check-list of all aircraft types supplied under Lend-Lease throughout the war.
Les Vehicules de l’US Army: 1939-1945
A French-language book that examines the vehicles of the United States Army from 1939 to 1945.
Lion in the Sky: US 8th Air Force Fighter Operations, 1942-45
Looks at the accomplishments of the volunteer eagle squadrons of the RAF and the squadrons of the U.S. 8th Air Force, and shares the experiences of individual pilots
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Little Book of Spitfire
Little book of Spitfire provides a concise history of one of the great fighter planes of WW2.
Lockheed P-38 Lightning
This is the photographic history of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning. Topics covered include: the XP-38 and YP-38 prototypes, the twin V-12 engines, turbochargers, and the P-38, F-4, and F-5 variants. There are also stories from P-38 test pilots, and details on the fightr groups, squadrons, and commands that utilized the P-38.
Luftwaffe Aircraft
Michael Turner is one of the best known aviation and automotive artist in the world. This book specifically focuses on German aircraft from World War I up until the 1980s ( the book was published in 1986). Michael's talent brings to life aircraft in their natural elements on ground and air. His work not only deals with the aircraft, many in various angles and closeups, but he includes the human element too. After all, what is an aircraft without pilot, crew and maintenance personal to keep the flying? Michael depicts many of these aircraft involving activities performed by the crews in maintaing their aircraft or preparing for flight. If you are a collector of aviation art, love airplanes, or an art student this book is a perfect source of joy, relaxation, information, and inspiration.
Luftwaffe: The Illustrated History of the German Air Force in WWII
Luftwaffe uses over 250 rare photographs to portray the operations of the German Air Force from the days before the Spanish Civil War through to the desperate days of 1945.
M3A1 Scout Car (Walk Around: 5720)
The White Motor Company began serial production of the four-wheel-drive M3A1 Scout Car in 1940. Covered in quarter-inch face-hardened armor, the vehicle served the US military as scout, command car, ambulance and in some cases as a gun tractor. Armed with one .50 caliber and two .30 caliber machine guns on a skate rail that completely surrounded the f ighting compartment, the M3A1 saw action in the Philippine tropics, the North African desert and during the 1943 invasion of Sicily. However, US forces soon replaced the open-topped M3A1 with other armored vehicles that afforded better coverage. Because the vehicle was widely exported it served on - heavily used by the Red Army on the Eastern Front and by Free French, Belgian, Czechoslovak and Polish forces throughout WWII. Later, France took the vehicle into combat in colonial wars in Indochina and Algeria. Illustrated with more than 200 photographs, plus color profiles and detailed line drawungs.
MacArthur’s Navy: The Seventh Fleet and the Battle for the Philippines
The untold story of the U.S. Seventh Fleet is brought brilliantly to life by veteran military historian Edwin P. Hoyt. Two 8-page black-and-white illustration inserts.
Maximum Effort: The Big Bombing Raids
Bernie Wyatt Hardcover 164 pages Out of Print.
Men of Air: The Doomed Youth of Bomber Command
There were many ways for a combat crew to die during Bomber Command's war of 1944. Over German territory, bursts of heavy flak could tear the wings from their planes in a split second. Flaming bullets from German fighter planes could explode their fuel tanks, cut their oxygen supplies, destroy their engines. In the spring of that year, thousands of young men were shot, blown up, or thrown from their planes five miles above the earth; and even those who returned faced the subtler dangers of ice and fog as they tried to land their battered aircraft back home. The winter of 1944 was the most dangerous time to be a combat airman in RAF Bomber Command. The chances of surviving a tour were as low as one in five, and morale had finally hit rock bottom. In this comprehensive history of the air war that year, Kevin Wilson describes the most dangerous period of the Battle of Berlin, and the unparalleled losses over Magdeburg, Leipzig and Nuremberg. He tells how ordinary men coped with constant pressure of flying, the loss of their colleagues, and the threat of death or capture. And, by telling the story of the famous events of this period - the Great Escape, D-Day, the defeat of the V1 menace - he shows how, through sheer grit and determination, the 'Men of Air' finally turned the tide against the Germans.
Merlin Power: The Growl Behind Air Power in World War II
The Rolls-Royce Merlin is considered by many to be the most outstanding liquid-cooled reciprocating piston engine of World War II. It powered the majority of Allied aircraft in Europe, including British and American designs. This book examines the origins of the engine's development from its predecessor, the Kestrel, through its single-stage conception to its two-speed, two-stage final form. Twenty-two Merlin powered aircraft are then examined in depth with examinations of development, design, construction and eventual operation. Wonderful design drawings by Lyndon Jones are themselves masterpieces. Included amongst the aircraft described in the book are the Avro Lancaster, Lincoln and York, the de Havilland Mosquito and Hornet, the Bristol Beaufighter II and IV, the Hawker Hurricane and Supermarine Spitfire, the North American Mustang, the Handley Page Halifax, the Curtiss P40 Kittyhawk and the Vickers Wellington.
Messerschmitt Bf 109: 1936-1945
Most famous German aircraft of WWII, in its variety of markings on a variety of war fronts.
Messerschmitt BF 109: Luftwaffe Fighter
Serving the Luftwaffe in almost every capacity including interceptor, fighter-bomber, night-fighter, photo-reconnaissance, escort fighter, and ground attack, the Messerschmitt Bf 109 was the mainstay of the German air force-with 30,000 aircraft produced-as one of the most successful fighters of WWII.
Messerschmitt BF 110 at War
Matched in the early stages of World War II only by the spitfire, the Messerschmitt Bf109 was undoubtedly one of the greatest combat aircraft of all time. It first flew in 1935 then followed the familiar pattern of civil war prototype, record breaker, Spanish civil war combat train of development common to so many other German aircraft of the period. It was the dominant fighter in the Luftewaffe until 1941 and served on all fronts, and with the air forces of Bulgaria, Hungary and Rumania among others.
Messerschmitt Me 262 Sturmvogel (Warbird Tech Vol. 6)
Drawings, tech excerpts, engineering data taken from extremely rare German manuals and American evaluation studies, plus photos and details from modern day replicas built in Dallas, Texas during the 1990s. This work covers the early development and production variants of the Me 262 and provides a look at the early designs that were rejected.
Military Airfields of Britain: Southern England: Kent, Hampshire, Surrey and Sussex
Entries cover every military airfield within the counties, from WW1 to the present day and comprise: Brief history of the airfield, construction and use including decoy sites; comprehensive list of flying units with dates and aircraft types; list of HQ units based at the airfield; details of memorials; maps and plans of almost every airfield; location details; selection of period photographs. The airfields of Southern England like Biggin Hill, Kenley and Hawkinge played host to the greatest part of the action of the Battle of Britain. Farnborough, birthplace of British aviation, lies in Hampshire and many regional airfields played host to vital anti-submarine patrols during WW1.
Minesweepers of the Royal Canadian Navy 1938-1945
The minesweepers of the Royal Canadian Navy toiled in comparative obscurity, unlike their more celebrated cousins, the corvettes and frigates. In devoting a book to minesweepers, Ken Macpherson makes amends for what he considers a long ignored oversight.
Mosquito Photo-Reconnaissance Units of World War 2
The third volume in the trilogy of Combat Aircraft titles devoted to de Havilland's 'wooden wonder', this book focuses on the Mosquito photo-recce variants, and their users. The design's superb performance, and ability to escape interception by enemy fighters made the Mosquito the ideal choice for the RAF's then embryonic photographic reconnaissance force. The production standard PR1 subsequently became the first Mosquito variant of any kind to see operational service with the RAF, flying its first sortie [over France] on 20 September 1941. These aircraft flew all manner of bomber support missions ranging from simple post-raid photo-recce to weather checking and experimental H2X radar photo-mapping. All are detailed in this volume.
Mustang Designer: Edgar Schmued and the P-51
Mustang Designer tells the story of American wartime fighter development, including engines and armaments, as part of a nationwide program of aircraft builders and fliers, focusing on Edgar Schmued, the designer of the Mustang. The P-51 Mustang is widely regarded as the best propeller-driven fighter that ever flew. What many might not realize is that the plane's developer was a German migrant. This book tells of how Schmued created a weapon that would ultimately prove lethal to the aspirations of those who had seized control over his native land.
Mustang Survivors
The P-51 Mustang was acknowledged as the best fighter aircraft of World War II and is a subject of compelling interest to aviation enthusiasts, historians and modelers alike. This title covers the world's population of existing North American Aviation's A-36 and P-51 Mustangs, including the Commonwealth and Cavalier variants. Every surviving Mustang is listed, its military serial and last restorer is given, as is a short history of the aircraft. In addition, 50 of the better known Mustangs are covered in full with their complete military history and civil ownership records, and extended photographic coverage.
The book includes detailed appendices including contact information for all the companies involved in Mustang restoration, Internet sites and other resources on the type. They also provide an accurate production list; a complete list of all the units that flew the Mustang; the Mustang as an Air Racer and Mustang accidents.
Mustang: A Living Legend
Mustang: A living Legend concerns itself with Mustangs that are still with us - aircraft that have withstood the difficult test of time to remind us of an age well past. To restore and fly a vintage fighter in the 1980s requires not only skill but a considerable outlay of cash. Once surplussed for a few hundred or few thousand dollars, Mustangs are now in demand by collectors and are rapidly approaching the $500,000-mark in value. Around 100 Mustangs currently fly and more restorations are underway as hulks deemed fit for scrap only a few years ago are brought back to life. A few years from now, we will probably be seeing Mustang restoration with as much as 75 per cent of the air-frame built from replica parts - such is the demand.
Nickels and Nightingales
Written by a decorated Canadian air force hero, this is a compelling recollection of how one young man successfully beat the odds of war.
No Day Long Enough: Canadian Science in World War II
More than one million Canadians served in uniform during the Second World War. The story of their efforts and sacrifices is one field that has often been told and is known to most Canadians.
Less well-known is the story of the nation's scientists and engineers, many of them just out of university at the time, who toiled endless hours in the name of the war effort. Led by a handful of visionaries, these youngsters, most with more enthusiasm than experience, developed the technologies Canada needed to arm and support our fighting services. For them, racing against the clock in a war against a ruthless and often savage enemy, there was no day long enough to allow them to complete everything they'd hoped to do by each day's end.
The stories in this book, most of them first-hand accounts, give us a glimpse of their hard work and triumphs during a war they had to win.
No Time To Wave Goodbye
Based on the experiences of more than eight thousand evacuees, this is both an important historical record and an emotional documentary of the 1939 evacuation of British civilians to homes thought to be safe from the threat of German bombs.
No Time To Wave Goodbye (1st Edition)
Based on the experiences of more than eight thousand evacuees, this is both an important historical record and an emotional documentary of the 1939 evacuation of British civilians to homes thought to be safe from the threat of German bombs.
Normandy: A Graphic History of D-Day
Normandy depicts the planning and execution of Operation Overlord in 96 full-color pages. The initial paratrooper assault is shown, as well as the storming of the five D-Day beaches: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword. But the story does not end there. Once the Allies got ashore, they had to stay ashore. The Germans made every effort to push them back into the sea. This book depicts the such key events in the Allied liberation of Europe as:
1. Construction of the Mulberry Harbors, two giant artificial harbors built in England and floated across the English Channel so that troops, vehicles, and supplies could be offloaded across the invasion beaches.
2. The Capture of Cherbourg, the nearest French port, against a labyrinth of Gennan pillboxes.
3. The American fight through the heavy bocage (hedgerow country) to take the vital town of Saint-Lô.
4. The British-Canadian struggle for the city of Caen against the Hitler Youth Division, made up of 23,000 seventeen- and eighteen-year-old Nazi fanatics.
5. The breakout of General Pattons Third Army and the desperate US 30th Divisions defense of Mortaine.
6. The Falaise Pocket, known as the Killing Ground, where the remnants of two German armies were trapped and bombed and shelled into submission. The slaughter was so great that 5,000 Germans were buried in one mass grave.
7. The Liberation of Paris, led by the 2nd Free French Armored Division, which had been fighting for four long years with this goal in mind.
Nose Art: An Illustrated History from World War I to the Present
Aircraft nose art has long been a military institution. First appearing in the form of a sea monster on the front of an Italian flying boat in 1913, through WWII, Vietnam, and on to today, Nose Art catalogs and presents it all.
Hundreds of detailed illustrations through the decades give the full picture of the evolution and history of these mini-murals. From early shark and tiger mouths below front propellers, to historical logos and Loony Toons characters, to the modern banning of nude pinups, author Allan Burney explores this incredible subject in detail.
Not All of Us Were Brave: Perth Regiment – 11th Infantry Brigade, 5th Canadian Armoured Division
This is the story of a young mans journey through World War II. It covers a wide cross section of the strengths and weaknesses of young men not attuned to killing, and not mentally prepared to face the horror of seeing their close friends die violent deaths in battle. The story is about the hopes, the prayers, the fears, the daily miseries and even the lighter moments that the aspiring heroes of the Perth Regiment experienced on the Italian front as part of 11th Infantry Brigade, 5th Canadian Armoured Division.
As the title suggests, from his first battle inoculation Private Stan Scislowski realizes he is not destined for the heroic role to which he once aspired. His fears affect him deeply: his burning dream of returning home a national hero becomes more and more improbable, and his attempts to come to terms with his un-heroic nature make the war as much a mental battle as a physical one. His story is much like that of the overwhelming number of Canadians who found themselves in the cauldron of war, serving their country with all the strength they could find, even when that strength was fading fast.
Not All of Us Were Brave focuses not on the heroes, but on the ordinary soldiers who endured the mud, the misery, the ever-present fear, the inspiration, and the degradation. The narrative holds nothing back: the dirty linen is aired along with the clean; the light is shown alongside the dark. It shows what war is all about.
Oakville’s Flower: The History of the HMCS Oakville
The story of HMCS Oakville, a corvette that fought U-boats in WWII and remains a hero to its hometown in Oakville, Ontario.
This is an in-depth look at the history and legacy of HMCS Oakville, a Canadian World War II corvette that fought in the Battle of the Atlantic, and was one of the few corvettes to sink a U-boat. From its creation through its christening off the shores of its namesake town, its exploits at sea, the famous encounter with U94, and the ships lackluster end, Oakvilles is a story that showcases not only our nations proud naval heritage, but also the importance of remembrance.
Oakvilles Flower sets the scene of naval war in the Atlantic ? the battles between convoys, stealthy U-boats, and the lowly corvettes that formed the backbone of the Royal Canadian Navy. We follow Oakville, one of those corvettes, through its rise and fall as a Canadian naval legend, to its revival in the town of Oakville, championed by the local Sea Cadet Corps that shares its name and safeguards its legacy.
Of Luck and War: From Squeegee Kid to Bomber Pilot in World War II
Join Flying Officer Les Morrison in the cockpit of a Lancaster bomber as he flies missions over Germany with 424 (Tiger) Squadron during WWII. Quite a change from his days as a delivery boy during the Depression. But luck has a habit of throwing Les a turn, placing an ordinary man in extraordinary circumstances, which he has ably captured for us all in this observant and gently humorous wartime account.
On the Triangle Run
The triangle run was the name given to North Atlantic convoys operating between New York, Halifax and St. John's up to the mid-ocean meeting point (MOMP) where convoys were turned over to UK escorts. This book contains B&W photos of the HMCS Trail, HMCS Dundas, HMCS Chilliwack, HMCS Arrowhead and HMCS Battleford.
Once a Patricia: Memoirs of a Junior Infantry Officer in World War II
Once a Patricia provides an in-depth an account of the author's (C. Sydney Frost) experiences with Canada's Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) in the Second World War, from training through the Italian campaign, and finally to Holland.