The 'Tonkin Gulf
Yacht Club' was the tongue-in-cheek nickname of the US
Seventh Fleet that was stationed off the coast of Vietnam
and this book tells the full story of the US Naval air
campaign in the Vietnam War from 1965 to 1975. On August 2,
1964, the USS Maddox became embroiled in the infamous Gulf
of Tonkin incident that led directly to America's increased
involvement in the Vietnam War. Supporting the Maddox that
day were four F-8E Crusaders from the USS Ticonderoga, and
this was the very start of the US Navy's commitment to the
air war over Vietnam. The story is told through the dramatic
first-hand accounts of those that took part in the
fightingand the Vietnamese perspective is also given, the
author having had access to the official Vietnamese account
of the war in the air.
New in d/w - 400pp, 2 maps, 34 colour &
b/w photos
The Blitzkrieg in the East,
1941-1945. The Ju 87 Stuka dominated the opening campaigns
of World War II. It was a primary weapon of German
Blitzkrieg tactics and the concept of lightning warfare.
Together with the panzer, it transformed air and land
warfare, with countries falling in days and weeks, rather
than after campaigns lasting years. With more than 100
photographs and detailed commentary, Stukas over the Steppe
captures the many roles adopted by these famous dive-bombers
as they blasted a path across Eastern Europe.
New
in card cover - A4 format,
72pp, 130 b/w & 12 colour photos
The 43rd (Wessex Division) was commanded by the
idiosyncratic General Ivo Thomas who, prior to the Normandy
invasion, had trained his formation to the peak of
efficiency. From June 1944 to May 1945 the 'Fighting Yellow
Devils' took a leading part in the operations of 21st Army
Group's campaign from the beaches of Normandy to the German
surrender.
This copy is signed by the author.
Fair in card
cover - 295pp, numerous b/w illustrations
Another ideal reference source
for both modellers and historians. This latest Warpaint
volume records the Vulcan B.1, B.1A. B.2 and K.2 from the
1960s to 1980, from V-bomber to low-level attack aircraft
and its niche as an air-to-air tanker, to it's final use as
a long range conventional bomber during the Falklands
campaign in 1982. With fold out drawings, eight pages of
colour profiles, plus 27 colour and 63 black and white
photos
New in card cover - A4 format, 40pp,
numerous b/w photos & colour plates, foldout 1:72
scale plans
The
history of the Iraeli Air Force from the first air battles
in the War of Independence to the decimation of the Syrians
over the Bekkar Valley. Includes the 1956 Campaign, the
Six-Day War, the war of Attrition and Yom Kippur.
very good in slightly creased d/w -
xiv + 226pp, 36 illustrations & photos, maps
