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U.S. Aerial Armament inWWII: The Ultimate
Look - Vol.1: Guns, Ammunition, and Tur-
rets William Wolf. Among the topics covered are
aerial machine guns and cannon; ammunition;
gunsights; gun cameras; search radar and radar
gunsights; an extensive section on the develop-
ment, installation, and description of the numerous
bomber turret and non-turret gun positions; fighter
aircraft armament; etc.
Size:8.5”x11”•520bwphotos•400pp.
ISBN:978-0-7643-3235-7•hard•$69.99
U.S. Aerial Armament inWWII: The Ultimate
Look - Vol.2: Bombs, Bombsights, and
Bombing William Wolf. Covers the development
of bombs and bombing theory and strategy;
conventional bombs and fuses; bomb handling
and releaseandcontrolmechanisms;conventional
and radar bombsights; the bombardier; bombing
missions described; bombing tactics; effects of
bombs; misc. ordnance.
Size:8.5”x11”•500color/bwphotos•320pp.
ISBN:978-0-7643-3524-2•hard•$69.99
U.S. Aerial Armament in WWII - The Ulti-
mate Look Vol.3: Air Launched Rockets,
Mines, Torpedoes, Guided Missiles and
Secret Weapons WilliamWolf. Covers: Rockets,
Napalm, Torpedoes, Depth Charges, Aerial Mines,
GT-1 Glide Pattern Torpedo, Speedee Bomb,
Hydrobomb, Disney Rocket-Assisted Bomb,
Very Heavy Conventional Bombs, Atomic Bomb,
PoisonGasandBiologicalBombs,Leaflets,Animal
Aerial Weapons; guided missiles, Drones, and
many others.
Size:8.5”x11”•500color/bwphotos•336pp.
ISBN:978-0-7643-3658-4•hard•$69.99
Battleship and Cruiser Aircraft of the
United States Navy 1910-49 William T.
Larkins. From the 1920s through WWII, aircraft
operating from catapults were used for spotting
gunfireandscoutingaheadof the fleet.Flying these
planes was unique and the dramatic launching and
recovery operations are also covered.
Size:8.5”x11”•400bwphotos•272pp.
ISBN:0-7643-0088-1•hard•$49.95
The Ford Tri-Motor 1926-1992 William
T. Larkins. Larkins’ book is the most complete
information available on the Ford Tri-Motor, and
includes information on design, construction,
model designations, a cross-indexing of U.S.
and foreign registrations, a cross-index to military
Ford Tri-Motors, accident summaries, Ford factory
employees and Ford Tri-Motor pilot listing.
Size:8.5”x11”•520bwphotos•320pp.
ISBN:0-88740-416-2•hard•$49.95
Wet Wings & Drop Tanks: Recollections
of American Transcontinental Air Racing
1928-70 Birch J. Matthews. Many of the per-
sonalities, pilots, and aircraft involved in major
transcontinental racesacross theU.S.,1928-1970.
Cross-country unlimited class events – including
non-stop air derbies of the late 1920s to modern
Reno Harolds Club Trophy to 1970 – produced
some of the most exciting tournaments on record.
Size:8.5”x11”•250bw/colorphotos•272pp.
ISBN:0-88740-530-4•hard•$45.00
Aircraft of the ChacoWar 1928-35 Hagedorn
& Sapienza. More than 150 never before published
illustrations, complemented by an exhaustively
researched text, document the little-known air
war between Bolivia and Paraguay during the late
1920s and early 1930s. Includes full details of
all aircraft types employed by both combatants,
including acquisition, operations, and markings.
Size:8.5”x11”•150bwphotos•144pp.
ISBN:0-7643-0146-2•hard•$45.00
WORLD WAR II AVIATION
U.S. GENERAL AND AIRCRAFT HISTORIES
The Doolittle Raid Carroll V. Glines. It was the
biggest gamble of WWII, but Doolittle’s legendary
bombing raid on Tokyo gave America the morale
boost it needed in the wake of Pearl Harbor. This
is the full story as told by the Doolittle Raiders’
official historian.
Size:6”x9”•35bwphotos•272pp.
ISBN:978-0-88740-347-7•hard•$29.99
Attack on Yamamoto Carroll V. Glines. Here
is the dramatic story of the American mission to
shoot Japan’s greatest admiral out of the sky, told
by the award-winning author of
The Doolittle Raid.
On April 18, 1943, against overwhelming odds,
Yamamoto’s plane was shot down. This updated
edition contains the official 1993 Air Force deci-
sion on this mission.
Size:6”x9”•18bwphotos•240pp.
ISBN:0-88740-509-6•hard•$19.95
America’s Hundred Thousand: U.S. Pro-
duction Fighters of WWII Francis H. Dean.
The eleven U.S. fighter aircraft types produced
just before and during WWII. A comprehensive
week-to-week and month-to-month chronology
of development and wartime combat operational
life for each fighter is provided. Concludes with
comparisons of program milestones, aircraft
drag, power available at various altitudes, speed,
climb, rolling and turning, acceleration, and diving
performance,aswellasevaluationsbyWWIIpilots.
Size:8.5”x11”•1000bwphotos•608pp.
ISBN:0-7643-0072-5•hard•$59.95
Watson’s Whizzers: Operation Lusty and
the Race for Nazi Aviation Technology
Wolfgang W.E. Samuel. Watson’s Whizzers is the
complex story of the meticulously planned and
executed disarmament of the Luftwaffe after its
defeat in the spring of 1945, and the retrieval and
transfer to theUnitedStatesofGermany’sadvanced
aeronautical technologyandworld-classscientists.
Size:8.5”x11”•120bwphotos•208pp.
ISBN:978-0-7643-3517-4•soft•$39.99
Cobra! The Bell Aircraft Corporation 1934-
46 Birch Matthews. The history of Bell Aircraft
Corporation and their piston engine fighters built
during the Great Depression and through WWII.
While the story centers on techincal aspects of
the various fighters, significant attention is also
devoted to those key individuals who conceived,
built and flew these innovative designs.
Size:8.5”x11”•700bw/colorphotos•432pp.
ISBN:0-88740-911-3•hard•$59.95
Vee’s For Victory! The Story of the Allison
V-1710 Aircraft Engine 1929-48 Daniel D.
Whitney. Over 60 percent of U.S. Army fighters
during WWII were powered by the Allison V-1710
engine. It was a strong and reliable power plant that
powered the pre-war generation of 400 mph Army
pursuits, and the majority of Army combat fighters
on through WWII.
Size:8.5”x11”•400photos•472pp.
ISBN:0-7643-0561-1•hard•$59.95
The Amazing Gooney Bird: The Saga of the
Legendary DC-3/C-47 Carroll V. Glines. The
DC-3/C-47 has surpassed all other aircraft ever
built in faithful service, dependability and achieve-
ment. This is the story of its conception, design
and amazing life in war and peace.
Size:8.5”x11”•200bwphotos•192pp.
ISBN:0-7643-0064-4•hard•$45.00
Those Legendary Piper Cubs: Their Role
in War and Peace Carroll V. Glines. A history
of the world-famous Piper light planes, from their
origin as a brainchild of Clarence G. Taylor through
the series of fabric-covered, high-wing, single-
engine descendants that preserved the aircraft’s
general profile.
Size:8.5”x11”•250bw/colorphotos•176pp.
ISBN:0-7643-2159-5•hard•$45.00
Memphis Belle: Biography of a B-17 Flying
Fortress Brent William Perkins. The “Memphis
Belle” led a blazing trail of invincibility through
the flak and fighter-filled skies over the Third Reich
during WWII. Here you will read its fabulous story,
from bullets to bandages, freezing skies, round
engines, and the love that made a B-17 Flying
Fortress legend.
Size:8.5”x11”•300bwphotos•224pp.
ISBN:0-7643-1499-8•hard•$45.00
Douglas B-18 Bolo: The Ultimate Look -
from Drawing Board to U-Boat Hunter Wil-
liamWolf. Wolf describes the little known Bolo that
was America’s most numerous front line bomber
at the time of Pearl Harbor. This book is the first
ever on the subject and gives the reader the de-
finitive description and appraisal of this neglected
bomber’s development, testing, manufacture, and
combat experience.
Size:8.5”x11”•260bw/colorphotos•216pp.
ISBN:978-0-7643-2581-6•hard•$59.95
North American B-25 Mitchell - The
Ultimate Look: from Drawing Board to
Flying Arsenal William Wolf. Wolf presents a
comprehensive, meticulously researched volume
describing the celebrated WWII B-25 Mitchell.
The reader is given an inclusive description and
appraisal of the bomber’s development, testing,
manufacture; and every aspect of the aircraft, its
equipment, and crew is described and illustrated
in detail.
Size:8.5”x11”•500bw/colorphotos•480pp.
ISBN:978-0-7643-2930-2•hard•$69.95
Consolidated B-32 Dominator: The Ulti-
mate Look from Drawing Board to Scra-
pyard William Wolf. The definitive description
and appraisal of the neglected B-32 bomber’s
development, testing, manufacture, and combat
experience.
Size:8.5”x11”•400bwphotos•272pp.
ISBN:0-7643-2451-9•hard•$49.95
Soviet Airmen in the Spanish Civil War:
1936-1939. Paul Whelan. Between September
1936 and February 1939, the Soviet Union aided
the Spanish Republic in its civil war against the
forces of General Franco and his Fascist and
Nazi covert allies. The Soviets not only supplied
the war materials need to fight this war, but also
approximately 3,000 people from its military and
merchant marine. 772 were from the air force and
of these 100 were lost.
Size:7”x10”•568 images•320pp.
ISBN:978-0-7643-4633-0•hardcover•$49.99
