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Defiant, Blenheim and Havoc Aces

Author : Andrew Thomas
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780964382
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Defiant, Blenheim and Havoc Aces written by Andrew Thomas and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11-20 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated history of three pioneering fighters. The Defiant and the Blenheim enjoying early successes until they came up against the vastly superior Messerschmitt Bf 109, and the American-built Havoc. The Blenheim IF flew some of Fighter Command's early offensive operations, and the type soon proved vulnerable when pitted against single-seat fighters. However, for much of 1940 the Blenheim fighter squadrons provided the RAF's main long-range convoy escort and nightfighter capability. In the mid-1930s, in an attempt to capitalise on its expertise in power-operated gun turrets, the Boulton Paul Company developed the Defiant, a single-engined fighter in which all the armament was concentrated in the turret behind the pilot. Intended as a 'bomber destroyer', the Defiant had its combat debut over Dunkirk, and initially achieved some considerable success. A number of American-built aircraft called Douglas DB-7 light bombers (named Havoc by the RAF), were fitted with radar for nightfighter duties and others successfully replaced the Blenheim as night intruders. As this book outlines, a total of 11 pilots claimed five or more victories when flying these three types to become aces, whilst no fewer than 33 who became aces claimed at least part of their scores when flying the Blenheim, Defiant or Havoc.

British Secret Projects

Author : Tony Buttler
Publisher : Midland Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Secret Projects written by Tony Buttler and published by Midland Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 8 1/2 x 11, 180 b&w photosThis title completes a trilogy covering the design and development of British fighters and bombers from the end of the biplane era to the present day. This new volume again emphasizes the designs that were never flown. It covers aircraft projects that were prepared from the mid-1930s onwards and that were influenced by the growing threat of another war with Germany, through to some projects which appeared after the war was over. The latter includes early jets such as the Attacker, Sea Hawk and Venom, which all flew post-war but were designed to wartime or immediate post-war requirements.Among the designs featured in this book are fixed-gun fighters, turret fighters, twin-engine cannon fighters, light, medium and heavy bombers, torpedo bombers and flying boats. As in the trilogy's first two volumes, these designs are covered with detailed descriptions and data and numerous photographs of models or artists' impressions showing how these designs would have looked. Unlike the post-war years, details of many earlier unbuilt projects have been lost, but fortunately information on a great number of these has survived, and this will form the most complete record to be published on these fascinating machines.

Boulton Paul Defiant

Author : Alec Brew
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445687151
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book Boulton Paul Defiant written by Alec Brew and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-06-15 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 200 rare and previously unpublished illustrations of this iconic aircraft - the Boulton Paul Defiant.

Boulton Paul Defiant

Author : Mark Ansell
Publisher : Yellow
ISBN 13 : 9788389450197
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Boulton Paul Defiant written by Mark Ansell and published by Yellow. This book was released on 2015-03-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Boulton Paul Defiant is one Britain's most famous night fighter aircraft. First used as a day, then night during the Battle of Britain; and thus saw service as an auxiliary aircraft. Details are provided of a wide selection of historic machines and fascinating color schemes, as well as full technical details. The book is very well illustrated with many period black and white photos as well as a number of walk-around color photos, taken at the RAF Museum Hendon, of the only surviving Defiant. Also included in the book are a number of excellent 1/72nd scale plans and multiple view drawings of all the significant variants as well a numerous color profiles for both RAF and USAAF operated aircraft. It contains 53 black and white wartime photos, 18 black and white line drawings of various marks in 1/72nd scale, 136 color photos that are walk-around shots of the last existing example of a Defiant in the Hendon Museum, UK, several information charts, 16 illustrations out maintenance manuals and 35 full color side profile paintings (a couple of which are three-views). This book will have great appeal to model builders, aircraft enthusiasts, and aviation historians.

Flying to the Limit

Author : Peter Caygill
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 184415226X
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (441 download)

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Download or read book Flying to the Limit written by Peter Caygill and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the design and testing of British fighter planes during World War II.

Defiant

Author : Robert Verkaik
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1472143531
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (721 download)

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Download or read book Defiant written by Robert Verkaik and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2020-06-04 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Defiant is both a stirring testament to the courage of the men who flew them and a welcome new examination of one of the Second World War's most famous conflicts' Alexander Larman, Observer In this startling new perspective on the Battle of Britain, Robert Verkaik reveals the surprising truth about the battle's forgotten fighter, the Boulton Paul Defiant. The crucial role played by the Spitfire and the Hurricane has been exhaustively recorded, but, to date, next to nothing has been written about the third British fighter which took part in the battle. By writing from the unique perspective of the pilots who flew the Defiant and their air-gunners, Verkaik helps to set the record straight. The Air Staff regarded the Defiant as a state-of-the-art bomber destroyer and wanted to equip a third of all Fighter Command squadrons with this new plane. But the head of Fighter Command, Hugh Dowding, had other ideas and went to war with Whitehall over its plan to saddle him with hundreds of 'obsolete' turret fighters. Then at Dunkirk, a Defiant squadron scored a huge success against the Luftwaffe by shooting down more German planes in one day than any other RAF unit before or since. Fighter Command, enthusiastically urged on by the Air Ministry, now committed its third fighter to the coming air battle over southern England. In the desperate dogfights of the battle, Defiants shot down both German bombers and fighters but suffered heavy losses too - one squadron was almost wiped out when it was ambushed by a superior force of Messerschmitt 109s. On 30 August 1940 all Defiant squadrons were withdrawn from the front line. The families of the Defiant air crews believed that their husbands, brothers and sons had died in vain, but the truth is that their vital contribution to the battle over Dunkirk and their role in the Battle of Britain has been all but erased from the official history. The story of the Defiant has not been allowed to mar the glorious victory won by the Spitfire and the Hurricane. But Verkaik has uncovered new records, including top-secret memos written by Hugh Dowding and his deputy Keith Park as well as correspondence with the Air Staff, combat and squadron reports, pilot logs and recordings of the last interviews with Defiant crews. He has also succeeded in tracing relatives of Defiant pilots and gunners to tell the story of the Battle of Britain as it has never been told before. He reveals how the myths which have grown up around the Defiant mask some inconvenient truths.

Boulton Paul Aircraft

Author : Alec Brew
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Boulton Paul Aircraft written by Alec Brew and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book records the aeronautical activities of this Norfolk-based company, with a brief history of its origins by William Moore in 1797, and its work during the First World War. It pioneered metal construction after the war and produced parts for the R-101 airship. As Boulton Paul Aircraft Ltd at Wolverhampton, the Defiant was conceived, and its gun turrets would defend RAF bombers during WWII.

The Defiant File

Author : Alec Brew
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780851302263
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book The Defiant File written by Alec Brew and published by . This book was released on 1996-11-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Battle of Britain

Author : Richard Townshend, Bickers
Publisher : Batsford Books
ISBN 13 : 1849943168
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (499 download)

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Download or read book The Battle of Britain written by Richard Townshend, Bickers and published by Batsford Books. This book was released on 2015-06-25 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the summer of 1940, the overwhelming might of the German air force had triumphed over Poland, Norway, France, Holland and Belgium. As the fighters and bombers of the Luftwaffe amassed on the north west coast of Europe, they had no reason to believe that the heavily outnumbered squadrons of the Royal Air Force (RAF) would prove any more difficult to overcome than their earlier opponents. However, these illusions of invulnerability were soon to be shattered in whirling combats over southern England in the conflict that would be known as the Battle of Britain.

BATTLE OF BRITAIN COMBAT ARCHIVE

Author : SIMON. PARRY
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781906592851
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (928 download)

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RAF Second World War Fighters in Profile

Author : CHRIS. SANDHAM-BAILEY
Publisher : HarperTempest
ISBN 13 : 9781911658061
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (58 download)

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Download or read book RAF Second World War Fighters in Profile written by CHRIS. SANDHAM-BAILEY and published by HarperTempest. This book was released on 2020-02-19 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detailed profile artworks and descriptions of 15 different RAF WW2 fighter types.

Beaufighter Aces of World War 2

Author : Andrew Thomas
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472801717
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)

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Download or read book Beaufighter Aces of World War 2 written by Andrew Thomas and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-02-20 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Entering service at the end of the Battle of Britain, the pugnacious Bristol Beaufighter was deployed in numbers by Fighter Command just in time for the start of the Luftwaffe's night 'Blitz' on Britain. Flown by specialised nightfighter squadrons – several of them elite pre-war Auxiliary Air Force units – it was the first nightfighter to be equipped with an airborne radar as standard. Thus equipped, it combined the ability to 'see' the enemy at night with the devastating hitting power of four cannon and six machine guns. This book covers the exploits of the men who made ace in the Beaufighter and includes stunning original artwork together with first hand accounts of the action.

RAF Fighters vs Luftwaffe Bombers

Author : Andy Saunders
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472808541
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)

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Download or read book RAF Fighters vs Luftwaffe Bombers written by Andy Saunders and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-11-26 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle of Britain was a fight for survival against a seemingly unstoppable foe. With the German army poised to invade, only the fighters of the Royal Air Force stood between Hitler and the conquest of Britain. Losses were high on both sides, but the Spitfires, Hurricanes, Havocs and Defiants of the RAF began to take their toll on the overextended, under-protected Kampfgruppen of Heinkel He 111s, Junkers Ju 87s and 88s, and Dornier Do 17s. Both sides learned and adapted as the campaign went on. As the advantage began to shift from the Luftwaffe to the RAF, the Germans were forced to switch from round-the-clock bombing to only launching night-raids, often hitting civilian targets in the dreaded Blitz. This beautifully illustrated study dissects the tactics and technology of the duels in this new kind of war, bringing the reader into the cockpits of the RAF fighters and Luftwaffe bombers to show precisely where the Battle of Britain was won and lost.

British Experimental Combat Aircraft of World War II

Author : Tony Buttler
Publisher : Anchor Books
ISBN 13 : 9781902109244
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book British Experimental Combat Aircraft of World War II written by Tony Buttler and published by Anchor Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new book by Tony Buttler, a first of its kind, describes the British fighter, bomber, and research aircraft produced in the run up to and during World War II. Detailed coverage of aircraft that were built and flown as prototypes only, combine with others such as the Westland Welkin which entered production but never reached a squadron. Un-built design projects are explained and all types are covered separately, along with a large selection of photographs, some of which have rarely been seen before. This book covers basic short-term insurance fighters such as the Miles M.20, the Martin-Baker M.B.5, and Supermarine Spitfire, which represented the ultimate in piston fighter development, the Fairey Spearfish torpedo bomber and the four engine Vickers Windsor, oddities like the Blackburn B.20 flying boat, and Britain's first jet aircraft, the Gloster E.28/39. A comprehensive appendix, with the use of photographs and brief details, examines one-off examples of standard production types that were fitted with non-standard features. Gathered from archival sources, renowned author Tony Buttler presents a wealth of information on these historic aircraft.

Classic Fighters Colouring Book

Author : Dariusz Grzywacz
Publisher : MMP
ISBN 13 : 9788365281197
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (811 download)

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Download or read book Classic Fighters Colouring Book written by Dariusz Grzywacz and published by MMP. This book was released on 2016-06-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 15 accurate, authentic renderings of classic fighters. You can color them.Also captions with detailed technical data and scale plans.* Hawker Hurricane* Messerschmit Me 163 Komet * Focke-Wulf Fw 190* Grumman Hellcat & Ki 61* Boulton Paul Defiant & Messerschmitt Bf 109 E* Lavochkin La-5FN* F4U Corsair* Polikarpov I-16* Bell P-39 Airacobra* Supermarine Spitfire* Hawker Typhoon* Messerschmitt Bf 109 G* Mitsubishi A6M5 Zero* Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-15* Messerschmit Me 262 A Schwalbe

Luftwaffe Emblems, 1939-1945

Author : Barry Ketley
Publisher : Flight Recorder Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780955426834
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (268 download)

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Download or read book Luftwaffe Emblems, 1939-1945 written by Barry Ketley and published by Flight Recorder Publications. This book was released on 2012-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compilation of all known Luftwaffe unit badges and emblems in full color, covering all types of aircraft and function, ranging from famous fighter and bomber units, through to little-known maritime squadrons, humble training or communication flights. Grouped by squadron type and function, the emblems provide an invaluable aid to both modelers and historians and those interested in WWII Luftwaffe aircraft.

Lancaster

Author : John Nichol
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1471180484
Total Pages : 543 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (711 download)

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Download or read book Lancaster written by John Nichol and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-05-28 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The epic story of an iconic aircraft and the breathtaking courage of those who flew her' Andy McNab, bestselling author of Bravo Two Zero 'Compelling, thrilling and rooted in quite extraordinary human drama' James Holland, author of Normandy 44 From John Nichol, the Sunday Times bestselling author of Spitfire, comes a passionate and profoundly moving tribute to the Lancaster bomber, its heroic crews and the men and women who kept her airborne during the country's greatest hour of need. 'The Avro Lancaster is an aviation icon; revered, romanticised, loved. Without her, and the bravery of those who flew her, the freedom we enjoy today would not exist.' Sir Arthur Harris, the controversial chief of Royal Air Force Bomber Command, described the Lancaster as his 'shining sword' and the 'greatest single factor in winning the war'. RAF bomber squadrons carried out offensive operations from the first day of the Second World War until the very last, more than five and a half years later. They flew nearly 300,000 sorties and dropped around a million tons of explosives, as well as life-saving supplies. Over 10,000 of their aircraft never returned. Of the 7,377 Lancasters built during the conflict, more than half were lost to enemy action or training accidents. The human cost was staggering. Of the 125,000 men who served in Bomber Command, over 55,000 were killed and another 8,400 were wounded. Some 10,000 survived being shot down, only to become prisoners of war. In simple, brutal terms, Harris's aircrew had only a 40 per cent chance of surviving the war unscathed. Former RAF Tornado Navigator, Gulf War veteran and bestselling author John Nichol now tells the inspiring and moving story of this legendary aircraft that took the fight deep into the heart of Nazi Germany.