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  • MiG Alley

    The US Air Force in Korea, 1950–53

    by Thomas McKelvey Cleaver ...
    Following the end of the Korean War, the prevailing myth in the West was that of the absolute supremacy of US Air Force pilots and aircraft over their Soviet-supplied opponents. The claims of the 10:1 victory-loss ratio achieved by the US Air Force fighter pilots flying the North American F-86 Sabre against their communist adversaries, among other such fabrications, went unchallenged until the end ... Read more

    $18.29 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Holding the Line

    The Naval Air Campaign In Korea

    by Thomas McKelvey Cleaver ...
    This is the gripping story of Task Force 77, the US Navy carrier commitment to the Korean War that was vital to the success of the UN forces battling the Chinese and North Koreans.Naval and air power were crucial to the United Nations' success in the Korean War, as it sought to negate the overwhelming Chinese advantage in manpower. In what became known as the 'long hard slog', naval aviators ... Read more

    $15.69 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Target Schweinfurt

    The Eighth Air Force's Darkest Days

    by Thomas McKelvey Cleaver ...
    A vivid account of the US Eighth Air Force's raids on Schweinfurt and Regensburg in August and October 1943, their most difficult and costliest missions of World War II.Based on the first-hand accounts of those who survived, renowned aviation historian Tom Cleaver tells the story of the Eighth Air Force's darkest days during the bombing campaign against Germany in the Summer and Fall of 1943. ... Read more

    $23.59 CAD

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  • Going Downtown

    The US Air Force over Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, 1961–75

    by Thomas McKelvey Cleaver ...
    This vivid narrative historytells the full story of the US Air Force's involvement in the wars in the air over Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.The involvement of the US Air Force in the Southeast Asian Wars began in 1962 with crews sent to train Vietnamese pilots, and with conflict in Laos, and finally ended in 1972 with the B-52 bombing of Hanoi, though there were Air Force pilots unofficially flying ... Read more

    $18.59 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club

    Naval Aviation in the Vietnam War

    by Thomas McKelvey Cleaver ...
    This book tells the full story of the US Naval air campaign during the Vietnam War between 1965 to 1975, where the US Seventh Fleet, stationed off the Vietnamese coast, was given the tongue-in-cheek nickname 'The Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club'.On August 2, 1964, USS Maddox became embroiled in the infamous 'Gulf o... ... Read more

    $18.59 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Cactus Air Force

    Air War over Guadalcanal

    by Eric Hammel, Thomas McKelvey Cleaver ...
    Using diary entries, interviews and first-hand accounts, this vivid narrative brings to life the struggle in the air over the island of Guadalcanal between August 20 and November 15, 1942.The battle of Guadalcanal was the first offensive operation undertaken by the US and its allies in the Pacific War. The three months of air battles between August 20, 1942, when the first Marine air unit arrived ... Read more

    $18.59 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Bloody Skies

    XV Fighter Command Against all Odds

    by Thomas McKelvey Cleaver ...
    This book details the operations of the USAAF's overlooked XV Fighter Command that protected the bombers during the campaign against the Romanian oil fields in World War II.Formed in the fall of 1943, the Fifteenth Air Force was popularly known as the “The Forgotten Fifteenth,” as its achievements were overshadowed by more glamorous exploits of the Eighth Air Force in the air war over Germany. ... Read more

    $23.59 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Turning The Tide

    The USAAF in North Africa and Sicily

    by Thomas McKelvey Cleaver ...
    Packed with personal accounts of the action, this is a vivid narrative history of the often-overlooked USAAF campaign in North Africa and Sicily in World War II.In 1942, the Western Allies needed to take the offensive against the Axis powers to relieve pressure on the Soviet Union. With planning for a cross-Channel invasion beset by logistical and operational difficulties, in May President ... Read more

    $18.59 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Mediterranean Sweep

    The USAAF in the Italian Campaign

    by Thomas McKelvey Cleaver ...
    Filled with personal accounts of the action, this book details the USAAF's tactical and strategic campaigns in the skies over Italy in World War II.With the defeat of the Germans and Italians on Sicily in mid-July 1943, the focus of the war in the air shifted toward the battle for the Italian mainland itself. This campaign took place in the context of the coming invasion of northwest Europe, with ... Read more

    $23.59 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Bridgebusters

    The True Story of the Catch-22 Bomb Wing

    by Thomas McKelvey Cleaver ...
    Series series
    A book to challenge the status quo, spark a debate, and get people talking about the issues and questions we face as a country! ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Tidal Wave

    From Leyte Gulf to Tokyo Bay

    by Thomas McKelvey Cleaver ...
    Now publishing in paperback, this is a vivid narrative history of the final stages of the Pacific War, as the US Navy began to slowly approach the Japanese Home Islands against fearsome opposition, notably from the suicidal Japanese airmen: the kamikaze.The United States Navy won such overwhelming victories in 1944 that, had the navy faced a different enemy, the war would have been over at the ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Clean Sweep

    VIII Fighter Command against the Luftwaffe, 1942–45

    by Thomas McKelvey Cleaver ...
    A vivid history, packed with first-hand accounts, of the US Eighth Air Force's VIII Fighter Command from its foundation in 1942 through to its victory in the skies over Nazi Germany.On August 7, 1942, two major events occurred on opposite sides of the planet. In the South Pacific, the United States went on the offensive with the First Marine Division landing on Guadalcanal. In England, 12 B-17 ... Read more

    $18.59 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook