The year 1940 was bad for Britain; German victories in Poland and France left the British fighting alone. On the night of November 11, the Royal Navy’s HMS Illustrious struck back with a daring raid in which 20 Swordfish torpedo bombers inflicted severe losses on the Italian fleet at Taranto. Here is the true story of the raid, an attack which permanently tipped the balance of power in the Mediterranean toward the Allies.

Swordfish: The Story of the Taranto Raid

History

Wragg, David W.

Military

Weidenfeld Nicolson Ltd

Flight with power: The first ten years

St.Martin's Press

Hardcover: 160 pages Publisher: Crescent; 1St Edition edition (April 8, 1990) Language: English ISBN-10: 0517687623 ISBN-13: 978-0517687628 Product Dimensions: 12.4 x 9.9 x 0.6 inches Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds

Helicopters at war: A pictorial history

Science & Math

Technology

Engineering & Transportation

Transportation

Robert_Hale

The Offensive Weapon: The Strategy of Bombing

The offensive weapon: The strategy of bombing

Engineering

R. Hale

Vivid first-hand accounts with action photographs reveal a true picture of war on an aircraft carrier.This is the stirring account of the aircraft carrier at war and the crucial naval actions in which aircraft carriers of all nations have played a pivotal role. The story is told primarily through personal accounts by the men who crewed the carriers and flew the aircraft off the decks, from the open cockpits of the primitive Fleet Air Arm Swordfish torpedo biplanes leading the attack on the Bismarck in 1941, to the clash of the US and Japanese navies at the Battle of Midway, to the lethal hi-tech F/A-18 Hornets of the US Navy during the 1991 Gulf War.

Carrier Combat

Sutton Pub Ltd

The Fleet Air Arm Handbook 1939-45 is the most comprehensive review available of the Royal Navy's air power during the war years. Starting with a brief history, the book progresses with a full war diary of all of the major operations in a gripping narrative account. In-depth analysis reveals what it was like to work as part of the Fleet Air Arm during the war - the food, accommodation, training, activities and uniform; and gives a glimpse into the men's characters. At the outbreak of the Second World War, British naval aviation was in the midst of chaos and confusion. But as this book shows, the rapid expansion of the Fleet Air Arm was one of the major achievements of the war. The author provides a detailed look at the aircraft, squadrons, naval air stations and aircraft carriers, battleships and cruisers involved. The book ends with a review of what is available at the Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton.

The Fleet Air Arm Handbook 1939-1945

Haynes Pubns

Flight before flying

F. Fell Publishers

Osprey_Publishing

A fine copy in a near fine copy with no markings and light wear. The jacket is protected in new mylar.

Airlift: A History of Military Air Transport

Presidio Pr

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