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THE FRENCH AIR FORCE IN INDOCHINA 1945–1956 THE FRENCH AIR FORCE IN INDOCHINA 1945–1956 2
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THE FRENCH AIR FORCE IN INDOCHINA 1945–1956

L20220358
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The Indochina War truly began at the end of 1946, when Hô Chi Minh, the leader of the Viet Minh — a communist-aligned revolutionary front that had proclaimed the independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam at the time of the Japanese surrender in September 1945 — launched a general insurrection against the French presence in the country. From the...
WOMEN IN THE CLOUDS - Aeronauts - Parachutists -... WOMEN IN THE CLOUDS - Aeronauts - Parachutists -... 2
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WOMEN IN THE CLOUDS - Aeronauts - Parachutists - Aviatrices - Vol. 1: 1784–1918

L20220355
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In aeronautics, collective memory preserves the story of the Montgolfier brothers and their hot-air balloon, which rose into the sky in 1783; of Pilâtre de Rozier, who that same year made a free balloon flight; of André-Jacques Garnerin, who performed a parachute descent in 1797; and of Louis Blériot, who crossed the English Channel in his Blériot XI in...
INFERNO - COASTAL COMMAND
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INFERNO - COASTAL COMMAND

L20220346
€13.74
September 1943... A British airbase welcomes new pilots for its Bristol Beaufighter Mk VI. Coming from Lancaster squadrons, these pilots have earned the right to return to service aboard this night fighter, capable of operating as a fighter-bomber, torpedo bomber, or ground-attack aircraft. The missions pile up, each more perilous than the last... But the...
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CHARLES NUNGESSER - A Life in Images of an Ace Conquering... CHARLES NUNGESSER - A Life in Images of an Ace Conquering... 2
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CHARLES NUNGESSER - A Life in Images of an Ace Conquering the Skies

L20220333
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Charles Nungesser, the pilot who set out to cross the Atlantic by air with his comrade Coli, and who never arrived... An extraordinary mystery that, a century later, remains unsolved. Patrick de Gmeline paints a detailed portrait of this man and this pilot with an exceptional career: with thirty citations on his Croix de guerre, including 28 palms and 2...
ANGEL WINGS T1 - BURMA BANSHEES
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ANGEL WINGS T1 - BURMA BANSHEES

L20220331
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1944. While Japanese forces occupy all of Burma and now threaten India and China, the pilots of the American forces maintain a bold and dangerous continuous airlift between these two allied countries in order to stem the Japanese advance... Angela Mc Cloud is a "WASP", a woman of the "Woman Airforce Service Pilot". Her mission: to fly her "C-47 Dakota"...
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THE OLD TIGER THE OLD TIGER 2
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THE OLD TIGER

L20220330
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Three minutes of an air battle lost before it began… A fleeting detail in the midst of the Second World War… It is nothing more than a brief but intense engagement between a Hungarian Me 210 Ca-1 fast bomber and nine Soviet Yak-9 fighters. This is not an adventure novel, but the true story of the author's grandfather — the man who gave him his passion...
THE ALLIED BOMBING OF FRANCE - May–September 1944 THE ALLIED BOMBING OF FRANCE - May–September 1944 2
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THE ALLIED BOMBING OF FRANCE - May–September 1944

L20220321
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At the American cemetery overlooking Omaha Beach, on the vast map engraved in stone, red ceramic stars mark the Allied bombing raids. Foreign visitors do not appreciate what these stars symbolize for the French: pain, tragedy, and sometimes incomprehension. How do you wage war against friends? Time has moved on, consigning to oblivion the suffering of the...
COMBAT SKIES - Unpublished Testimonies from Fighter Pilots
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COMBAT SKIES - Unpublished Testimonies from Fighter Pilots

L20220294
€21.80
Afghanistan, Libya, Mali, Iraq, Syria... Our combat pilots and navigators have been accumulating wartime missions for twenty-five years under the most unlikely latitudes. But while the geostrategic environment has changed considerably over the course of a generation, the fundamentals of these crews' lives have ultimately changed little, with the same key...
AVRO LANCASTER - The RAF Bomber
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AVRO LANCASTER - The RAF Bomber

L20220292
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The star of British bombers is the subject of an exhaustive study divided into six major chapters, from its origins to its operations. You will learn everything about its development, its various variants, its armament and its combat record — from the raids over Germany and the Dambusters' action against the Ruhr dams to the destruction of the Tirpitz....
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ANGEL WINGS VOL. 7 - MIG MADNESS ANGEL WINGS VOL. 7 - MIG MADNESS 2
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ANGEL WINGS VOL. 7 - MIG MADNESS

L20220212
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Winter 1952… For more than two years, the Korean War has confronted America with the Communist threat; the world stands on the brink of nuclear conflict… In the Korean skies, the Chinese air force equipped with formidable Soviet MiG-15s outclasses American jets above « Mig Alley », where fierce aerial combat rages. Meanwhile, in Florida, Angela remotely...
ANGEL WINGS T7 - LARGE FORMAT ANGEL WINGS T7 - LARGE FORMAT 2
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ANGEL WINGS T7 - LARGE FORMAT

L20220211
€35.07
Large Format album, limited print run of 2,500 copies. It comes with a foam board model aircraft to assemble. The title is embossed in red and gold, with a selective varnish finish on the cover. Winter 1952... For more than two years, the Korean War has been confronting America with the communist threat; the world stands on the brink of nuclear conflict…...
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U.S. NAVY UNIFORMS IN WORLD WAR II : U.S. Naval...
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U.S. NAVY UNIFORMS IN WORLD WAR II : U.S. Naval Amphibious Forces

L2022003
€74.88
This book is a detailed examination of the uniforms and equipment used by elite and specialist units of the United States Navy during the Second World War. Collectors and history specialists will marvel at the breadth of previously unpublished texts and images covering such rarely treated subjects as pre-war landing parties, Seabees, Naval beach...
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