The Big Drop

The Big Drop The Guns of Merville, June 1944

Golley, John

Janeʼs

This is the story of RAF Hurricane squadrons 81 and 134, whose spirited resistance to the Nazi invasion of Russia in 1941 was both unusual and successful. Hitler had initiated Operation Barbarossa, the Red Army was retreating, and the Hurricane squadrons were needed to protect supply ports.

Hurricanes over Murmansk

Distributed by Sterling Pub., Co

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WHITTLE

Biographies & Memoirs

Smithsonian

The Day of the Typhoon: Flying with the RAF Tankbusters in Normandy

Wrens Park Publishing

Cunningham's wartime fame as an outstanding night-fighter ace was followed by a long career in test flying during the exciting post-war period, when the jet engine was developed to power both military and civil aircraft. This biography records his life and work.

John "Cat's Eyes" Cunningham: The Aviation Legend

Airlife Publishing Ltd.

The Day of the Typhoon

The Crowood Press Ltd.

John Cunningham's wartime fame as an outstanding night-fighter ace was followed by a long career in test flying during the exciting post-war period when the jet engine was developed to power both military and civil aircraft. As chief test pilot for the de Havilland Aircraft Company he was at the leading edge of the quest for supersonic flight and in the development of the Comet, the world's first jet airliner. As "Cat's-eyes Cunningham" he became a household name during the bombing blitz of Britain, symbolizing the growing effectiveness of the RAF's embryonic defending night-fighter force. Few knew of his major role in perfecting the operational use of radar interception. He was the first squadron pilot in the world to shoot down an enemy aircraft using radar. His partnership with Jimmy Rawnsley, his navigator, provides a fascinating insight into the air war under the cover of darkness.

John 'Cat'S-Eyes' Cunningham: The Aviation Legend (Airlife Classics)

Leaders & Notable People

Airlife Pub Ltd

Aircrew Unlimited: The Commonwealth Air Training Plan During World War 2

History

Military

Motorbooks Intl

This is the story of a genius throttled by British government bureaucracy. Although gagged for decades by the secrecy of that period, the story can now be told in full and these revelations provide a fascinating insight into the attitudes of the wartime government and military establishment, attitudes that led to one of the greatest inventions of all time being offered freely to those who were to become Britain's main aircraft manufacturing competitors.

Genesis of the Jet: Frank Whittle and the Invention of the Jet Engine

Engineering & Transportation

Whittle, Frank

Transportation

In 12 April 1937 Frank Whittle became the first person to successfully start and run a turbojet engine. In May 1941 the engine took to the air in an experimental Gloster-Whittle aircraft, but despite the RAF's desperate need for air supremacy over her enemies, little support was forthcoming from the military establishment. It was the enthusiasm of the American General 'Hap' Arnold that took the next stage of development to the USA and within six months Whittle's invention was powering more American Jets than British. This is the story of the genius throttled by British government bureaucracy, for even when in 1943 Rolls-Royce became involved with the successful design and manufacture of engines based on Whittle's concepts, his company was nationalised and banned from engine production! Although gagged for decades by the secrecy of that period, the story can now be told in full and these revelations provide a fascinating insight into the attitudes of the wartime government and military establishment, attitudes that led to one of the greatest inventions of all time being offered freely to those who were to become Britain's main aircraft manufacturing competitors. This book was previously known as "Genesis of the Jet: Frank Whittle and the invention of the Jet Engine". As part of this new release we have included a supplement by Ian Whittle and a copy of the patents submitted in Germany by Sir Frank Whittle back in 1932.

Jet: Frank Whittle and the Invention of the Jet Engine

Datum Publishing Ltd

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