Follow the 3rd Fighter Aviation Corps along its Combat Path during the Liberation of the Motherland through the experiences of one of its units – the 812th Fighter Aviation Regiment.Drawing on a comprehensive range of archives, memoirs, and photographs, the authors describe this unit’s daily combat activities in detail from its formative Rzhev - Vyazma days on the doorstep of Moscow, into the pivotal Stalingrad battles, and on through the hard-won victories along the shores of the Sea of Azov – Kuban, Myskhako, Molochnaya – and beyond.In this volume, part one of the 812th regiment’s combat history reaches its climax with the ejection of the Luftwaffe from its remaining bases near the besieged fortress city of Sevastopol, while the Red Army liberates the Crimea from the grip of the Wehrmacht. We leave the 812th – General Savitskiy’s “Dragons on Birds Wings” – as it regroups and prepares for the great drive through Europe where it will end the war in Berlin itself...This is the one of the first primary source derived, and by some accounts foremost, English-language histories of an operational regiment-sized VVS (Soviet Air Force) unit during the Great Patriotic War. Forward by Von Hardesty.Expert translation from an original Russian manuscript by James Gebhardt in consultation with Dr. Ilya Grinberg.Useful appendices and comprehensively indexed.

Dragons on Bird Wings: The Combat History of the 812th Fighter Air Regiment: Volume 1: Liberation of the Motherland

History

Vlad Antipov

Igor Utkin

Americas

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Drawing on an immense range of archival records, memoirs, and photographs collected over decades of diligent research, author Carl Vincent provides a unique insight into some of the men and machines covered under the broad title Canadian Aircraft of WWII. Each entry’s narrative is loaded with history, much of it previously unpublished and is illustrated by rare and relevant photos plus deeply researched large-format color profiles, all complemented by highly informative captions. Discover how the oddball little Fleet Fort came into its new role, why the Bolingbroke was much more than “just a Canadian Blenheim”, when chewing gum could prove vital for a Sunderland crew, who was one of the Allies’ premier train-busters, and much more… Covered in this AviaDossier: DeHavilland Fox Moth (with 2 profiles &amp; 5 photos) Consolidated Catalina I (with 2 profiles &amp; 5 photos) North American Mustang I (with 3 profiles &amp; 6 photos ) Fleet Fort (with 2 profiles &amp; 2 photos) Short Sunderland III (with 2 profiles &amp; 5 photos) Hawker Hurricane XII (with 2 profiles &amp; 2 photos) Bristol Bolingbroke IV (with 3 profiles &amp; 5 photos) Northrop Delta (with 4 profiles &amp; 5 photos) Douglas Boston III &amp; IIIA (with 2 profiles &amp; 3 photos) Consolidated Liberator GR.V(Can) (with 1 profile &amp; 4 photos) Bristol Bolingbroke IVW (with 2 profiles &amp; 3 photos) Blackburn Shark II (with 2 profiles &amp; 2 photos) Supermarine Stranraer (with 1 profile &amp; 2 photos) Supermarine Spitfire FR.IX &amp; FR.XIV (with 1 profile ea. &amp; 2 photos) Beaufighter TF.X (with 5 profiles &amp; 10 photos) Lysander IIIA TT (with 2 profiles &amp; 2 photos) Curtiss Kittyhawk Mk.IV (with 2 profiles &amp; 2 photos) Lockheed Hudson I (with 4 profiles &amp; 5 photos) Stocky Edwards’ Spitfire &amp; Fw190 (with 1 profile ea. &amp; 3 photos) Foreword by Canadian Second World War Ace, and Canada’s highest scoring living fighter pilot, W/C JF “Stocky” Edwards. 2 useful appendices. Fully indexed.

Canadian Aircraft of WWII (AviaDossier)

Vincent, Carl

Why this particular topic? Why the incredible detail, the result of such painstaking research? Because, I am convinced, that the subject is a part of the central core of Canadian history. In the two decades between the World Wars, Canada developed greatly, building upon the sense of solidarity gained in the first of these conflicts. Much of this was facilitated by the development of technology, of which aviation was a major part. Oddly enough, for such a laisser faire society it was the Canadian government that played a leading role in this, and the RCAF and its predecessors was its instrument. Not only did the “bush pilots in uniform” pioneer myriad aspects of aviation in all parts of Canada, but despite a miniscule budget and a suspicious parliament and populace they maintained the nucleus of a military air arm which slowly developed into the framework of the wartime RCAF. But, whatever honor is due to the men (and it is great), it is the aircraft that provide the visual impact and the structure of the narrative. An incredible number of types, suitable and unsuitable, were flown and maintained under all manner of conditions and a knowledge of them is essential for the appreciation of both the impact and the substance of the subject. When this knowledge is presented in such a totality of detail and sequentiality as here, no more is required. The same can be said for the massive coverage of paint schemes and markings. This merits more than the usual patronizing reference to its value for the “modeling fraternity” as well as to artists and illustrators. Its development and evolution is part and parcel of the story – a visual description of the conflicting forces of official standards and small groups of men and machines in which the former must interpret those standards as best they might. – From the Foreword by writer, historian, author Carl Vincent Voted Book of the Month when reviewed in Aeroplane Monthly (August 2011). Numerous useful appendices. Fully indexed.

Early Canadian Military Aircraft: Acquisitions, Dispositions, Colour Schemes & Markings: Volume 1: Aircraft taken on strength through 1920

GRIFFIN, JOHN

Stachiw, Anthony

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