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Panzerwrecks 19: Yugoslavia book
Key Publishing LtdPanzerwrecks 19: Yugoslavia Panzers in Yugoslavia book Panzerwrecks 19: Yugoslavia. How did partisans improve the firepower of the Somua S35? An...
View full detailsA Doctor's War Book
Key Publishing LtdA Doctor's War Book As an RAF medical officer, Aidan had served in France, survived Dunkirk, and was plunged into adventures in the Japanese-Ame...
View full detailsAlbert Ball VC Book
Key Publishing LtdAlbert Ball VC Book As one of the very first aces in the very first air combat war, the daring exploits of pilot Albert Ball in the 1st World War ...
View full detailsJungle Ace
Key Publishing LtdJungle Ace book Flying P-38s, Jerry Johnson shot down 24 aircraft in 265 combat missions in the Pacific theater. At the age of only twenty-four,...
View full detailsFighting High
Key Publishing LtdFighting High Drawing on both primary and secondary sources, as well as eyewitness accounts, this book describes how the attack was conceived, t...
View full detailsLancaster Down
Key Publishing LtdLancaster Down Book During WWII, on one raid alone, Nuremburg March 1944, more Bomber Command airmen lost their lives than were lost in the Batt...
View full detailsRAF Middle East and Near East
Key Publishing LtdRAF Middle East and Near East Book This book not only illustrates the changes in aircraft types, but the camouflage schemes and markings policie...
View full detailsFairey Swordfish in Fleet Air Arm Service Book
Key Publishing LtdFairey Swordfish in Fleet Air Arm Service Book Affectionately known as the Stringbag by its crews, the Fairey Swordfish is one of World War Two's m...
View full detailsHornby Magazine Yearbook 11 Hardback
Key Publishing LtdHornby Magazine Yearbook 11 Hardback Book The annual Hornby Magazine Yearbook is back for its 11th edition in 2018 offering 128 pages of model r...
View full detailsMesserchmitt Me109 pt.1
Key Publishing LtdMesserchmitt Me109 pt.1 Book This Aircraft Monograph contains a short history of Messerschmitt corporation and an extensive illustrated history of...
View full detailsMesserschmitt Me109 pt.3
Key Publishing LtdMesserschmitt Me109 pt.3 Book This third volume on the Me 109, as part of the Aircraft Monograph series, is dedicated to Me 109 painting, the Me 1...
View full detailsHornby Magazine Yearbook 10
Key Publishing LtdHornby Magazine Book 10 In this tenth edition of the Hornby Magazine Yearbook, we put the latest Pacifics from Hornby head-to-head, reveal the s...
View full detailsBattle of Britain Book by M JF Bowyer
Key Publishing LtdBattle of Britain Book by M JF Bowyer Clear blue skies laced white with vapour trails of fighting aircraft...petrol-filled beer bottles in the g...
View full detailsNo Moon Tonight Book
Key Publishing LtdNo Moon Tonight Book A Bomber Command classic depicting the deep feelings associated with the human cost of the air war in World War II. This is t...
View full detailsBuses Yearbook 2017
Key Publishing LtdBuses Yearbook Published annually since the early 1960s, the 2017 edition of the Buses Yearbook is packed with a varied mix of articles and pho...
View full detailsHawker Hunter in RAF Service
Key Publishing LtdHawker Hunter in RAF Service Book Covers one of Britain s classic post-war jet aircraft, which first entered RAF service in July 1954. This spec...
View full detailsReturn to Base Book
Key Publishing LtdReturn to base book The B-17 Flying Fortress remains an endearing classic to the aviation world, but none knew this grand "lady" better than tho...
View full detailsThe Modern Railway 2018
Key Publishing LtdThe Modern Railway 2018 Book Edited by Modern Railways Ken Cordner, with contributions from Roger Ford, Tony Miles, Alan Williams and other memb...
View full detailsHow to Paint Fantasy Figures
Key Publishing LtdHow to Paint Fantasy Figures Book The new trends in the world of figure painting mean that fantasy figures are becoming more and more important in...
View full detailsThe Ideals and Training of a Flying Officer Book
Key Publishing LtdThe Ideals and Training of a Flying Officer Book The son of a Canadian lawyer, Roderick Ward Maclennan joined the Officer s Training Corps conne...
View full detailsEagle's War
Key Publishing LtdEagle's War Book Aircraft Carrier HMS Eagle 1939-1942 HMS Eagle was already old when war was declared in September 1939 and her new Swordfish b...
View full detailsThe Modern Railway 2020
Key Publishing LtdThe Modern Railway 2020 hardback provides an in-depth examination of: * Policy and finance * Infrastructure maintenance and renewal * Train oper...
View full detailsShot Down and on the Run
Key Publishing LtdShot Down and on the Run book Thousands of airmen shot down over enemy soil between 1940 and 1945 miraculously escaped capture. This compelling ...
View full detailsPanzerwrecks 14: Osfront 2 book
Key Publishing LtdPanzerwrecks 14: Ostfront 2 by Lee Archer and William Auerbach What does concrete look like on a Sturmgesch£tz? What new ways were found to hang...
View full detailsPanzerwrecks 5: German Armour 1944-45 book
Key Publishing LtdPanzerwrecks 5 by Lee Archer & William Auerbach What does a Sturmgesch£tz III Ausf.G look like inside out? Were any Panthers ever fitted wit...
View full detailsPanzerwrecks 22: Desert book
Key Publishing LtdPanzerwrecks 22: Desert book by Lee Archer. Panzerwrecks 22: Desert: Which unit painted a large flamingo on their halftrack? Who covered a Pz.Kp...
View full detailsPanzerwrecks 4: German Armour 1944-45 book
Key Publishing LtdPanzerwrecks 4 book by Lee Archer and William Auerbach What does a Sd.Kfz.234 with Luchs turret look like? Who knocked out a Pz.IV/70(V) through...
View full detailsIf the Gods are Good
Key Publishing LtdIf the Gods are Good Book The sacrifice of HMS Jervis Bay This is the enthralling account of one of the greatest and most heroic naval battles of W...
View full detailsLie in the Dark and Listen Book
Key Publishing LtdLie in the Dark and Listen Book Often quoted as the model for the Steve McQueen character in "The Great Escape", by age 21, Ken had already trai...
View full detailsMilitary Aircraft Markings 2017 Book
Key Publishing LtdMilitary Aircraft Markings Book First published in the 1970s, Military Aircraft Markings has become an indispensable annual publication for any ...
View full detailsThe Day We Won the War
Key Publishing LtdThe Day we won the War Book The British attack at Amiens was the most decisive day of the Great War. In earlier offensives, a gain of a few hundre...
View full details610 Auxilliary Air Force Squadron 1936-1940 Book
Key Publishing Ltd610 Auxilliary Air Force Squadron, 1936-1940 Book 610 (County of Chester) Squadron was formed in February 1936 as a bomber squadron. With person...
View full detailsSupermarine Spitfire Book
Key Publishing LtdSupermarine Spitfire Book Thought by many to have saved Britain from almost certain German invasion, the Spitfire is a British legend. This stri...
View full detailsTank Rider
Key Publishing LtdTank Rider Book The climax of Operation Citadel, the Battle of Kursk in the summer of 1943 involved as many as 6,000 tanks, 4,000 aircraft and 2...
View full detailsBUSES Yearbook 2018
Key Publishing LtdBUSES Yearbook 2018 Published annually since the early 1960s, the 2018 edition of the Buses Yearbook is packed with a varied mix of articles and...
View full detailsPanzerwrecks 3: German Armour 1944-45 book
Key Publishing LtdPanzerwrecks 3 book by Lee Archer and William Auerbach What secret weapon did the 11.Panzer-Division possess? Where did Pz.Jg.Abt.553 surrender ...
View full detailsBUSES Yearbook 2020
Key Publishing LtdBUSES Yearbook 2020 Featuring: Guildford Grasscutter to Global Giant Alan Millar charts the 15-year story of Alexander Dennis The London Varie...
View full detailsRed All Over 2
Key Publishing LtdRed All Over 2 book Red All Over 2 is the review of the London bus scene in 2012. The introduction of the NBfL and the disruption caused by the ...
View full detailsPedestal - 70th Anniversary Edition
Key Publishing LtdPedestal - 70th Anniversary Edition Book In the summer of 1942 one of the main issues in the balance was the fate of Malta. The island was still...
View full detailsThe Modern Railway 2017 Book
Key Publishing LtdThe Modern Railway 2017 Book Edited by Modern Railways ' Ken Cordner, with contributions from Roger Ford, Tony Miles, Alan Williams and other me...
View full detailsThe Little Red Book 2014
Key Publishing LtdThe Little Red Book is widely regarded as Britain's leading directory for the road passenger transport industry, a new fully-updated edition being ...
View full detailsCalled to Arms
Key Publishing LtdCalled to Arms book On a cold day in January 1944, as war raged in Europe, Betty Hussey and Jack Stoate were married. In so doing they brought t...
View full detailsClean Sweep Book
Key Publishing LtdClean Sweep Book The remarkable story of a lad from the Rhondda Valley who rose from the rank of Sergeant Pilot to Air Marshal receiving the DSO...
View full detailsPanzerwrecks 18: German Armour 1944-45 book
Key Publishing LtdPanzerwrecks 18 by Lee Archer and William Auerbach Panzerwrecks 18: Who modified their Jagdpanthers, and why? What non-threatening name was pain...
View full detailsBritish Road Services
Key Publishing LtdBritish Road Services British Road Services, created as a nationalised transport operator in 1948, became one of the biggest road transport comp...
View full detailsShot Down in Flames
Key Publishing LtdShot Down in Flames Book On 12 August 1940, during the Battle of Britain, in an engagement with Dornier Do 17s, Geoffrey Page was shot down into...
View full detailsRed All Over
Key Publishing LtdRed All Over book Red All Over is a personal view of the current London bus scene, but with a strong 'review' element to highlight the major cha...
View full detailsEagles of the Third Reich Book
Key Publishing LtdEagles of the Third Reich Book Leaders of the Luftwaffe in the Second World War From its secret post-World War I beginnings to its virtual dest...
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