Captain Eric 'Winkle' Brown flew no fewer than 55 WWII German
aircraft, ranging from exotic creations such as the prone-pilot
Berlin B 9 and Horten IV, the push-and-pull Dornier DO 335 and the
remarkable Heinkel HE 162 Volksjager, to the highly innovative
combat types that were entering the service shortly before the
demise of the Third Reich. He interrogated leading German aviation
personalities including Willy Messerschmitt, Ernst Heinkel, Kurt
Tank and Hanna Reitsch. From his unique knowledge of German
aviation, he describes the background and characteristics of the
most important aircraft developed for the Luftwaffe. This new
edition, which includes colour photos and drawings has been
revised and updated by Hikoki Publications.
New in d/w - Large format, 271pp, 223 photos, cutaways, cockpit layouts
& 3-view drawings.
The author was the navigator in an ace night fighter crew in
WWII. Initially in a defensive role in a Douglas Havoc with the
little-known Turbinlite searchlight system, he later moved to 141
Squadron flying Beaufighters, the RAF's first purpose designed nightfighter, pioneering the science of radar-directed
interception. The codename for the operation was Serrate and this
is the most detailed account of it.
In a timely and
eye-opening book, Rodric Braithwaite examines the Russian
experience during the Soviet war in Afghanistan. Basing his
account on Russian sources and interviews, he shows the war
through the eyes of the Russians themselves - politicians,
officers, soldiers, advisers, journalists, the women who served
there, and the women of Afghanistan.
New in card cover - 417pp, numerous illustrations, maps
The events of a few days in August 1945 brought WWII to an end.
They also destroyed the city of Nagasaki and killed 80,000 of its
inhabitants, half of them instantly. The author interviewed elderly
survivors and descendants of the victims, and gathered their
recollections together with contemporary diaries and letters, plus
details from official documents. The result is a unique
reconstruction which follows ordinary Japanese in the hours before
and after the blast to provide a gripping account of the
decision-making, the devastation and the loss.
The first ever
examination of the unknown story of WWII Canadian tank production,
based on official reports & coupled with many recently uncovered
photographs. The vehicles described in this book proved that
Canada was capable of developing & constructing tanks which could
more than hold their own, but the realities of economy of scale
meant that Canadian Divisions eventually came to be equipped with
American Armoured Fighting vehicles.
