mosquito 1917-1918 hurricane communiques

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Royal Flying Corps Communiques: 1917-1918

1 review

Grub Street, 1998

At last: they've completed the full 1916-18 set
The information is priceless. Originally, it was called Comic Cuts(much better title)There's the tale of Leefe Robinson (VC)for being the first man to shoot down a Zeppelin. And then what happened next(ended up dying of Spanish Flu!) You can follow the new a/c as they begin to appear, and win the war. Name an air Ace........ he's in there

Albert Ball VC

1 review
Chaz Bowyer

Crecy Publishing Ltd, 2004

All Around Great
This book is well researched, well organized, and well written. It gives a complete view of the facts known about the tragically short life of one of WWI's bravest and best aviators. I recomend it highly.

Mosquito At War

1 review
Chaz Bowyer

Simon Schuster Trade

The Best Fighter You Never Heard Of
I must admit, in the interests of full disclosure, that I am an unabashed Mossie lover. If you live in the US, books on the de Havilland Mosquito are a bit thin on the ground. It was a uniquely British invention, flown primarily by Commonwealth pilots, and isn't well known on this side of the pond. Indeed, if you only read books about American aviation during WWII, you may never hear about the ...

Hurricane at war

1 review
Chaz Bowyer

Allan, 1974

Classic book about a classic plane
When I first saw this book, in a library in Zaandam, the Netherlands, I was struck with the quality of the photographs. That is to say: the remaining photographs. Some moron before me had cut out half of the book for his own photoalbum. Even the maimed leftover struck me as very good, so I bought it a year or two later in London. It is a book by itself, not just another book about the Hurricane ...

Coastal Command at War

1 review
Chaz Bowyer

Ian Allan Publishing, 2001

Coastal Command Operations Reviewed
Prior to Hendrie's recently released "Cinderella Service" this was the best overall review of Coastal Command Operations during WW2 I had read. I bought a copy for my father as well. Well written and thorough it remains a good staple reference. It covers joint service operations from the start of the war to the end of hostilities. A great addition to your bookshelf, but hard to find now as ...

Hurricane Messerschmitt

1 review
Chaz Bowyer, Armand Van Ishoven

Book Sales, 1995

Back to back: two deadly enemies
This is just a re-packaging of the wonderfull "Hurricane at War" by Chaz Bowyer and the slightly less wonderfull "Messerschmitt Bf109 at War" by Armand van Ishoven. If wonder if this was a mere marketing trick to lure the buyer into buying publisher left-overs of one of the two titles, or whether there was a serious idea behind it, because there has never again been a 'double', though the ...

Air War Over Europe 1939 - 1945
Chaz Bowyer

Pen and Sword, 2003

While World War One saw the first aerial combat in the history of mankind, the Second World War saw the clash of mighty air forces on a scale that would have seemed impossible twenty years before. Chaz Bowyer, arguably the most authoritative air historian of his generation, tackles the broad sweep of air operations in the European theater in this book. Initially the Luftwaffe attempted to dominate the skies, and very nearly succeeded. The ...