Martin W. Bowman

Author of Spirits in the Sky: Classic Aircraft of World War II

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About the Author

Martin Bowman is one of Britain's best-known aviation historians and authors. His previous books have included works such as Legend of the Lancaster, Confounding the Reich, Duxford and the Big Wings, Clash of Eagles, Lost Wings of World War I and numerous titles in the exhaustive Air War series show more providing extensive coverage of operations carried out on D-Day and during the Market-Garden offensive at Arnhem. He lives in Norwich. show less

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Series

Aviation Heritage Trail

Works by Martin W. Bowman

Thunder in the Heavens: Classic American Aircraft of World War II (1994) 81 copies

B-17: Combat Missions: Fighters, Flak, and Forts: First-hand Accounts of Mighty 8th Operations Over Germany (2007) 63 copies

Castles in the Air (1657) 58 copies

B-24 Combat Missions: First Hand Accounts of Liberator Operations Over Nazi Germany (1856) 55 copies

Mosquito Bomber/Fighter-Bomber Units 1942-1945 (1997) 51 copies

B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the Eighth Air Force (1) (Osprey Combat Aircraft 18) (2000) 49 copies

B-24 Liberator 1939-45 (1979) 46 copies

USAAF Handbook, 1939-1945 (1997) 45 copies

P-51 Mustang vs Fw 190: Europe 1943-45 (Duel) (2007) 43 copies

Mosquito Fighter/Fighter-Bomber Units of World War 2 (1998) 41 copies

P-47 Thunderbolt vs Bf 109G/K: Europe 1943-45 (Duel) (2008) 35 copies

Mosquito Photo-Reconnaissance Units of World War 2 (Osprey Combat Aircraft 13) (1999) 35 copies

Encyclopedia of U.S. Military Aircraft (1980) 35 copies

B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the Eighth Air Force (Part 2) (2002) 34 copies

Air War Market Garden: A Bridge Too Far (2013) 28 copies

CLASH OF EAGLES: USAAF 8th Air Force Bombers Versus the Luftwaffe in World War II (2006) 27 copies

The Bedford Triangle: US Undercover Operations from England in World War Two (1887) 24 copies

Fields of Little America: An Illustrated History of the 8th Air Force, 2nd Air Division, 1942-45 (1977) 23 copies

B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the Pacific War (2003) 23 copies

STRATOFORTRESS: The Story of the B-52 (2005) 23 copies

Boeing 747 (Crowood Aviation Series) (2000) 22 copies

Remembering D-Day: Personal Histories of Everyday Heroes (2004) 22 copies

Confounding the Reich: The Operational History of 100 Group (Bomber Support) Raf (1996) 21 copies

The Men Who Flew the Mosquito: Compelling Accounts of the Wooden Wonders Triumphant WW2 Career (1995) 21 copies

Raiders Of The Reich (Airlife Classics) (1996) 20 copies

Wild Blue Yonder: Glory Days of the U.S. 8th Air Force in England (2003) 18 copies

P-51 Mustang Combat Missions (2013) 18 copies

Consolidated B-24 Liberator (Crowood Aviation) (1998) 16 copies

De Havilland Mosquito (Crowood Aviation) (1997) 16 copies

B-17 Flying Fortress (2002) 14 copies

The Reich Intruders: RAF Light Bomber Raids in World War II (2005) 14 copies

Home by Christmas?: The Story of U.S. Airmen at War (1987) 14 copies

Deep Sea Hunters: RAF Coastal Command and the War Against the U-Boats and the German Navy 1939 -1945 (2014) 14 copies

Bomber Command. Volume 5: Armageddon, 27 September 1944 - May 1945 (Bomber Command: Reflections of War) (2013) 14 copies

Mosquitos of World War 2 (Men & Legends) (2000) 13 copies

BOMBER COMMAND: REFLECTIONS OF WAR: Volume 2 - Intensified Attack 1941- 1942 (2011) 13 copies

The Us 8th Air Force in Camera: Pearl Harbor to D-Day 1942-1944 (1997) 13 copies

Assaults From the Sky (Air War D-Day) (1814) 13 copies

Great American Air Battles of World War II (1994) 12 copies

Bomber Bases of World War 2 3rd Air Division 8th Air Force USAF 1942-45: Flying Fortress and Liberator Squadrons in… (2009) 12 copies

The Pocket Book of Fighters : The Definitive Guide to the Fighters of the World (2004) 12 copies

Mighty Eighth at War: USAAF 8th Air Force Bombers Versus the Luftwaffe 1943-1945 (2010) 12 copies

English Electric Lightning (Crowood Aviation) (1997) 12 copies

Lost Wings of WWI: Downed Airmen on the Western Front 1914 -1918 (2014) 12 copies

Photo-Reconnaissance Mosquitoes of World War 2 (Men & Legends) (2001) 12 copies

The Reich Intruders: Dramatic Raf Medium Bomber Raids over Europe in World War 2 (1997) 12 copies

B-24 Liberator (Combat Legend) (2005) 12 copies

German Night Fighters Versus Bomber Command 1943-1945 (The Second World War by Night) (2016) 11 copies

RAF Bomber Stories: Dramatic First-Hand Accounts of British and Commonwealth Airmen in WW 2 (1998) 11 copies

Gold Juno Sword (Air War D-Day) (2013) 11 copies

The Wellington Bomber Story (Story series) (2010) 11 copies

Eager Eagles: The US Eighth Air Force in Europe, 1941-43 (Stackpole Military History Series) (2012) 11 copies

RAF Bomber Command: Reflections of War, Vol. 1: Cover of Darkness, 1939-May 1942 (2011) 10 copies

The US Eighth Air Force in Europe. Volume 2: Black Thursday Blood and Oil (2012) 10 copies

Battlefield Bombers: Deep Sea Attack (2014) 10 copies

Cold War Jet Combat: Air-to-Air Jet Fighter Operations 1950-1972 (2016) 10 copies

Winged Pegasus and The Rangers (Air War D-Day: Winged Pegasus and the Rangers) (2013) 10 copies

2nd Air Division Air Force USAAF 1942-45: Liberator Squadrons in Norfolk and Suffolk (Bomber Bases of WW2) (1600) 10 copies

Mosquitopanik! (Aviation) (2004) 10 copies

Air War Varsity (2017) 10 copies

Air War D-Day (Bloody Beaches) (2013) 9 copies

Lockheed F-104 Starfighter: A History (2019) 9 copies

F-86 Sabre (Combat Legends) (2005) 9 copies

Vought F4U Corsair (2002) 9 copies

Boeing (1711) — Author — 9 copies

Nachtjagd, Defenders of the Reich 1940 - 1943 (The Second World War by Night) (2016) 9 copies

100 Group (Bomber Support): RAF Bomber Command in World War II (Aviation Heritage Trail Series) (2006) 9 copies

Flying into the Flames of Hell : Flying with Bomber Command in World War II (2006) 9 copies

Wellington - the Geodetic Giant (1989) 9 copies

Fortress of the Skies: The B-17 Flying Fortress in Combat (2003) 8 copies

Nuremberg: The Blackest Night in RAF History: 30/31 March 1944 (2016) 8 copies

C-130 Hercules: A History (2017) 8 copies

The Wellington Bomber (Voices in Flight) (2015) 8 copies

Fighter Bases of WW II US 8th Army Air Force Fighter Command USAAF 1943-45 : P-38 Lightning, P-47 Thunderbolt and P-51… (2009) 8 copies

Famous Bomber Aircraft (1989) 8 copies

Bomber Command Reflections Of War Volume 3 (2012) 8 copies

Piston-Powered Propliners 1958-2000 (2000) 8 copies

The English Electric Lightning (1999) 8 copies

Mosquito: Menacing the Reich: Combat Action in the Twin-engine Wooden Wonder of World War II (2008) 8 copies

Mosquito Mayhem: de Havillands Wooden Wonder in Action in WWII (2010) 8 copies

Bombers Fly East: WWII RAF Operations in the Middle and Far East (2017) 7 copies

DUXFORD AND THE BIG WINGS 1940 - 45: RAF and USAAF Fighter Pilots at War (2009) 7 copies

Shades of Blue - US Naval Air Power Since 1941 (1999) 7 copies

Lockheed F-104 Starfighter (Crowood Aviation Series) (2000) 7 copies

BOMBS AWAY!: Dramatic First-hand Accounts of British and Commonwealth Bomber Aircrew in WWII (2010) 7 copies

Shuttleworth (2000) 7 copies

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (Crowood Aviation Series) (1998) 7 copies

Legend of the Lancasters: The Bomber War from England 1942-45 (2009) 7 copies

Voices in Flight: RAF Night Operations (2015) 7 copies

The Vought F4U Corsair (Images of War) (2019) 6 copies

8th Air Force at War: Memories and Missions, England 1942-45 (1994) 6 copies

Mosquito Missions - RAF and Commonwealth De Havilland Mosquitoes (2013) 6 copies

B-17 Flying Fortresses of the Eighth Air Force (Men & Legends) (2001) 6 copies

Lockheed C-130 Hercules (Aviation Crowood Series) (1999) 6 copies

Sepecat Jaguar : tactical support & maritime strike fighter (2007) 6 copies

Classic Fighter Aircraft (1900) 6 copies

Last of the Lancasters (2014) 5 copies

Airfields of 1st Air Division (USAAF) : Cambridgeshire * Northamptonshire * Bedfordshire - Aviation Heritage Trail… (1861) 5 copies

US 9th Air Force bases in Essex, 1943-44 (2010) 5 copies

We Were Eagles Volume One: The Eighth Air Force at War July 1942 to November 1943 (2014) 5 copies

BOMBER COMMAND: REFLECTIONS OF WAR: Volume 4 - The Tide Turns 1943 -1944 (2012) 5 copies

Bomber Command: Reflections of War: Volume 2 - Live to Die Another Day: June 1942 - Summer 1943 (2012) 5 copies

Flying to Glory: The B-17 Flying Fortress in War and Peace (1992) 5 copies

Four Miles High: The US 8th Air Force 1st, 2nd and 3rd Air Divisions in World War 2 (1992) 5 copies

Achtung! Moskito!: RAF and USAAF Mosquito Fighters, Fighter-Bombers, and Bombers over the Third Reich 1941-1945 (2010) 5 copies

The Mosquito Story (Story series) (2011) 5 copies

Air War D-Day, Volume 1: The Build Up (Air War-d Day - the Build-up, Band 1) (2013) 5 copies

World War II Raf Airfields In Norfolk (2007) 4 copies

Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (2001) 4 copies

London's Airports : Useful Information on Heathrow, Gatwick, Luton, Stansted and City (2011) 4 copies

Lightning Strikes: English Electric's Supersonic Fighter in Action (2001) 4 copies

V-Bombers: Vulcan, Valiant and Victor (FlightCraft) (2015) 4 copies

The Phantom F-4 (Images of War) (2018) 4 copies

Voices in flight : escaping soldiers and airmen of world war I (2017) 4 copies

Voices in flight : the path finder force (2016) 4 copies

Jet Wars in the Nuclear Age : 1972 to the Present Day (2016) 4 copies

Modern military aircraft (1980) 4 copies

Douglas Aircraft (CA) (Images of America) (1999) 4 copies

Lockheed (1836) 4 copies

The B-52 Story (Story series) (2012) 4 copies

Echoes of England : the 8th Air Force in World War Two (2006) 4 copies

Hitler's Invasion of East Anglia, 1940: An Historical Cover Up? (2019) 4 copies

The Royal Air Force at war : memories and personal experiences, 1939 to the present day (1997) 4 copies

On the Highways of the Skies: The 8th Air Force in World War II (2008) 4 copies

USAAF in Camera 1926-1945 (2000) 4 copies

Jet Combat in the Nuclear Age: Jet Fighter Campaigns—1980s to the Present Day (2016) 4 copies

The Last of the Hunters (2002) 4 copies

Daylight Bombing Operations 1939 - 1942 (Voices in Flight) (2015) 4 copies

Voices in flight RAF fighter pilots in WWII (2015) 3 copies

Voices in flight : the night air war (2015) 3 copies

Avions de combat d'aujourd'hui (1980) 3 copies

RAF Escapers and Evaders in WWII (Voices in Flight) (2015) 3 copies

Norwich Blitz (Images of War) (2012) 3 copies

The Hunter Story (Story series) (2009) 3 copies

The Hercules Story (Story series) (2009) 3 copies

Cuba, Cars and Cigars: Classic 1950s American Automobiles (2012) 3 copies

Combat Carriers: USN Air and Sea Operations from 1941 (2010) 3 copies

F-4 Phantom (2003) 3 copies

The World's Fastest Aircraft: From Supermarine S6 to the Space Shuttle (1990) 3 copies

We Were Eagles Volume Two: The Eighth Air Force at War December 1943 to May 1944 (2014) 3 copies

P-51 Mustang (Images of War) (2022) 3 copies

Bomber Command: Reflections of War : Volume 4- Battles of the Nachtjagd (30/31 march- September 1944) (Bomber Command… (2013) 3 copies

The Air War at Sea in the Second World War (2023) 3 copies

D-Day Dakotas: 6th June, 1944 (2019) 3 copies

Fast jet fighters, 1948 - 1978 (2001) 3 copies

Voices in Flight: The Heavy Bomber Offensive of WWII (2015) 3 copies

Grumman (1999) 3 copies

Stearman (Images of Aviation) (1999) 3 copies

The Immortal Few: Commemorating the Battle of Britain and the Aircraft of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (2010) 2 copies

Air war market garden. Volume One, The build up to the beginning (2013) 2 copies

Lightning Strikes Twice: The Story of the English Electric Lightning (2009) 2 copies

USAF, 1947-99 (2000) 2 copies

HUNTERS The Hawker Hunter in British Military Service. 2 copies

US Naval Aviation in Camera, 1946-1999 (1999) 2 copies

The Heavy Bomber Offensive of WWII (Voices in flight) (2015) 2 copies

Jetliner Generation (Classic Early Airliners, 1958-1979) (2001) 2 copies

The USAF at War : From Pearl Harbor to the Present Day (1995) 2 copies

A Bridge Too Far: Volume 4 (Air War Market Garden) (2013) 2 copies

Classic Early Jetliners, 1958-1979 (2001) 2 copies

Lancaster: Reaping the Whirlwind (2012) 2 copies

The Dam Busters: A Pocket History (2009) 2 copies

Gold Juno Sword: Volume 5 (Air War D-Day) (2013) 2 copies

We Were Eagles Volume Three: The Eighth Air Force at War June to October 1944 (2015) 2 copies

The American Bomber Boys: The US 8th Air Force at War (2012) 2 copies

The Men Who Flew the Heavy Bombers: RAF and USAAF Four-Engine Heavies in the Second World War (2022) 2 copies

Legion of the Lancasters (2023) 2 copies

RAF Marham: Bomber Station (2008) 2 copies

So Near and Yet So Far (Air War Market Garden Book 2) 2 copies

Air War Vietnam (2023) 2 copies

SHUTTLEWORTH: GUIDE TO THE AIRCRAFT COLLECTION. (2000) 2 copies

Legacy of the Lancasters (2013) 2 copies

We're Here to Win the War for You: The US 8th Air Force at War (2009) 2 copies

Mosquito: Bomber/Fighter-Bomber Units: 1942-45 (Oca Series - 4) 1 copy

The Hawker Hunter: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives (Images of War) (2018) 1 copy

Mosquito: Fighter/Fighter-Bomber Units Of World War 2 (Oca Series - 9) 1 copy

Mosquito: Photo-Reconnaissance Units of World War 2 (OCA Series - 13) 1 copy

Ghost Fields of East Anglia: Capturing Fading Memories of the Aerial War, 1942-45 (2007) 1 copy

Piston-Powered Propliners 1 copy

Airmen of Arnhem (2020) 1 copy

Avions de combat d'aujourd'hui (1980) 1 copy

Air Power Mosquito Magazine ( Aviation Magazine) 2018 1 copy

Combat Legend - B-24 Liberator (2003) 1 copy

East Anglia from the Air Cambridge & Around (2013) 1 copy

USAAF, 1926-45 by Martin Bowman (2000-07-22) (1867) 1 copy

Echoes of East Anglia: The Lost Wartime Airfields of Norfolk and Suffolk (2016) 1 copy

The Men Who Flew the Halifax (2020) 1 copy

The D-Day Story (Story series) (2014) 1 copy

Memories of the Air War in East Anglia (2009) 1 copy

Le fortezze volanti B-17 dell'ottava Air Force 1 copy

The Men Who Flew the Vought F4U Corsair (2019) 1 copy

The North Norfolk Railway (2008) 1 copy

Airs and Graces: Classic and Historic Aircraft Captured Through the Camera of Master-photographer, Martin Bowman… (2005) 1 copy

Men Who Flew the Mosquito: Compelling Account of the 'Wooden Wonders' Triumphant WW2 Career (2004) 1 copy

Battle of Berlin: Bomber Command over the Third Reich, 1943-1945 (2020) 1 copy

Air war market garden. Volume two, So near and yet so far (2013) 1 copy

Zew Przestworzy (1993) 1 copy

Wings of war : personal recollections of the air war 1939-45 (2016) 1 copy

Scramble: Memoirs of the RAF in the Second World War (2006) 1 copy

Americké palubní letectvo : námořní letecké síly USA od roku 1941 (2000) 1 copy

B-17 Groups of the Eighth Air Force in Focus - a Photographic Album of the Eighth Air Force Groups That Went to War in… (2004) 1 copy

Panavia Tornado: Strike, Anti-Ship, Air Superiority, Air Defence, Reconnaissance & Electronic Warfare Fighter Bomber… (2011) 1 copy

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Solemn Mass for a Full Moon in Summer (1996) — Translator, some editions — 9 copies

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Birthdate: 1952
Gender: male
Nationality: UK

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So Near and Yet So Far: So Near Yet So Far (Air War… by Martin W Bowman

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Fields of Little America: An illustrated history of… by Martin Bowman

This book contains official and unofficial history of the men and planes of the 2nd Air Division based in England in World War II. It details the role of the 2nd Air Division personnel played in turning East Anglia into 'Little America' if only for a short time. It is the first definitive history of the B-24 units in England.

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B-24 Combat Missions: First Hand Accounts of… by Martin. Bowman

Provides detailed technical and operational information about the B-24 plane and each crewmember's weaponry and/or equipment. Chiefly includes first-hand reports of combat missions by Liberator crewmembers, many from previously unpublished oral histories.

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