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Book - Combat Aircraft n27 - Air War in the Gulf 1991 In August 1990 Saddam Hussein's Iraqi forces invaded and occupied the small Arab state of Kuwait. This book analyses the ensuing Gulf War (16 January - 28 February 1991) - a war fought to expel Iraq and restore Kuwaiti independence if not, as one British MP tartly observed, to defend democracy. The allies under General Schwarzkopf launched five weeks of air attacks, deploying 1,800 technologically highly advanced aircraft from the US, British, French and Saudi air forces. Many of these machines, including the British Tornadoes and US F-117A Stealth fighters, had never before engaged in combat, and their combined assault, watched by millions on TV, combined impressive accuracy with firepower to which the Iraqi forces had no answer. - 'l

Book - RAF Fighter Units Europe 1942-45 - Airwar 10 This book traces the combat history of the RAF fighter units deployed over Europe during the final years of World War II. Major aircraft types, including the new Typhoon, are all covered, and their day and night time missions detailed. Aircraft markings and aircrew uniforms are shown in full color illustrations. - 'langage'

Book - USAAF Medium Bomber Unites 1942-45 - Airwar 7 This book traces the combat history of USAAF medium bomber units of World War II. Major aircraft types are all covered, and their missions over North Africa and Europe are detailed. Aircraft markings and aircrew uniforms are shown in full color illustrations. - 'langage'

Book - Combat Aircraft n39 - B-17 Flying Fortress Pacific War The B-17 saw combat in the Pacific from the moment a formation of these bombers arrived at Pearl Harbor during the midst of the 7 December 1941 Japanese attack. By the end of the war, SB-17 rescue craft were saving combat crews in the waters off Japan. This book reveals why, to the public, the Flying Fortress was better known than the Spitfire, the Boeing 747, or Lindbergh's Spirit of St Louis. The name recognition enjoyed by the B-17 was that company's reason for creating B-17 Steak Sauce and Osprey's reason to round out the saga of this great wartime aircraft. - 'langage'

Book - Combat Aircraft n5 - Blenheim Squadrons of WWII Built in large numbers in the years leading up to World War 2, Bristol's Blenheim saw use as both a fighter and bomber thanks to its high speed in relation to the biplane types it was then replacing. Aside from its work as the staple medium RAF bomber from 1939 through to 1942, Belnheims also served as pioneer radar-equipped nightfighters in 1940/41 and long-range patrol aircraft with Coastal Command. Obsolete in Europe by the end of 1940, the Belnheim continued to serve as a frontline bomber in North Africa, the Mediterranean and the Far East well into 1943. - 'langage'

Book - RAF Combat Units 1941 to 1945 - Airwar 23 This book traces the history of RAF combat units flying in Singapore and Burma. The major aircraft types operated by the RAF during this period are all covered, and their missions detailed. Aircraft markings and aircrew uniforms are shown in full color illustrations. - 'langage'

Book - Aircraft of the Aces n51 - "Down to Earth" Starfing Aces of 8th 'Like The Long Reach, Down to Earth is a message from the battle at its height, told in their own words by the men who fight' - this is how Brig-Gen Francis Griswold, VIII Fighter Command, ends his introduction to this book. His official endorsement reveals just how important a document Down to Earth was to the teaching of tyro fighter pilots heading for action in the ETO. More leading aces were lost to flak whilst ground strafing than to German fighters. In this book William Hess has included biographies of all the pilots that originally contributed to this work back in 1943-44. - 'langage'

Book - Aircraft of the Aces n3 - Wildcat Aces of WWII Arguably the most important piston-engined single-seat fighter design ever to see service with the US Navy and Marine Corps, the aesthetically inelegant F4F Wildcat achieved much acclaim during its bloody frontline career. Thrown into combat at Coral Sea, Midway and Guadalcanal, the handful of Wildcat units of the Navy and Marine Corps took on large numbers of fighters and bombers and came out victorious. On the European front, the Royal Navys Fleet Air Arm also put the fighter to effective use from escort carriers, protecting Atlantic convoys from Luftwaffe attacks. - 'langage'

Book - Aviation Elite Units 9 - N43 Fighting Cocks Squadron Known as the 'Fighting Cocks', No 43 Sqn has been a part of the RAF since 1916, and is still in service today. This volume deals exclusively with the unit's exploits during WW2, covering its service during the evacuation of Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain, as well as the years spent supporting the Allied cause in North Africa and the Mediterranean. Flying Hurricanes from November 1939, and re-equipped with Spitfires in early 1943, 'Fighting Cocks' pilots scored 159 kills during the war and over a dozen of them 'made ace'. This book presents a full picture of the squadron, its men and its aircraft. - 'langage'

Book - Aces the Mighty Eight This book combines Aircraft of the Aces 1: Mustang Aces of the Eighth Air Force, Aircraft of the Aces 19: P-38 Lighting Aces of the ETO/MTO and Aircraft of the Aces 24: P-47 Thunderbolt Aces of the Eighth Air Force. The three most distinguished and best known US fighter aircraft of World War II were undoubtedly the P-38, the P-51 and the P-47. This book assesses the relative strengths and weaknesses of each legendary aircraft, and uncovers the personalities and achievements of their greatest 'ace' pilots. The daylight raids on the Third Reich, when P-51 pilots went head to head with the cream of the Luftwaffe; the less-celebrated yet equally outstanding exploits of the P-38 over Germany's heartland, and the evolving combat tactics that enabled the heavy P-47 t

Book - Le Rve de Vol, Mythes, lgendes et utopies Le Rve de vol, (sous-titre mythes, lgendes et utopies), de la plume de Bernard MARCK, historien de l'aviation, et prfac par Bertrand PICCARD, pilote du premier vol autour du monde en ballon. Lhistoire de laviation a t maintes fois crite, mais sa prhistoire jamais queffleure. Cette prhistoire ou histoire de toujours de laviation est compose de rcits pas ou peu connus dexploits rels ou imaginaires, russis ou non, raliss depuis plus de deux mille ans par des "hommes volants" ou des "hommes oiseaux". Fruit de longues et patientes recherches, ce livre "traite" ce rve de toujours des mythes (Icare, tana, Hanuman, Herms, Bllrophon, le roi lgendaire Kai Kaous, entre autres) aux ralisations les plus modernes, en passant par

Book - Aircraft of the Aces n58 - Slovakian & Bulgarian Aces of WWII In 1939, Slovakia signed a protection agreement with the German Reich and joined the attack on Poland, where its Avia B-534-equipped fighter squadrons claimed their first kills. In October 1942, having made do with obsolete aircraft, the Slovaks were equipped with Bf 109Es and eventually acquired 43 Messerschmitt fighters. The Slovaks would claim over 215 kills. Although it supported German efforts in Yugoslavia and Greece, Bulgaria did not declare war on Russia. First seeing action in August 1943, Bulgarian fighter pilots used their Bf 109Gs to good effect. From late 1943 through to mid-1944, the Bulgarian pilots attempted to defend the country from American bombers, and Stoyanov and Bochev made ace during this period.