The most audacious bombing raid in history is explained in amazing detail within this text. It includes the complex design and testing of Barnes Wallis theories, including dummy runs across English and Scottish lakes and lochs.

Operation Chastise, the destruction of the Mohne and Eder dams in north-west Germany by the RAF's 617 Squadron on the night of 16/17 May 1943, was an epic that has passed into Britain's national legend. Max Hastings grew up embracing the story, the classic 1955 movie and the memory of Guy Gibson, the 24-year-old wing-commander who led the raid. In the 21st Century, however, he urges that we should see the dambusters in much more complex shades. The...

This is a romantic WWII adventure about the strength of true love and how it can overcome any obstacle. A British air reconnaissance officer falls for a pub waitress, but finds his life in chaos when he accidently bombs a British U-boat.

This text reveals the Hurricane in all its glory - from fascinating first-hand accounts from the men who flew her to the truly breathtaking images from John Dibbs of the Hurricanes still in flight today.

At 9.51pm on the 13th of February 1945 an airstrike on Dresden started that left at least 25,000 people dead and 13 square miles of the centre destroyed. In this study of that night Frederick Taylor has researched in German, American and British archives and talked to those involved on all sides.

RAF Tempsford, a remote Second World War airfield between Cambridge and Bedford, was designed by an illusionist to give over-flying enemy pilots the impression it was a disused airfield. This book tells the story of Tempsford Academy, Churchill's and Roosevelts secret airfield.

Roy Nesbit's researches in the Public Record Office have brought to light a series of photographs giving graphic evidence of the devastating firepower brought to bear by Coastal Command. These photographs are now collected in this special volume

Tony Bartley's account relives the atmosphere of close knit fighter squadrons, and also the respite offered by the London social life. Marriage after the war led him to Hollywood where he became a screen-writer and executive of a film company.

Initially rejected by the RAF, Wallace McIntosh trained as an air gunner. During his time with 207 Squadron, based at Langar, Nottinghamshire and Spilsby in Lincolnshire, he flew over 50 sorties during World War II. This is a story of outstanding courage, told with wit, pace and honesty.

Featuring interviews with pilots who flew to war in both Spitfires and Hurricanes, and following detailed analysis of combat reports and casualty records, Dilip Sarkar argues that the Hurricane was markedly inferior to the Spitfire during the Battle of Britain - which could have been won by Spitfires alone.