Pen Sword: 3374 books
Sisters in Arms
The Women Who Flew in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2006
During World War II, a few, carefully selected women in the US and the UK were briefly given the unprecedented opportunity to fly military aircraft. Yet the story of these pioneer women pilots is made even more intriguing by the fact that, despite many notable similarities in the utilisation and organisation...
by Caygill, Peter
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2006
The Spitfire is probably Britain's best loved and admired aeroplane. It is also revered around the world. This book looks at the later marques that were modified for various special tasks and differed to a large degree from Supermarine's first early versions that saw action in the early days of World...
Mosquito to Berlin
Story of ‘Bertie’ Boulter DFC, One of Bennett’s Pathfinders
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2007
When Don Bennett formed the Pathfinder squadrons in 1942, the majority of the chosen pilots were highly experienced aircrew who had learned their skills in the opening years of World War Two. Some, however, were exceptions and found themselves flying with this elite band with no previous combat experience....
by Stuart Campbell
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2004
The 1994 crash of Chinook with top Northern Ireland intelligence experts on board into the Mull of Kintyre has remained the source of intense speculation ever since. The book is not only a full account of the incident and the subsequent on-going controversy over blame, but also attempts to solve the...
Sound Barrier
The Rocky Road to MACH 1.0+
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2006
As the speed of early aircraft gradually increased there eventually became an awareness during the 1940's, that strange things were occurring at around 500mph. Many later WW2 fighter aircraft were reported to become dangerously uncontrollable in high-speed power dives. Pilot's and aircraft designers...
Men of Power
The Lives of Rolls-Royce Chief Test Pilots Harvey and Jim Heyworth
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2007
The story begins in 1940 when Harvey Heyworth was leading No. 79 Squadron RAF defending north-eastern England from Luftwaffe raids made by bombers based in Norway and Denmark and then later in the Battle of Britain when the unit moved south. During late 1940 and up to June 1941 Heyworth led his squadron...
The Spitfire
An Icon of the Skies
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017
The magnificent Vickers Supermarine Spitfire, together with its able partner the Hawker Hurricane, saved Britain from Nazi invasion in the summer of 1940 and irrevocably changed the course of the Second World War. This new book from Philip Kaplan celebrates one of history's most important weapons...
The Men Who Gave us Wings
Britain and the Aeroplane 1796-1914
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2014
Why did the British, then the leading nation in science and technology, fall far behind in the race to develop the aeroplane before the First World War? Despite their initial advantage, they were overtaken by the Wright brothers in America, by the French and the Germans. Peter Reese, in this highly...
Big Wings
The Largest Aeroplanes Ever Built
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2005
In the history of aviation there have been many attempts to produce aircraft of extraordinary proportions to expand the limits of technology and create new performance standards. With few exceptions, the early attempts did not become the successes envisaged until post-World War II when such aircraft...
Operation Enduring Freedom
The Seeds of War in Afghanistan
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2012
The first six months of the war in Afghanistan were incredibly confused. Few journalists or civilians had access to the main events and the result was the creation of many urban myths that persist to this day. This book reveals the truth behind Operation Enduring Freedom, its objectives, successes,...
by Mike Ryan
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2005
This sensational book reveals the true and compelling story of the Special Force units of the Coalition, such as the SAS, SBS and Delta Force who worked in the shadows, often unseen, unheard and unsung. It describes their missions behind the lines from the early days, well before hostilities opened...
by Tim Ripley
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2010
The Middle East is potentially the world’s major and most dangerous trouble spot. This book looks at why airpower is of such strategic and tactical importance in the area. It provides an overview of the state of the air forces in the first decade of the 21st Century. Each air force will be profiled,...
Sunderland Over Far-Eastern Seas
An RAF Flying Boat Navigator’s Story
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
This is the first book to give a detailed, first-hand account of post-World War II RAF Short Sunderland operations in the Far East. The author was a navigator with 88 Squadron and later 205 Squadron, flying operations during the Korean War, the Malayan Emergency and many other operations. He was based...
Aircraft Down
Landings, Crash Landings and Rescues
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2005
When a pilot experiences a sudden loud bang or sudden total silence, he is often faced with the stark choice of the parachute or attempting to get the aircraft down to earth in as few pieces as possible. This book describes twenty-three remarkable and true instances when, for a variety of reasons,...