Archive for Items Categorized 'Military', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.

Rolls-Royce Motors: The Crewe Years

by Malcolm Bobbitt

Hard to imagine but a mere 64 pages manage to convey one of the best condensed versions of what was this fabled marque’s home for most of its now 110-year history.

Hungarian Fighter Colours 1930–1945

by Dénes Bernád and György Punka

Written specifically with the modeler in mind as sort of an authenticity guide in regards to paint and markings, these excellent books actually do quite a bit more by fleshing out one of the lesser-known chapters of WWII military aviation with extensively researched micro detail.

Breguet 27, Potez 39, Mureaux 115/117

by José Fernandez

These three French light aircraft of the 1930s borrowed construction techniques from the car industry. Many previously unpublished photos add layers of detail, especially about their service with foreign air forces.

The Pucará Story

by Ricardo Caballero, Phil Cater

Still in production after some 45 years, and still only airplane insiders know and appreciate this little multi-role machine. For the first time in English, a proper book gathers all you need to know.

311 Squadron

by Pavel Vančata

A number of foreign nations fought with the British in WWII. Here Czech bomber crews serving in the RAF get a nod.

Badges & Uniforms of the Royal Air Force

by Malcolm C. Hobart

If you collect insignia or spent time analyzing photos, this book will be a handy reference for deciphering who’s what in the RAF and its predecessor, and even several of the auxiliary services.

Spitfire Aces of Burma and the Pacific

by Andrew Thomas

If all you know of the Spitfire is “Battle of Britain” you may well be surprised in how many other places and roles this iconic aircraft added laurels to its name.

Messerschmitt Bf 109 F

by Robert Michulec

Probably the most famous of the German fighter planes, the Bf109 was the backbone of the Luftwaffe and the most produced fighter aircraft in history.

American Military Transport Aircraft Since 1925

by E.R. Johnson

Can’t tell one hulking plane from another? Don’t know the difference between tactical and strategic airlift? Don’t know that the Jumbo Jet you’ve been flying for the past 40 years has a military cousin? It’s all here.

Lockheed P-38J–L Lightning

by Robert Pęczkowski

Rich with photos and drawings of the late-model J and L versions of the sexy Lightning, this book will make aircraft modelers—or illustrators—swoon.

By the Bomb’s Early Light

by Paul Boyer

The Bomb had a fallout beyond the physical destruction it wrought. Whatever lessons were learned came at a terrible price. The book examines its impact on the American psyche and policy-making from the trivial to the sublime.

Negative Gravity:
 A Life of Beatrice Shilling


by Matthew Freudenberg

This aeronautical engineer solved a vexing problem in a famous WWII aero engine, raced motorcycles, had a long string of letters after her name, but resolutely marched to her own beat—which is why today few remember her!

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