Автор: Andrew Brookes
Издательство: Ian Allan Ltd
Год издания: 2000
isbn: 0711026904
Количество страниц: 160
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
The Allied advance through Italy 1943-1945 is less known than the parallel campaign in France and the air war is perhaps the least known aspect. Containing the Allied advance as long as possible and protecting the industrial cities of northern Italy from bombardment were top priorities of the Luftwaffe. With a Luftwaffe general, Albert Kesselring, in overall command the Luftwaffe was able to coordinate its activities with the ground forces more efficiently than on some other fronts.Germany regained control of the situation more quickly and put up a more determined resistance after the capitulation of the Italian government than had been anticipated by the Allies. Maintaining air superiority over the battlefield and hampering German supply and reinforcement became of prime importance to the Allied air forces. This detailed account draws on official sources and detailed research, and is supported by a superb selection of photographs of aircraft types and actual operations.
Автор: Tim Kershaw
Издательство: Sutton Publishing Ltd
Год издания: 2004
isbn: 0750932120
Количество страниц: 150
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
In April 1941 Britain's first jet left the ground at a grass airfield 4 miles from Gloucester Cathedral. It was the start of a revolution in air travel, military and civilian. During the 1940s Britain's first-ever jet aircraft, the world's first jet fighter in squadron service and the first jet to hold the world air-speed record were all designed, built and flown in the Gloucester and Cheltenham area. The story of Frank Whittle's invention and dogged development of the jet engine is well known. But the account of how his invention was put into the air has never been fully told. This book tells the story of how the men and women of north Gloucestershire made Whittle's engine fly.
Автор: Geoffrey Pentland, Anthony Shennan
Издательство: Kookaburra Technical Publicati
Год издания: 1968
Количество страниц: 32
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
3.5 pages line drawings, 1 sketchpage, 6 tone profiles, 5 col profiles, 1 col 3-view drawing.
Автор: Geoffrey Pentland, Anthony Shennan
Издательство: Kookaburra Technical Publicati
Год издания: 1969
Количество страниц: 32
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
10 col. profiles, cutaway, 3 col. 2-view drawings, 4 pages line drawings, 2 tone profiles, 2 tone 2-view drawings.
Автор: W.A. Harrison
Издательство: Ian Allan Ltd
Год издания: 1987
isbn: 0711016763
Количество страниц: 130
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
Fully illustrated with a fine collection of evocative photographs of one of the most-loved aeroplanes of all time, showing the old Stringbag in action in most theatres of WW2, operating from a variety of carriers and land-locked bases.
Автор: Chaz Bowyer
Издательство: Ian Allan Ltd
Год издания: 1976
isbn: 0711006652
Количество страниц: 159
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
From the first day of hostilities in September 1939 until final victory, the Sunderland flying boat guarded merchant shipping lifelines to the UK, sought out and destroyed U-boats, acted as mercy transport, supply and communications craft, and evacuated sorely-pressed troops from near-impossible situations. This profusely illustrated book gives a vivid record in words and pictures of the achievements of a unique team of aircraft and men.
Автор: Geoffrey Pentland
Издательство: Kookaburra Technical Publicati
Год издания: 1980
isbn: 0858800365
Количество страниц: 136
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
Geoffrey Pentland’s RAAF Camouflage & Markings series attempts to explain the different markings found on aircraft of the Royal Australian Air Force during the Second World War.
When Britain declared war on Germany in September 1939, Australia also followed suit. Many airmen to fly in Europe were initially trained in Australia - this is the focus of the first part of Volume 1. Avro Ansons, Hawker Demons, Commonwealth Wacketts and Tiger Moths (among many others) were all used to train Australian airmen, and each unit featured their own colorings and markings.
Volume 1 then goes on to explain the different camouflage techniques used in the early stages of the Pacific war - Malaya, Darwin, Moresby, Milne Bay - this includes aircraft such as the Commonwealth Wirraway, Lockheed Hudson and Curtiss Kittyhawk. As this edition was published over twenty years ago, some of the information may now be outdataed - for example, it is now believed that the ‘U’ on Dick Creswell’s P-40E A29-113 was actually blue rather than red. But this is an excellent resource none-the-less.
This book includes many black and white photos, a handful of rare colour photos and a large number of colour profiles and would make an excellent addition to the collection of any RAAF enthusiast and especially the model builder.
The book is missing color plate pages 33-34.
Автор: Geoffrey Pentland
Издательство: Kookaburra Technical Publicati
Год издания: 1989
isbn: 0858800373
Количество страниц: 143
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
Geoffrey Pentland’s RAAF Camouflage & Markings series attempts to explain the different markings found on aircraft of the Royal Australian Air Force during the Second World War.
The second volume concentrates on the war in the Pacific from about 1943 until 1945. Here we see the camouflage and markings used on Supermarine Spitfires, Beaufighters, Beauforts, Vultee Vengeances, B-24 Liberators and C-47 Dakotas. It also shows a number of training aircraft used later in the war in Australia - Wirraways, Kittyhawks and Tiger Moths.
Автор: Philip Birtles
Издательство: Ian Allan Ltd
Год издания: 1992
isbn: 0711020345
Количество страниц: 116
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
This book is about three jet fighters of the fifties; a decade unique in the history of aeronautical development when the rate of change was faster than it had ever been before or has been since.
Автор: William Alfred Harrison
Издательство: Ian Allan Ltd
Год издания: 1977
isbn: 071100742X
Количество страниц: 80
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
Fully illustrated throughout with B&W photographs. A great pictorial history of the ‘Stringbag’, much beloved by its Royal Navy crews who flew this already-obsolete aircraft throughout WW2 with great success and much distinction. Includes a great collection of well-produced photographs.
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