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After Germanwings The Life of an Airline Pilot

Chialastri Bartocci

ISBN: PB: 9788875654115, Bookport, IBN Editore, June 2018
218 pp., 24x17 cm, illus.

The Germanwings airline disaster, on 24 March 2015, has shaken the public opinion worldwide, since the pilot deliberately crashed his aircraft full of passengers into the French Alps. An analysis of the Germanwings crash is the starting point for the...

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Prisoner of the Swiss A World War II Airman's Story

Culler Daniel

ISBN: HB: 9781612005546, Casemate, November 2017
160 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 16 black&white illus.

During World War II, 1,517 members of US aircrews were forced to seek asylum in Switzerland. Most neutral countries found reason to release US airmen from internment, but Switzerland took its obligations under the Hague Convention more seriously than...

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Hot Skies Over Yemen Volume 1: Aerial Warfare over the Southern Arabian Peninsula, 1962-1994

Cooper Tom

ISBN: PB: 9781912174232, Casemate, Helion and Company, August 2017
80 pp., 29.7x21 cm, 120 photos, 15-18 colour profiles, 3 maps

Since September 1962, hardly a week passed without a major armed confrontation or an outright war in Yemen. The number of long-lasting insurgencies, mutinies, rebellions, or terrorism-related activities that took place during this period is going int...

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Luftwaffe in Colour Volume 2: From Glory to Defeat 1942-1945

Cony Christophe, Roba Jean-Louis

ISBN: PB: 9781612004556, Casemate, June 2017
160 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 400 colour illus.

Eighty years after its creation, the Luftwaffe is still one of the most fascinating forces in the history of aviation. A companion to Luftwaffe in Colour Volume 1, which covered the victory years from 1939 up to Spring 1942, this volume with nearly 4...

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Slybirds A Photographic Odyssey of the 353rd Fighter Group During the Second World War

Cross Graham

ISBN: HB: 9780993415265, Casemate, Fighting High Publishing, May 2017
208 pp., 21x27.5 cm, 450 illus.

The distinctive black and yellow chequered markings of the 353rd Fighter Group, the "Slybirds", made them one of the USAAF 'Mighty' 8th Air Force's most colourful fighter groups. Flying P-47D Thunderbolts and later P-51D Mustangs the 353rd's appearan...

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Hawker Hunters at War Iraq and Jordan, 1958-1967

Cooper Tom, Salti Patricia

ISBN: PB: 9781911096252, Casemate, Helion and Company, December 2016
104 pp., 29.7x21 cm, 113 black&white photos, 12 colour photos, 15 colour profiles

Designed by Sydney Camm as a swept wing, daytime interceptor with excellent manoeuvrability, the Hunter became the first jet aircraft manufactured by Hawker for the Royal Air Force. It set numerous aviation records and saw widespread service with a l...

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Luftwaffe in Colour Volume 1: The Victory Years, 1939-1942

Cony Christophe, Roba Jean-Louis

ISBN: PB: 9781612004082, Casemate, October 2016
160 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 300 colour illus.

This remarkable work pulls the lid off one of the legendary air forces in history at the very peak of its power-unveiling the and machines as they truly existed day-to-day, underneath the propaganda of their own regime and the scare stories of their...

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Flying The Icon Spitfire

Cotter Jarrod

ISBN: HB: 9780993212987, Casemate, Fighting High Publishing, September 2016
160 pp., 27.9x20.8 cm, 200 illus

The Supermarine Spitfire is not only one of the most famous British icons, but it is arguably the most widely-recognised and popular aircraft in the history of aviation. For many generations it was said to be "every schoolboy's dream" to fly a Spitfi...

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Under Their Own Flag A History of 47 Squadron 1916-1946

Clark Owen

ISBN: HB: 9780993212994, Casemate, Fighting High Publishing, March 2016
160 pp., 27.5x21 cm, 108 ilus.

To mark the centenary of the formation of one of the Royal Air Force's longest serving squadrons Fighting High Publishing presents Owen Clark's "Under Their Own Flag", which details the remarkable story of No. 47 Squadron from its birth in 1916 throu...

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Story of ESCI 1968-1999

Carbonel Jean-Christophe

ISBN: PB: 9782352503101, Casemate, Histoire et Collections, February 2014
84 pp., 24x20 cm

This well-known Italian brand will remain famous for having introduced many innovations in the world of modelling, starting with the wide dissemination of board designs. ESCI were originally known for their offerings in the very popular 1/72 scale. T...

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