Pen Sword Aviation imprint: 311 books
US Eighth Air Force in Europe
Eager Eagles 19410 Summer 1943 Going Over, Gaining Strength- Volume 1
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2012
Using narrative accounts and new insights this book catalogues the dramatic and first-hand oral testimonies of the US Army Air Corps' bomber crews of the newly created Eighth Air Force that became stationed in East Anglia in 1942.
It begins with shock of the unannounced Japanese attack on Pearl...
History of Dive Bombing
A Comprehensive History from 1911 Onward
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2007
This is the incredible history of the dive bomber told from both official records and eyewitness accounts. It tears away the many myths and misrepresentations that surrounded this type of warplane and presents a truly original and detailed history, from the first true combat dive bombing by an RAF...
Constant Vigilance
The RAF Regiment in the Burma Campaign
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2014
The RAF Regiment was created in the early years of World War II for the active dedicated defense of RAF airfields and installations. This book concerns the Regiments operational history in South-east Asia Command and draws on the diaries and recollections of the men who served in that theatre. It...
Kings of the Air
French Aces and Airmen of the Great War
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
In comparison to their British and German counterparts, the French airmen of the Great War are not well known. Yet their aerial exploits were just as remarkable, and their contribution to the war effort on the Western Front was equally important. That is why Ian Sumner's vivid history of the men of...
Allied Bombing Raids: Hittiing Back at the Heart of Germany
Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2014
The pilots and combined bombing forces of the Second World War are revered for a host of reasons. Their bravery when cast against the odds, their resilience and determination under fire, and the startling extent of their combined achievements towards the collective end of Allied victory have all been...
Caribbean Volunteers at War
The Forgotten Story of the RAF's 'Tuskegee Airmen'
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2014
All of a sudden there was the rush of an immense shadow coming towards him at terrific speed. It was the ground reaching up to gather him. The date was 26 June, 1943 and Cy Grant was the rarest of things - a black West Indian RAF crew member, blown out of his exploding Lancaster bomber.
The...
Dogfight
The Supermarine Spitfire and The Messerschmitt BF 109
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2015
Innumerable books have been published on the two most famous fighter aircraft of all time, the Supermarine Spitfire and the Messerschmitt Bf109. But books setting out to tell the story of both aircraft are very much rarer - probably fewer than the fingers of one hand. Yet their joint story is one...
From Hitler's U-Boats to Kruschev's Spyflights
Twenty Five Years with Flight Lieutenant Thomas Buchanan Clark, RAF
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2013
This book tells the tale of the illustrious Royal Air Force career of Tom Clark, a World War Two gunner and post-war signaller in action during some of the most pivotal events of the twentieth century. Lovingly penned by his son, it provides an authentic insight into this dynamic period of world history.
From...
Fly By Nights
Navigating RAF Lancasters in 1944 -5
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2007
At the age of eighteen Don Feesey volunteered for pilot training with the RAF. Having almost completed his course to become a fighter pilot, an eye problem was detected and he was switched to navigational training. He completed a tour of thirty-four successful operations, the majority at night during...
by Robert Jackson
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2018
The famous Messerschmitt Bf 109 single-seat fighter was one of the most important warplanes of the Second World War. Originally designed during the 1930s, and a contemporary of the equally-legendary Supermarine Spitfire, it was vitally important to Germany’s Luftwaffe and was flown in combat by...
Phantom in the Cold War
RAF Wildenrath 1977 - 1992
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
The McDonnell Douglas F4 Phantom was a true multi-role combat aircraft. Introduced into the RAF in 1968, it was employed in ground attack, air reconnaissance and air defense roles. Later, with the arrival of the Jaguar in the early 1970s, it changed over to air defense. In its heyday, it served as...
A Goldstar Century
31 Squadron RAF 1915-2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
Number 31 Squadron RAF will celebrate its centenary in 2015; a pivotal milestone for a Squadron engaged at the forefront of military activity for the past 100 years. With a number of events lined up to celebrate this important anniversary, former Commanding Officer of the Squadron, Ian Hall, has set...
Pegasus, The Heart of the Harrier
The History and Development of the World's First Operational Vertical Take-off and Landing Jet Engine
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2009
The conception of the Pegasus engine in 1957 upset all the conventions of aircraft design. It was previously usual for aircraft designers to seek a suitable engine, but this was an engine that sought an aircraft. The aircraft that
resulted was the famous Harrier that is still in front-line service...
The Biggin Hill Wing 1941
From Defence to Attack
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2008
This book is an in-depth study of England’s most famous fighter station during the year of the Battle of Britain. It looks at the political upheaval within Fighter Command that saw the removal of Dowding and Park and their replacement by Sholto Douglas and Leigh-Mallory. The ongoing ‘Big Wing’...