Aviation & Space
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The Royal Air Force in Texas: Training British Pilots in Terrell During World War II
$19.95 Add to cartWith the outbreak of World War II, British Royal Air Force (RAF) officials sought to train aircrews outside of England, safe from enemy attack and poor weather. In the United States the first of six s… [more below]
- Series: War and the Southwest #8
- Author: Killebrew, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 13 2009
- ISBN10: 1574412728
- Language: English
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Lost Airmen: The Epic Rescue of WWII U.S. Bomber Crews Stranded Behind Enemy Lines
$29.99 Read moreLate in 1944, thirteen U.S. B-24 bomber crews bailed from their cabins over the Yugoslavian wilderness. Bloodied and disoriented after a harrowing strike against the Third Reich, the pilots took refug… [more below]
- Author: Stanley, Charles E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 15 2022
- ISBN10: 168451262X
- Language: English
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Lockheed F-104 G/J/S/AMA Starfighter: Aircraft in Detail
$41.00 Read moreA complete close up of the F-104 Starfighter, both single seat and two-seat versions, including aircraft from the US, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Spain, Germany, Italy, and Japan.
- Series: Duke Hawkins
- Author: Pied, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 180
- Publish Date: December 02 2022
- ISBN10: 2931083178
- Language: English
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The Mighty Eighth: Masters of the Air Over Europe 1942-45
$40.00 Read moreThe perfect companion to Masters of the Air on Apple TV+, this is a superbly illustrated examination of the aircraft, pilots, crews and operations of the US Eighth Air Force.
The US Eighth Air Force-k- Author: Nijboer, Donald
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 1472854217
- Language: English
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46 Driver a Marine Corps Helicopter Pilot’s Vietnam Memoir
$16.95 Add to cart“The kaleidoscopic tale of a Marine Corps CH-46 helicopter pilot and his comrades in Vietnam. This memoir is a tour through Marine Corps Officer’s Candidate School, naval flight training and the quagm… [more below]
- Author: Reiner, Arnold
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 172
- Publish Date: November 19 2013
- ISBN10: 1604520841
- Language: English
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Making a Night Stalker
$19.99 Add to cartDavid Burnett takes readers into a unique world of the 160th Special Operations Aviation regiment. His journey starts in a conventional Army unit where he doesn’t feel fulfilled in his duties and obli
- Author: Burnett, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: December 12 2018
- ISBN10: 0999856502
- Language: English
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Hero Found: The Greatest POW Escape of the Vietnam War
$19.99 Add to cartFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Sons and Soldiers comes the incredible but true story of Dieter Dengler, the only pilot to escape captivity from a POW camp in the Laotian jungle during t
- Author: Henderson, Bruce
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 24 2011
- ISBN10: 0061571377
- Language: English
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The Last Fighter Pilot: The True Story of the Final Combat Mission of World War II
$16.99 Add to cart*A NATIONAL BESTSELLER *
The New York Post calls The Last Fighter Pilot a “must-read” book. From April to August of 1945, Captain Jerry Yellin and a small group of fellow fighter pilots flew dangero- Series: World War II Collection
- Author: Brown, Don
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 11 2021
- ISBN10: 1684511895
- Language: English
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Fateful Rendezvous: The Life of Butch O’Hare
$26.95 Add to cartFighter pilot Butch O’Hare became one of America’s heroes in 1942 when he saved the carrier Lexington in what has been called the most daring single action in the history of combat aviation. In fascin… [more below]
- Series: Bluejacket Books
- Author: Lundstrom, John B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 358
- Publish Date: April 15 2012
- ISBN10: 1591142490
- Language: English
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Making a Night Stalker
$24.99 Add to cartDavid Burnett takes readers into a unique world of the 160th Special Operations Aviation regiment. His journey starts in a conventional Army unit where he doesn’t feel fulfilled in his duties and obli
- Author: Burnett, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: December 12 2018
- ISBN10: 0999856529
- Language: English
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Warnings Unheeded: Twin Tragedies at Fairchild Air Force Base
$19.99 Add to cartMass murder and military aviation disaster. One community’s experience with two fatal tragedies that occurred suddenly… but not without warning.
On 20 June 1994, a vengeance-seeking gunman opened fir
- Author: Brown, Andy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 380
- Publish Date: November 05 2016
- ISBN10: 0997863404
- Language: English
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Lake Michigan’s Aircraft Carriers
$24.99 Add to cartThis is the story of the USS Wolverine and the USS Sable, two Great Lakes excursion ships converted for aircraft carrier training during WWII.
Through the duration of the war, the United States Navy qu
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: Somers, Paul M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: November 05 2003
- ISBN10: 0738532088
- Language: English
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Lords of the Horizons: A History of the Ottoman Empire
$25.99 Add to cartA work of dazzling beauty…the rare coming together of historical scholarship and curiosity about distant places with luminous writing. —The New York Times Book Review
Since the Turks first shattere- Author: Goodwin, Jason
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: January 01 2003
- ISBN10: 0312420668
- Language: English
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The Few: The American Knights of the Air Who Risked Everything to Fight in the Battle of Britain
$21.99 Add to cartFrom the author of national bestsellers The Bedford Boys and The Longest Winter comes “a rousing tale of little-known heroes” (Booklist).
The Few tells the dramatic and unforgettable story of eight you… [more below]- Author: Kershaw, Alex
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: August 28 2007
- ISBN10: 0306815729
- Language: English
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Black Cross Red Star Air War Over the Eastern Front: Volume 4, Stalingrad to Kuban 1942-1943
$49.99 Add to cartRegarded as the standard work on the air war over the Eastern Front during World War II, Christer Bergstr m’s unique Black Cross/Red Star series covers the history of the air war on the Eastern Front
- Series: Black Cross Red Star – Air War Over the Eastern Fr #VOL.
- Author: Bergström, Christer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 372
- Publish Date: September 16 2019
- ISBN10: 9188441504
- Language: English
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Operation Overflight: A Memoir of the U-2 Incident
$27.95 Add to cartThe true story that inspired the feature film Bridge of Spies
In this new edition of his classic 1970 memoir about the notorious U-2 incident, pilot Francis Gary Powers reveals the full story of what- Author: Powers, Francis Gary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: December 01 2003
- ISBN10: 1574884220
- Language: English
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A Dawn Like Thunder: The True Story of Torpedo Squadron Eight
$25.99 Add to cartOne of the great untold stories of World War II finally comes to light in this thrilling account of Torpedo Squadron Eight and their heroic efforts in helping an outmatched U.S. fleet win critical vic… [more below]
- Author: Mrazek, Robert J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: October 26 2009
- ISBN10: 0316056537
- Language: English
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The Hunter Killers: The Extraordinary Story of the First Wild Weasels, the Band of Maverick Aviators Who Flew the Most Dangerous Missions
$16.99 Add to cart“A GRIPPING CLASSIC. Exhaustively researched, The Hunter Killers puts you directly into a Wild Weasel fighter cockpit during the Vietnam War. Dan Hampton lets you feel it for yourself as no one else c
- Author: Hampton, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: June 07 2016
- ISBN10: 0062375121
- Language: English
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The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
$38.00 Add to cartDive into this “truly compelling” (Good Morning America) New York Times bestseller that explores how technology and best intentions collide in the heat of war–from the creator and host of the podcast
- Author: Gladwell, Malcolm
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 27 2021
- ISBN10: 0316309850
- Language: English
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Hitler’s Last Christmas: The Day the Entire Mighty 8th Air Force Entered the Battle of the Bulge
$24.95 Add to cartHitler’s Last Christmas: The Day the Entire Mighty 8th Air Force Entered the Battle of the Bulge provides an account of the history and results of the largest aerial bombing mission ever. The story be
- Author: Kilburg, Donald F., Jr.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 322
- Publish Date: May 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1977206395
- Language: English
