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THE GREAT NAVAL AND CARRIER BATTLES OF THE PACIFIC WAR
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THE GREAT NAVAL AND CARRIER BATTLES OF THE PACIFIC WAR

L20190216
€37.82
OUT OF STOCK From the fighting in the Slot to the great carrier battles, from the Japanese naval air attack on Hawaii on December 7, 1941, to the destruction of the heavy cruiser Haguro by the British 26th Destroyer Flotilla in the Strait of Malacca on May 16, 1945, the Pacific War is a complex sequence of more or less well-known battles that punctuate a...
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WINGS OF FREEDOM - The Desert Epic of French Fighter Squadron No. 1
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THE WINGS OF FREEDOM - The desert epic of French Fighter Squadron No. 1

L20190208
€28.34
Tobruk, Greece, Egypt, Libya, the Mediterranean, the Western Desert… It is in these wartime skies that French Fighter Squadron No. 1 (EFC1) made its mark. From 18 June 1940, this handful of pilots chose to follow de Gaulle and to continue the fight against Nazi Germany in the air.
Le Havre Aeronautics – From Pioneers to Safran
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Le Havre Aeronautics - From Pioneers to Safran

L20190198
€13.74 €27.49
When Le Havre comes to mind, one's first thoughts turn to its port and the maritime activity that made its reputation. Few would imagine the ocean city with skies crowded with balloons, airships or fragile aeroplanes. Yet that was indeed the case in the age of aviation's pioneers. Since then, sometimes quietly, the aeronautical adventure of Le Havre has...
FRENCH NUCLEAR AIRCRAFT – From 1964 to the Present Day
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FRENCH NUCLEAR AIRCRAFT - From 1964 to the Present Day

L20190196
€54.98
For the first time, a book retraces the history of French nuclear aircraft, the history of their nuclear weapons and their deterrence missions carried out by the Forces Aériennes Stratégiques — the oldest command of the Armée de l'Air — since 1964, by the Force Aérienne Tactique from 1973 to 1991, and by the Marine Nationale since 1979.
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THE FLAMANT AND ITS VARIANTS
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THE FLAMANT AND ITS VARIANTS

L20190190
€55.92
For most people, the manufacturer Dassault is associated with the Mystère and Mirage. Yet it was with a twin-engine piston aircraft that Marcel Bloch, who had become Dassault, returned to the aeronautical spotlight in the late 1940s. 
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WEKUSTA 2 IN COMBAT 1940-1944: Brest, Nantes, Mont-de-Marsan, Bordeaux
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WEKUSTA 2 IN COMBAT 1940-1944: Brest, Nantes, Mont-de-Marsan, Bordeaux

L20190186
€37.44
The Wekusta 2 was a Luftwaffe meteorological reconnaissance unit whose history has been very little explored. It deserves closer attention. Few Luftwaffe units were permanently based in France throughout the Occupation — among them Wekusta 2, whose aircraft took off daily from Brest-Lanvéoc, Nantes-Château Bougon, Mont-de-Marsan or Bordeaux-Mérignac.
VOUGHT F4U CORSAIR 1940 - 1964, FROM PROTOTYPE TO F4U-7 VOUGHT F4U CORSAIR 1940 - 1964, FROM PROTOTYPE TO F4U-7 2
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VOUGHT F4U CORSAIR 1940–1964, from Prototype to F4U-7

L20190172
€33.18
Built in more than 12,000 units across six main versions, operated by certain air forces into the 1970s, but above all the emblematic aircraft of the Pacific War and a true star of the small screen, the Chance Vought F4U Corsair is unquestionably one of the most famous aircraft in the history of aviation.
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THE BATTLE OF DUNKIRK - 26 May – 3 June 1940
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THE AIR BATTLE OF DUNKIRK — 26 May – 3 June 1940

L20190166
€20.85
"Where is the RAF?" This question was the leitmotif of the troops encircled in the Dunkirk pocket and awaiting re-embarkation, as they were subjected to the relentless air raids of the Luftwaffe.
MISTY MISSION — COMPLETE EDITION MISTY MISSION — COMPLETE EDITION 2
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MISTY MISSION COMPLETE EDITION

L20220261
€28.34
That war wrecked us, it put an end to so much hope. We learned that we couldn't always win, and that from then on people hated us. But for three residents of Danville, a run-down town in Alabama — a rich kid, a worker's son made ill by his job, and a girl from the middle-class neighbourhoods — it would mean far more. Simply the end of what they believed...
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THE GREAT AERIAL WAR THE GREAT AERIAL WAR 2
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THE GREAT AIR WAR

L20190127
€26.54
The Great War was the first conflict in which aviation played a predominant role.
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RAFALE
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RAFALE

L20190079
€52.13
The combat aircraft of the future will be multinational or will not exist at all. The Rafale programme is emblematic of this profound industrial and strategic transformation.
AIR SHOW, THE NEW POWERS
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AIR SHOW, THE NEW POWERS

L20190078
€18.48 €36.97
Since the end of the Cold War, numerous aeronautical trade shows and military air displays have emerged well beyond the Western sphere.
ARIANE, A EUROPEAN EPIC
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ARIANE, A EUROPEAN EPIC

L20190064
€54.98
On 26 November 1965, the Diamant launcher, departing from the Hammaguir base in Algeria, placed Astérix, the first French satellite, into orbit. The feat made France the third space power after the Soviet Union and the United States.
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BUILDING YOUR AIRCRAFT IN LEGO
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BUILDING YOUR AIRCRAFT IN LEGO

L20190058
€24.64
This book allows you to build legendary aircraft models in Lego. -Three construction levels: beginner, intermediate and advanced -Detailed step-by-step instructions
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ARDENNES 44 - OF CLOUDS AND FIRE - Air War over the Ardennes ARDENNES 44 - OF CLOUDS AND FIRE - Air War over the Ardennes 2
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ARDENNES 44 — OF CLOUDS AND FIRE: The Air War over the Ardennes

L20190002
€27.96
The air war over the Ardennes: from Antwerp to Bodenplatte On 16 December 1944, the most powerful artillery barrage the forces of a dying Third Reich would ever unleash on the Western Front — opened with the Normandy landings six months earlier — fell upon the American lines holding the thinly manned Ardennes front.
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PIN-UP LA FRENCH TOUCH T1 PIN-UP LA FRENCH TOUCH T1 2
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PIN-UP LA FRENCH TOUCH Vol. 1

L20220270
€15.64
With this first volume, Patrick Hitte opens the doors to a warm, sparkling and deliciously retro universe. Pin-Up: La French Touch T1 celebrates the pin-up as a figure of joy, fantasy and good humour: an image that makes you smile, that catches the eye, that evokes the posters of yesterday, the decorated aircraft noses, the aviators' lucky charms and an...
SPITFIRE, THE LEGEND
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SPITFIRE THE LEGEND

L20190041
€46.45
This book tells the story of the Spitfire, the variants and engines used, to chronicle this aircraft and its legendary exploits. A chapter is notably dedicated to the Spitfire's service with the French armed forces. Also featuring numerous detail photographs of airworthy examples.
Les Aéroplanes Voisins Les Aéroplanes Voisins 2
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The VOISIN Aeroplanes

L20180212
€36.97
OUT OF PRINT In 1908 Voisin and, in America, the Wrights were the only ones building machines that truly flew.
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Camouflage & Markings of French Aviation 1939-1945
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Camouflage & Markings of French Aviation 1939–1945

L20180206
€42.56
Everything you always wanted to know about French camouflage and markings but never dared ask — the foremost specialist on the subject, Christian-Jacques Ehrengardt, lays it all out across 216 pages.
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Encyclopedia of French Fighter Aircraft 1939-1942 Encyclopedia of French Fighter Aircraft 1939-1942 2
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Encyclopaedia of French Fighter Aircraft 1939–1942

L20180205
€37.82
This encyclopaedia devoted to French fighter aircraft of the 1939–42 period offers a sweeping panorama of the state of our aeronautical industry on the eve of an unprecedented cataclysm in the history of our country.
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ANGEL WINGS VOL. 5 - BLACK SANDS ANGEL WINGS VOL. 5 - BLACK SANDS 2
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ANGEL WINGS VOL. 5 - BLACK SANDS

L20220208
€13.74
Angela, still accompanied by Betty Lutton, finds herself on Iwo Jima after the attack on the cruiser taking them towards Tinian Island. A strange place to be reunited with Rob, her sweetheart, tasked with escorting the B-29s on their bombing runs over Japan. For Iwo Jima — a paradisiacal sandy islet in peacetime — is also the site of one of the most...
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GILLES DURANCE T4 - WINGS OF BLOOD GILLES DURANCE T4 - WINGS OF BLOOD 2
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GILLES DURANCE Vol. 4 - WINGS OF BLOOD

L20220248
€13.74
APRIL 1969: Following the disappearance of his wife, Gilles has resigned from the SDECE and distanced himself from his friends. As his world falls apart and he himself is at the bottom of an abyss, he searches for a way to strike back. But trapped by Soviet agents, he is led to the heart of the Sino-Soviet conflict on the Ussuri border for the most...
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Aviators in the Indochina War 1945-1957 - Testimonies
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Aviators in the Indochina War 1945–1957 – Testimonies

L20180147
€28.44
The Indochina War as told by those who lived it. Such could be the title of this work, which brings together testimonies from veterans of the air force and from their army comrades, in support of whom the former so often fought.
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GRUMMAN TOMCAT F-14 GRUMMAN TOMCAT F-14 2
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GRUMMAN TOMCAT F-14

L20180137
€20.85
The F-14 Tomcat needs no introduction: one of the most celebrated combat jets and certainly the most widely publicised in the history of aviation. The literature on the subject is abundant, but the "Avions et Pilotes" collection could not be complete without an issue dedicated to the last of Grumman's felines.
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THE FOCKE-WULF 200 CONDOR
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THE FOCKE-WULF 200 CONDOR

L20180130
€52.13
Despite its distinctive appearance, well known to World War II aviation enthusiasts, the Fw 200 — a militarised civilian transport aircraft — remains somewhat mysterious.
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THE MORANE-SAULNIER MS-760 PARIS
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THE MORANE-SAULNIER MS-760 PARIS

L20180129
€52.13
The Morane-Saulnier 760 Paris was the first four-seat jet aircraft designed for military liaison, training and executive transport duties.
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GERMAN AVIATION 1919–1939
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GERMAN AVIATION 1919–1939

L20180119
€18.48
The interwar period is a fascinating, yet largely overlooked, chapter in the history of German aviation.
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