Flygstridskrafter & luftkrigföring

Vid andra världskrigets utbrott sökte sig Heinz Knoke till Luftwaffe. Han var ingen framstående flygelev, men lyckades klara av utbildningen. Så småningom utvecklades han till en av det tyska flygvapnets mest framstående jaktpiloter, och utsågs i ...

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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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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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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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A new illustrated history of one of the key air campaigns of late World War II - the American effort to cripple Germany's oil production, and grind its armed forces to a halt. With retreating German forces losing their oilfields on the Eastern Fro...

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The Fw 190D-9 - the 'long-nosed' Dora - represented the cutting edge and pinnacle of wartime Germany's piston-engine aviation development. This new history by leading German aviation specialist Robert Forsyth reveals what it was like to pilot her ...

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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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A study of the Macchi Folgore and Veltro, the most successful Italian fighters in World War II. With specially commissioned profiles, the book examines how these fighters were conceived, their performance and the fascinating stories of their pilot...

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An illustrated history of how Japan devised and launched a new kind of air campaign in late 1944 - the suicidal assaults of the kamikaze units against the approaching Allied fleets. As summer changed to autumn in 1944, Japan was losing the war. St...

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Illustrated with detailed artworks of modern military aircraft and their markings with exhaustive captions and specifications, Technical Guide: Modern Military Aircraft is an extensively researched review of the military aircraft deployed by the w...

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An expertly written, illustrated new analysis of the Desert Storm air campaign fought against Saddam Hussein's Iraq, which shattered the world's fourth-largest army and sixth-largest air force in just 39 days, and revolutionized the world's ideas ...

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The incredible true story of Louis Zamperini, now a major motion picture directed by Angelina Jolie. THE INTERNATIONAL NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER In 1943 a bomber crashes into the Pacific Ocean. Against all odds, one young lieutenant survives. Louise Z...

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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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This title features over 300 aircraft with 1200 wartime and modern identification photographs. It describes all the truly classic aircraft, such as the Spitfire, Messerschmitt Bf109, Heinkel He111, F-14 Tomcat, MiGs, B-52 Stratofortress and B-2 Sp...

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This title covers the technical characteristics of the F-104 Starfighter, one of the most widely-used and popular aircraft in history. Although built in small numbers for the USAF, the F-104C fought and survived for almost three years in Vietnam. ...

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"Natthäxorna" var det namn, fyllt av respekt, som de tyska flygarna på östfronten gav åt de kvinnliga sovjetiska stridsflygarna som natt efter natt bombade deras flygfält med sina bräckliga små dubbeldäckare. Men det fanns många andra kv...

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From acclaimed aviation historian Michael Napier, this is a highly illustrated survey of the aerial fighting in the flashpoints of the Cold War. The Cold War years were a period of unprecedented peace in Europe, yet they also saw a number of local...

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This volume examines the history and development of the Ju 188 twin-engined aircraft, the Luftwaffe's attempt to enhance and improve its peerless Ju 88. The Junkers Ju 188 was the epitome of mid-war German twin-engined aircraft design, representin...

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This book compiles the 4-view color profiles, scale plans, and photo details of the single variant of the Saab J 29B. Scale plans in 1/72 and 1/48 scales plus drawings from wartime technical manuals. Also included are photos of the details in B&am...

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This is the story of one of the greatest Thunderbolt aces of all time, one of America's fabled 56th Fighter Group who hurled their underrated P-47 Thunderbolts against the Luftwaffe's over-whelming power, and won. It tells of his training, his ear...

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Scale plans in 1/48 and 1/72 scale of the Swedish fighter aircraft developed and manufactured between 1955 and 1974, featuring eight A3 size scale plans.

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The story of the unsung heroines who flew the newest, fastest, aeroplanes in World War II - mostly in southern England where the RAF was desperately short of pilots. Why would the well-bred daughter of a New England factory-owner brave the U-boat ...

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Drawing on a superb collection of rare and unpublished photographs the 5th SS Division Wiking 1941 - 1945 is the 5th book in the Waffen-SS Images of War Series by Ian Baxter. The book tells the dramatic story of the 5th SS Panzer Divisioni?1/2Wiki...

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A riveting double biography of Nazi Germany's most highly decorated women test pilots - Hitler's personal Valkyries. Hanna Reitsch and Melitta von Stauffenberg were talented, courageous and strikingly attractive women who fought convention to make...

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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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The Junkers Ju 52 (nicknamed Tante Ju - "Auntie Ju" - and "Iron Annie") was a German transport aircraft manufactured from 1932 to 1945. It saw both civilian and military service during the 1930s and 1940s. The Ju 52 first saw m...

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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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During the final year of World War II, the defending Axis forces were steadily driven from southern skies by burgeoning Anglo-American power. This was despite the steady withdrawal of units to more demanding areas. In this fifth volume of the seri...

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