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Author : Christopher F. Shores,Hans Ring
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015002993684
Beskriver RAF- og Luftwaffe- jageroperationer i Nord-Afrika i begyndelsen af 2. verdenskrig
Author : Christopher F. Shores,Hans Ring
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : PSU:000014032271
Author : Christopher F. Shores
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1247562481
Author : Brian Cull,Frederick Galea
Publisher : Fonthill Media
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-17
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
All known combat claims and lossesMany personal accounts and memories of the battleIllustrated with new and rarely seen photographs Brian Cull and Frederick Galea’s definitive Fighters over Malta: Gladiators and Hurricanes 1940-1942 is a highly-detailed account of the gallant band of RAF and Commonwealth pilots who flew in defence of Malta between June 1940 and April 1942, when help in the guise of Spitfires finally arrived. Most of the Hurricanes, which held this tiny outpost of the British Empire in the heart of Axis-dominated territory, had been flown from the decks of aircraft carriers or from bases in North Africa, while a handful of fighter pilots arrived by Sunderland flying boats or other aircraft in transit from the UK via Gibraltar. Many of these pilots were inexperienced and quickly paid the supreme price, particularly when Messerschmitt Bf 109 pilots of the elite 7/JG26 arrived in Sicily in early 1941, and later in the year when JG53 made their presence felt. Important personal diaries and journals have come to light, and these have been widely quoted to provide the atmospheric background and thoughts and hopes of Hurricane pilots who defended Malta. Not all diarists survived, but their impressions provide a fitting tribute to their courage, aspirations and fears. Much of the early period of the air defence of Malta is enhanced by the personal experiences of Flt Lt (then Sgt Plt) James Pickering AFC, who flew Hurricanes with 261 Squadron.
Author : South African War Histories Advisory Committee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : South Africa
ISBN : UOM:39015010549585
Author : David Page Morgan
Publisher : Kalmbach Publishing, Co.
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Airplanes, Military
ISBN : 9780890247112
This informative guide describes colors and markings for U.S. Army Air Force fighters in the European and Mediterranean theaters of WWII. With more than 300 illustrations and 140 photographs, the book makes an excellent reference for modelers and aviation buffs alike.
Author : David Wragg
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781781597798
Fighter Operations in Europe and North Africa 1939–1945 tells the story of Allied and German fighter pilots in Europe, over the Mediterranean and in North Africa during the Second World War. The book starts with the early skirmishes as each side tested the others defenses, moves through the Battle of Britain and then the Blitz, when the emphasis switched from single-engined day fighters to twin-engined night fighters, while increasingly fighters were used to sweep over enemy air fields and lines of communication in occupied France. This overlapped with the need to provide air cover for the besieged island fortress of Malta by day and by night, as well as defensive operations against Axis forces in Crete and North Africa, but as the balance of power changed in North Africa, the Desert Air Force was formed incorporating elements from many Allied air forces and the emphasis moved to offensive operations in support of ground forces. The invasions of Italy and the South of France also called for fighter cover, initially by carrier-based aircraft. The lessons learnt in North Africa were put to good use by the 2nd Allied Tactical Air Force, which accompanied the advancing allied armies towards and eventually into Germany, achieving all important air supremacy which was a major factor in the Allied victory. The book also covers Luftwaffe fighter pilots as they sought to stop the RAF by night and the USAAF by day, against increasingly overwhelming odds.
Author : James Ambrose Brown
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : UCAL:B4009389
Author : John Terraine
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 878 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781848841925
Traditionally, the right of the line is the vanguard, the place of honour and greatest danger in battle. In this history of the Royal Air Force during the European War of 1939-45, John Terraine shows how the RAF, which in 1939 was small and inadequate for the task it was called upon to perform had, by the end of the war, taken up its proper position. He describes the build-up to war, the early tests in France and at Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain, the Battle of the Atlantic, the RAF in North Africa and the Mediterranean, the strategic air offensive over Germany and eventual victory in Europe. His best book yet The Times John Terraine is a fine historian but he also believes that history should be exciting and readable The Listener
Author : Bryn Evans
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783462605
Compared to the RAF's Fighter and Bomber Commands, the Desert Air Force (DAF) is far less well known, yet its achievements were spectacular.??DAF led the way in North Africa and Italy in pioneering new tactics in close Army-Air Force co-operation on the battlefield, DAF and Allied air forces gave Allied armies in North Africa and Italy a decisive cutting edge.??While the Axis forces used the many rivers and mountains of Tunisia and Italy to slow the Allies' advance, DAF was there to provide that extra mobile firepower _ the artillery from the sky. They were the first multi-national air force, and the first to introduce air controllers in the front lines of the battlefield.??With first-hand accounts by veteran airmen form Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and the USA, this book reveals the decisive victories with which DAF won the war over North Africa, the Mediterranean and Italy in 1942-45.
Author : Craig Stockings
Publisher : UNSW Press
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9781921410253
Challenging in its perspective and controversial in its conclusions, Bardia is a riveting account of the first large-scale battle planned and fought by an Australian formation in World War II. --Book Jacket.
Author : Rob Craig
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-19
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476666310
American International Pictures was in many ways the "missing link" between big-budget Hollywood studios, "poverty-row" B-movie factories and low-rent exploitation movie distributors. AIP first targeted teen audiences with science fiction, horror and fantasy, but soon grew to encompass many genres and demographics--at times, it was indistinguishable from many of the "major" studios. From Abby to Zontar, this filmography lists more than 800 feature films, television series and TV specials by AIP and its partners and subsidiaries. Special attention is given to American International Television (the TV arm of AIP) and an appendix lists the complete AITV catalog. The author also discusses films produced by founders James H. Nicholson and Samuel Z. Arkoff after they left the company.
Author : John William Jaacks
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-08-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781483684307
CONTRAILS Memoirs of A Cold Warrior Jack Jaacks writes a moving personal account of a Midwestern farm boy who dreamed of becoming a military officer and an Air Force Pilot. During the Cold War of the 1950's an attack against the United States by Russian bombers carrying nuclear bombs was believed to be a certainty. America built an Air Defense system to protect itself. Nearly 2000 fighter-interceptor aircraft and 5,000 pilots guarded the skies above America Like fighter pilots of generations before them, the U.S. Air Defense Command pilots flew into hostile skies and lived out the dreams of their youth. And, like their forefathers, many died in keeping America free. No Soviet bomber ever penetrated the U. S. Air Defenses. Jaacks flew the first jet Fighter-Interceptors, the Sabers, Starfires, Scorpions and Delta Daggers in Alaska, the continental U.S., Canada, and in Europe with the Royal Netherlands Air Force. Contrails describes the intensity of a life of an interceptor pilot and how Jaacks became a member of the elite cops of aviators that was the first line of defense against a Soviet nuclear attack against America.
Author : Michael Pearson
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2006-10-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473812888
The scene is set with an overview of the respective states of the RAF and Japanese Airforce, and an explanation of how the American Volunteer Group (The Flying Tigers) came to be in China. There is a concise description of air ops covering the Japanese invasion of Indo China, Malaya and Singapore, together with a close study of the sinking of the Prince of Wales and Repulse, which altered the air/sea power equation. The main emphasis is on the use of air power both offensive, defensive and air transport during the protracted Burma Campaign. This embraces operations in the Arakan and the various Chindit long range penetration expeditions. These relied almost totally on air supply and evacuation. In the later stages of the War, the US and RAF combined forces and predictably this was not without controversy. Few realize that US B29s operating from India attacked Japan itself. Finally the role of ground attack aircraft against the retreating Japanese played a significant part in the Allied advance in Burma.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Defense
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : United States
ISBN : MINN:31951003042541L