Название: The British Aerospace Sea Harrier. 'Falklands Fighter': A Comprehensive Guide for the Modeller
Автор: Andy Evans
Издательство: SAM Publications
Серия: Modellers Datafile 11
ISBN: 0955185823
Год издания: 2007
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 138
Формат: PDF
Размер: 57,9 MB

The Sea Harrier was catapulted to the public eye during the 1982 Falklands War where, against incredible odds, it helped the British Task Force recapture the Islands. This comprehensive guide take the reader from the types inception to its retirement and provides extensive photographic coverage of the FRS.1, F/A-2, T4N, T8N, FRS.51 and T.60 and aircraft involved in the Falklands campaign.

Название: The English Electric Lightning: A Comprehensive Guide for the Modeller
Автор: Richard Caruana, Richard Franks
Издательство: SAM Publications
Серия: Modellers Datafile 7
ISBN: 0953346579
Год издания: 2003
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 138
Формат: PDF
Размер: 52,9 MB

Full chronology of the type's development and operational use. Photo coverage of preserved examples. Variants, squadrons, operators, production. Color side-views. Scale fold out plans. Interior artwork. Kit, decal and accessory listing

Название: The Bristol Beaufighter: A Comprehensive Guide for the Modeller
Автор: Richard A. Franks
Издательство: SAM Publications
Серия: Modellers Datafile 6
ISBN: 0953346552
Год издания: 2002
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 186
Формат: PDF
Размер: 35,8 MB

The Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter is a multi-role aircraft developed during the Second World War by Bristol Aeroplane Company in the UK. It was originally conceived as a heavy fighter variant of the Bristol Beaufort bomber.

Название: The Supermarine Spitfire Part 2: Griffon-Powered. A Comprehensive Guide for the Modeller
Автор: Robert Humphreys
Издательство: SAM Publications
Серия: Modellers Datafile 5
ISBN: 0953346544
Год издания: 2001
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 182
Формат: PDF
Размер: 51,7 MB

Part 2: Griffon Powered. Full chronology of the type's development and operational use. Photo coverage of preserved examples. Variants, squadrons, operators, production. Color side-views. Scale fold out plans. Includes Manchester and Lincoln. Kit, decal and accessory listing.

Название: The Avro Lancaster, Manchester and Lincoln: A Comprehensive Guide for the Modeller
Автор: Richard Franks
Издательство: SAM Publications
Серия: Modellers Datafile 4
ISBN: 0953346536
Год издания: 2000
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 182
Формат: PDF
Размер: 79,6 MB

Full chronology of the type's development and operational use. Photo coverage of preserved examples. Variants, squadrons, operators, production. Color side-views. Scale fold out plans. Includes Manchester and Lincoln. Kit, decal and accessory listing.

Название: The De Havilland Mosquito: A Comprehensive Guide for the Modeller
Автор: Richard A. Franks
Издательство: SAM Publications
Серия: SAM Modellers Datafile 1
ISBN: 0953346501
Год издания: 1998
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 168
Формат: PDF
Размер: 40,4 MB

The de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito was a British multi-role combat aircraft with a two-man crew that served during and after the Second World War. It was one of few operational front-line aircraft of the era constructed almost entirely of wood and was nicknamed "The Wooden Wonder". The Mosquito was also known affectionately as the "Mossie" to its crews. Originally conceived as an unarmed fast bomber, the Mosquito was adapted to roles including low to medium-altitude daytime tactical bomber, high-altitude night bomber, pathfinder, day or night fighter, fighter-bomber, intruder, maritime strike aircraft, and fast photo-reconnaissance aircraft. It was also used by the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) as a fast transport to carry small high-value cargoes to, and from, neutral countries, through enemy-controlled airspace. A single passenger could be carried in the aircraft's bomb bay, which was adapted for the purpose

Название: Mikojan-Gurievitch MiG-1/Mig-3
Автор: Massimo Tessitor
Издательство: Mushroom Model Publications
Серия: Mushroom Yellow Series 6121
ISBN: 8389450267
Год издания: 2006
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 162
Формат: PDF
Размер: 103,4 MB

The illustrated story of the MiG-1 & 3 - the first design to bear the 'signature' of Mikoyan and Gurevich, who made MiG a worldwide name. The book examines the MiG-3's full history, covering how the initial problems were overcome, and how from 1941 to 1943 the fighter fulfilled its potential in combat. 1:72 scale drawings. Diagrams. 84 colour profiles. 84 colour & 60 b/w photos.

Название: Avro Vulcan: Britain's Famous Delta-wing V-bomber
Автор: Tony Buttler
Издательство: Midland Publishing
Серия: Aerofax
ISBN: 185780256X
Год издания: 2007
Язык: English
Количество страниц: 147
Формат: PDF
Размер: 96,2 MB

The Avro Vulcan was one of three aircraft designed to form part of Britain's V-bomber fleet alongside the Valiant and Victor. The Avro Vulcan was perhaps one of the most iconic aircraft designed and built in the UK in the postwar years. Ironically, the type's most famous action did not involve combating the international communism threat, but rather the Argentinean invasion of the Falkland Islands in April 1982. In two of the most carefully planned and audacious aviation raids in history, Vulcans from RAF Waddington attacked the airfield at Port Stanley in early May 1982 in order to prevent Argentinean Air Force fighters from using the airfield. The success of the raids was an essential part of Britain's ultimate victory in the South Atlantic.

Название: The U-boat Century: German Submarine Warfare 1906-2006
Автор: Jak P. Mallmann Showell
Издательство: Chatham Publishing
ISBN: 1861762410
Год издания: 2006
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 256
Формат: PDF
Размер: 154,7 MB

On a sweltering day in August 1906 U-1, or Unterseeboot 1, meaning underwater boat, was lifted into Kiel s waters for trials; 100 hundred years later Kiel still witnesses the launching of U-boats, modern submarines with fuel cell propulsion systems, built for navies worldwide. In the years in between Germany fought two world wars, in which the U-boat almost defeated the Allies. The U-boat was one of the most potent weapons of the 20th century, and here Mallmann Showell, perhaps the world s leading U-boat historian, explains how it was developed and designed and then deployed to wreak havoc in European waters and further afield in the Atlantic and the Far East.

Название: Hell's Gate: The Battle of the Cherkassy Pocket, January-February 1944
Автор: Douglas E. Nash
Издательство: RZM Imports
ISBN: 0965758435
Год издания: 2002
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 425
Формат: PDF
Размер: 142,5 MB

Virtually unknown in the English-speaking world, the Battle of Cherkassy (also known as the Korsun Pocket) still stirs controversy in both the former Soviet Union and in Germany. It was at Cherkassy that the last German offensive strength in the Ukraine was drained away, creating the conditions for the victorious Soviet advance into Poland, Rumania, and the Balkans during the summer and autumn of 1944.