On Christmas Day 1914 British and German soldiers along the Western Front held an unofficial truce that gave rise to a number of impromptu meetings out in ‘no man’s land’. Besides the exchange of seasonal greetings and small gifts, knockabout games of football replaced the fighting in this brief interlude to the horrors of war. …
Just FIFTEEN copies of this memorable edition are available worldwide! Formed at RAF Debden on 29 September 1942 from the RAF’s three American ‘Eagle’ squadrons, the Fourth Fighter Group – known thereafter as ‘The Debden Eagles’ – were the oldest fighter group in the Eighth Air Force and destined to be the USAAF’s highest scoring …
Flown by some of the top Battle of Britain Aces such as Douglas Bader and Peter Townsend, the Hawker Hurricane, unlike its faster, thoroughbred companion the Spitfire, was a go-anywhere, do-anything, tough-as-old- boots warhorse. Sturdy to fly and resilient under fire, the Hurricane may have lacked its companion’s finesse but, seen at its best, it …
– HMS Ark Royal 27 November 1978 – The Fleet Air Arm’s last fixed wing carrier launch; a Phantom F4-K from 892 Squadron is catapulted from the deck of HMS Ark Royal, 27 November 1978. With a tradition dating back to the early years of military flying, the Royal Navy has a proud and distinguished association …
Only SEVENTEEN copies of this memorable edition are available worldwide! With a tank-busting Ju87G Stuka behind him re-armed and ready for action, Oberst Hans-Ulrich Rudel, Geschwaderkommodore of SG2, identifies some last minute changes to the flight plan during the concluding months of 1945. On 1 January 1945 newly promoted Oberst Hans-Ulrich Rudel, commanding officer of Schlachtgeschwader 2, stood before …
by Simon Smith Commemorating D-Day and the Battle for Normandy From the moment the Battle of Britain was over, the Allies had planned for the invasion that would liberate Europe from the tyranny of Hitler’s thuggish Reich. On 6 June 1944 those plans were put into practice on the beaches of Normandy when the world …
Resurrected from within Robert Taylor’s personal archives! It was probably the worst nightmare a Lancaster crew could face – stalked in the dark night skies over Germany, hunted, surprised and then attacked by a Luftwaffe night fighter. Often it was too late… Resurrected from within Robert Taylor’s personal archives is the original Masterwork Drawing of Lancaster …
F-86 Sabre fighters of the 1st Fighter Group’s 94th Fighter Squadron, the first squadron to be equipped with North American’s revolutionary swept-wing jet. The F-86 would go on to become the USAF’s most successful front-line fighters during the Korea War. The creation of Edgar ‘Ed’ Schmued, the same man who designed the P-51 Mustang, the …
Throughout August 1940 the second phase of the Battle of Britain was in full swing as the Luftwaffe turned their full attention to the destruction of Fighter Command’s 11 Group airfields. The summer skies over Kent and the south-east of England saw the young RAF fighter pilots in almost continuous action as they sought to …
A tribute one of the foremost ground-attack aircraft ever to take to the skies! The dark days following the fall of France had seen a triumphant German advance in the west stemmed and ultimately halted by the RAF in the Battle of Britain. As Hitler turned his eyes and ambitions east towards Russia, military planners …
