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No 126 Wing RCAF
Osprey Publishing 2013; US$ 16.95The success of No 126 Wing began before the D-Day landings, but its phenomenal performance after the Normandy invasion has no simple explanation. True, it profited from being in all the right places at all the right moments during the war - D-Day and the breakout, Falaise Gap, Operation Market Garden, the winter offensive in the Ardennes, and crossing... more...
Mustang Aces of the 357th Fighter Group
Osprey Publishing 2012; US$ 15.95The 357th Fighter Group produced 42 aces, more than any other group within the USAAF. It was also the first group in the Eighth Air Force to be equipped with the P-51. Thanks to this fighter and the talented pilots assigned to the group (men such as Bud Anderson, Kit Carson, John England and Chuck Yeager) the 357th achieved a faster rate of aerial... more...
4th Fighter Group - Debden Eagles
Osprey Publishing 2012; US$ 16.95Formed around a nucleus of pilots already seasoned by their experience as volunteers in the RAF's Eagle Squadrons, the 4th Fighter Group was established in England in October 1942. Initially flying Spitfires, the Debden Eagles went on to fly the P-47 and P-51, becoming in July 1943, the first Eighth Air Force fighter group to penetrate German air space.... more...
Valiant Units of the Cold War
Osprey Publishing 2012; US$ 17.95The RAF's first Cold War strategic bomber, the Vickers Valiant, was procured as an insurance measure in case either the Vulcan or Victor was found to have a serious flaw. The Valiant was the equivalent of the US B-47 Stratojet, and it blazed the trail for the British airborne nuclear deterrent as the aircraft enjoyed a far more active service career... more...
P-38 Lightning Aces of the 82nd Fighter Group
Osprey Publishing 2012; US$ 17.95When the 82nd Fighter Group was organised in March 1942, most of its initial pilot cadre was comprised of newly graduated staff sergeant pilots of Class 42-C - enlisted men! They learned to fly the P-38 at Muroc, in California's Mojave Desert, and then moved to the Los Angeles area to continue their training and to serve as part of its air defence.... more...
P-47 Thunderbolt Units of the Twelfth Air Force
Osprey Publishing 2012; US$ 15.95The P-47 Thunderbolt, originally designed as a high-altitude interceptor, became the principle US fighter-bomber of World War 2. First adapted to the ground attack role by units of the Twelfth Air Force in early 1944, the strength and durability of the P-47 airframe, along with its massive size, earned it the nickname 'Juggernaut', which was quickly... more...
56th Fighter Group
Osprey Publishing 2012; US$ 16.95One of the first Thunderbolt groups to see action in the European Theatre of Operations (ETO) with the US Army Air Forces, the 56th Fighter Group (FG) was also the only fighter unit within the Eighth Air Force to remain equipped with the mighty P-47 until war?s end. Led by the inspirational ?Hub? Zemke, this group was responsible for devising many... more...
US Navy Hornet Units of Operation Iraqi Freedom (Part One)
Osprey Publishing 2012; US$ 15.95The first installment examining the US Hornet Units' participation in Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003-present). The F/A-18 Hornet in its various guises was the 'universal soldier' of OIF, with around 250 seeing combat. Flown by various squadrons and groups, the Hornet attacked a range of targets including tanks of the various Iraqi Republican Guard units... more...
US Marine Corps and RAAF Hornet Units of Operation Iraqi Freedom
Osprey Publishing 2012; US$ 15.95Some 84 of the 250 Hornets committed by Central Command to Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) proudly bore MARINE titling on their rear fuselages. A further 14 were marked with the distinctive kangaroo roundel of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). The exploits achieved by the units that flew these jets into combat is detailed in this volume, the... more...
Bf 109 Aces of North Africa and the Mediterranean
Osprey Publishing 2012; US$ 15.95Totally outnumbered throughout their short two-year sojourn in the Western Desert, the crack fighter pilots of the handful of Jagdgeschwader in-theatre fought an effective campaign in support of Rommel?s Afrika Korps against the British and American forces. Relying almost exclusively on the Luftwaffe?s staple fighter of World War 2, the Messerschmitt... more...









