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EARLY AVIATION, WW I, 1920S–1930S. .............................24 US, British, French, Russian & Italian...........................24 WWII AVIATION......................................................................26 US General & Aircraft Histories. ...................................26 US Aces, Biographies & Memoirs..................................30 US Unit Histories........................................................................ 31 Air Forces.................................................................................... 31 Air Divisions. .............................................................................. 31 Bomb Groups............................................................................... 31 Fighter Commands & Groups..................................................... 32 Air Commandos & Transport Groups........................................ 33 US Navy. ..................................................................................... 33 US Marine Corps. ....................................................................... 34 Japanese, Italian & Russian Aviation in WWII.............34 British Aviation in WWII.................................................35 US AVIATION POST-WWII.....................................................36 JET AGE AVIATION, 1950S TO PRESENT. ...........................37 United States...................................................................37 General & Civil Aviation.................................................44 Space Flight.....................................................................45 Soviet/Russian ................................................................46 Other Countries...............................................................47 GERMAN AVIATION ...............................................................47 WWI. ................................................................................47 THE LUFTWAFFE IN WWII. ....................................................48 General Histories. ...........................................................48 Aces, Biographies & Memoirs........................................48 Unit Histories. .................................................................49 Aircraft. ...........................................................................50 Secret Weapons, Experimental Designs,.......................53 Jet Aircraft, Rockets & Missiles....................................53 X-Planes of the Third Reich Series................................55 Miscellaneous Aircraft & Topics. ..................................55 EARLY AVIATION, WW I, 1920S–1930S US, BRITISH, FRENCH, RUSSIAN & ITALIAN Spad Fighters: The Spad A.2 to XVI in World War I Mark C.Wilkins. This book presents the evolution of one of themost famous French-made fighter aircraft ofWWI—the fast, rugged Spad. From humble beginnings this airplane became the mount for such famousWWI aces as Frenchmen Georges Guynemer and René Fonck,American Eddie Ricken- backer, Italian Francesco Baracca, and many others. . Size: 9"x9" • 147 photos • 112pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-5665-0 • hard • $19.99 Harriet Quimby: Flying Fair Lady Leslie Kerr. One of the first women to fly, the fashionable Harriet Qui- mby came of age in the fading years of a gilded era, determined to have more than the life of a farmer’s wife. Beautiful, intelligent, and adventurous, she achieved groundbreaking work in areas from aviation to film, journalism, and fashion. Size: 6"x9" • 9 color, 83 b/w images • 112pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-5067-2 • hard cover • $16.99 British Aircraft before the Great War Mike Goodall. For the very first time, the history of British pre-WWI aircraft has been gathered together in one volume, with more than 900 of them well illustrated. Size: 8.5"x11" • 930 b/w photos • 300pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1207-3 • hard • $59.95 French Aeroplanes before the Great War Leonard E. Opdycke. This book is a catalog of the aeroplanes of the nearly 700 French builders who worked before the onset of WWI. Size: 8.5"x11" • 840 bw photos • 288pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0752-5 • hard • $59.95 The Nieuport 28: America’s First Fighter Theodore Hamady. The first squadrons of Amer- ican-trained fighter pilots to enter combat in April 1918 during WWI were equipped with the Nieuport 28. Campbell, Meissner, and Ricken- backer, were among those who cut their teeth on the Nieuport 28 fighter. This book provides an exhaustive history of the Nieuport 28. Size: 8.5"x11" • 400 color/bw images • 272pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-2933-3 • hard • $59.95 Nieuport: A Biography of Edouard Nieuport 1875–1911 Gérard Pommier. This new biography of Nieuport, written by his grandson Pommier, details the brilliant solutions he applied to cycling and automobiles before turning to aircraft later made famous by pilots of nearly all Allied nations in WWI. Size: 6"x9" • 150 bw photos • 216pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1624-9 • hard • $35.00 A History of No.6 Squadron: Royal Naval Air Service in World War I Mike Westrop. Pilots’ log books, and many previously unpub- lished photos have enabled the author to produce the first in-depth look at the activities and accomplishments of this “fortotten” squadron. Size: 8.5"x11" • 170 color/bw images • 224pp. ISBN: 0-7643-2425-X • hard • $59.95 A History of No.10 Squadron Royal Naval Air Service in WWI Mike Westrop. This vol- ume provides the detailed history of this No.10 Squadron’s activities, combat claims, accidents and fatalities, aircraft and markings, pilots, and ground officers. Size: 8.5"x11" • 120 color/bw images • 200pp. ISBN: 0-7643-2055-6 • hard • $59.95 British Aviation Squadron Markings of WWI: RFC, RAF, RNAS Les Rogers. Years in the making, this book covers the wide variety of markings used by British aviation units in WWI. Organized by squadron number the book includes both textual and photographic examples for nearly all of the RFC, RAF, and RNAS squadrons. Size: 9"x12" • 800 bw photos, profiles • 296pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1284-7 • hard • $69.95 British Single-Seater Fighter Squadrons on the Western Front in WWI Alex Revell. This book presents the complete story of the single-seater fighter operations over theWestern Front flown by the fighter pilots of Great Britain and her Commonwealth. Size: 8.5"x11" • 530 bw photos • 496pp. ISBN: 0-7643-2420-9 • hard • $69.95 British and American Aces of WWI: The Pictorial Record Norman Franks. A companion volume to German Aces of WWI: The Pictorial Record, this new book covers the British and Common- wealth fighter aces of WWI. Size: 11"x8.5" • 400 bw photos • 224pp. ISBN: 0-7643-2341-5 • hard • $59.95 Italian Aces of WWI and Their Aircraft Gentilli/Iozzi/Varriale. For the first time, a detailed history of a little known aspect of WWI in the air: the forty-two Italian aces. From legendary personalities such as Baracca and Scaroni to completely forgotten aces, each biography details their personalities, and their combat careers during and after the war. Size: 9"x12" • 500 bw photos, profiles • 496pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1664-8 • hard • $69.95 AVIATION/AEROSPACE BACKLIST 24