2 0 • M I L I T A R Y / AV I A T I O N • w w w . f i g h t i n g h i g h . c o m GRAPHIC WAR The Secret Aviation Drawings and Illustrations of World War II
PAN AMERICAN CLIPPERS The Golden Age Of Flying Boats
1st BEDFORDSHIRES Part One: Mons To The Somme
James Trautman
Steven Fuller
Donald Nijboer 279 x 216 mm
234 x 156 mm
272 pages
224 pages
200 colour images
32pp b+w photos
100 b+w photos
ISBN 978 09562696 5 2
ISBN 978 155407 894 3
Hardback £19.99
Paperback £19.95
BIC Classification: HBW
BIC Classification: WGM
Fighting High
Boston Mills Press
11th November 2011
31st October 2011
A superb collection of top-secret drawings, including training manuals and colourful wartime posters, from World War II. They were brilliantly created from a few downed aircraft, but mainly from pilots’ views of the enemy in the air, during missions. Almost all of the material was originally listed as “restricted — official use only” and previously unpublished in any form. The cutaway drawings of the aircraft and airborne weaponry were critical to the war efforts of Allied and Axis forces alike. Many of the graphic artists and technical illustrators employed by the Allies, and most employed by the Axis powers, remain anonymous. Their work survives on these pages, however, to provide rare and unique insight into war room strategy and the air- and ground-crew trainee classroom. Aviation enthusiasts, modellers, illustrators, artists and anyone with an interest in World War II history will find Graphic War a compelling inside look at the war fought in the sky. 286 x 235 mm; 272 pages; Over 200 colour illustrations; ISBN 978 155407 892 9; Paperback £19.95; BIC Classification: WGM; Boston Mills Press; 1st August 2011
In the 1930s, the Pan American Airways Clipper “flying boats” symbolized elegance and luxury, adventure and romance. Illustrated with rare period photographs, vintage travel posters, magazine ads and colourful company brochures, this fascinating book covers every aspect of these aircraft.
The fascinating and extraordinary story of the 1st Battallion Bedfordshire Regiment of the British Army during the early years of World War I, based on a wide variety of official sources and private records, supported by maps and personalized with individual stories and photographs of the “soldier lads” who served.
INTO THE VALLY The Valentine Tank and Derivatives 1938-1960
9. PANZER DIVISION 1940-1943 Marek Kruk and Radoslaw Szewczyk
Dick Taylor
297 x 210 mm
297 x 210 mm
196 pages
160 pages
48pp colour artwork
100 b+w photos
b+w photographs
ISBN 9788361421 29 0
ISBN 978 8361421 36 8
Paperback £19.99
Paperback £19.95
BIC Classification: JWMV
BIC Classification: HBW/
Mushroom Model
JWMV1
Publications
Mushroom Model
25th July 2011
Publications 29th August 2011
The Valentine was unusual, as unlike most British tanks to see service during WW2 it began life as a private venture - that is, it was not designed to War Office specification. Yet, the Valentine had the highest production numbers (over 8000) of any wartime British tank, and arguably the most variations.
This lavishly illustrated book tells the story of the 9th German Panzer unit and its operations on the Western and Eastern fronts during WW2. Many previously unpublished photographs are included, plus maps of the operational areas.