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Book - Combat Aircraft n42 - B-29 Superfortress of the Korean War This book is the story of a majestic bomber of the propeller era flying perilous combat missions against a sleek, nimble warplane of the jet age, the Soviet MiG-15. A very heavy bomber and a sky giant during World War 2, at that time the B-29 was the most advanced combat aircraft in the world. By the time North Korea attacked its southern neighbour in 1950, the B-29 had been reclassified a medium bomber. Many of its crew members had fought their war and settled down to raise families and begin careers only to be recalled to fight another war on a distant Asian peninsula. - 'langage'

Book - Aviation Elite Units 14 - 49th Fighter Group Aces of the Pacific The 49th FG was sent to Australia in early 1942 to help stem the tide of Japanese conquest in Java. Too late to save the island, the group went into action in the defence of Darwin, Australia, where the Forty-Niners handful of P-40E Warhawks were thrown into combat alongside survivors from the defeated forces that had fled from the Philippines and Java. This book assesses the outstanding performance of the 49th FG, pitted against superior Japanese forces. By VJ-Day the group had scored 668 aerial victories and won three Distinguished Unit Citations and ten campaign stars for its outstanding efforts. - 'langage'

Book - Combat Aircraft n56 - USMC & RAAF Hornets of Iraqi Freedom Some 84 of the 250 Hornets committed by Central Command to Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) proudly bore MARINE titling on their rear fuselages. A further 14 were marked with the distinctive kangaroo roundel of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). The exploits achieved by the units that flew these jets into combat is detailed in this volume, the third of three titles published in the Combat Aircraft series on what has been dubbed by many TACAIR insiders the Hornets War. Although the bulk of this book deals with the major hostilities phase of OIF I, which ran from 20 March to 20 April 2003, the decade of pre-war OSW missions and ongoing post-war OIF II operations are also covered in significant detail from the Marine Corps pe

Book - Combat Aircraft n59 - F-15E Strike Eagle in combat 1990-2005 The F-15E Strike Eagle has been at the center of every single conflict in which the US has been involved since 1990. This remarkable aircraft has repeatedly struck targets where no other Coalition, NATO or US fighter has been able to go, breaking records for combat endurance and effectiveness. In the last decade, the Strike Eagle has been consistently upgraded to accommodate the latest weapons and electronic equipment. This book provides a thorough study of this versatile strike aircraft, as well as exploring its role in Operation Desert Storm and, more recently, the Balkans, Afghanistan and Iraq. - 'langage'

Book - Aircraft of the Aces n73 - Early German Aces of the WWI The Fokker Eindecker (monoplane) started the true age of fighter aviation. With the development of its revolutionary synchronised machine gun system, the Eindecker caused consternation in the ranks of Allied airmen as its pilots began to reap a grim harvest of victims in 1915. The exploits of aces like Max Immelmann and Oswald Boelke became legendary on both sides of the front, and they received the adulation of the German public, along with such honours as the first awards of the Orden Pour le Mrite (the 'Blue Max') to airmen. These men created the tactics and principles of German fighter aviation as they did so. By the final months of 1916, the monoplanes had been replaced by the next generation of biplane fighters from Fokk

Book - L'Afrique Sous les Ailes - Les ailes du lions n3 Lors de la liquidation de lAropostale, Didier Daurat conseille Kermadec de gagner Alger o son ami le commandant Dagnaux tente de monter une compagnie arienne de lignes sur lAfrique. Traverser le Sahara en avion cette poque relve de laventure. Elles ne vont pas manquer. Aux personnages des deux tomes prcdents vont sajouter le commandant Dagnaux, une belle figure historique, ainsi que la belle Sally, journaliste anglaise qui jouera un rle important dans la vie de Yann Kermadec. Ce troisime tome de la saga Kermadec nous emmne Alger et lintrieur de lAfrique noire o la France dveloppe ses lignes ariennes jusqu la dclaration de la deuxime guerre mondiale en 1939. - 'langage'

Book - Le conflit s'tend "Les cieux en Flammes" tome 3 Ce troisime ouvrage des cieux en flammes nous entrane cers d'autres thatres d'oprations: Afrique, Pacifique, Russie o nous retrouvons les personnage principaux de la saga se mlant des personnalits historiques. - 'langage'

Book - Avion Concorde Cet ouvrage aronautique relate l'histoire extraordinaire d'un avion hors du commun, devenu une lgende. Si Concorde a dj fait l'objet d'une multitude d'ouvrages, Xavier MAss vous propose de redcouvrir le parcours de l'avion le plus mythique de l'histoire de l'aronautique mondiale. Cet ouvrage historique et technique offre, selon le concept des prcdents Dossiers Aronautiques, un rcit la porte de tout lecteur qui souhaite en savoir plus sur cet avion exceptionnel. Tout est pass en revue, de la gens du projet d'avion de ligne supersonique la dcision de l'arrt dfinitif des vols commerciaux, en passant par la construction, les essais en vol et la mise en service du bel oiseau blanc. Deux chapitres distincts voquent les in

Book - De-Ci, De-L dans les nuages Tmoin et acteur ayant pilot 173 types davions diffrents, il nous livre ses rflexions et son analyse de lvolution de laviation. Il a ctoy et connu des plus grands aux plus modestes artisans du monde de laviation. Les souvenirs quil voque dans cet ouvrage, sont maills danecdotes, dexploits et daventures. Jacques Noetinger est membre de lAcadmie National de lAir et de lEspace, journaliste aronautique, auteur rput douvrages consacrs laviation. - 'langage'

Book - Qui tait Qui? tome 2 Le travail de lauteur a consist pendant de nombreuses annes enquter afin de connatre les lieux o reposent les pilotes, ceuxl mme qui ont donn laviation, ses lettres de noblesse. Ces aviateurs disparus mritent (...), que nous nous souvenions deux avec respect mais aussi avec reconnaissance (...), car ils nous ont donn de belles leons de courage et de solidarit qui seront toujours la marque des gens de lair et de lespace. - 'langage'

Book - Les ailes te portent - Le Baron raconte.... Ce sont les mmoires dun pilote de bombardier, jusqu la fin de la 2e guerre mondiale. En Indochine, il va montrer tout ce quil sait faire avec son JU 52, avion allemand, rcupr en 1945. Il sera de toutes les missions dangereuses, en particulier dans la rcupration des blesss surtout lors des combats de la RC 4. Il nhsitera pas atterrir et dcoller sur des terrains exigus, russissant sauver avec deux autres avions plus de 200 blesss. - 'langage'

Book - D'une Guerre l'autre - 1917 1945 Pierre Sainflou, polytechnicien de la promotion 1937, raconte dans un style clair et lgant, une enfance baigne dans les joies mridionales, une jeunesse marque par des vnements douloureux, travers des descriptions nettes, prcises, avec des personnages attachants et pittoresques. Lors de la guerre, il s'vade vers l'Afrique mais il se fait arrter en Espagne et reste enferm dans les geles espagnoles et dans le trop fameux camp de Miranda. Il finit par atteindre le Maroc o il devient pilote sur avion de chasse jusqu' la fin de la guerre. - 'langage'