Search Results: HISTORY/Military History/Aviation from William Robertson

Barnsley: Pen & Sword Aviation, 2008. Hardcover. Fine/very good +. A highly detailed account of 'Operation Grapple' - Britain's series of test drops of her new H-Bomb, code-named Blue Danube, on two bomb ranges in the Pacific. The author dropped the first of these weapons, from a Valiant jet-bomber, on 15 May 1957. More tests were to follow, and this is the full story of how these top-secret experiments were carried out. Though primarily concerned with RAF operations, the author gives a good overall impression of what it was like to live and work in difficult conditions, under extreme security measures. Packed with technical details and illustrations of the aircraft used for the drops, and the many modifications that had to be carried out to prepare them. A fascinating volume of early Cold War history. Contains 196 pages, 24 x 17.5cm, and illustrated throughout with b&w photos plus maps and technical drawings. Black cloth boards in Very Good+ illustrated dust jacket. Internally, Fine: clean, bright… Read More

Oxford: Osprey, 2004. Paperback. Near Fine. Oxford: Osprey, 2004. Paperback. Near Fine. 1st Edition. Softcover. Near Fine/- No.61 in the publishers 'Aircraft of the Aces' series. Like the USAAF war fighting manuals 'The Long Reach' and 'Down to Earth' that have previously featured in the Aircraft of the Aces series, this volume details the combat experiences of the elite American aces, but this time against the Japanese rather than the Germans. The highest scoring US pilots of World War 2 fought over the jungles of New Guinea and the Philippines. Flying P-38s, P-40s, P-47s and P-51s, men such as Dick Bong and John McGuire won the Medal of Honor for their successes in combat in 1943-45. 'Twelve to One' is a wartime manual detailing the 'tricks of the trade' employed by these men, as well as 24 other crack pilots who fought the Japanese with the Fifth Air Force's V Fighter Command. This rare document is reproduced in this book, together with concise biographies of each of the men whose tips… Read More