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Soviet T-34-85 Red Army. Soviet T-34-85 tanks 1944-45. 1944-45. Flattened 1944 turret and Factory 183 Nizhni Tagil turret

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Armour in Profile-Armoured Fighting Vehicles USA 1945-2018 By MP Robinson, David Grunnitt, Leif Robinson Armour in Profile: Armoured Fighting Vehicles of the United States Army, 1945-2018 contains profiles of five armoured fighting vehicles that have shaped the strategy and tactics of the United States Army since the end of World War II. From the battlefields of the Korean Peninsula and the jungles of Vietnam, to the plains of Central Europe and deserts of Iraq and Kuwait, these vehicles are iconic of American military might. Beginning with the M47 and M48 Patton tanks, replacements for the M4 Sherman, it goes on to examine the M60 tank and the mighty M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank, a vehicle that is expected to serve as the principal weapon of the U.S. Army for at least another two decades. As well as these main battle tanks, it profiles the 'King of Battle', the M109 self-propelled howitzer, another relic of the Cold War continuously updated to meet the challenges of warfare in the twenty-first century. Finally, the book looks at the 'REFORGER' exercises held in the 1970s and 80s, at the height of the Cold War, and which moved thousands of U.S personnel and vehicles to Germany on an annual basis.

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MORE ARRIVING SOON! Westland Wasp/Scout - Westland Wasp HAS.1, NZ3906, 3 Squadron RNZAF/Navy, Hobsonville 1997 (with nose artwork) Westland Wasp HAS.1, NZ3902 '430' HMNZS Waikato 1966 (Fern Leaf insignia) Westland Wasp HAS.1, HS434 of 400 Squadron Indonesian Navy, NAS Juanda 1983 Westland Wasp HAS.1, 83/SR of 22 Squadron South African navy, Ysterplaat AFB 1980's Westland Wasp HAS.1, AH-12A, 236 of 860 Squadron, Royal Netherlands navy 1977 Westland Wasp HAS.1, M499-01 of 499 Squadron Malaysian Navy 1986 Westland Wasp UH-2, N7015 of HU.1, Brazilian Navy 1976 Westland Wasp HAS.1, XS527 of 829 NAS H.M.S. Endurance 1980's Westland Wasp HAS.1, XT434 '463' of 829 NAS aboard HMC Cleopatra 1972 Westland Wasp HAS.1, XS537 'O' of 845 NAS H.M.S. Bulwark 1967 (Mid Green scheme) Westland Wasp HAS.1, XS539 of 849 NAS FAC aircraft, H.M.S. Albion 1970 (Dark Green scheme) Westland Wasp HAS.1, XT422 'Z/B' of 829 NAS, H.M.S. Bulwark 1972 (Mid Green scheme) Westland Wasp HAS.1, XT426 '80', 706 NAS ATS RNAS Culdrose 1971 Westland Wasp HAS.1, XT795 of 829 NAS, RMS St Helena, Falklands War 1982 Westland Scout AH.1, 305 of Jordanian Royal Flight, Amman 1965 Westland Scout AH.1, 5X-UUW of Ugandan Air Wing 1966 Westland Scout AH.1, XP165 of EPTS 1966 (Medium Sea Grey and Sky scheme) Westland Scout AH.1, XR436 of ETPS 1973 (Red and White scheme) Westland Scout AH.1, XP849 of ETPS 1993 (Raspberry Ripple scheme) Westland Scout AH.1, XP849 of ETPS 1983 (Standard Army Green and Tan scheme) Westland Scout AH.1, XW281 of 3 CBAS, Royal Marines 1982 Westland Scout AH.1, XP907 'F' of 3 CBAS, Royal Marines 1975 Westland Scout AH.1, XP890 of 664 Squadron AAC, UN Duties Cyprus 1964 Westland Scout AH.1, XR628 of 8 Independent Reconnaissance Flight AAC Aden 1964 Westland Scout AH.1, XT643 of 660 Squadron AAC Sek Kong/Hong Kong 18=980 Westland Scout AH.1, XV122 '50K' of 652 Squadron AAC during Exercise Crusader' West Germany 1980 (White recon markings) Westland Scout AH.1, XP633 of 666 Squadron AAC Middle Wallop (Carrying large Red Star) Westland Scout AH.1, XW614 of 653 Squadron AAC Aldergrove Northern Ireland 1970's Westland Scout AH.1, N8-101 '893' of 723 NAS Royal Australian Navy Westland Scout AH.1, XR637 of 8 Special Forces Flight (SAS), AAC based at Hereford 1977 (Light Grey scheme)

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Re-printed! Mil Mi-8 Hip (13) Soviet (5) in Afghanistan, Germany; Pakistan Army; Kyrgyzstan 2001; Egypt 1970; Egypt captured by Israel; Polar Airlines Russia 2004; Indian Air Force (2); Aeroflot;

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Grumman OV-1 Mohawk A very innovative design for its time, the Grumman OV-1 Mohawk has served the US Army for more than 30 years primarily as an armed reconnaissance aircraft. The Mohawk proved its capabilities in Vietnam and Desert Storm. Our decal sheet provides accurate, colorful markings for eleven (11) Mohawks and is designed for the 1/72 scale Hasegawa and ClearProp kits. We also provide well-designed, easy-to-apply walkways to replace the multi-part kit decals. The options on this decal sheet are: OV-1C Mohawk 61-2679, 1st Cav Division - ASTA, US Army (Vietnam War) OV-1A Mohawk 59-2615, 225th Avn. Co., US Army (Vietnam War) OV-1A Mohawk 63-13133, 73rd Avn. Co., US Army (Vietnam War) OV-1C Mohawk 66-18887, 131st Avn. Co., US Army (Vietnam War) OV-1B Mohawk 62-5903, 122nd Avn. Co., US Army OV-1B Mohawk 62-5899, 3rd Armored Div., US Army OV-1C Mohawk 68-15957, US Army Intelligence School, US Army OV-1D Mohawk 68-16999, US Army Intelligence School, US Army OV-1B Mohawk 62-5865, Georgia Army National Guard OV-1D Mohawk 68-15953 "One Bad B**ch", 2nd Mil. Intel. Bat., US Army (Desert Storm) OV-1B Mohawk 62-5866, US Navy Test Pilot School

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Army in Focus 1. 72 pages and it has 70 photos, 26 of them original color-photos. THE FIRST IN A NEW SERIES!!! Heer im Focus No 1 72 pages, 70 photos - thereof 26 in colourFarbe, 5 colourprofiles, 5 coloured emblemes, 1 coloured document, 9 coloured maps Photos with a Story: The 18. Panzer-Division in the Eastern Campaign" Part 1 22 June 1941-The Attack across the River Bug Were Submersible Tanks Actually Used? Camouflage Schemes: Striped Camouflage; Often Used but Still Rare Scenery: A Picture that Gets Under One's Skin Patrol from the 61. Infanterie-Division under Fire - A unique photograph from the Tikhvin Front Sign Jungles: The "T-34 Sign Jungle" in the Centre of Minsk Camouflage: Helmet Camouflage-Mobile Cabbages Emblems: The Emblem of the Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 505 in Detail - A Colour Drawing on an Original Document Reveals Every Detail Vehicles of the Wehrmacht: A Wanderer Convertible with Civilian Number Plate Motorcycles: They Were Indispensable! Fates: An Example of Identifying a Location and a Graveyard Based on a Photograph Wearer of the Knight's Cross: Oberst Michael Bauer - The Knight's Cross Holder from Herzogenaurach Signs: The "Frontline Shower Bath" Unusual: The "Lili Marleen Barracks" in a Russian Village Slapstick by the Train of the 18. Panzer-Division

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Willys Jeep MB/Ford GPW: Red Army, Pt.2

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de_Havilland_Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter. Contains markings for the Ecuadorian Air force; Canada's Dept. of Transport surveillance aircraft; US Army Alaska National Guard; Guatemalan Air Force; Committee of the Red Cross; and French Air Force.

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Building the Republic P-47D Thunderbolt. The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt Big, powerful, and truly a juggernaut of an aircraft, resulting in its appropriate nickname 'Jug', the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt was one of the really great warplanes of its generation. Alongside the superlative North-American P-51 Mustang and the twin-engined Lockheed P-38 Lightning, it was one of the three principal fighter types which the US Army Air Forces (USAAF) successfully operated in the later stages of World War Two. The initial production version was the P-47B, and examples of this type started to reach the USAAF's 56th Fighter Group in June 1942. The first really combat-ready model was the refined and slightly longer P-47C, which entered service later in 1942. Like all front-line P-47 versions it packed a formidable punch of four 0.5in M2 Browning machine guns in each wing, although early models did not carry the wing pylons that became so important later in the Thunderbolt's combat career. The first P-47C examples to reach Britain for the US Eighth Army Air Force did so in December 1942, followed by what became the main combat model of the Thunderbolt, the P-47D, in April 1943. Weighing in at some 15,000lb (6,804kg) fully loaded and powered by the R-2800-59 Double Wasp of 2,000hp, the P-47D was a big, powerful beast. Water injection introduced for some versions of the R-2800 would see even greater power on demand when needed in aerial combat. All of these early Thunderbolts had the 'razorback' high line rear fuselage pioneered with the P-35 and P-43, with a rearwards-sliding heavily framed cockpit canopy. Although the USAAF at first saw the Thunderbolt as a high altitude interceptor, its main initial role very soon became that of daylight bomber escort with the England- based Eighth Air Force, which was in great need of escort fighters for its B-17 Flying Fortresses and B-24 Liberators that were increasingly facing stiff Luftwaffe fighter opposition. he Thunderbolt helped to turn the tide for the US daylight bombing offensive during 1943 and early 1944, with a number of P-47 pilots gaining impressive scores in air-to-air combat against Luftwaffe fighters. Eventually the appearance of the Merlin-engined P-51B Mustang and later versions of the superb Mustang long-range fighter resulted in the Eighth Air Force almost completely re-equipping its fighter groups with the P-51, but the Eighth's 56th Fighter Group continued to fly the Thunderbolt right up to the end of the war in Europe in May 1945. The Eighth Air Force also pioneered the P-47 for air-to-ground operations as a part of its policy of taking the fight to the Luftwaffe, and additional to this the Thunderbolt eventually equipped several fighter groups specifically for fighter-bomber operations within the tactical England-based US Ninth Air Force. The P-47 proved to be a formidable fighter-bomber due to its impressive eight-gun armament, bomb load and ability to survive enemy fire. The underwing pylons that proved so useful for long-range fuel tanks were equally at home carrying a 500lb (227kg) bomb (one under each wing), and the Ninth Air Force in particular used this capability to devastating effect against German tactical targets before and after D-Day. 'Razorback' Thunderbolts additionally equipped USAAF units in Italy, the Pacific (including exceptional use by the Fifth Air Force), and the China-Burma-India theatre (CBI). Continuing development of the P-47 design led to the adoption later in P-47D manufacture of a cut- down rear fuselage spine and all-round vision 'bubbletop' canopy. This resulted in a further series of later Thunderbolt versions with even greater range and capabilities, but many 'razorback' P-47s nevertheless continued in service right to the war's end " some pilots in fact preferring the 'razorback' to the later models particularly for their better directional stability. Other important users of the Thunderbolt in World War Two included the Soviet Union, the RAF and the Free French. This seventh book in the highly successful MA Extra Series contains fourteen showcase and step by step model builds and will be a must for any P-47 aficionado!

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Staff cars in Germany WWII volume 2 Format A4 paperback, 80 pages This latest photo-album in the ""Camera On"" series contains 150 more photographs of private cars adapted for military use by the German forces during WWII. The remainder of the Opel motor company major production types are covered - the car types that were not covered in volume 1 - such as the Opel P-4 that was also used as the basis of many of the pre-war mock-up training tanks used by the German army due to the lack of real tanks to train with. The "Opel Kadett" (cadet), the Opel Supper 6, the "Opel Kapitan" (Captain) and at the top of the range, the luxurious Opel Admiral. In this volume the author provides a detailed impression of these vehicles through original photographs, taken both during and before the war by the normal German soldiers who both used and served with these now classic automobiles.

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Douglas C-74 Globemaster By Nicholas M. Williams, 104 pages (88 in b&w, 16 in color), 141 b&w photos, 35 color photos, 22 illustrations. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 brought U.S. Army Air Corps strategists to the realization that a new global transport was needed to carry large loads over great distances. The Douglas Aircraft Company in Santa Monica, California, also quickly saw this need and design studies were begun immediately on an expanded version of the company's DC-4. The "C-74 Project Group" adopted a design philosophy to produce a "no frills" transport able to accommodate at least two of the Army's T-9 tanks, two 105mm Howitzers, or two angle dozers. Douglas contacted the Air Corps early in 1942 to determine their interest and a letter of intent was issued in March 1942 for procurement of the Model 415A, now designated the C-74. A contract of over $50 million was signed in June 1942 for fifty airplanes. To speed its delivery to operational units, the C-74 was designed to be released without the benefits of an experimental or prototype model, all aircraft being designated as C-74s with design features following conventional "state-of-the-art" practice. Originally, powered by Wright R-3350 engines, a decision was made in March 1943 to switch to the new, mammoth Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major. The first C-74 was rolled out in July 1945 from the Douglas Long Beach factory. At rollout, the C-74 was the largest land-based transport in the world with a wingspan of 173 feet, length of 124 feet, and gross weight of 145,000 pounds. Able to carry 125 passengers, the C-74 was called the Globemaster as its 11,100-gallons of internal fuel gave it a maximum range of over 7,000 miles, enabling it to circumnavigate the world with only two refueling stops. In its final form, the C-74 was a remarkably efficient airplane, using a semi-laminar flow airfoil for its wings with a full-span flap arrangement. The pilots were enclosed by two teardrop-shaped, double-bubble canopies that provided them with a 360-degree view. Douglas had every intention of adapting the C-74 into a civil airliner once hostilities had ended. In 1944 Pan American World Airways ordered 26 examples of the civil version, the DC-7, for a route expansion program into Latin America. However, further development of this DC-7 design increased its gross weight to 162,000 pounds and the unit cost to $1.4 million and Pan American cancelled its order in October 1945, opting for smaller transports. The first C-74, 42-65402, made its maiden flight from Long Beach in September 1945, but with the end of World War II, most of the C-74 production order was cancelled and only 14 Globemasters were built. Unfortunately, during contractor demonstration flights the second Globemaster crashed. The fourth C-74 was subsequently diverted for static tests and its components tested to destruction at Wright Field, Ohio. Beginning in September 1946, the remaining twelve C-74s were flown for the next nine years by the Army Air Forces' Air Transport Command and the U.S. Air Force's Military Air Transport Service. Once in service, the C-74 Globemaster, based first in Memphis, Tennessee, then Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, Florida, finally at Brookley AFB, Mobile, Alabama, set many records for tonnage carried. In November 1949, a C-74 flew the Atlantic to England with a record 103 passengers aboard. One Globemaster set several records during the Berlin Airlift, averaging over 38,000 pounds of cargo and setting a new Airlift Task Force utilization record by flying 20 hours in a 24-hour period. Until one C-74 was converted to the prototype C-124A and the Globemaster II became available, the C-74 was the only Air Force transport capable of carrying outsized cargo. After the C-74's retirement from service in 1955, several were purchased surplus and began flying for a contract air carrier, Aeronaves de Panama, hauling prize cattle from Denmark to the Middle East, horses to Singapore, and ships' parts and vegetables throughout Europe. Unfortunately, after the tragic crash in 1963 of one C-74 in Marseilles, France, the airline suspended operations and its C-74s eventually were scrapped. Today, no examples of this record-setting transport exist. This monograph of the C-74 Globemaster is written by Nick Williams, an award-winning author of over two dozen articles published in the Journal of the American Aviation Historical Society and publications in the U.K. Nick has written two previous books in Steve Ginter's Naval Fighters series as well as his 1999 book published in the U.K., "Aircraft of The Military Air Transport Service 1948-1966". His new book on the C-74 is the result of nearly fifty years of research, containing comments from several of the C-74's engineers as well as former Douglas and Air Force pilots.

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Family of 'Hawks' of Sikorsky MH-60, Helicopter Sea Combat (HSC) Squadron Two, 'Fleet Angels' , Naval Air Station (NAS) Norfolk, Virginia, June 2008: overall Light Ghost Gray with a Gloss Blue and Red tail SH-60B, Helicopter Squadron Light (HSL) 49 'Scorpions' , NAS Nord Island, San Diego, CA: Light Ghost Gray with a Flat Red tail SH-60B, HSL-51 'Warlords' , NAF Atsugi, Japan: Light Ghost Gray with a Flat Red tail finished with some awesome Samuri markings MH-60S, HSC-25 'Island Knights' , Guam: Light Ghost Gray with a Medium Blue tail UH-60, U.S. Army, Desert Storm: mainly overall Sand with some Olive Drab UH-60A, U.S. Army, 101st Airborne 'Midnight Blue' , Desert Storm: overall Olive Drab UH-60A, U.S. Army, 101st Airborne 'Infidel II' , Desert Storm: overall Olive Drab MH-60G, U.S.A.F., Armed Special Operations and Combat Rescue: Medium Gunship Gray, Light Green and Dark Green UH-60A, U.S. Army, 101st Airborned 'Double Vision' , Desert Storm: overall Olive Drab MH-60A, U.S. Army, 3rd Armored Division configured with early IR suppression system on the exhaust: overall Olive Drab

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Boeing P-26 Peashooter 1. P-26A (Model 266) part of the 55th PS, 20th PG, USAAC, No. 129 (33-129) 1936 year. 2. P-26A (Model 266) part of the 34th AS, 17th AG, USAAC No. 2. 3. P-26A, part of the Escuadron de Caza, Cuerpo de Aeronautica Militar No. 43 Kempo de la Aurora, Guatemala City, Guatemala, 1944. 4. Army P-26A in colorful markings of 94th Pursuit Squadron, 1st Pursuit Group based at Selfridge Field, Michigan. The P-26 was one of the best-known pursuit aircraft of the between-the-wars period. It was the most attractive monoplane fighter to see service with Army Air Corps during this time. 5. P-26A (Model 266)Part: 95th PS 'Kicking Mule', 17th PG, USAAC No. 62March Field, California, 1934-1935,. Standard for mid-1930 blue-yellow color. 6. A well worn P-26A of the 67h Pursuit Squadron, Philippine Army Air Corps at Nichols Field in The Philippines on 9December 1941. Philippine P-26s carried several different color schemes and marking combinations. One Philippine pilot, Captain Jesus Villamor, was credited with shooting down a Japanese bomber on 12 December 1941.During this engagement other PAAC pilots destroyed two A6M Zeros for a loss of three of the P-26s. 7. P-26A was painted in the overall Silver paint scheme specified for tactical aircraft at Wheeler Field, Hawaii in 1940.This 19th Pursuit Squadron.

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de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth. 1. Tiger Moths 'Dorothy'of US Army Air Force were used on British territory to Iiaison duties. DE 745 was flown by 353rb Fighter Group USAAF in summer 1943 and it retained British camouflage with American insignia modified from the British ones. 2. Tiger Moth W7956 727NAS FAA, Gosport Navy airbas (H.M.S. Siskin) 1946-50 3. Radio-controlled target DH.82B Queen Bee undergone similar development of paint scheme as Tiger Moths of RAF. L5894 machine with sequence number 305 on the cowling was used by No.1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation. 4.First to the RAF delivered DH.82 with K 2570 designation (to the end of 1931) in all-silver colour served with 24 Communication Squadron at Hendon. Black unit number on both fuselage sides. 5. Distinguished by fuselage ring of red-white checker were Tiger Moths of No. 28.EFTS at Mount Hampden (South Rhodesia).With the aircraft bearing sequence number "12' the pupil landed on the back of another plane and both ground-looped without serious injury to the pilots on May 14, 1942. 6. Yellow contrasting colour marking on the fuselage, cowling and wings appeared on RAF training aircraft since the end of 1943. Tiger Moth ll T7741 serving with No. 25.Polish EFTS until November 10th, 1944 when after the mid-air collision with another "Tiger" near Hucknall airport crashed beyond repair. 7. Czechoslovak student pilots from the first courses in No. 31 EFTS in Canadian De Winton to the end of 1942 met also this DH.82C No.1120, whose black cowling was decorated by the drawing of skull with crossed shanks on place of usual white sequence number. 8. DH.82A No. 145 Sintra, Portugal, 1939. 9. DH.82 Tiger Moth, No.152 Some specimens were produced in the lranian aircraft factory, Shahbaz 1932. 10. Tiger Moth ll EM 973 was used by Canadian 401 Squadron with unit code combination in 1943. Shark's jaws showed it's teeth on the cowling.

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Fokker D.XXI 1. Fokker D.XXI, No. CF-6. 2. Fokker D.XXI Netherlands, Ja V.A. I in national markings post October 1939. 3. Fokker D.XXI Netherlands,Operational No.221, 1e Ja Va. Sq. Post -October 1939. 4. Fokker D.XXI (4rd series), Unit: LeLv 30. Serial: FR-157, Winter 1942. Insignia of running Red Army man on the board. White spots painted over camouflage. In this appearance aircraft was shot down im 1942. 5. Fokker D.XXI (4-й серии), 2/LeLv 30,No: 5 (FR-142) Pilot - senior Sgt.A.Trikkonen. In 1942. Note: Death insignia and silhouette of I-16 on the tail. White background circles on the national markings are overpainted. 6. Fokker D.XXI in winter cmouflage. Winter 1939/40. This aircraft was flown by Capt. J Sarvanto of HLeLv24, top scoring pilot of the Winter War. 7. Fokker D.XXI manufactured in Finland with Bristol Mercury VIII engine. According to type marking FR-92 it was the tenth serial plane. In July 1941, during so called 'Continuos War', it was in the order of 2/TLeLv 12. 8. Fokker D.XXI Pilot - Commander of the LeLv 30, Maj. Ludvig Bremer, Porri airfield, May 1942. He had an Ace of Hearts painted on the rudder of his FR-157 between Summer 1941 and Spring 1942. Maj.Bremer chose the Hearts according to his wife Hertta. 9. Fokker D.XXI (4th series) Unit: 2/LeLv 30, No. 1 (FR-129) pilot - Capt.Veikko Karu. Suulajarvi airfield, Autumn 1941. 10. Fokker D.XXI (4th series), Unit: 3/LeLv 30, No. 3 (FR-148) Pilot - Luutnanti Martii Kalima, Tiiksjarvi airfield (now Soviet Territory), Spring 1942. 11. Fokker D.XXI part: 2. the JaVA Room: 213 (c/n. 5486) Second serial aircraft LVA (Luchtvaartafdeling) powered by a Bristol Mercury VII engine. Bear identification marks used until October 1939, the Squadron was based in Shifole, 11-14 May 1940, operated from the airfield at Bujksloot. The pilot, Lieutenant Fokuin de Greve knocked on this machine 2 German Bf-109E May 10, 1940, later on it whether it was shot down by itself . 12. Fokker D.XXI FR-97 of 4/LLv 24 (4.lentue/Len-tolaivue 24) flown by Lt.J.Sarvanto and operating from Immola, Winter 1939-1940. Note temporary winter finish on upper surfaces. This aircraft was transferred to LLv 32 in April 1940, and, during the 'Continuation War', flew from Hyvinkaa and Utti. Shot down on 25 July 1941. 13. Fokker D.XXI (4 series) part: LeLv 14 number: 11 (FR-140), 1940 At Kiel signs two WINS. Gift inscription on the machine where the Fokker to the winter war. 14. Fokker D.XXI (3 series) part: LeLv 32 number: X (FR-109) pilot-Captain e. Hejnilla. 1941. 15. Fokker D.XXI, a former Dutch Fokkers, captured in May 1940, and used for a short time in the Luftwaffe. 16. IIIJ (Fokker D.XXI), Unit: 2. Eskadrille, No. J-47A Fokker D.XXI constructed by the Danish military at Klovermarken. It served with the 2nd Squadron in April 1940 and was destroyed on the ground by Bf.110's of ZG 1.

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Fairey Battle 1. Battle MK.I part: 12 Sqn, RAF No.: V (P6597) Binbruk, United Kingdom, July, 1940. 2. Fairey Battle Target Tug. No.92, Irish Army Air Corps, 1941. Dark Green/Dark Grey Night finish with two - colour national marking over a white background on the fuselage and tri-colour(orange outboard) 20 inch-wide band around wings. Scrap view shows a different scheme with a Donald Duck cartoon on the fuselage side: Get Quacking. 3. Battle Of: the RAAF No. 89 (L5789) this aircraft was operated in the school shooters RAAF, as towing targets in 1943. 4. Turkey Fairey Battle Mklll, 2829/29, Turkish Air Force. Dark Green/Dark Earth/ Night finish; red rudder with white crescent and star superimposed. Red/white wing markings; serial 2929 in white under wings, and 29 in black on fuselage sides. 5. Fairey Batle Mk l K9299/GV, No.103 Squadron (RAF), Benson, early 1939. Dark Green/ Dark Earth/ Night finish with white codes; black serial on fuselage and rudder, white under wings reading from leading edge under port and from trailing edge under starboard A type roundels on fuselage and above wings; note unit badge on fin.

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Curtiss P-40 C/CU Part 1 / 72-322 / 1. P-40-CU. Unit: 33rd PS, 8th PG, USAAC. Serial: 21/8P. P-40-CU, 33rd Pursuit Squadron, 1941. The squadron's emblem appeared on the fuselage and the aircraft had white-edged red wheel discs. 2. P-40C. Unit: 44th PS, 44th FG, USAAC. Serial: 337. Based at Bellows Field in Hawaii at the time of the Japanese attack on 7 December 1941. 3. P-40C. Unit: 33rd FS, 8th FG, USAAC. Iceland, August 1941. 4. P-40-CU. Unit: 79th PS, 20th FG, USAAC. Serial: 23/20P. Hamilton Field, California, circa 1941. Camouflage: dark olive drab above and neutral grey below, with 'US ARMY' in large letters under the wings. Recognizing the plane was made easier by the placing the number of the group to which it belonged on the tail as well as the specific emblem to each squadron. 5. P-40-CU. Unit: 55th PS, 20th PG, USAAC. Serial: 100/20P. End of 1940 - beginning of 1941. The aircraft bearing camouflage which was typical of the period, dark olive drab above and neutral grey below, with 'US ARMY' in large letters under the wings. On the top surface of left wing, tactical marking is repeated. This unit was previously equipped with P-36s. 6. P-40-CU. Unit: 35th PS, 8th PG, USAAC. Serial: 17/35P. P-40-CU, 35th Pursuit Squadron, end 1941. At the time the nationality roundels had replaced the unit insignia on the fuselage. The red, white and blue nationality markings on the tail have been painted over with olive drab; the white band indicates a unit commander. 7. P-40-CU. Unit: 65th PS, 57th PG, USAAF. Serial: 51/57P. Mitchell Field, NY., East Coast Air Defence, early 1942. Camouflage: Olive drab, Neutral Grey. 8. P-40-CU. Unit: 35th PS, 8th PG, USAAC. Serial: 58/8P 9. P-40-CU. Unit: AVG (ex 54th PG, USAAC). Serial: 97/54P. P-40 of the first production series. The plane in colours of 54th PG was given to AVG (American Volunteer Group); Summer 1942. {Kitthawk/Tomahawk]

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Mikoyan MiG-29 "Fulcrum" 1. MIG-29 (9-12) part: 1-I AE, 120 8th IAP, 23-I WA, ZabVO number: 01 (p/n 2960515803), 1998, Domna Airfield. 2. MIG-29 (9-13) part: 2 Squadron 'Moscow ', 115th GvIAP number: 44 SOVIET AIR FORCE base near the city of Termez, near the Afghan border, Uzbekistan 1990. 3. MIG-29ub (9-51) part 2: AE, I-120th GvIAP, 14 Army Air Force and air defence number: 75 (c/n. 50903026969), 1999, Domna Airfield. 4. MiG-29 k Part: not available number: 311 First deck flying machine. 29 anchors with the star on the left side on landings-September 1, 1990. 5. MiG-29 (9-13) 290-series Number: 51 MiG-29 (9-13) 290 Series, vol. 1990. BN 51, Russian Air Force, Boris Gleb. In February 2000, the aircraft, together with the other side (the MiG-29 BN 47 and 23, and the MiG-29UB b.n.70) was transferred to the training regiment in Borisoglebsk (2 AE 120 IAP, a / d Domna), is at the time of a structural subdivision of Armavir Military Aviation Institute. As a result, once the reform of military educational institutions in 2002 established a single Summer Institute - Krasnodar VAI named Hero of the Soviet Union, AK Serov, which consisted of Armavir and Balashov Military Aviation Institute and Sts Training Center, 2001-2002 years. board 51 among others 'Borisoglebsk' 29's was transferred to Yerevan, where he continued his further service. The aircraft is depicted as of August 2001. 6. MIG-29 (9-13) part: not available number: 44 AA Ukraine, Gostomel airport, August 1992. 7. MIG-29 (9-13) part 40: wing number: 35 Vasilkov. 8. MIG-29ub part: 3 FS, 2 TW number: 61 Crimea, Kirov airbase, 1995. 9. MIG-29 "Kis" part: Orlik 2, PKW number: 4120 Estonia, 2008 g. PKW. 10. MIG-29 of the 31Sk Wing: 31/1 Sqn number: 6930 Airbase Fajrford. RIAT-98, 1998. 11. MIG-29ub : Polku Lotnictwa Mysliwskiego "Warszawa" Room: 15 base of Minsk-Mazowiecki. A similar camouflage are: 42. 12. MIG-29 Parts:? Sqn, IrAF number: 29060 Habbaniyah Airbase, 1990-1991 . 13. MIG-29 (9-13) number: 19.

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Lockheed P-38 LIGHTNING IN ACTION (Softcover) David Doyle: The book traces the development and combat history of the twin-engine, twin-boom, Lockheed P-38 Lightning from the first flight of the XP-38 in January1939 through a succession of models, ending with the electronic-laden, two-seat P-38M. Created on the drawing boards of two of America's most notable aircraft designers - Hall Hibbard and Clarence 'Kelly' Johnson - the P-38 Lightning was the only U.S. pursuit plane to remain in continuous production throughout WWII. In the Southwestern Pacific, the P-38 served as the U.S.Army Air Force's primary long-range fighter prior to the arrival of the P-51D Mustang. Top American air aces and Medal-of-Honor winners Richard Bong and Thomas McGuire both flew Lightning's, and it was a P-38 that brought down Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto's plane in April 1943. The Lightning saw service in Europe too, and it was after flying a P-38 to assess the progress of the Normandy Invasion in 1944, that U.S. Lt. Gen. Jimmy Doolittle referred to the Lightning as "the sweetest-flying plane in the sky." Illustrated with more than 150 period photographs, a third of them rare original color photos, plus color profiles and detailed line drawings.[P-38F/G]

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Lockheed C-5 Galaxy (In Action Series)The C-5 Galaxy first made its appearance in March 1968 it has been given such varied nicknames as 'Fat Albert', 'Big MAC', 'White Elephant', and 'FRED'. Almost as long as a football field and as high as a six-story building, the C-5 Galaxy is one of the world's largest aircraft and the only aircraft that can transport nearly every type of U.S. Army combat equipment, including tanks and helicopters. It's front and rear cargo doors and 'kneeling' landing gear system enables fast and easy loading of bulky equipment, it's intercontinental range enables it to carry troops and material to any area in the world. Since the 1970s the Galaxy has been projecting power around the globe, taking part in dozens of major military and humanitarian operations. This reprint includes 6 all-new pages packed with color photos and additional information about the Galaxy. Illustrated with 158 photos, 8 color profiles and b/w line drawings; 64 pages

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Vickers Wellesley by Ian White. Created on the drawing boards of the Vickers (Aviation) Company by Barnes Wallis using the geodetic form of construction he devised for Britain's R.100 airship, the Wellesley was designed to fulfil an Air Ministry specification for a reliable, general purpose bomber and torpedo-bomber, that was required to carry a heavy load over long distances. Originally conceived as a biplane, but converted to an all-metal geodetic monoplane by Barnes Wallis, and powered by the highly reliable Pegasus radial engine, the Wellesley was built in reasonable quantities to begin the re-equipment the embryo Bomber Command in 1937. Following testing at Martlesham Heath, the first production Wellesleys were delivered to the RAF early in 1937 and within one year formed the equipment of six UK squadrons. The Wellesley's flying qualities were such that it was chosen to equip the RAF's Long Range Development Unit, under whose guise it undertook a record breaking flight from Cranwell to the Persian Gulf and back to Ismailia in July 1938 and a second from Ismailia to Darwin, Australia, the following November, when the aircraft covered a distance of 7,157 miles without refuelling. By the outbreak of war the Wellesley was rendered obsolete in the European theatre, but was supplied in large numbers to re-equip the RAF's squadrons in the Middle East and East Africa. It was in the latter theatre that the aircraft showed its true metal. Supported by dedicated ground crews and the ever reliable Pegasus engine, the Wellesleys of Nos.14, 47 and 223 Squadrons battled the Italian Regia Aeronautica and the Italian Army in the Sudan, Abyssinia, Eritrea, Somaliland the Red Sea from June 1940 to November 1942. Despite being decidedly obsolete by the early months of 1943, the Wellesley was employed on transport, anti-submarine and convoy protection duties in the Eastern Mediterranean until March of that year, when the small number that remained were finally retired.

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Boeing Stearman Kaydet (12) BuNo 07103/103 USN NAS Corpus Christi 1943 overall yellow with blue fuselage band; BuNo 39123/73 U.S. Navy 1944 Yellow wings, fuselage band and tail, silver fuselage. BuNo 29950/241 U.S. Navy NAS Grosse He, MI, USA, Yellow wings with one silver replacement, blue fuselage; Yellow 127 US Army Air Corps 1940 Yellow wings, blue fuselage, red/white striped rudder; Yellow BL-17 USAAC 1940 Blue fuselage, yellow wings and tail, red/white striped rudder; 216546 USAAF Kumming, China 1943 Overall Dark Green FJ888 RCAF 36 EFTS RAF Pearce, Alberta, Canada 1942. Overall yellow; H829/829 USAAC Overall silver with orange fuselage band and wing tips; No 404 Peru AF Las Palmas 1940 Blue Fuselage, yellow wings, red/white striped rudder; No 33 Guatemalan AF, La Aurora Guatemala 1943, Overall silver with green/white striped rudder; Yellow 215977 Rep of China 1943 Blue fuselage, yellow wings and tail; No 31 Israeli AF Flying School Zroa HaAvir Vehahahalal 1963 overall silver; Due late August

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Re-printed!! Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vc Collection (15) Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vc (Trop), JK345 of Royal Hellenic Air Force, based in Greece, 1946. Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vc, BP989, 'T.A', of 249 Squadron, based in Malta, 1942. Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vc, JG871, 'L.E', of 152 Squadron, based at Souk-el-Khemis (Paddington), Tunisia, May, 1943. Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vc (Trop), '20-4' of 20é° Gruppo, 51é° Stormo, based at Aeroporto di Roma-Centocelle, Roma, Italy, November, 1945. Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vc (Trop), JG959, 'AX.N'/'Cirecooks VI' flown by Lieutenant McClellon Eric Sutton Robinson of 1 Squadron, SAAF, based at Ben Gardane, Tunisia, March, 1943. Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vc (Trop), JK345 of 336 Squadron, Royal Hellenic Air Force, based at Hellenikon, Greece, 1944. Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vc (Trop), JK250, 'QP*K/-Kwitcherdangbitchin-' of 2nd Fighter Squadron, 52nd Fighter Group, United States Army Air Force, based in Tunisia, 1943. Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vc (Trop), A58-133, '33' of 8 Operational Training Unit, Royal Australian Air Force, based at Parkes, New South Wales, Australia, 1944 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vc, AR501, 'NN.D', of 312 (Czech) Squadron, based at RAF Exeter, July 1942. Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vc (Trop), A58-169, 'UP.X' of 79 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, based at Los Negros, Admiralty Islands, New Guinea. July 1944. Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vc (Trop), JK180, 'QP*K/-Betty I-' of 2nd Fighter Squadron, 52nd Fighter Group, United States Army Air Force, based in Corsica, Janurary, 1944. Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vc, 'DL.Z', AB216, 'DL.Z' flown by Squadron Leader Robert Oxspring, of 91 Squadron, RAF, based at RAF Hawkinge, May, 1942. Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vc, (Trop), BR323, 'S', flown by Sergeant George Frederick 'Screwball' Beurling of 249 Squadron, RAF, based in Malta, July, 1942. Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vc (Trop), JK831, 'M/Slavonic' of 352 Squadron, Royal Air Force, based at Canne, Italy, 1944. Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vc (Trop), EP694/C of Royal Hellenic Air Force, based in Greece, 1946.

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