Автор: Alan Clark
Издательство: Cassell
Год издания: 1999
isbn: 030435225X
Количество страниц: 192
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
This powerful account of war in the air on the Western Front during World War I is by the distinguished military historian Alan Clark. Covering fighting squadrons on both sides of the conflict, ACES HIGH captures the lives of the idealistic young men who joined the air services in the early months of the war, who, if they survived, grew into the embittered but courageous aces of 1916 and 1917 - men like Manfred von Richthofen, Albert Ball, Mick Mannock, Georges Guynemer, Charles Nungesser and Raoul Lufbery. In 1914 the conquest of the air was newer, less sure and vested with a still higher romance than that of space today. The frailty of the aeroplanes, the incendiary bullets of the enemy, the banning of parachutes as "likely" to lower morale' made death a three to one certainty. The aces performed acts of incredible bravery and skill but almost all lost their lives or their sanity. Alan Clark writes of the planes they flew and their evolution from "stringbags" and "flying coffins" to the sophisticated tactical machines of 1918. He also tells of the high commands who failed to recognized the significance of the aerial contribution to the war and sent men to their deaths in inadequate and badly designed planes. More than a chronicle of aerial warfare during five turbulent years, ACES HIGH is a highly illustrated and exciting account of men at war in the skies and an illuminating survey of the tactics and strategies that led to ultimate Allied victory.
Автор: P. Hreachmack
Издательство: Clash of Arms Publishers
Год издания: 1996
isbn: 1858180007
Количество страниц: 56
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
The Painter's Guide to World War Two Naval Camouflage combines description of the most important schemes and techniques of the American, British ,French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, and other navie into one neat document. Written for model ship builders, The Painter's Guide provides the answers to "What paint colors should I use and in what patterns should they be applied?" The measures and schemes described in this volume may be applied successfully to ship models of all scales, but particularly to models in the 1:2400, 1:1200, and 1:700 scale range.
Автор: Martin W. Bowman
Издательство: Airlife Publishing Ltd.
Год издания: 1999
isbn: 1840370505
Количество страниц: 140
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
This book looks at the amazing developments that have taken place to US navy flying since the dark days of Pearl Harbour and the struggle against Japan's Imperial Navy. Illustrated throughout with colour and B&W photographs.
Автор: Roy Conyers Nesbit
Издательство: William Kimber
Год издания: 1984
isbn: 0718305205
Количество страниц: 288
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
In 1942 the RAF began to form special Strike Wings to attack the heavily defended and seemingly invulnerable convoys that brought Germany's vital supplies of iron ore from Scandinavia down the coast of Europe to feed its war machine. The outcome was a series of air/sea battles at close quarters, fought with increasing ferocity until the last days of the war. The author, himself a survivor of strike aircraft of Coastal Command, has researched these little-known and complex battles from British and German records, assisted by first-hand accounts from some of the brave and distinguished airmen who flew in the attacks. He has also analyzed the effects of the tactics employed on the German war economy, with some startling conclusions. The result is a vivid history of events that were little publicized during the war for reasons of security. There are detailed diagrams of some of the attacks, as well as photographs taken in action.
Автор: Malcolm Laird, Robert Livingstone
Издательство: Ventura Publications
Год издания: 2002
isbn: 0958359474
Количество страниц: 64
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
In issue number seven the first two chapters tell the stories of two different pilots, both New Zealanders, Squadron Leader Jeff West, (who tells of Douglas Bader's last mission), and Wing Commander Warren Schrader, both Spitfire pilots, with many never before seen photographs. These stories are quite refreshing. After that is a gallery of some seven photographs of Spitfires in USAAF service. These are new photos brought to hand as a result of the first two Ventura Classic Warbird issues, dedicated to American Spitfire Camouflage and Markings. Following that are fifteen heavily annotated photographs of Japanese aircraft in end of the war "surrender" paint schemes. Once again this is a nice article with great photographs. Finally the last two articles cover two aircraft in Australian service, the Boomerang and the B-24. Included are eighty nine black and white and some seven color close-ups of a modern Boomerang reconstruction, and six pages of color profiles.
Автор: Christian-Jacques Ehrengardt
Издательство: Ventura Publications
Год издания: 2002
isbn: 0958229635
Количество страниц: 64
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
Covers three of the great 'Twins' of the Pacific War: the P-38 Lightning, the B-25 Mitchell and the PV-1 Ventura. 85 b+w photos, 8 pages colour artwork.
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