The author, a distinguished Airborne soldier, looks back at some of the Airborne operations of the Second World War to reveal the kind of spirit the airborne assault developed in its soldiers and airmen, and also to compare the operations of the three nations who used them - Germany, Great Britain and United States. First published in 1978 and now reprinted.

Airborne at War

History

Napier, Crookenden

Military

Ian Allan Publishing

This classic title traces the history of the Lightning from the earliest Lockheed "Model 22" through the severe compressibility problems of the prototype YP-38, to the P-38L-5, the fighter-bomber-reconnaissance aircraft of the USAAF in Italy and the Pacific. Graphically illustrated with over 200 action photographs and many eyewitness accounts, this book tells the story of a unique and innovative aircraft, revered for its adaptability and ability to limp home on one engine where other aircraft would have been destroyed.

P-38 Lightning at War

Christy, Joe

Ethell, Jeff

The Deltics: A symposium

'Gradient Profiles' illustrates the nature of the main railway lines in Great Britain as they existed in the era before the demise of main line steam in 1968.

BR Main Line Gradient Profiles : The Age of Steam

A well-done pictorial history of all the locomotives that Sir Nigel Gresley designed over his long career. Justly famous for the A4 class Pacifics, he also designed a host of dependable engines for the LNER and the Eastern and Western Regions of British Rail. Illustrated with line drawings and over 270 black and white photos, this book provides an extensive and entertaining look at one of Britain's great engineers and designers. Includes lists of named and preserved locomotives. 176 pages.

Gresley locomotives: A pictorial history

Brian Haresnape

British Rail Standard Steam Locomotives

Brian Stephenson

Concorde (Modern Civil Aircraft)

Philip Birtles

New impression of a highly popular book first published 1984, along with its companion volume 'GWR Country Stations'. Includes a selection of photographs which reveal the fascinating architectural and operational heritage of the Great Western Railway. Also includes scale drawings.

GWR Country Stations 2: Country Stations 2

Engineering & Transportation

Chris Leigh

Transportation

Saab Viggen

Robert F.Dorr

This is a classic account of a wholly British built and designed aircraft, operated only by the RAF. The Avro Vulcan carried both free-fall and stand-off nuclear weapons, but did not see action until the Falklands campaign.

Avro Vulcan (Postwar military aircraft) (v. 4)

Andrew Brookes

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