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100 Years of the RAF Air Display: 1920-2020

100 Years of the RAF Air Display: 1920-2020

Author: Ian Smith Watson

Publisher: Fonthill

Hardback. 320pp. 17cm by 25cm.

ISBN: 9781781558430

Weight: 1.035kg

Original Price: £30.00

Price:    £12.99 

Avro Shackleton, The

Avro Shackleton, The

The Long-Serving 'Growler'

Author: Jason Nicholas Moore

Publisher: Fonthill

Hardback. 352pp. 18cm by 25cm.

ISBN: 9781781558867

Weight: 1.037kg

Original Price: £40.00

Price:    £15.99 

Axis Suicide Squads

Axis Suicide Squads

German and Japanese Secret Projects of the Second World War.

Author: Justo Miranda

Publisher: Fonthill

Hardback. 288pp. 18.5cm by 26cm.

ISBN: 9781781555651

Weight: 755g

Original Price: £30.00

Price:    £12.99 

Bomber Squadron

Bomber Squadron

Men Who Flew with XV Squadron.

Author: Martyn R. Ford-Jones

Publisher: Fonthill

Hardback. 272pp. 16cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781781557082

Weight: 734g

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £11.99 

Boulton Paul Aircraft Since 1915

Boulton Paul Aircraft Since 1915

The ancient Norwich firm of Boulton & Paul were brought into aircraft construction in 1915, and quickly became one of the great innovators.

Author: Alec Brew

Publisher: Fonthill

Hardback. 448pp. 18cm by 25cm.

ISBN: 9781781557518

Weight: 1.167kg

Original Price: £45.00

Price:    £18.99 

Britain's Cold War Fighters

Britain's Cold War Fighters

Author: Tim Mclelland

Publisher: Fonthill

Paperback. 368pp. 17cm by 24.5cm.

ISBN: 9781781556306

Weight: 932g

Original Price: £20.00

Price:    £9.99 

Coastal Patrol

Coastal Patrol

Royal Navy Airship Operations During the Great War 1914-1918

Author: Brian J. Turpin

Publisher: Fonthill

Hardback. 288pp. 18cm by 25.5cm.

ISBN: 9781781555279

Weight: 877g

Original Price: £30.00

Price:    £12.99 

Cold War Fighter Pilot in Peacetime and War, A

Cold War Fighter Pilot in Peacetime and War, A

This is the quite remarkable and true story of Squadron Leader Derek J. Sharp AFC BSc Dip Comp JP RAF and his incredible adventures.

Author: Derek J. Sharp

Publisher: Fonthill

Hardback. 224pp. 18cm by 25cm.

ISBN: 9781781557242

Weight: 719g

Original Price: £28.00

Price:    £10.99 

Crushing the Japanese Surface Fleet at the Battle of the Surigao Strait

Crushing the Japanese Surface Fleet at the Battle of the Surigao Strait

Author: Walter S. Zapotoczny Jr.

Publisher: Fonthill

Hardback. 256pp. 17cm by 25cm.

ISBN: 9781781558737

Weight: 547g

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £11.99 

Devon and Cornwall The Class 47 Years

Devon and Cornwall The Class 47 Years

Author: Bernard Mills

Publisher: Fonthill

Paperback. 144pp. 17cm by 24.5cm.

ISBN: 9781781556573

Weight: 490g

Original Price: £18.99

Price:    £8.99 

Diary of a Hurricane Pilot in the Battle of France, The

Diary of a Hurricane Pilot in the Battle of France, The

Francis Blackadder of 607 Squadron.

Author: Robert Dixon

Publisher: Fonthill

Hardback. 160pp. 16.5cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781781553107

Weight: 510g

Original Price: £20.00

Price:    £8.99 

Earth: Over 4 Billion Years in the Making

Earth: Over 4 Billion Years in the Making

Full colour book to accompany the 5 part BBC TV series telling the most important story of all, the deep history of our own planet.

Author: Chris Packham, Andrew Cohen

Publisher: William Collins

Hardback. 256pp. 24.5cm by 28.5cm.

ISBN: 9780008507206

Weight: 1.5kg

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £7.99 

F-100 Units of USAFE, The

F-100 Units of USAFE, The

Drawing on the private correspondence of the pilots, this book offers a unique and fascinating insight into the reality of the Cold War for those at its sharp end.

Author: Doug Gordon

Publisher: Fonthill

Hardback. 256pp. 17cm by 25cm.

ISBN: 9781781559109

Weight: 843g

Original Price: £36.00

Price:    £14.99 

Foreign Policy of the Third Reich: 1933-1939, The

Foreign Policy of the Third Reich: 1933-1939, The

Author: Thomas X. Ferenczi

Publisher: Fonthill

Hardback. 316pp. 17cm by 25cm.

ISBN: 9781781558065

Weight: 753g

Original Price: £35.00

Price:    £14.99 

Fourth Reich and Operation Eclipse, The

Fourth Reich and Operation Eclipse, The

The final stages of the war and the race to win territory from the oncoming Russians. Covering the liberation of Denmar, Holland & Norway as well as the events following Hitler's suicide.

Author: Patrick Delaforce

Publisher: Fonthill

Paperback. 224pp. 19cm by 26.5cm.

ISBN: 9781781554005

Weight: 544g

Original Price: £16.99

Price:    £9.99 

Fuel, Fire And Fear: RAF Flight Engineers at War

Fuel, Fire And Fear: RAF Flight Engineers at War

Author: Colin Pateman

Publisher: Fonthill

Hardback. 240pp. 16cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781781556757

Weight: 558g

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £11.99 

German Heavy Fighting Vehicles of the Second World War

German Heavy Fighting Vehicles of the Second World War

Author: Kenneth W. Estes

Publisher: Fonthill

Paperback. 160pp. 17cm by 25cm.

ISBN: 9781781556467

Weight: 351g

Original Price: £18.99

Price:    £8.99 

Gloster Javelin, History of the

Gloster Javelin, History of the

The First All Weather British Fighter.

Author: Ian Smith Watson

Publisher: Fonthill

Hardback. 240pp. 18.5cm by 26cm.

ISBN: 9781781553749

Weight: .768g

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £11.99 

Goldfish, Caterpillars & Guinea Pigs

Goldfish, Caterpillars & Guinea Pigs

Accounts of Pilots and Air Crews from World War II. 'Goldfish' (Lives saved by the use of personal life preservers and dinghies), 'Caterpillar' (Lives saved by parachutes) or: - 'Guinea Pig' (Lives saved by pioneering surgery).

Author: Colin Pateman

Publisher: Fonthill

Paperback. 320pp. 15.5cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781781558577

Weight: 724g

Original Price: £20.00

Price:    £9.99 

Hawker Hunter: A Classic British Jet Fighter

Hawker Hunter: A Classic British Jet Fighter

The Hawker Hunter was Britain's first swept-wing jet fighter capable of exceeding the speed of sound. It was a simple, rugged design that was easy to maintain in service.

Author: Philip Birtles

Publisher: Fonthill

Hardback. 320pp. 17cm by 25cm.

ISBN: 9781781558935

Weight: 957g

Original Price: £35.00

Price:    £14.99 

High Hulls: Flying Boats of the 1930s and 1940s

High Hulls: Flying Boats of the 1930s and 1940s

Delving deeply into a long-vanished part of aviation's golden age.

Author: Charles Bain

Publisher: Fonthill

Hardback. 336pp. 17.5cm by 25cm.

ISBN: 9781781556917

Weight: 997g

Original Price: £40.00

Price:    £15.99 

Hitler's Naval Bases

Hitler's Naval Bases

Kriegsmarine Bases During the Second World War

Author: Jak P. Mallmann Showell

Publisher: Fonthill

Hardback. 256pp. 17cm by 25cm.

ISBN: 9781781551981

Weight: 763g

Original Price: £20.00

Price:    £9.99 

Howard's Whirlybirds

Howard's Whirlybirds

Howard Hughes' Amazing Pioneering Helicopter Exploits

Author: Donald J. Porter

Publisher: Fonthill

Paperback. 224pp. 15cm by 23cm.

ISBN: 9781781554197

Weight: 392g

Original Price: £16.99

Price:    £8.99 

How to Kill a Panther Tank

How to Kill a Panther Tank

Unpublished Scientific Reports from the Second World War.

Author: Craig Moore

Publisher: Fonthill

Paperback. 144pp. 21cm by 27cm.

ISBN: 9781781557969

Weight: 1.043kg

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £10.99 

How to Kill a Tiger Tank

How to Kill a Tiger Tank

Unpublished Scientific Reports from the Second World War.

Author: Craig Moore

Publisher: Fonthill

Paperback. 250pp. 21.5cm by 27.5cm.

ISBN: 9781781558584

Weight: 1.151kg

Original Price: £35.00

Price:    £14.99 

Japan at War 1931-45

Japan at War 1931-45

Author: David Mccormack

Publisher: Fonthill

Hardback. 176pp. 16.5cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781781555453

Weight: 434g

Original Price: £18.99

Price:    £8.99 

Jowett Cars of the 1930s

Jowett Cars of the 1930s

Brothers William and Ben Jowett, of Bradford, Yorkshire, built their first car in 1906 and tested it for four years before going into car production in 1910.

Author: Noel Stokoe

Publisher: Fonthill

Paperback. 144pp. 16cm by 23cm.

ISBN: 9781781555767

Weight: 437g

Original Price: £16.99

Price:    £9.99 

Junkers Ju52 Story, The

Junkers Ju52 Story, The

Author: Jan Forsgren

Publisher: Fonthill

Hardback. 256pp. cm by cm.

ISBN: 9781781555156

Weight: 861g

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £11.99 

King George V-Class Battleships

King George V-Class Battleships

Author: Daniel Knowles

Publisher: Fonthill

Hardback. 400pp. 18.5cm by 26cm.

ISBN: 9781781558393

Weight: 1.156kg

Original Price: £40.00

Price:    £15.99 

London Bus in Colour, The

London Bus in Colour, The

From the 1970s to the 1990s

Author: John Bishop

Publisher: Fonthill

Paperback. 96pp. 16.5cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781781555484

Weight: 301g

Original Price: £14.99

Price:    £6.99 

Military Aviation of the First World War

Military Aviation of the First World War

The Aces of the Allies and the Central Powers.

Author: Alan C. Wood, Alan Sutton

Publisher: Fonthill

Hardback. 360pp. 18cm by 25cm.

ISBN: 9781781558454

Weight: 1.039kg

Original Price: £30.00

Price:    £12.99 

Mosquito Attack!: A Norwegian RAF Pilot at War

Mosquito Attack!: A Norwegian RAF Pilot at War

Author: Finn Eriksrud, Tor Idar Larsen

Publisher: Fonthill

Hardback. 160pp. 16cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781781553114

Weight: 511g

Original Price: £18.99

Price:    £8.99 

Night Hawk

Night Hawk

Flight Lieutenant Karl Kuttelwascher DFC and Bar, the RAF's Greatest Night Intruder Ace.

Author: Roger Darlington

Publisher: Fonthill

Paperback. 192pp. 16cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781781555910

Weight: 372g

Original Price: £16.99

Price:    £7.99 

Patrolling the Cold War Skies

Patrolling the Cold War Skies

This is a flying adventure book set within the framework of the Cold War and told through the lens of the RAF Pilot's Flying Log Book.

Author: Philip Keeble

Publisher: Fonthill

Hardback. 288pp. 18cm by 25cm.

ISBN: 9781781555965

Weight: 890g

Original Price: £30.00

Price:    £12.99 

Phantom in Focus, The

Phantom in Focus, The

A Navigator's Eye on Britain's Cold War Warrior

Author: David Gledhill

Publisher: Fonthill

Hardback. 256pp. 17cm by 25.5cm.

ISBN: 9781781550489

Weight: 1.031kg

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £11.99 

RAF Bomber Command

RAF Bomber Command

'Strike Hard, Strike Sure' 1936-1945

Author: Ron Mackay

Publisher: Fonthill

Hardback. 556pp. 18cm by 24.5cm.

ISBN: 9781781558362

Weight: 1.593kg

Original Price: £45.00

Price:    £18.99 

RAF Fighter Command

RAF Fighter Command

Defence of the Realm 1936-1945

Author: Ron MacKay, Mike Bailey

Publisher: Fonthill

Hardback. 528pp. 18cm by 25cm.

ISBN: 9781781557273

Weight: 1.469kg

Original Price: £45.00

Price:    £19.99 

RAF Manston 1916-1930, A Detailed History of

RAF Manston 1916-1930, A Detailed History of

Author: Joe Bamford, John Williams

Publisher: Fonthill

Paperback. 192pp. 15.5cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781781550946

Weight: 381g

Original Price: £18.99

Price:    £8.99 

RAF Manston 1945-1999, A Detailed History of

RAF Manston 1945-1999, A Detailed History of

Author: Joe Bamford, John Williams, Peter Gallagher

Publisher: Fonthill

Paperback. 192pp. 15.5cm by 23cm.

ISBN: 9781781557648

Weight: 369g

Original Price: £20.00

Price:    £8.99 

RAF Special Duties

RAF Special Duties

During the Second World War, the RAF employed Special Duties pilots and aircrew on operations across a wide range of extraordinary and daredevil missions.

Author: Colin Pateman

Publisher: Fonthill

Hardback. 224pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781781553046

Weight: 648g

Original Price: £20.00

Price:    £8.99 

Rise and Fall of the Luftwaffe, The

Rise and Fall of the Luftwaffe, The

Author: Hauptmann Hermann

Publisher: Fonthill

Paperback. 224pp. 16cm by 23cm.

ISBN: 9781781550069

Weight: 487g

Original Price: £14.99

Price:    £6.99 

Road To Auschwitz, The

Road To Auschwitz, The

The Deportation of the Slovak Jews by the Hlinka Guard.

Author: Walter S. Zapotoczny Jr.

Publisher: Fonthill

Hardback. 256pp. 15cm by 23cm.

ISBN: 9781781558805

Weight: 457g

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £11.99 

Soviet Aircraft Industry

Soviet Aircraft Industry

Author: Peter G. Dancey

Publisher: Fonthill

Hardback. 288pp. 16cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781781552896

Weight: 627g

Original Price: £35.00

Price:    £14.99 

Soviet Cold War Fighters

Soviet Cold War Fighters

Author: Alexander Mladenov

Publisher: Fonthill

Hardback. 304pp. 15cm by 25.5cm.

ISBN: 9781781554968

Weight: 1.194kg

Original Price: £40.00

Price:    £15.99 

Soviet Fighters of the Second World War

Soviet Fighters of the Second World War

From the I-15bis biplane of the late 1930s to the superb La-7 and Yak-3 fighters of the last year of the war, all Red Air Force fighters are covered in this comprehensive volume.

Author: Jason Nicholas Moore

Publisher: Fonthill

Hardback. 416pp. 17cm by 25cm.

ISBN: 9781781558256

Weight: 1.034kg

Original Price: £40.00

Price:    £15.99 

SS Elite

SS Elite

The Senior Leaders of Hitler's Praetorian Guard Vol:1 A-J

Author: Max Williams

Publisher: Fonthill

Hardback. 656pp. 17cm by 25cm.

ISBN: 9781781554333

Weight: 1.744kg

Original Price: £45.00

Price:    £18.99 

Surrender of Napoleon, The

Surrender of Napoleon, The

The Capture of the Emperor After Waterloo

Author: Frederick Lewis Maitland

Publisher: Fonthill

Paperback. 142pp. 15.5cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781781551769

Weight: 319g

Original Price: £14.99

Price:    £6.99 

The All-British Marendaz Special

The All-British Marendaz Special

This is the story of Captain Marendaz, a pilot in the RFC in the Great War and his life as a manufacturer of cars in the 1920s and 1930s when he competed extensively at Brooklands and elsewhere, before moving on to designing and building aircraft.

Author: Graham Skillen

Publisher: Fonthill

Paperback. 192pp. 17cm by 24.5cm.

ISBN: 9781781557020

Weight: 475g

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £10.99 

The Complete Knight's Cross - Volume 1

The Complete Knight's Cross - Volume 1

The Years of Victory 1939-1941

Author: Kevin Brazier

Publisher: Fonthill

Hardback. 356pp. 16cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781781557815

Weight: 851g

Original Price: £36.00

Price:    £19.99 

The Complete Knight's Cross - Volume 2

The Complete Knight's Cross - Volume 2

The Years of Stalemate 1942-1943

Author: Kevin Brazier

Publisher: Fonthill

Hardback. 626pp. 16.5cm by 25cm.

ISBN: 9781781557822

Weight: 1.118kg

Original Price: £40.00

Price:    £18.99 

The Complete Knight's Cross - Volume 3

The Complete Knight's Cross - Volume 3

The Years of Defeat 1944-1945

Author: Kevin Brazier

Publisher: Fonthill

Hardback. 864pp. 17cm by 25cm.

ISBN: 9781781557839

Weight: 1.454kg

Original Price: £45.00

Price:    £19.99 

The Extraordinary Life of Mike Cumberlege SOE

The Extraordinary Life of Mike Cumberlege SOE

Author: Robin Knight

Publisher: Fonthill

Hardback. 208pp. 16cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781781557327

Weight: 409g

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £11.99 

The Royal Aircraft Factory

The Royal Aircraft Factory

The story of the Royal Aircraft Factory at Farnborough, forerunner of the World’s premier aeronautical research establishment.

Author: Paul R. Hare

Publisher: Fonthill

Hardback. 384pp. 17cm by 25cm.

ISBN: 9781781558416

Weight: 1.104kg

Original Price: £35.00

Price:    £14.99 

The Sea, War and Barbed Wire

The Sea, War and Barbed Wire

This is the fascinating story of Captain Stanley Algar, an oil tanker master. Captured in the Atlantic, he and his colleagues spent four years behind barbed wire.

Author: Philip Algar

Publisher: Fonthill

Hardback. 240pp. 16cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781781556825

Weight: 656g

Original Price: £20.00

Price:    £8.99 

The Universe

The Universe

The book of the BBC TV series presented by Professor Brian Cox.

Author: Andrew Cohen, Foreword by Brian Cox

Publisher: William Collins

Hardback. 256pp. 24.5cm by 28.5cm.

ISBN: 9780008389321

Weight: 1.5kg

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £7.99 

Thunder Through the Valleys

Thunder Through the Valleys

Low Level Flying-Low Level Photography

Author: Philip Stevens

Publisher: Fonthill

Paperback. 192pp. 24.5cm by 22.5cm.

ISBN: 9781781557372

Weight: 461g

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £11.99 

Tornado in Pictures: The Multi-Role Legend

Tornado in Pictures: The Multi-Role Legend

Author: David Gledhill

Publisher: Fonthill

Paperback. 96pp. 16.5cm by 23cm.

ISBN: 9781781554630

Weight: 302g

Original Price: £14.99

Price:    £6.99 

Ultimate Flying Wings of the Luftwaffe, The

Ultimate Flying Wings of the Luftwaffe, The

Author: Justo Miranda

Publisher: Fonthill

Hardback. 288pp. 18cm by 25.5cm.

ISBN: 9781781553725

Weight: 818g

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £12.99 

U.S. Navy-Curtiss Flying Boat NC-4, The

U.S. Navy-Curtiss Flying Boat NC-4, The

An Account of the First Transatlantic Flight

Author: Richard V. Simpson

Publisher: Fonthill

Paperback. 128pp. 17cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781625450098

Weight: 336g

Original Price: £18.99

Price:    £8.99 

USS Hornet CV-12

USS Hornet CV-12

Author: Russell Moore

Publisher: Fonthill

Paperback. 256pp. 16.5cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781634994422

Weight: 851g

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £10.99 

Vickers Wellington

Vickers Wellington

This book covers the design, development, production and operational service of the Vickers Wellington from before the Second World War through to the 1950s.

Author: Philip Birtles

Publisher: Fonthill

Hardback. 256pp. 17cm by 25cm.

ISBN: 9781781558683

Weight: 760g

Original Price: £30.00

Price:    £12.99 

Wartime Bombing Decoys in Wales

Wartime Bombing Decoys in Wales

Author: Ivor Jones

Publisher: Fonthill

Paperback. 160pp. 20cm by 25cm.

ISBN: 9781781552339

Weight: 467g

Original Price: £18.99

Price:    £8.99 

When the Navy Took to the Air

When the Navy Took to the Air

The Experimental Seaplane Stations of the Royal Naval Air Service

Author: Philip MacDougall

Publisher: Fonthill

Paperback. 176pp. 15cm by 23cm.

ISBN: 9781781555729

Weight: 286g

Original Price: £18.99

Price:    £8.99 

Zeppelin: The Story of Lighter-Than-Air Craft

Zeppelin: The Story of Lighter-Than-Air Craft

The author of this book was close to the Zeppelin story from its early days. It is sadly ironic that this talented man and strong advocate of the Zeppelin should die in Hindenburg disaster shortly after he had produced the draft for this book.

Author: Ernst A. Lehmann

Publisher: Fonthill

Hardback. 352pp. 16.5cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781781550120

Weight: 933g

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £12.99 

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