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Speed, Aggression, Surprise
- The Untold Secret Origins of the SAS
- By: Tom Petch
- Narrated by: Tom Petch
- Length: 14 hrs and 59 mins
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It's a story of how the shock of defeat propelled an unlikely group of renegades into the frontline of the war. An adventure that reaches back from the trenches of the Western Front to high piracy in the deserts of North Africa to the final assault on Germany. It's a story that comes together in the corridors of headquarters, on long nights at the long bar in Shepherd's Hotel in Cairo, and on the deadliest battlefields in history, around a cast of insubordinate mavericks who didn't fit into the tight military hierarchy.
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Speed, Aggression, Surprise
- The Untold Secret Origins of the SAS
- Narrated by: Tom Petch
- Length: 14 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 10-11-2022
- Language: English
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Wade McClusky and the Battle of Midway
- By: David Rigby
- Narrated by: Keith MacKechnie
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
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During the Battle of Midway in June 1942, US Navy dive bomber pilot Wade McClusky proved himself to be one of the greatest pilots and combat leaders in American history, but his story has never been told - until now. It was Wade McClusky who remained calm when the Japanese fleet was not where it was expected to be. It was he who made the counterintuitive choice to then search to the north instead of to the south.
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Wade McClusky and the Battle of Midway
- Narrated by: Keith MacKechnie
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 05-08-2021
- Language: English
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Solo2Darwin
- In the Footsteps of Amy Johnson
- By: Amanda Harrison, Polly Vacher - foreword by
- Narrated by: Sasha Higgins
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
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Whilst learning to fly, Amanda Harrison discovered a beautiful vintage Tiger Moth. After researching the amazing pioneers who flew this fragile aircraft, a spark was ignited, and Amanda dreamed of emulating their adventures. On May 11, 2019, she made that dream a reality, taking off from Biggin Hill with the aim of flying to Darwin, Australia in twenty days-just as her idol Amy Johnson had done in 1930.
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Solo2Darwin
- In the Footsteps of Amy Johnson
- Narrated by: Sasha Higgins
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 31-07-2024
- Language: English
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The Wrong Stuff
- The Adventures and Misadventures of an 8th Air Force Aviator
- By: Truman Smith
- Narrated by: James Killavey
- Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
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Between April and July 1944, Truman Smith flew 35 bombing missions over France and Germany. He was only 20 years old. Although barely adults, Smith and his peers worried about cramming a lifetime's worth of experience into every free night, each knowing he probably would not survive the next bombing mission. Written with blunt honesty, wry humor, and insight, The Wrong Stuff is Smith's gripping memoir of that time.
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The Wrong Stuff
- The Adventures and Misadventures of an 8th Air Force Aviator
- Narrated by: James Killavey
- Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 02-09-2014
- Language: English
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Never Mind, We'll Do It Ourselves
- The Inside Story of How a Team of Renegades Broke Rules, Shattered Barriers, and Launched a Drone Warfare Revolution
- By: Alec Bierbauer, Col. Mark Cooter USAF (Ret.), Michael Marks
- Narrated by: David de Vries
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
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Never Mind, We'll Do It Ourselves is the character-driven story behind the origins of the Predator drone program and the dawn of unmanned warfare. A firsthand account told by an Air Force team leader and a CIA team leader, Never Mind, We'll Do It Ourselves takes the listener into the back offices and secret government hangars where the robotic revolution went from a mad scientist idea to a pivotal part of global air power.
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Never Mind, We'll Do It Ourselves
- The Inside Story of How a Team of Renegades Broke Rules, Shattered Barriers, and Launched a Drone Warfare Revolution
- Narrated by: David de Vries
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 25-01-2022
- Language: English
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The Battle of Midway
- The Naval Institute Guide to the U.S. Navy's Greatest Victory
- By: Thomas C. Hone - editor
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 15 hrs and 54 mins
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The best way for today's sailors to learn about a battle is from those who fought it. The Battle of Midway, commemorated annually in the US Navy, warrants close attention. This Naval Institute guide includes some of the most vibrant and informed accounts by individuals who fought on both sides of the June 1942 battle. The anthology pulls together memoirs, articles, excerpts from other Naval Institute books, and relevant government documents to help listeners understand what happened and explain why the battle was so significant to the naval service.
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How much it adds to other accounts
- By Kay L. on 13-08-2024
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The Battle of Midway
- The Naval Institute Guide to the U.S. Navy's Greatest Victory
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 15 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 18-08-2020
- Language: English
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Pan Am at War
- How the Airline Secretly Helped America Fight World War II
- By: Mark Cotta Vaz, John H. Hill
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
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Pan Am at War chronicles the airline's historic role in advancing aviation and serving America's national interest before and during World War II. From its inception, Pan American Airways operated as the "wings of democracy", spanning six continents and placing the country at the leading edge of international aviation. At the same time, it was clandestinely helping to fight America's wars.
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Pan Am at War
- How the Airline Secretly Helped America Fight World War II
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 27-03-2019
- Language: English
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Black Tulip
- The Life and Myth of Erich Hartmann, the World's Top Fighter Ace
- By: Erik Schmidt
- Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
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Black Tulip locates the ambiguous truth about Erich Hartmann and so much of the German Wehrmacht in general: that many of these men were neither full-blown Nazis nor impeccable knights. They were complex, contradictory, and elusive. This book portrays a complex human rather than the heroic caricature we're used to, and it argues that the tidy, polished hero stories we've inherited about men like Hartmann say as much about those who've crafted them as they do about the heroes themselves.
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Mind numbingly boring German History lecture
- By Geoff Alford on 17-06-2021
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Black Tulip
- The Life and Myth of Erich Hartmann, the World's Top Fighter Ace
- Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 23-02-2021
- Language: English
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Ghostriders 1968-1975
- "Mors De Caelis" Combat History of the AC-130 Spectre Gunship, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia (Ghostriders, 1)
- By: William Walters
- Narrated by: Pete Bradbury
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
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Ghostriders: Mors De Caelis is a comprehensive history of AC-130 gunship combat operations in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. The story begins with the first AC-130 in 1968, and ends in 1975 at the end of the war in Vietnam. It tells the life and death stories of Spectre crews, who faced extreme danger while hunting trucks on the Ho Chi Minh Trail and providing fire support for US and allied ground forces.
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Ghostriders 1968-1975
- "Mors De Caelis" Combat History of the AC-130 Spectre Gunship, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia (Ghostriders, 1)
- Narrated by: Pete Bradbury
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 08-03-2022
- Language: English
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Strange Craft
- The True Story of an Air Force Intelligence Officer's Life with UFOs
- By: John L. Guerra
- Narrated by: John Guerra
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
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US Air Force Major George Filer belongs to the generation of pilots and airmen who first became aware of the strange aircraft showing up in the Earth’s atmosphere after World War II. These men - military professionals who flew planes, commanded ships, served as radar operators and air traffic controllers at air fields around the world - began to whisper amongst themselves about encounters with suspected extraterrestrial aircraft.
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Strange Craft
- The True Story of an Air Force Intelligence Officer's Life with UFOs
- Narrated by: John Guerra
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 12-02-2021
- Language: English
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China Clipper: The Age of the Great Flying Boats
- By: Robert Gandt
- Narrated by: Thomas Block
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
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When the China Clipper shattered aviation records on its maiden six-day flight from California to the Orient in 1935, the flying boat became an instant celebrity. This lively history by Robert Gandt traces the development of the great flying boats as both a triumph of technology and a stirring human drama. He examines the political, military, and economic forces that drove its development and explains the aeronautical advances that made the aircraft possible.
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China Clipper: The Age of the Great Flying Boats
- Narrated by: Thomas Block
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 14-01-2015
- Language: English
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Raiders: World War Two True Stories
- By: Ross Kemp
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
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Six raids that changed the course of history. Operation Judgement: one of the most spectacular efforts of World War Two, where obsolete British biplanes attacked the Italian fleet in Taranto. Operation Archery: the first true combined operation carried out by all three British forces. This successful raid persuaded Hitler that the Allies were planning a full-scale invasion. Operation Biting: a cross-Channel raid into France that was the first major attack by the British Airborne Division and its first battle honour. Operation Gunnerside: a dramatic demolition assault on Hitler's atomic bomb plant in Norway....
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Raiders: World War Two True Stories
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 25-10-2012
- Language: English
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Meteor Boys
- True Tales from the Operators of Britain's First Jet Fighter: From 1944 to Date
- By: Steve Bond
- Narrated by: Roger Davis
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
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Through the firsthand experiences of pilots and ground crew, the author of Javelin Boys chronicles the history of the RAF’s first jet-engine aircraft. As Britain’s first jet fighter, the Gloster Meteor has had a remarkably varied and lengthy life. But while many books have focused on its development and service history, the time has come to hear the personal experiences of its air and ground crews.
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Meteor Boys
- True Tales from the Operators of Britain's First Jet Fighter: From 1944 to Date
- Narrated by: Roger Davis
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 03-04-2019
- Language: English
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Holding the Line
- The Naval Air Campaign in Korea
- By: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 13 hrs and 31 mins
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Holding the Line chronicles the carrier war in Korea from the first day of the war to the last, focusing on frontline combat while also describing the technical development of aircraft and shipboard operations and how these all affected the broader strategic situation on the Korean Peninsula.
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Great details, too much of a Navy commercial
- By Street on 29-04-2019
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Holding the Line
- The Naval Air Campaign in Korea
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 13 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 19-03-2019
- Language: English
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In Hostile Skies
- An American B-24 Pilot in World War II
- By: James M. Davis
- Narrated by: Jim Woods
- Length: 5 hrs and 31 mins
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James "Jim" Davis lived what he considered "an impossible dream" as he piloted a B-24, as part of the 8th Air Force, on nearly 30 missions in the European Theatre during World War II. In this memoir, Davis offers heart-wrenching detail concerning the difficulties of qualifying for the U.S. Army Air Forces pilot program, the strenuous nature of the pilot training program, the anxiety caused by a wartime marriage, and the dangers of flying combat missions over Nazi Germany.
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In Hostile Skies
- An American B-24 Pilot in World War II
- Narrated by: Jim Woods
- Series: North Texas Military Biography and Memoir Series
- Length: 5 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 04-05-2016
- Language: English
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Sustaining the Carrier War
- The Deployment of U.S. Naval Air Power to the Pacific
- By: Stan Fisher
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
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The ability of the US Navy to fight and win a protracted war in the Pacific was not solely the result of technology, tactics, or leadership. Naval aviation maintenance played a major role in the US victory over Japan in WWII. The naval war against Japan did not achieve sustained success until enough aircraft technicians were available to support the high tempo of aviation operations that fast carrier task force doctrine demanded.
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Sustaining the Carrier War
- The Deployment of U.S. Naval Air Power to the Pacific
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 19-03-2024
- Language: English
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Fighters in the Blood
- The Story of a Spitfire Pilot–and the Son Who Followed in His Footsteps
- By: Air Marshal 'Black' Robertson CBE BA FRAeS FRSA
- Narrated by: Air Marshal 'Black' Robertson CBE BA FRAeS FRSA
- Length: 14 hrs and 8 mins
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As this fascinating memoir unfolds, moving backwards and forwards through time, two parallel stories emerge: one of a Second World War Spitfire ace whose flying career comes to a premature end when he’s shot down and loses an eye, the other of his progeny, a second generation fighter pilot who eventually reaches the rank of air marshal.
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Fighters in the Blood
- The Story of a Spitfire Pilot–and the Son Who Followed in His Footsteps
- Narrated by: Air Marshal 'Black' Robertson CBE BA FRAeS FRSA
- Length: 14 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 15-10-2022
- Language: English
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With the Possum and the Eagle
- The Memoir of a Navigator's War Over Germany and Japan
- By: Ralph H. Nutter
- Narrated by: Ed Altman
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
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From the beginning, it was clear that Ralph Nutter was an exceptional navigator. Rapid promotion followed when he was assigned as Maj. Gen. Curtis the Eagle LeMay's personal navigator. Later, he was picked by Maj. Gen. Haywood Possum Hansell, the 20th Air Force Commander, to be his personal navigator. The author's vivid recollections of those halcyon years make for exciting, informative listening.
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With the Possum and the Eagle
- The Memoir of a Navigator's War Over Germany and Japan
- Narrated by: Ed Altman
- Series: North Texas Military Biography and Memoir Series
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 28-01-2015
- Language: English
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Forgotten Fifteenth
- The Daring Airmen Who Crippled Hitler's War Machine
- By: Barrett Tillman
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
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November 1943 to May 1945. The US Army Air Forces waged an unprecedentedly dogged and violent campaign against Hitler's vital oil production and industrial plants on theThird Reich's southern flank. Flying from southern Italy, far from the limelight enjoyed by the Eighth Air Force in England, the Fifteenth Air Force engaged in high-risk missions spanning most of the European continent. The story of the Fifteenth Air Force deserves a prideful place in the annals of American gallantry.
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Well worth it
- By Bruce on 31-12-2023
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Forgotten Fifteenth
- The Daring Airmen Who Crippled Hitler's War Machine
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 02-06-2014
- Language: English
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Brotherhood of the Flying Coffin
- The Glider Pilots of World War II
- By: Scott McGaugh
- Narrated by: Geoff Sugiyama
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
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They were all volunteers, for a specialized duty that their own government projected would have a 50 percent casualty rate. None faltered. In every major European invasion of the war they led the way. They landed their gliders ahead of the troops who stormed Omaha Beach, and sometimes miles ahead of the paratroopers bound for the far side of the Rhine River in Germany itself. From there, they had to hold their positions. They delivered medical teams, supplies and gasoline to troops surrounded in the Battle of the Bulge, ahead even of Patton's famous supply truck convoy.
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Brotherhood of the Flying Coffin
- The Glider Pilots of World War II
- Narrated by: Geoff Sugiyama
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 02-03-2023
- Language: English
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