Pen Sword Aviation imprint: 311 books
by John Killen
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2013
John Killen's exhaustive work is a study of German air power between 1915 and 1945, from the early days of flying when Immelmann, Boelke, Richtofen and other First World War aces fought and died to give Germany air supremacy, to the nightmare existence of the Luftwaffe as the Third Reich plunged headlong...
by Walter J Boyne
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2005
The Influence of Air Power upon History makes a startlingly new analysis of the far-reaching implications flight has had on warfare, politics, diplomacy, technology and mass culture. Author Walter Boyne examines the application of air power from the very earliest days of the balloon down to the current...
Stuka
Hitler’s Lethal Dive Bomber
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2013
The photographs in this collection belonged to Luftwaffe Stuka rear gunner and radio operator Erich Heine. The collection includes photographs of flights of Stukas in formation, operating training aircraft, and a selection of different Luftwaffe uniforms and flight gear. The photographer was based...
British Aerospace Hawk
Armed Light Attack and Multi-Combat Fighter Trainer
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2011
For many years the world’s finest aerobatic team, the RAF’s Red Arrows, have thrilled millions with their demonstrations of this fine aircraft's agility and maneuverability. Black Hawks can also be seen in the valleys of Wales, flying ground-hugging flight paths along the valleys. These are the...
Flying to Norway, Grounded in Burma
A Hudson Pilot in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2009
Gron’ Edwards joined the RAF in 1936 on a Short Service Commission and went solo on his eighteenth birthday. After gaining his wings he joined No 233 General Reconnaissance Squadron of Coastal Command based at Thornaby in Yorkshire. The aircraft he flew was the Avro Anson, a small twin engine aircraft...
Phantom from the Cockpit
Flying the Legend
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2006
The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom was the outstanding aircraft in many of the Western World's air forces during the 1960s and 70s. It played a key role in the 'Cold War' and saw action in Vietnam. It first flew in 1958 and went into operation with the US Navy in 1960. During its long front-line life...
From Sapper to Spitfire Spy
The WWII Biography of David Greville-Heygate DFC
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2015
David Greville-Heygate was one of the few men who served in both the army and the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, but it was in the sky that he really earned his stripes. Stalking the skies flying photo-reconnaissance missions with No. 16 Squadron over Northern France, he was to win the...
by Jean-Louis Roba
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2010
No airforce in the Second World War would make more use of captured planes than the Luftwaffe. With this in mind, Jean-Louis Roba has undergone a considerable amount of work in tracking down hundreds of aircraft used by the Luftwaffe and illustrating their uses, careers and eventual fates. The book...
The Schweinfurt-Regensburg Mission
The American Raids on 17 August 1943
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2012
On 17 August 1943, the entire strength of the American heavy bomber forces in England set out to raid two major industrial complexes deep in southern Germany, the vast Messerschmitt aircraft factory and the vital KGF ballbearing plant. For American commanders it was the culmination of years of planning...
Fighter Bases of WW II US 8th Army Air Force Fighter Command USAAF 1943-45
P-38 Lightning, P-47 Thunderbolt and P-51 Mustang Squadrons in East Anglia, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2009
This book covers the bases used during the Second World War by the American fighter units that flew in support of the 8th Air Force’s heavy bomber forces.
The long-range Lightnings, Thunderbolts and Mustangs escorted the Mighty Eighth’s Flying Fortresses and Liberators on their deep penetration...
North American Mustang P-51
Long-range Fighter
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2011
The Mustang was born from a British WW2 specification to North American during 1940. The prototype was completed within 117 days but the RAF was not happy with the aircraft's performance and suggested replacing the V-12 Allison with the more powerful RR Merlin. The result was a superbly fast and maneuverable...
Vought F4 Corsair
Carrier and Land-based Fighter
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2011
The Vought F4U was the best carrier based fighter of WW2. 12,571 aircraft were built and downed 2,140 enemy aircraft for the loss of only 189 Corsairs. It was developed early in 1938 for the US Navy. The designer, Tex Beisel, worked on the principle of the largest engine in the smallest airframe....
Fighter! Fighter! Corkscrew Port!
Vivid Memories of Bomber Aircrew in World War Two
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2012
The young men who flew with RAF Bomber Command in World War Two were a complex mixture of individuals but they all shared the gift of teamwork. A crew of seven may have comprised all non-commissioned men and some crews included commissioned officers but not always flying as pilots. The outstanding...
Wind in the Wires and An Escaper’s Log
A British Pilot’s Classic Memoir of Aerial Combat, Captivity and Escape during the Great War
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2016
Duncan Grinnell-Milne was one of that select band of young men who made history in the air between 1915 and 1918 when they learned to fly in machines that resembled box-kites and laid the foundations of aerial combat which future generations would follow. He became a flying ace, with six confirmed...