Osprey Dogfight

Illustrator: Hector Gareth, Laurier Jim — Osprey Publishing, 2022. — 84 p. The Fw 190D-9 - the ‘long-nosed' Dora - represented the cutting edge and pinnacle of wartime Germany's piston-engine aviation development. This new history by leading German aviation specialist Robert Forsyth reveals what it was like to pilot her in combat as Germany desperately battled to remain in the...

Illustrator: Hector Gareth, Laurier Jim — Osprey Publishing, 2022. — 84 p. Luftwaffe Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring admitted that the appearance of long-range Mustangs over Berlin spelled the end of the Jagdwaffe's ability to defeat American daylight bombing. But the Mustang was far more than an escort - it was a deadly hunter that could out-perform nearly every German fighter...

Osprey Publishing, 2022. — 136 p. — ISBN 978-1-4728-5004-1. Luftwaffe Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring admitted that the appearance of long-range Mustangs over Berlin spelled the end of the Jagdwaffe's ability to defeat American daylight bombing. But the Mustang was far more than an escort - it was a deadly hunter that could out-perform nearly every German fighter when it was...

Osprey Publishing, 2022. — 142 p. — ISBN 978-1-4728-5031-7. The Bf 109 was one of the principal fighter aircraft types in the Luftwaffe's inventory during the opening months of World War II and it was central to many of Germany's early victories, before coming up against the unbeatable RAF during the Battle of Britain. This book presents first-hand experiences of the pilots who...

Illustrator: Hector Gareth, Laurier Jim — Osprey Publishing, 2022. — 80 p. The Bf 109 was one of the principal fighter aircraft types in the Luftwaffe's inventory during the opening months of World War II and it was central to many of Germany's early victories, before coming up against the unbeatable RAF during the Battle of Britain. This book presents first-hand experiences of...

Illustrator: Hector Gareth, Laurier Jim — Osprey Publishing, 2022. — 80 p. The F-86A Sabre had entered USAF service in 1949, and in December 1950 three squadrons were sent to South Korea. Despite primitive basing conditions and overwhelming Chinese opposition, the Sabre pilots stopped communist air forces from attacking UN ground troops and allowed Allied fighter-bombers to...

Osprey Publishing, 2022. — 133 p. — ISBN 978-1-4728-5035-5. The F-86A Sabre had entered USAF service in 1949, and in December 1950 three squadrons were sent to South Korea. Despite primitive basing conditions and overwhelming Chinese opposition, the Sabre pilots stopped communist air forces from attacking UN ground troops and allowed Allied fighter-bombers to operate without...

Illustrator: Hector Gareth, Laurier Jim — Osprey Publishing, 2022. — 80 p. Joining combat in the Pacific in late 1943, the Hellcat squadrons soon demonstrated their ascendency over their Japanese opponents, culminating in the great "Marianas Turkey Shoot" during the Battle of the Philippine Sea in June 1944. The fighter proved to be a dream for pilots to fly, allowing both...

Illustrator: Hector Gareth, Laurier Jim — Osprey Publishing, 2023. — 80 p. Right from its operational debut in the summer of 1944, the Me 262 outclassed anything the Allies had in terms of speed and firepower ratio, offering a formidable punch with four 30 mm Mk 108 nose-mounted cannon, and a Jumo 004 jet engine. The problem the Luftwaffe faced, however, was one of numbers....

Illustrator: Hector Gareth, Laurier Jim — Osprey Publishing, 2023. — 80 p. When the Vietnam War began, the F-8 was already firmly established as a fighter and reconnaissance aircraft. It entered combat as an escort for Alpha strike packages, braving the anti-aircraft artillery and surface-to-air missiles alongside the A-4 Skyhawk bombers and meeting MiGs for the first time on 3...

Osprey Publishing, 2023. — 125 p. — ISBN 9781472857545. When the Vietnam War began, the F-8 was already firmly established as a fighter and reconnaissance aircraft. It entered combat as an escort for Alpha strike packages, braving the anti-aircraft artillery and surface-to-air missiles alongside the A-4 Skyhawk bombers and meeting MiGs for the first time on 3 April 1965....

Illustrator: Hector Gareth, Laurier Jim — Osprey Publishing, 2023. — 80 p. One of the most successful communist jet fighters ever built, the MiG-21 "Fishbed" was involved in a series of deadly duels with American fighters over North Vietnam as the USAF and US Navy ramped up strike missions during Operation Rolling Thunder, culminating in the destruction of over 70 US aircraft...

Illustrator: Hector Gareth, — Osprey Publishing, 2023. — 80 p. The US Navy went to war in December 1941 with the tubby Wildcat, the first of Grumman's famed 'cats', as its principal carrier fighter. Ruggedly built and well armed, the F4F's performance was inferior to the Japanese Zero-sen, yet in the carrier battles of 1942 between the US Navy and the IJN the Wildcat pilots...

Illustrator: Hector Gareth, Laurier Jim — Osprey Publishing, 2023. — 80 p. The combat record of the Zero-sen in New Guinea has mostly been overstated, with little due being given to the constraining conditions under which the fighter operated. The air combats fought over New Guinea in 1942 between Imperial Japanese Naval Air Force (IJNAF) pilots and their Allied counterparts in...

Illustrator: Hector Gareth, Laurier Jim — Osprey Publishing, 2024. — 80 p. Developed from one of the finest fighters of World War II, the radial-engined Fw 190A-8 was conceived as a heavy assault aircraft and armed accordingly. Its mission was to provide a response to the increasing numbers of USAAF B-17 and B-24 bombers operating against targets in the western and central...

Osprey Publishing, 2024. — 119 p. — ISBN 9781472857460. Developed from one of the finest fighters of World War II, the radial-engined Fw 190A-8 was conceived as a heavy assault aircraft and armed accordingly. Its mission was to provide a response to the increasing numbers of USAAF B-17 and B-24 bombers operating against targets in the western and central Reich. This book...

Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2024. — 131 p. — ISBN 9781472862389. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Andy Saunders is an author, researcher, television and ⵼lm consultant, editor and former museum curator specialising in military aviation and history. He is the editor of the acclaimed German military history magazine Iron Cross and author of more than 20 books on air warfare. His articles have...

Illustrator: Hector Gareth, Laurier Jim — Osprey Publishing, 2024. — 84 p. The Luftwaffe's famous Bf 109 Emil saw considerable combat across the first stages of World War 2, but it was 1940's Battle of Britain that truly put it to the test. During the early operations of that clash, in July and August 1940, German pilots had to reckon not only with the RAF but with another...