Historic Books

If 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 ...

B-17G Flying Fortress The B-17 Flying Fortress was conceived by the well-known US aviation designer and manufacturer Boeing during the 1930s, princ...

This fascinating story begins with post-World War Two sales of surplus Mustangs to various foreign governments and a few civilian customers. More t...

Surviving D-Day Tanks in Normandy Military Vehicles and Artillery Series: Volume 2 This guide book examines the surviving WWII tanks, tank turrets ...

German 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...

British Ground-Attack Aircraft of the 1970s and 80s Historic Military Aircraft Series, Volume 8 The SEPECAT Jaguar and Hawker Siddeley Harrier play...

F-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...

De 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...

Restoring Glory World War Two spawned the evolution of many different aircraft, as air forces fought not only to control the skies but to destroy t...

Supermarine: 1913–63; Aviation Industry Series, Vol 2 Please note: This is a new book edition of Aeroplane’s Supermarine Company Profile 1913–1963 ...

Avro 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...

De Havilland Canada Whether in the snow, desert, jungle, on the water or even at just any regular airport, de Havilland Canada’s legendary transpor...

Lysander; Historic Military Aircraft Series, Vol 20 Please note: this is a new book edition of Aeroplane Icons: Lysander The Westland Lysander is o...

DO 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...

The F-105 Thunderchief was primarily designed for tactical nuclear operations. For this reason, it was on nuclear “Victor” alert in Europe (Bitburg...

Vickers 1911–77; Aviation Industry Series, Vol. 4 Pages: 160 Please note: this is a new book edition of Aeroplane’s Vickers Company Profile 1911–77...

Bristol Beaufighter: Wartime Operations of the Mighty Twin; Historic Military Aircraft Series, Vol. 22 Authored By: Graham Pitchfork; Pages: 128pp ...

American Aviation: The First Half-Century Authored by: David Willis and Jim Winchester Pages: 192 Hardback The story of American aviation in the fi...

Cubana: A Caribbean Survivor; Airlines Series, Vol. 10 Authored by: Barry Lloyd Pages: 96 In October 2022, Cubana de Aviación celebrated its 93rd b...

The Space Shuttle Authored by: David Baker Pages: 96 In the aftermath of six Moon landings, and in a giant leap of faith with a largely reusable la...

B-24 Liberator: Combat Photographs from the European Theater of Operations; Historic Military Aircraft Series, Vol 21 Born from a need for more B-1...

Historic Military Aircraft Series, Vol. 23 192 Pages Please note: This is a new book edition of Aeroplane Icons: Sunderland In the early 1900s, Sho...

Historic Commercial Aircraft Series, Vol. 13 96 Pages Please note: This is a new book edition of Aeroplane Classic Airliner: The Douglas DC-3 Altho...

The 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...

Fairey 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...

Afghan Wheels and Tracks: UK and US Vehicles; Military Vehicles and Artillery Series, Vol. 6 Authored by: Craig Allen 96 pages Afghanistan was prim...

Hungarian 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...

Surviving World War Two Tanks in the ArdennesMilitary Vehicles and Artillery Series, Vol 4 There are over 40 surviving World War Two tanks, self-pr...

Lockheed L-188 Electra; Historic Commercial Aircraft Series, Vol 14 Authored By: Ron Mak 96 Pages In January 1955, an industry-wide call from Ameri...

Preserved Aircraft of the World: US and Canada Authored By: Gerry Manning Pages: 96 The appeal of vintage aircraft lies in its social and military ...

Avro 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 ...