Pen Sword Aviation imprint: 311 books
Surviving the Japanese Onslaught
An RAF PoW in Burma
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
These are the firsthand memoirs of the late William Albert Tate (W.O, RAF Bomber Command) framed within the factual history of his service career in the Royal Air Force between the years 1938 and 1946, penned by his son. This gripping narrative relays William's firsthand recollections of his time...
Luftwaffe Bombers in the Blitz 1940-1941
Rare photographs from Wartime Archives
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2015
Luftwaffe Bombers in the Blitz will comprise of some 140-150 images of German bomber aircraft during the Blitz of 1940-1941. The images will cover the entirety of the Blitz and will also depict losses across Britain during this period. Each picture will tell its own story, and will be fully captioned...
Tornado GR1
An Operational History
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
Replacing the Vulcan, Buccaneer and Jaguar in the front line of the Cold War, the remarkable “swing-winged” Tornado GR1 provided Britain’s strike capability in the last years of the Cold War in the 1980s, equipping some 10 RAF squadrons. During the Gulf War, Tornado GR1 crews led Britain’s...
Tiger Cub
The Story of John Freeborn DFC*
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2009
Acting Pilot Officer John Freeborn reported to RAF Hornchurch on 29 October, 1938. John was posted from Flying Training School to join the already acclaimed 74 ‘Tiger’ Squadron at eighteen years of age. One of the first people John met when he arrived at the station was Bob Stanford Tuck of 65...
Air Battle for Burma
Allied Pilots' Fight for Supremacy
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
After a long series of crushing defeats by the apparently unstoppable Japanese air and ground forces, the eventual fight back and victory in Burma was achieved as a result of the exercise of unprecedented combined services cooperation and operations. Crucial to this was the Allies’ supremacy in...
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight
50 Years of Flying
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2007
The history of the Flight began with the formation of the Historic Aircraft Flight in July 1957, it was later to become known as The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. Countless displays and fly-pasts have enthralled audiences and enthusiasts all over Britain and in many parts of Europe, when the...
The Royal Navy Lynx
An Operational History
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
This book tells the story of an incredibly capable naval aircraft, based primarily on the words of those who flew and maintained it. Beginning with the Lynx's entry into service in 1976, it goes on to discuss its remarkable performance in the Falklands War. Here it was used in both its primary roles...
by Anthony Cooper
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
The Japanese air raids on Darwin on 19 February 1942 are well-known to most Australians, although not perhaps to the rest of the world. What happened afterwards, however, remains unknown to many. This publication attempts to illuminate this little-known period of war history, charting the exploits,...
Eyes of the Night
Air Defence of North-western England 1940 - 41
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2006
In the early years of WW2 two of Britain's most important industrial cities, Liverpool and Manchester were woefully unprotected from enemy bombing raids. Once the capitulation of France had occurred after Dunkirk, the Luftwaffe was able to base its vast bomber fleet at forward airfields that brought...
Bomber Squadron No 7
The World War II Record
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2007
This is the story of one of the RAF's oldest and most distinguished heavy bomber squadrons in WW2, although an outline history of the unit since it was formed in WW1 and its post-war history are included. It was the first operational Stirling Squadron, the RAF's first four engine heavy bomber, and...
by Ian White
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2007
REVIEWS
“an outstanding combination of the many aspects involved with air intercept radar… the author is very successful in blending technical, operational and military aspects of the subjects into a very interesting book.” Air Power History, Winter 2008
by Martin Derry, Neil Robinson
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
Initially projected as a maritime reconnaissance version of the Lincoln bomber, itself a development of the famous wartime Lancaster which saw post-war service in a General/Maritime Reconnaissance role, (see Flight Craft No 4), the Avro Shackleton, (named after the polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton)...
The Boy Airman
An Absolute Stranger to Fear
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
The life of many combatants in The Great War was often short and brutish. But there were choices for some. Taking to the air was an attractive alternative to the slime, stench and gore of the trenches. The prospect of flying in the Royal Navy, the Senior Service, Nelson's Navy, must have been irresistible...
Air War Northern Ireland
Britain's Air Arms and the 'Bandit Country' of South Armagh, Operation Banner 1969–2007
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2018
Famously dubbed 'Bandit Country' by a UK government minister in 1975, South Armagh was considered the most dangerous part of Northern Ireland for the British Army and Royal Ulster Constabulary during the years of violence known as the 'Troubles' that engulfed the province in the last three decades...