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Dog Fight
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Author : Norman Franks
language : en
Publisher: Frontline Books
Release Date : 2003-01-07
Dog Fight written by Norman Franks and has been published by Frontline Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-01-07 with History categories.
The history of WWI aviation is a rich and varied story marked by the evolution of aircraft from slow moving, fragile, and unreliable powered kites, into quick, agile, sturdy fighter craft. At the same time there emerged a new kind of 'soldier', the fighter pilots whose individual cunning and bravery became crucial in the fight for control of the air. Dog-fight traces this rapid technological development alongside the strategy and planning of commanders and front-line airmen as they adapted to the rapidly changing events around them and learned to get the best from their machines. Often, this involved discovering and employing tactics instinctively to stay alive. Based on the author's personal correspondence with a number of WWI fighter pilots and aces, and drawing on published contemporary memoirs, this is an authoritative and lively history that serves as a captivating tribute to the brave pilots of both sides.
Dogfight Over Tokyo
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Author : John Wukovits
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2019-08-27
Dogfight Over Tokyo written by John Wukovits and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-27 with History categories.
From an expert in the Pacific theater of World War II comes the tragic story of the pilots who fought the last fight of the war during the first hour of peace When Billy Hobbs and his fellow Hellcat aviators from Air Group 88 lifted off from the venerable Navy carrier USS Yorktown early on the morning of August 15, 1945, they had no idea they were about to carry out the final air mission of World War II. Two hours later, Yorktown received word from Admiral Nimitz that the war had ended and that all offensive operations should cease. As they were turning back, twenty Japanese planes suddenly dove from the sky above them and began a ferocious attack. Four American pilots never returned—men who had lifted off from the carrier in wartime but were shot down during peacetime. Drawing on participant letters, diaries, and interviews, newspaper and radio accounts, and previously untapped archival records, historian and prolific author of acclaimed Pacific theater books, including Tin Can Titans and Hell from the Heavens, John Wukovits tells the story of Air Group 88's pilots and crew through their eyes. Dogfight over Tokyo is written in the same riveting, edge-of-your-seat style that has made Wukovits's previous books so successful. This is a stirring, one-of-a-kind tale of naval encounters and the last dogfight of the war—a story that is both inspirational and tragic.
Dogfight
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Author : Dr Alfred Price
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2016-09-14
Dogfight written by Dr Alfred Price and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-14 with History categories.
Dogfight tells the story of some of the most incredible air battles of modern warfare. Alfred Price's action-packed accounts place you in the cockpit, offering a rare insight into what it was like to face the enemy thousands of feet above the frontline. From operations over the fields of France during the First World War, through to accounts of the indomitable spirit of the RAF during the Battle of Britain, to the horrifying loss of life inflicted by Hitler's Blitzkrieg offensive, when more than 300 aircraft fell in air-to air combat during a single day of fighting; this book details the battles and the men who fought in them. The jet age is also heralded in by accounts of the air force's role in the Vietnam War and the Falkland. The role of reconnaissance aircraft in modern warfare is described alongside the precision of attacking pin-point targets during the Gulf War in Iraq. This book not only uncovers how the tactics of aerial warfare have changed through each major conflict of modern times, but also the dramatic narrative allows the reader to feel like they were there in the skies, flying alongside these incredible pilots.
Dogfight
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Author : Adam Claasen
language : en
Publisher: Exisle Publishing
Release Date : 2012-11-01
Dogfight written by Adam Claasen and has been published by Exisle Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-01 with History categories.
This book tells the story of Australians and New Zealanders in one of the Second World War’s defining and most memorable campaigns. From July until October 1940, the German air force (the Luftwaffe) sought aerial supremacy in skies over England as a prerequisite for an invasion of Britain (Operation Sealion). The ensuing conflict of Luftwaffe and RAF aircraft in the long summer of 1940 became forever known as the Battle of Britain. Of the 574 overseas pilots in the campaign, the New Zealand contingent of 134 airmen was second in size only to the Polish contribution. The Australian involvement, though smaller, was a healthy 37. Thus a fifth of overseas pilots were Anzacs. Among these colonials were some of the Battle of Britain’s widely admired aces. Of the top ten pilots with the greatest number of victories two were New Zealanders (C. F. Gray and B. Carbury) and one an Australian (P. Hughes). Australian and New Zealand aircrew were also employed in attacking enemy Channel ports and airfields as part of Bomber and Coastal Command’s attempts to thwart invasion preparations and blunt the Luftwaffe aerial onslaught. The Anzacs also had a fellow compatriot at the highest level in the Fighter Command system: the highly regarded New Zealander Air Vice-Marshal Sir Keith Park, who was instrumental in devising and implementing the integrated air defence of Britain around Spitfire and Hurricane aircraft, radio control and radar. In the spring of 1940, he was given the command of Group 11, which would face the brunt of the German aggression in south-east England. The success of Park’s plans and operational initiatives, and the role played by Anzac pilots and aircrew, would all contribute to the conflict’s eventual successful outcome.
Dogfight
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Author : Tony Holmes
language : en
Publisher: Chartwell Books
Release Date : 2013-04-15
Dogfight written by Tony Holmes and has been published by Chartwell Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-15 with History categories.
Written by Tony Holmes, an aerospace editor and leading expert on aviation history, Dogfight covers four air forces, three theaters, and ten iconic fighters. This book is the complete story of head to head aerial combat in World War II. In the skies above a world at war, individual skill, technical edge, and superior tactics all determined which pilot would emerge victorious from an aerial duel. Matching up ten aerial rivals - including Spitfires, Messerschmitts, Mustangs and Zeros - with their greatest foes, this book analyzes the histories of the machines, their pilots and tactics, with thrilling accounts of true combat. Meticulously researched digital artwork recreates the cockpits, armament, and battles of each combatant.
The Last Dogfight
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Author : Martin Caidin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
The Last Dogfight written by Martin Caidin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with categories.
Dogfight
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Author : Tony Holmes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012-05-14
Dogfight written by Tony Holmes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-14 with History categories.
Covering four air forces, three theaters, and ten iconic fighters, this book is the complete story of head to head aerial combat in World War II.Matching up ten aerial rivals - including Spitfires, Messerschmitts, Mustangs and Zeros - with their greatest foes, this book analyzes the histories of the machines, their pilots and tactics, with thrilling accounts of true combat. Meticulously researched digital artwork recreates the cockpits, armament, and battles of each combatant.
Dogfight
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Author : Michael Knight
language : en
Publisher: Grove Press
Release Date : 2007
Dogfight written by Michael Knight and has been published by Grove Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Fiction categories.
"Ten stories cut like gems from American family life . . . [with] a gracious patina and a drawl of violence." --Los Angeles Times "A writer of the first rank. . . . [Knight] writes gently and with great gobs of empathy."--Esquire "Wonderfully humane." --Playboy A Los Angeles Times Notable Book, Michael Knight's stunning debut delivers ten tales of ordinary people seized by extraordinary circumstances as their attempts at human connection result in frustrating false starts and ruinous misunderstandings. Knight expertly unveils fragile family ties, secret compulsions, and the nagging doggedness of love as he taps into our collective human experience to remind us, with unerring, piercing insight, of what it means to be alive. By turns unpredictable and wise, sorrowful and triumphant, Dogfight and Other Stories reveals the transformative power of life's small struggles.
Special Operations Dogfight
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Author : Craig Simpson
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2008-11-21
Special Operations Dogfight written by Craig Simpson and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-11-21 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
NORWAY, OCTOBER 1940 Norway, a country invaded by the Nazis. Finn Gunnersen and best friend, Loki Larson, are determined to fight back. Joining the Resistance, they risk arrest, torture and execution. They also don't know who to trust. When vital secrets fall into their hands and the enemy is in hot pursuit, they must escape. But to succeed they face their greatest deadly challenge - how to steal an enemy plane and fly it to freedom. Can two boys take on the might of the Nazi power?
Dogfight
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Author : Robert Jackson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Dogfight written by Robert Jackson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Airplanes, Military categories.
Coined in the pioneer years of military aviation during World War I, the term "dogfight" refers to an aerial battle between two opposing aircraft, with each pilot making the most of his machine's speed and agility to shoot down his opponent. A skilled pilot could exploit the particular merits of his aircraft to ensure victory over his enemy. Dogfight is a fascinating exploration of the world's finest military aircraft, compared and contrasted--from the German Fokker D.III of World War I, ranged against the Allied SPAD XIII, through famous World War II adversaries such as the Hurricane and the Bf109,to modern aircraft which have met in combat such as the MiG-29 and the F-16. Aircraft that served in similar roles, such as the Lockheed Hudson and the Focke-Wulf Fw 200, are also compared, as are types such as trainers and transport aircraft which served on opposing sides. This book also evaluates rival aircraft which saw service on the same side, analyzing which fared best in combat against a common adversary. Each aircraft is illustrated with a spectacular thee-quater-view artwork, accompained by detailed specifications and development history. The squadron history of the illustrated aircraft is also provided, while the main text features first-hand accounts ofmain text features first-hand accounts of flying the aircraft -- and, where relevant, tales if actual air combat----accompanied by color and black-and-white archive photography.