Armor Plate Press specializes
in providing unique military aviation titles, including first-person
narratives and pilot/aircrew memoirs, and illustrated with rare
photos. More titles are in development, sure to please
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Grounded Eagles:
Captured & Wrecked
Aircraft of the Luftwaffe
by Tom Laemlein
A photo history of German aircraft captured from the deserts
of North Africa to the heart of the Reich. Includes images of
almost every important Luftwaffe combat aircraft, including the
late war jet aircraft.
Price is $36 for USA orders and $44 for International orders
(postage is included in the price)
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Coming Soon!
Grounded Eagles II:
Captured & Wrecked Aircraft of the Luftwaffe
by Tom Laemlein
A photo history of German aircraft captured from the deserts
of North Africa to the heart of the Reich. Includes images of
almost every important Luftwaffe combat aircraft, including the
late war jet aircraft.
Price is $36 for USA orders and $44 for International orders
(postage is included in the price)
AVAILABLE TO ORDER SOON |
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Setting Suns:
Captured & Wrecked Japanese Aircraft in WWII
by Tom Laemlein
A photo study of Japanese aircraft captured throughout the Pacific
and China-Burma-India theatres. Many rare aircraft are featured,
including a detailed section on the Japanese "Baka" piloted
anti-shipping rocket.
Price is $36 for USA orders and $44 for International orders
(postage is included in the price)
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Setting Suns II:
Captured & Wrecked
Japanese Aircraft in WWII
by Tom Laemlein
Continuing on where the popular first volume left off, Setting
Suns II provides additional photos of captured and wrecked Japanese
aircraft from all Pacific theatres. Featuring a good selection
of images of floatplanes
and seaplanes, US Naval Intelligence photos, a rare group of
images of the
“Surrender Betties” on Ie Shima from a veteran’s collection,
Japanese
propaganda photos, air-to-air combat images, and much more.
Price is $36 for USA orders and $44 for International orders
(postage is included in the price)
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Armor Plate Press is
proud to present a growing series of personal histories of WWII
air war veterans. These books are produced in very limited
numbers and we have very few copies. These are incredible
stories of commitment and sacrifice and bring the scope of the
Second World War to a very personal level. Well illustrated,
these books are recommended for any serious student of military
aviation or WWII. We have a handful of copies of each book
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I Needed A War To Do It:
A Veteran Remembers
by Elmer Pankratz
Elmer Pankratz always wanted to fly, but in Depression-era America,
that wasn’t likely for a small town boy of modest means. When
WWII began, Elmer was armed with a high school diploma, fierce
determination, and a love of flying—and at just 18 years old
he became a pilot. He wanted to fly the P-51 Mustang so
badly that he took on the dangerous assignment of flying tactical
recon just to pilot his “aluminum sweetheart”. This book is filled
with photos from Elmer’s personal collection and is an outstanding
personal history of combat flying, and a must-read for all P-51
Mustang fans.
Price is $23.50 for USA orders and $28.50 for International
orders
(postage is included in the price)
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Prop Wash:
A Fighter Pilot's Hazy Recollections of WWII
by Tom Matye
Almost 64 years after he flew his last combat mission, Traian
“Tom” Matye’s memories of his experiences flying 75+ missions
in the P-47 Thunderbolt with the 358th Fighter Group are still
quite sharp. After performing dozens of harrowing ground
attack missions in support of Patton’s army in France, dodging
German flak and fighters, and operating from primitive forward
airfields, Tom’s sense of humor is still intact. Strap
on your crash helmet and G-Suit and get ready for his “hazy recollections”
of WWII combat flying. This book marks an important chapter
in the history of the P-47 Thunderbolt and in the mindset of
the fighter-bomber pilot. Illustrated throughout with photos
from Tom’s private collection.
Price is $23.50 for USA orders and $28.50 for International
orders
(postage is included in the price)
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By Air, Land and Sea:
A Pacific Odyssey with the 5th Air Force in World War II
by Marty Richards
Sergeant Marty Richards was not supposed to be a “combat soldier”.
At least that’s what he was told when he became a member of the
388th Air Service Squadron in 1942. Wounded and captured
by Japanese troops on New Guinea, Marty managed to escape after
surviving ten days without food or medical attention. He
was later wounded again, and also survived plane crashes, amoebic
dysentery, and unreasonable commanders. He endured bombing
raids, typhoons, and attacks by Japanese infiltrators and paratroops.
Marty participated in the “island hopping” campaign, setting
up airbase after airbase as the 5th Air Force moved across the
Pacific. In his spare time he kept American combat aircraft ready
for their next mission. His final journey home in the face of
a killer typhoon is as epic as all the combat he was never supposed
to have seen!
Price is $23.50 for USA orders and $28.50 for International
orders
(postage is included in the price)
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