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Grumman OV-1 Mohawk By Mike Verier
PREORDER - EXPECTED MID SEPTEMBER
Grumman's OV-1 Mohawk was unquestionably the most versatile aircraft the US Army ever had, but so secret were its capabilities and missions that only now, three decades after leaving Army service, can the full story be revealed, the author drawing on first hand accounts, previously unpublished archives and newly de-classified material. Covered in detail a...
Boeing B-17 Fortress in RAF Service by Andrew Thomas and Simon W Parry
Paperback
Pages: 72
Illustrations:
approx 120 photos and 6 colour profiles
Before America declared war, Churchill was keen to get US aircraft into the RAF, if only for propaganda. In the autumn of 1940 the British tried to buy some B-17s, but were told that the few B-17s available were all earmarked for the USAAC. However, they were persuaded to part...
AD-12 Airframe Detail No 12-The Bristol Bulldog-A Technical Guide by Richard A Franks.
This is one of our rare forays into the Silver Wings era when the RAF was the best flying club in the world.
Contents include:
Period detail images during production and testing including data from flight manuals and spare parts catalogues
A wealth of historical technical photographs and diagrams
Detailed walkaround images of pres...
AD-10 - The Bristol Beaufort - A Technical Guide by Richard A. Franks
The Bristol Beaufort remains a subject of interest to enthusiasts and modellers alike. With the release of Airfix's 1/72 scale example and now ICM's in 1/48 it seems right to produce a title on this particular type.
Our tenth title in the Airframe Detail series will be an essential companion for anyone tackling the ICM example in 1/48 scale and the 1/7...
AA-17 The Henschel Hs-129 - A Detailed Guide to the Luftwaffe's Panzerjager by Richard A. Franks
Our seventeenth title in the Airframe Album series will be an essential companion for anyone tackling the Zoukei-Mura (1/32nd), Hasegawa (1/48th), Italeri and older kits in 1/72nd scale.
Contents will include all the elements listed plus:
A wealth of historical photographs and detail images of the type
Period detail imag...
RE-PRINTED!!! Bell UH-1B Iroquois and Bell 412SP RNAF in United Nations Service all overall white. 2086 and 089 in Lebanon 1978-9; Bell 412 185 or 141 in Bosnia Herzogovina 1993-6
RNZAF Curtiss P-40E, M & N-1. Early "white tails" including NZ3148 "Gloria" & home based "XO-R", "FE-U". Six options.
- P-40N-1 NZ3148, the first "Gloria Lyons", February 1944.
- P-40M NZ3066 "A", New Georgia, September 1943.
- P-40N-1 NZ3145 "Taieri", Bougainville, December 1943.
- P-40M NZ3072 "U",November 1943, (ex-Wairarapa Wildcat).
- NZ3031 "XO-R", No.16 Squadron, April 1943.
- P-40N-20 NZ3282, "FE-U", No.2 OTU,...
RNZAF Lockheed Hudsons, Pacific Theatre and Home Front. Five options.
- NZ4021, "Chips" No.3 Sqn, Guadalcanal, July 1943.
- NZ2090, No.3 Sqn, Guadalcanal, April 1943. Flight Lieutenant Max W. McCormick and his crew, in NZ2090, attacked and damaged a submarine on April 2nd 1943. Later, on the same patrol, they destroyed a Japanese Type 0 "Pete" floatplane - the first RNZAF air-to-air kill in the Solomon Islands campaign.
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RNZAF, "The Home Front". Corsair "Corsair", P-40E, Avenger target tug, yellow Harvard. Four options
- Vought F4U-1D NZ5545, "Victory Bonds" tour and Fighter Leaders School, 1945.
- Grumman Avenger NZ2503, target tug, 1945. NZ2503 was a drogue or target towing aircraft with Ardmore's
Utility Flight in the immediate postwar era.
- P-40E NZ3007, Gunnery Training School, late 1944. P-40E NZ3007, while with the Gunnery Train...