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8 books mention ‘Jet Aircraft’.
In this second volume of This was the Enemy, the procurement of aircraft, bombs, aeroplane details and aircraft armament are explored.
WWII Aviation · 288 pages · 24 November 2025 · Volume 2 of 3, This Was the Enemy£12.89The aircraft companies are mentioned as is the development of the German piston aero-engine and Gas Turbines.
WWII Aviation · 288 pages · 8 May 2025 · Volume 1 of 3, This Was the Enemy£12.89Recoilless guns for aircraft use.
WWII Aviation · 218 pages · 11 August 2026 · Volume 3 of 3, This Was the Enemy£15.03This is the Roy Fedden account of the Inspection of the German Aircraft Industry after Germany's defeat of 1945.
WWII Aviation · 214 pages · 21 October 2026 · In the series, This Was the Enemy£14.95Explains his involvement with the invention of the Steam Catapult for aircraft carriers and its success in the US Navy.
Aviation Biography · 56 pages · 31 January 2018£7.54Included is the development of Canadair aircraft, the Canadair North Star/Argonaut, Silver Star CT-33, the Avro CF-100 and the Argonaut's involvement with the…
Jet Age Aviation · 302 pages · 11 April 2022 · Volume 3 of 3, Clydeside Aviation£12.94…• During World War 2 the company became part of the Royal Aircraft Establishment doing model work on such aircraft as the SRA1 jet flying boat.
Industrial History · 200 pages · 15 August 2013£12.89Commencing at Versailles 1919, then the Germans in Russia at the Lipetsk flying school and at Fili aircraft assembly plant, with Hugo Junkers and Ernst Heinkel.
Military History · 207 pages · 16 January 2016£13.96
Historical articles (12)
- Arado Ar 234 Blitz: The World's First Operational Jet Bomber and Reconnaissance Aircraft
The Arado Ar 234 Blitz was the first operational jet bomber and reconnaissance aircraft. Its design, the Normandy sortie of 2 August 1944, and Remagen.
- Luftwaffe History Books: A Reader's Guide to German Aircraft, Jets and Industry, 1914-1945
A reader's guide to Luftwaffe history books on German aircraft, jets, procurement, armament and the collapse of the aircraft industry.
- The Fedden Mission to Germany, 1945: Inside the Defeated German Aircraft Industry
Roy Fedden's May-July 1945 mission to inspect defeated Germany's jet engines, wind tunnels, Nordhausen underground plants and swept-wing research.
- Messerschmitt Me 262: The First Operational Jet Fighter, 1944-1945
The Messerschmitt Me 262 was the first operational jet fighter, entering Luftwaffe service in 1944. Development, combat record, and why it came too late.
- The British Nuclear Deterrent in the Jet Age: V-Bombers and the Cold War
How Britain built its Cold War nuclear deterrent: V-bombers, German rocket origins, Blue Steel, Polaris and Thor. Charles E. MacKay aviation history.
- The Luftwaffe in 1945: Jets, Fuel, Pilots and the Final Collapse
How the Luftwaffe collapsed in its final year: Me 262 jets grounded for fuel, synthetic oil output destroyed, and a pilot force gutted by undertraining.
- From the Queen Mary to the Mosquito and Bouncing Bomb: Morris Furniture of Glasgow, 1914-1975
How H. Morris and Co. of Glasgow furnished the Queen Mary and Royal Yacht Britannia and built Mosquito balsa plywood, Highball casings and rotor blades.
- Captain Eric "Winkle" Brown: Test Pilot, Carrier Landings and the Records That Still Stand
Captain Eric Winkle Brown flew 487 aircraft types and logged 2,407 carrier landings. Inside his records, the first jet deck landing and the steam catapult.