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5 books mention ‘Jet Fighters’.
Topic: Fighters
WWII Aviation · 288 pages · 24 November 2025 · Volume 2 of 3, This Was the Enemy£12.89There is also fresh information on Frank Whittle's jet engine and the E28/39 and the work of the General Electric Company with British gas turbines.
Jet Age Aviation · 302 pages · 11 April 2022 · Volume 3 of 3, Clydeside Aviation£12.94Topic: Fighters
WWII Aviation · 288 pages · 8 May 2025 · Volume 1 of 3, This Was the Enemy£12.89German Technical aid to Japan - Jet engines 7.
WWII Aviation · 218 pages · 11 August 2026 · Volume 3 of 3, This Was the Enemy£15.03The Team inspected Jet Engines, Airframe manufacturing, Wind Tunnels and the carnage of the slave camps at Nordhausen used for building aeroplanes.
WWII Aviation · 214 pages · 21 October 2026 · In the series, This Was the Enemy£14.95
Historical articles (7)
- 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.
- North American F-86 Sabre: The RAF's Cold War Swept-Wing Fighter
How the Canadair-built F-86 Sabre armed RAF squadrons in 1950s NATO Germany. Korea, MiG Alley and the Bechers Brook ferry flights explained.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- From Cierva and the Weir W5 to the Bristol Sycamore: Early British Helicopter Development
Early helicopter history from the Denny Mumford helicopter and Cierva autogiros to the Weir W5, Cierva Air Horse, Sikorsky Hoverfly and Bristol Sycamore.