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Building the Wingnut Wings Sopwith 5F.1 Dolphin and Pfalz D.IIIa BUILDING THE DOLPHIN AND PFALZ D.IIIA
FOR our seventh Wingnut Wings modelling Special, Ray Rimell, one of the World's most experienced WWI aeroplane modellers, turns his attention to the Sopwith 5F.1 Dolphin and Pfalz D.IIIa. With a compelling combination of modelling know-how and unique archive material, the book includes 100 exclusive colour close-ups, ove...
The Last Flight Of the L31. The true story of the Potters Bar Zeppelin (Albatros specials) On October 1 1916, the inhabitants of Potters Bar, Middlesex were witness to the fiery destruction of a raiding German Zeppelin that came down on the Oakmere Estate.All 19 crewmembers perished,including the airship's redoubtable commander Kapitanleutnant Heinrich Mathy. This evocative century-old event is now commemorated by Ray Rimell i...
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 t...
Fairey Battle. British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, said in the House of Commons on 20 August, 1940 - ....'on no part of the RAF does the weight of war fall more heavily than on the daylight bomber'.... . A reflection of what happened in the Low Countries during May/June 1940. The Battle was not mis-used during this debacle. The Air Staff, before the war, had planned against such an attack by Germany through the Low Coun...
Handley Page Night Bombers 0/100, 0/400 & V/1500 Author: W.A. Harrison
By William Harrison
The Handley Page 0/100, 0/400 and V/1500 were the first true heavy bombers of the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force during the First World War, giving Britain the long-range striking power needed for strategic bombing deep into Germany. Designed initially with a 114ft wingspan (later 100ft), folding wings, armour protection an...
Vickers Viking, Valetta & Varsity In Military Service. By Adrian M. Balch £19.00 56 pages
The Vickers VC.1 Viking was a British twin-engine short-range airliner derived from the Vickers Wellington bomber and built by Vickers-Armstrongs Limited at Brooklands near Weybridge in Surrey. After the Second World War, the Viking was an important airliner with British airlines, pending the development of turboprop aircraft like the ...
Albatros D.I - D.III By Dave Hooper The Albatros D.III was flown by many top German aces during World War One, including Wilhelm Frankl, Erich Lowenhardt, Manfred von Richthofen, Karl Emil Schafer, Ernst Udet, and Kurt Wolff and was the preeminent fighter during the period of German aerial dominance known as 'Bloody April' 1917. The D.III entered squadron service in December 1916, and was immediately acclaimed by German aircre...
Panavia Tornado ADV by Des Brennan The Tornado F.3 spent just over twenty-three years in frontline operational service with the Royal Air Force compared to a similar period for air-defence Phantoms, and twenty-eight years for the Lightning. While every operational Tornado F.3 unit bar 25 Squadron had been operating one of those aircraft types before transitioning to the F.3 only 29 (as OCU) and 11 Squadrons along with 1435 Fli...
Vought OS2U Kingfisher by Adrian M Balch
As the mighty battlewagon ploughed through the waters of the Pacific few would have noticed the little aircraft perched on the ships stern. To many it was 'old, slow and ugly' while to others it was veritable life saver. The name of this unsung hero: the Vought OS2U Kingfisher. Designed initially for gunnery spotting duties the Kingfisher was lightly armed defensively although once Ame...
Vickers Wellington AUTHOR: Hall, A
FORMAT: 30pp col/Bw/dwgs 297x210 Pb
Designed with both the aircraft enthusiast and the modeller in mind, this series offers a comprehensive and accurate account of a single aircraft type within each issue. Drawings provided in both colour side and plan view with 1:72 scale plans, kit decal and accessory lists, squadrons, units and individual aircraft serials in codes, etc.
The Vickers...
U-Boot im Focus Edition No 21
58 pages, 65 photos - thereof 6 in colour, 2 coloured conning tower frontviews, , 1
coloured document, 4 coloured maps, reader's forum
- Penannts: Return from the Dreaded 13th War Cruise " A Summary of U-453's Actions
- Boat in Focus: U-403 " The Boat with the "Rushing Wolf" Emblem on its Conning Tower
The Story of a Norwegian Sea Boat with a Previously Unknown Emblem
- Photos with a stor...
M18 HELLCAT TANK DESTROYER (Soft cover) Though relatively lightly armored, Buick's M18 Hellcat could top 55 MPH, making it the fastest armored fighting vehicle fielded during World War II. The Tank Destroyer men who crewed these vehicles used this speed and the Hellcat's 76mm high-velocity cannon to destroy German tanks; firing at the vulnerable areas of the enemy, and then racing away before coming under fire themselves. This...
M2/M3 Bradley in Action series. Named for U.S. General Omar Bradley, the armoured M2/M3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle was designed to transport infantry or scouts and was possessed of sufficient firepower to suppress enemy troops and armoured vehicles. Introduced into U.S. Military service in 1981 the vehicle was built around the formidable Bushmaster 25mm chain gun mounted in the vehicle's two-man turret. The vehicle's three-man c...
LIMITED RE-PRINT! Wild Weasels Defence suppression & electronic warfare aircraft by Andy Evans & Stephen J Di Nucci
Real To Replicas Red series Number 3
Suppression of Enemy Air Defences (SEAD) are military actions to subdue enemy surface-based air defences, including not only surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) and anti-aircraft artillery (AAA), but also interrelated systems such as early-warning radar and command, control, and ...
The Bell XFM-1/YFM-1 Airacuda Bomber Destroyer Air Force Legends 225 48-pages 131 b&w photos, 7 drawings Author Steve Ginter
The Bell XFM-1/YFM-1 Airacuda was the first airplane designed and built by Larry Bell's new Bell Aircraft Corp. (founded in July 1935). This was to be a futuristic and innovative Allison V-1710 powered twin pusher bomber destroyer armed with 37mm canons mounted in the forward engine nacelles. The airc...
Republic XF-84H Thunderscreech. The XF-84H was derived from the RF-84F as a supersonic propeller test vehicle driven by an afterburning Allison XT-40 turboprop engine. Two aircraft were built and briefly tested as noise produced by the propeller even at idle was too severe for safe ground crew activities. The sickening noise gave the aircraft its nickname "Thunderscreech". It was the 1st U.S. aircraft built with a Ram Air Turb...
US NAVY SQUADRON HISTORIES - NO. 305
WORLD WATCHERS
A Pictorial History of Electronic Countermeasures Squadron ONE (ECMRON-1) and Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron ONE (VQ-1).
by Angelo Romano
Pages: 304
Size: 8.5 X 11 (inches)
Format: Paperback with semi-rigid cover
Illustrations: 633 mostly color photos, 39 color profiles, 82 patches
Publisher: Ginter Books
The lineage of VQ-1's "World Watchers" can be traced bac...
FROM BATS TO RANGERS
A Pictorial History of
Electronic Countermeasures Squadron Two (ECMRON-2)
Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron Two (VQ-2)
by Angelo Romano and
AMHC (AW) John D. Herndon, USN, Ret.
This Pictorial History of US Navy's Electronic Countermeasures Squadron Two (ECMRON-2 or VQ-2), later designated Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron Two (FAIRECONRON TWO or VQ-2) by Angelo Romano and AMHC (AW) John D. Herndon,...
Boeing F4B Biplane written by retired Navy Captain Richard S. Dann. With 408 b&w photos and 24 drawings filling its 160-pages.
After three years of intensive research, author Richard S. Dann has finally produced the definitive history of the Boeing F4B, the Navy's iconic Golden Age fighting plane. The Boeing F4B, a favorite of pilots who flew it, still draws interest of hobbyists and historians alike, primarily due to the s...
Military Illustrated Modeller (issue 122) November 2021 (AFV Edition) WAS £6.75. BEING CLEARED!! SAVE 1/3RD!!!
'All Roads Lead to Rome - A rebellious Stuart crew might have met their match...'
4 NEWS
Military modelling news
8 DAREDEVIL IN WARSAW
A scene from the 1944 Warsaw Uprising featuring captured
Hetzer "Chwat"
16 APPROACH WITH CAUTION
A wrecked Sd.Kfz.251 Ausf.D is inspected by a US GI
18 THE POINT OF NO RET...
Luftwaffe im Focus Edition No 30
50 pages, 60 photos - tehreof 7 in colour, 1 colour profil, 1 coloured emblem, 3 coloured document, 5 coloured maps, reader's forum
Fighters: Look What Turned Up Colour Photos of the Aircraft of Hptm. Bar, Kommandeur
of I./JG 77
Photos with a story: Kurierstaffel (trop) Afrika The Unit with Many Names
Scenery: Three Days Confined to Barracks for a "Flying Obscenity"
Awards: The Honour ...
Lockheed S-3 Viking This book counts 300+ photos showing the S-3 Viking both in action and in detail. This book includes photos of the entire fuselage, wings, vertical tail, landing gear, cockpit, Aft crew stations, avionics bay, folding mechanisms for the wings and vertical tail and as is tradition; maintenance. The book shows the different weapons that can be loaded on the aircraft used as an anti-submarine and tanker aircra...
McDonnell F-4C and RF-4C Double Ugly! Books " Fox Two! CAMO: The Modellers' to Aircraft Finish & Markings Spanish PHANTOMS: The McDonnell F-4C and RF-4C in Service of the Ejercito del Aire Espanol 1971 " 2002 by Salvador Mafe Huertas with Lee R. De Haven
Sized A-4 landscape, softcover, perfect bound, English text and captions, 132 pages of content, over 220 images mainly in colour, 8 colour profiles
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