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British Aviation: The First Half Century
Key PublishingBritish Aviation: The First Half-Century (In Colour)The first half of the 20th century saw the birth of the aeroplane and its development as an ins...
View full detailsBritish Reconnaissance Aircraft of the 1970s and '80s
Key Publishing LtdHistoric Military Aircraft Series, Vol 10 This book explores the reconnaissance aircraft used by the British armed forces in the 1970s and ’80s, na...
View full detailsBritish Interwar Aircraft
Key Publishing LtdBritish Interwar Aircraft When the RAF was formed in 1918, Great Britain boasted the largest air force in the world, but it was not to last. As soo...
View full detailsMustang: The Untold Story
Key Publishing LtdMustang: The Untold Story The North American Mustang is one of the most well-studied aircraft. However, much of what is commonly understood about i...
View full detailsAvro 748
Key Publishing LtdAvro 748: Historic Commercial Aircraft Series, Vol 3 The 748 was a highly successful commercial airliner, that since the 1960s had been responsible...
View full detailsFall of the Luftwaffe in Colour
Key Publishing LtdFall of the Luftwaffe in colour Book Meticulously researched over the course of 20 years, this colour rendition of the Luftwaffe's Eagles in defeat...
View full detailsAvro Vulcan The Early Years 1947-64
Key Publishing LtdAvro Vulcan: The Early Years, 1947 - 64 Historic Military Aircraft Series, Volume 7 Advances in aerodynamics and jet engine technology after World ...
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 detailsHawker Typhoon
Key Publishing LtdHawker Typhoon Historic Military Aircraft Series, Volume 5 Although first designed as a fighter, during the fighting in and over Europe during 1944...
View full detailsFairey Firefly
Key Publishing LtdFairey Firefly Book - An Illustrated History Historic Military Aircraft Series, Volume 1 A portrait of one of the Royal Navy s most effective aircr...
View full detailsBritish Fighters of the 1970s and '80s
Key Publishing LtdBritish Fighters of the 1970s and 80s Historic Military Aircraft Series, Volume 2 Two of the RAF s most memorable aircraft are the English Electric...
View full detailsAllied Aircraft of D-Day
Key Publishing LtdAllied Aircraft of D-Day: A Photographic Guide to the Surviving Aircraft of the Normandy Invasion The 1944 Allied invasion of France was a combined...
View full detailsBritish Aircraft of World War One
Key Publishing LtdBritish Aircraft of World War One: A photographic guide to modern survivors, replicas and reproductions During the course of the World War One, the...
View full detailsI Sank The Bismarck
Key Publishing LtdI Sank The Bismarck book In the early hours of the 27th of May, 1941, the German warship Bismarck - scourge of the Atlantic ocean - was sailing ...
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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...
View full detailsEvader Book
Key Publishing LtdEvader Book Evader is one of the most remarkable stories ever to come out of WWII. On September 5th, 1943, Denys Teare baled out of his burning ...
View full detailsB-25 Mitchell
Key Publishing LtdIf the North American Aviation B-25 Mitchell had only participated in the Doolittle Raid, it would have cemented its place in history – but it did ...
View full detailsB-17G Flying Fortress
Key Publishing LtdB-17G Flying Fortress The B-17 Flying Fortress was conceived by the well-known US aviation designer and manufacturer Boeing during the 1930s, princ...
View full detailsAircraft Engine Test Beds
Key Publishing LtdAircraft Engine Test Beds: British Jet Fighters and Bombers During the late 1940s and into the 1950s, a number of British jet fighter and bomber ai...
View full detailsGerman Tanks of World War Two
Key Publishing LtdGerman Tanks of World War Two Book Military Vehicles and Artillery Series: Volume 1 In World War Two, the German army deployed a wide variety of ta...
View full detailsBritish Ground Attack Aircraft of the 1970s & '80s
Key Publishing LtdBritish Ground-Attack Aircraft of the 1970s and 80s Historic Military Aircraft Series, Volume 8 The SEPECAT Jaguar and Hawker Siddeley Harrier play...
View full detailsBritish Bombers: The 1970s and '80s
Key Publishing LtdBritish Bombers of the 1970s and 80s Historic Military Aircraft Series, Volume 4 The mainstays of the RAF s bomber force in the 1970s and 80s were ...
View full detailsF-111: Fort Worth Swinger
Key Publishing LtdF-111: Fort Worth Swinger Historic Military Aircraft Series: Volume 3 At the time of its introduction into service, the F-111 was a revolutionary a...
View full detailsDe Havilland Comet
Key Publishing LtdDe Havilland Comet In the latter half of World War Two, the War Cabinet sanctioned the formation of a committee to consider a post-war world of air...
View full detailsAvro Military 1910-63
Key Publishing LtdAvro Military 1910–63; Aviation Industry Series, Vol 3 Please note: This is a new book edition of Aeroplane’s Avro Company Profile 1910–1996 (Milit...
View full detailsDe Havilland Canada
Key Publishing LtdDe Havilland Canada Whether in the snow, desert, jungle, on the water or even at just any regular airport, de Havilland Canada’s legendary transpor...
View full detailsAviation Quiz Book
Key Publishing LtdDO YOU KNOW… Which Russian aircraft has the NATO reporting name Hoplite? What the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is known as in Israeli Air For...
View full detailsBristol Beaufighter
Key Publishing LtdBristol Beaufighter: Wartime Operations of the Mighty Twin; Historic Military Aircraft Series, Vol. 22 Authored By: Graham Pitchfork; Pages: 128pp ...
View full detailsAmerican Aviation: The First Half Century
Key Publishing LtdAmerican Aviation: The First Half-Century Authored by: David Willis and Jim Winchester Pages: 192 Hardback The story of American aviation in the fi...
View full detailsCubana: A Caribbean Survivor
Key Publishing LtdCubana: A Caribbean Survivor; Airlines Series, Vol. 10 Authored by: Barry Lloyd Pages: 96 In October 2022, Cubana de Aviación celebrated its 93rd b...
View full detailsB-24 Liberator: Combat Photographs from the Europe Theater
Key Publishing LtdB-24 Liberator: Combat Photographs from the European Theater of Operations; Historic Military Aircraft Series, Vol 21 Born from a need for more B-1...
View full detailsDouglas DC-3
Key Publishing LtdHistoric Commercial Aircraft Series, Vol. 13 96 Pages Please note: This is a new book edition of Aeroplane Classic Airliner: The Douglas DC-3 Altho...
View full detailsHawker Hunter
Key Publishing LtdHawker Hunter; Historic Military Aircraft Series, Vol. 16 Please note: This is a new edition of Combat Machines No 4 Hawker Hunter Development of t...
View full detailsFairey 1915-60
Key Publishing LtdFairey 1915–60; Aviation Industry Series, Vol. 1 Please note: This is a new edition of Fairey Company Profile 1915–1960 One of the many ingredient...
View full detailsAfghan Wheels and Tracks: UK and US Vehicles
Key Publishing LtdAfghan Wheels and Tracks: UK and US Vehicles; Military Vehicles and Artillery Series, Vol. 6 Authored by: Craig Allen 96 pages Afghanistan was prim...
View full detailsHungarian Arms and Armour of WW2
Key Publishing LtdHungarian Arms and Armour of World War Two Modern Wars Series; Volume 3 Between the world wars, Hungary was a relatively small country aiming to re...
View full detailsBristol 1910-59
Key Publishing LtdBristol 1910–59; Aviation Industry Series, Vol. 5 160 Pages Please note: this is a new book edition of Aeroplane’s Bristol Company Profile 1910–195...
View full detailsGerman Starfighters : Training And Service
Key Publishing LtdGerman Starfighters: The Story in Colour: Training and Service; Historic Military Aircraft Series, Vol 25 Authored By: Klaus Kropf 96 pages The F-1...
View full detailsAvro Vulcan B.Mk2: A Place in History 1960-84
Key Publishing LtdAvro Vulcan B.Mk2: A Place in History, 1960–84; Historic Military Aircraft Series, Vol 19 Authored By: David W. Fildes Pages: 96 In 2022, the Avro ...
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