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An illustrated history of how the British fighter developed, both single- and two-seaters.At the outset of World War I the British had some 110 assorted aircraft, used mostly for the visual reconnais …

This fourth volume in the comprehensive series “fills a gap in the existing narrative” of WWII’s Mediterranean air war (Journal of Military History).   The fourth volume in thi …

An illustrated history of how the British fighter developed, both single- and two-seaters.At the outset of World War I the British had some 110 assorted aircraft, used mostly for the visual reconnais …

The air battle for Yugoslavia, Greece and Crete began in June 1940 with the Italian declaration of war. In the past, there has been much controversy amongst air historians on many of the details of t …

Born in London of an English father and Australian mother and educated in Switzerland, Billy Drake was to become one of the most illustrious RAF fighter pilots of World War II, indeed of all time. He …

In his monumental work Bloody Shambles, Volume Two, Christopher Shores described in detail the British retreat out of Burma, culminating at the end of May 1942. The monsoon then brought operations on …

During the final year of World War II, the defending Axis forces were steadily driven from southern skies by burgeoning Anglo-American power. This was despite the steady withdrawal of units to more d …