Flygstridskrafter & luftkrigföring

"Texterna torde absolut tilltala dem som kittlas av krigshistoria, flyghistoria och personöden." BTJ Över ett dussin svenskar lyckades trots många hinder bli flygare på brittisk sida under andra världskriget. De upplevde några av 1900-ta...

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På en sömnig flygbas i Alabama under åren före andra världskriget la en liten grupp avhoppade piloter fram en radikal idé: Tänk om vi kan göra flygbombningen så pricksäker att framtidens krig kommer utkämpas helt och hållet i luften? Bombmaffian b...

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Focke-Wulf 190 var ett av de mest legendariska tyska jaktflygplanen under andra världskriget. Det flögs av många av de stora essen. Just den flygplansindivid som denna bok handlar om tillverkades i Tyskland 1944 och flögs av ett av de största tysk...

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Syftet med denna bok är att för första gången genomföra en djupare undersökning och analys av de haverier med dödlig utgång som skedde mellan 1946 och 1989. Det är också ett försök att för allmänheten på ett begripligt sätt klarlägga vad som egent...

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SKUNK WORKS is the true story, told for the first time, of America's most secret and successful aerospace operation. As recounted by Ben Rich, the operation's brilliant boss for nearly two decades, the story of Lockheed's legendary Skunk Works is ...

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Hur var det att vara flygare i Hitlers Luftwaffe under andra världskriget? I denna bok ger veteranerna själva svaret på detta. Christer Bergström har i fem decennier genomfört mängder av resor i bl.a. Tyskland för att besöka och intervjua pilotvet...

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Under det kalla kriget hade Sverige ett av världens största flygvapen. Det bestod nästan enbart av svenska stridsflygplan. Bara stormakterna gjorde liknande ansträngningar. Satsningen berörde hela samhället. Överallt i landet fanns flygflottiljer,...

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Hur var det att vara flygare i Hitlers Luftwaffe under andra världskriget? I Del 2 av Tyska flygare under andra världskriget låter författaren Christer Bergström veteranerna som var med utveckla detta. Christer Bergström har i fem decennier genomf...

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A vivid narrative history, packed with first-hand accounts, of the US Eighth Air Force's VIII Fighter Command from its foundation in 1942 through to its victory in the skies over Nazi Germany. On August 7, 1942, two events of major military import...

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Nattjaktflygare med svensk anknytning! En helt fantastisk och unik biografi av det tyska flygaressen Wolfgang Thimmig. Han började kriget som pilot på en Messerschmitt 110, med vilken han flög sitt första stridsuppdrag över Polen den 1 september 1...

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Using the diaries of Luftwaffe commanders, rare contemporary photographs and other previously unpublished sources, Robert Forsyth analyzes the human, strategic, tactical and technical elements of one of the most dramatic operations arranged by the...

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Hur var det att vara flygare i Hitlers Luftwaffe under andra världskriget? Christer Bergström har i fem decennier genomfört mängder av resor i bl.a. Tyskland för att besöka och intervjua pilotveteraner. Här återger han vad veteranerna själva berät...

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In this new, fully updated edition 2020, expert author Francis Crosby traces the development of fighters from World War I to the present day, and highlights actions in which fighters played a crucial role. The A-Z sections form an illustrated guid...

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Adolf Galland är den mest legendariska av alla jaktflygare i Luftwaffe. Många myter och legender kringgärdar Adolf Galland. Mycket som sagts och skrivits om honom är helt enkelt inte sant. Här presenteras den sanna historien om Christer Bergströms...

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Alarmstart (scramble) charts the experiences of the German fighter pilots in the Second World War, based on extensive recollections of veterans as well as primary documents, diaries and flying log books, with photographs from the veterans themselv...

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In the summer of 1940, the future of Britain and the free world depended on the morale and skill of the young men of Fighter Command. This is their story. The Battle of Britain is one of the most crucial battles ever fought, and the victory of Fig...

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From the television footage shown in all its stark reality and the daily coverage and subsequent memoirs, the impression delivered from the air battles in the Falklands Conflict was that of heroic Argentine pilots who relentlessly pressed home the...

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The Spitfire turns 80 on 5 March 2016, and the passion for the RAF's best-loved fighter is running at an all-time high. There are more than 50 Spitfires flying in the world today, and John Dibbs has shot virtually all of them 'on the wing' in his ...

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The story of what really led to Germany losing the battle of Stalingrad - the inability of the Luftwaffe to keep Sixth Army supplied throughout the winter of 1942-43 - and why this crucial airlift failed. Luftwaffe chief Hermann Goering's failure ...

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The Saab 37 Viggen is a Swedish single-seat, single-engine, short-medium range combat aircraft. Development work on the type was initiated at Saab in 1952 and resulting aircraft performed its first flight on 8 February 1967. Viggen entered service...

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On D-Day, Dick Winters took off with 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment and prepared to parachute into German-held north France. Ground troops landing on Utah beach were relying on Easy Company to secure one of the causeways that were vital if the ...

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'Irresistible . . . My aviation title of the year' Rowland White 'Stupendously brilliant . . . Completely addictive' James Holland 'The most explosive book about aircraft ever' Jim Moir, aka Vic Reeves From the terror and exhilaration of First Wor...

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One of 'The 30 Best Travel and Adventure Books of All Time', as selected by Gear Patrol, Winner 2015 US Travel and Adventure website. Fighter Pilot was written from the immediate and unfettered personal journal that 23-year-old Flying Officer Paul...

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Take an action-packed flight through the history of aircraft and the intrepid pioneers who made a dream become reality. Uncover the engineering behind more than 800 aircraft models, from military jets to commercial planes. This visual history book...

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The small number of Finnish fighter pilots who defended Finland in three separate wars between 1939 and 1945 amassed scores only bettered by the Luftwaffe's pilots. Initially equipped with a mixed collection of fighters acquired from sources acros...

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Researched from original-language primary sources, this is a uniquely well-informed and multi-faceted history of the World War I air campaign of Bloody April. Researched from original German-, French-, and English-language sources, and written by ...

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With stunning artwork and detailed analysis, this volume provides a pilot's view of the dramatic clashes between these two legendary fighters, as some of the most gifted and 'big name' aces of World War II went head to head in the skies of North-W...

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The first English-language book to examine the crucial part air power played in the Soviet-Afghan War. The Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan was fought as much in the air as on the ground. From the high-level bombing raids that blasted rebel-...

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The helicopter came on the scene too late to play other than a minor role in the Second World War but by the Korean conflict the Bell H-13 Sioux, OH-23 Raven and Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw were in service. It was in Vietnam that the US military helic...

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