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A Wing and a Prayer: The Personal Narrative of Ralph Freund Who Flew 32 Missions Over Europe During WWII
ISBN: 9781633153080 / Angielski / Miękka / 76 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The personal narrative of Ralph Freund, who flew 32 missions during World War II as a B-17 flight engineer and top turret gunner and member of the 379th Bomb Group. From the first mission on May 22, 1944 to the last one, a little over two months later, on July 25, 1944, including two missions on D-Day, Ralph talks about the dangers, fears, triumphs and close calls as a member of a B-17 crew who all survived.
The personal narrative of Ralph Freund, who flew 32 missions during World War II as a B-17 flight engineer and top turret gunner and member of the 379...
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Aircraft Recovery Operations (FM 3-04.513)
ISBN: 9781974365630 / Angielski / Miękka / 92 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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X-45: Uninhabited Combat Air Vehicle
ISBN: 9781903630211 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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39,89 |
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The Macrobert's Reply Story
ISBN: 9780995636309 / Angielski / Miękka / 127 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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40,34 |
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Plane Spotter’s Guide
ISBN: 9781780960517 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Aviation has revolutionised warfare over the last 100 years, and this new guide gives the reader the essential details of 70 iconic aircraft, including the Sopwith Camel, the Spitfire, the P-51 Mustang and the F-4 Phantom. It uses detailed profile artwork to illustrate and aid recognition.
Aviation has revolutionised warfare over the last 100 years, and this new guide gives the reader the essential details of 70 iconic aircraft, includin...
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Illustrated Guide to Bombers of World Wars I and Ii: a Complete A-z Directory of Bombers, from Early Attacks of 1914 Through to the Blitz, the Damb
ISBN: 9780754829157 / Angielski / Twarda / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a complete A-Z directory of bombers, from the early attacks of 1914 through to the Blitz, the Dambusters and the atomic bomb raids. It includes over 300 identification photographs from some of the world's greatest aviation libraries. It features the Gotha bombers of World War I, the Ju 87 Stuka dive-bomber of the Spanish Civil War, the Heinkel 111 of the Blitz, and the Boeing B-29 Superfortress that dropped the first atomic bomb in 1945. It includes detailed information about country of origin, first flight, power, armament, size, weights and performance. This outstandingly researched...
This is a complete A-Z directory of bombers, from the early attacks of 1914 through to the Blitz, the Dambusters and the atomic bomb raids. It include...
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Army Techniques Publication for Forward Arming and Refueling Points (ATP 3-04.94)
ISBN: 9781480236363 / Angielski / Miękka / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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40,67 |
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Tailhooker: Pre-Flight to Vietnam
ISBN: 9781508942344 / Angielski / Miękka / 132 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tailhooker refers to a military pilot who has landed on an aircraft carrier using a tail hook to catch the arresting wire on the flight deck. Tailhookers who wear the US Navy Wings of Gold are renowned as the most skilled pilots in the Aviation community. This book tells the story of a twenty year-old drafted into military service during the Vietnam War, then applying to enter US Navy pilot training. His historically accurate story begins with highlights of his Navy flight training to his assignment as an A-4 Skyhawk pilot in VA-22 The Fighting Redcocks. The book chronicles facts about the...
Tailhooker refers to a military pilot who has landed on an aircraft carrier using a tail hook to catch the arresting wire on the flight deck. Tailhook...
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My Ball Turret Bombing Missions Over Europe ( And a Few Screwups)
ISBN: 9781584780601 / Angielski / Miękka / 110 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In WW2 one of the most dangerous duties, was that of the Turret Gunner in any B-17 aircraft. Usually positioned under the plane at several positions around the fuselage of the plane. It was always the first target and the percentages of surviving a mission as a belly gunner were as low and you could get. Henry Smith (Hank to those who knew him) was one of these unfortunate positioned to this on the plane. Follow him as he literaly fights for his very lofe and the lives of his crew members thousands of feet in the air, in this unusual and provacative biography of this remarkable man's life.
In WW2 one of the most dangerous duties, was that of the Turret Gunner in any B-17 aircraft. Usually positioned under the plane at several positions a...
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Lackland's Vintage Aircraft: A Tribute to Joint Base Lackland
ISBN: 9781727104820 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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40,92 |
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Combat Operations C3I Fundamentals and Interactions
ISBN: 9781479100316 / Angielski / Miękka / 138 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study summarizes a wide-ranging investigation of combat operations, military theory, and command, control, communications, and intelligence (C3I) that occurred during the author's 1981-82 tour at the Airpower Research Institute (ARI) as a research associate sponsored by Air Force Systems Command (AFSC). In previous assignments, he had used his training in mathematics and computer science in formulating, implementing, and using computer models of pieces of the combat operations process. He had also been introduced to C3I systems and concepts during an extensive review of AFSC analysis...
This study summarizes a wide-ranging investigation of combat operations, military theory, and command, control, communications, and intelligence (C3I)...
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41,09 |
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Little Friends, Volume IV
ISBN: 9781523790357 / Angielski / Miękka / 146 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. World War Two was probably the most documented event in all of human existence. US Army records weight 17,120 tons. That's about 188 miles of filing cabinets arranged side by side. Obviously, that is a lot of territory so my series is very succinct. The series is a mini-history with a focus on the air war, the men / women, the events and the times. I divided the book into very detailed sections. Example: Volume 4 covers the development of air to ground to support - the attack aircraft and dive bomber. I used the Spanish Civil War their being and accented their development in Burma. Some of...
World War Two was probably the most documented event in all of human existence. US Army records weight 17,120 tons. That's about 188 miles of filing c...
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Little Friends Volume II: Second of a series of World War Two histories focusing on the air war - the planes, the men, the times and the events.
ISBN: 9781489591777 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Volume II discusses the development of the P-40, -47, and -51. It also talks about the P-51 in service with the Star of David. There is a introduction to Japanese fighters. The technology section covers the development of the guns and cannons used by the USAAF in Tools of the Trade. For the home front, I tell the readers about Americans buying fighter planes in Government Girl. As soon of a sidebar I talk about Walt Disney's contribution in Donald Duck and the Nazis. Entertaining and enlightening reading.
Volume II discusses the development of the P-40, -47, and -51. It also talks about the P-51 in service with the Star of David. There is a introduction...
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41,09 |
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Wings Over Asia 2: A Brief History of the Chinese National Aviation Corporation
ISBN: 9781517179526 / Angielski / Miękka / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Wings Over Asia: A Brief History of the Chinese National Aviation Corporation is a sometimes moving, sometimes rollicking, sometimes heart-stopping, account of a critical part of the history of WWII. Told in their own words by the daring pilots who flew over The Hump to keep China fighting the invading Japanese, these stories bring that era alive in a way no technical history book could.
Wings Over Asia: A Brief History of the Chinese National Aviation Corporation is a sometimes moving, sometimes rollicking, sometimes heart-stopping, a...
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Piano Burning and Other Fighter Pilot Traditions
ISBN: 9780998413211 / Angielski / Miękka / 166 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The world of the fighter pilot is steeped in tradition. Over a century's worth of ritual, superstition, and lore permeates the life of modern combat aviators. Every time-honored tradition upheld in today's fighter squadron is infused with deep meaning and strengthens the bonds between our airborne warriors. In Piano Burning and Other Fighter Pilot Traditions, you will be given a behind-the-scenes view of the combat aviator's world through the eyes of a modern-day fighter pilot. Get ready to explore the sacred origins of these customs and rituals as practiced by the men and women who fly the...
The world of the fighter pilot is steeped in tradition. Over a century's worth of ritual, superstition, and lore permeates the life of modern combat a...
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Cold War Air Combat, Czechoslovak MiG-15 & USAF F-84E: West German-Czechoslovak border Region, 10 March 1953
ISBN: 9781903630174 / Angielski / Miękka / 40 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Hawker Hunter F.Mk.71 No. 702
ISBN: 9798794400090 / Angielski / Miękka / 24 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Dassault Mirage 50CN Pantera No. 505
ISBN: 9798796487341 / Angielski / Miękka / 26 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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41,09 |
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Cessna A-37B Dragonfly 605
ISBN: 9798847069687 / Angielski / Miękka / 26 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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41,09 |
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Us Guys: the Army, the 60's: Alexander Garceau Leone Lovetere
ISBN: 9798693397903 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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41,09 |