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UNKERS Ju 88
JUNKERS Ju 88 – THE EARLY
YEARS, BLITZKRIEG TO THE BLITZ
By Chris Goss
e Early Years – Blitzkrieg to Having
the Blitz
retired from the RAF with the rank of Wing
hor: Chris Goss
hlights
Commander, Chris Goss is a regular contributor
to major aviation publications around the world.
Junkers Ju 88 is Chris’ 15th book about the air
war between 1939 and 1945.
of the most versatile aircraft of the Second World War.
In this selection of unrivalled images collected over many years, and
now part of Frontline’s new War in the Air series, the operations of this
ghter,
night are
ghter
and reconnaissance
aircraft.
d as a bomber,
famous
aircraft
portrayed
and brought
to life.
y component of Hitlers Blitzkrieg; served in every theatre.
xcellent reference
source
for – modellers
and war gamers.
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Books
ISBN: 9781848324756
RRP £14.99
ediate as
release
gned
a fast bomber that could out-run the �ghters of the era, the twin-engine
ers Ju 88 became one of the most versatile aircraft of the Second World War. Such
the success of the design that its production lines operated constantly from 1936 to
5, with more than 16,000 examples being built in dozens of variants more than any
r twin-engine German aircraft of the period.
w Generation Publishing Launches
The Headhunter
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RRP: £14.99
THE HEADHUNTER by Jerry Gray, a.k.a. EJ
ISBN: 9781848324756
m an early stage it was intended that it would be used as a conventional light bomber
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as a dive-bomber. As such, it served in the invasion of Poland, the Norway campaign,
Blitzkrieg and the invasion of France and the Battle of Britain. It went on to operate in
PUBLISHED: JULY 2016
h Africa, formed a key part of the air assault in Operation Barbarossa, and was vital to
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uftwaffes defence of Germany in the face of the Allied
bomber
offensive.
Unsure
what
career It was
path also
to follow Jerry Gray
decided to drive
ted for use as a �ghter, night �ghter, torpedo bomber,
reconnaissance
aircraft
and
overland to Australia in a camper-van. Unfortunately, the van was
as a Mistel �ying-bomb. It was used effectively against both land targets and
Author
photographs
can a be
written off in a field after a party, so Jerry
set off
on foot with
ping.
made
request.
back-pack. He reached India before falling
ill, available
terminally, upon
as far
as the
s selection of unrivalled images collected over many years, and now part of
trip was concerned.
tline's new War in the Air series, the operations of this famous aircraft are portrayed
brought to life.
In 1990 he took part in the
Mille Miglia Retrospective in a 1933 Alfa
Romeo
1750.
His
experiences
and photographs of the Mille Miglia
ut the Author
were published in classic car magazines and he won a photographic
ng retired from the RAF with the rank of Wing Commander, Chris Goss is a regular and
prize in Corriere della Sera.
y sought after contributor to major aviation publications in the UK, France and
Jerry
lives covering
in Buckinghamshire
with his long-suffering wife Inge,
many, as well the author of fourteen critically acclaimed
books
the air war
een 1939 and 1945. Chris completed an MA with Merit
War believes
Studies in he
2001.
who in still
has too much “man-fun”: he motorbikes, plays
racketball, drinks real ale and goes on annual golf weekends with his
ex-football friends.
ould Adam Noone contemplate the murder of his new boss? The
After all,
he is a
Headhunter
is Jerry’s first novel and the humour varies from
The "headhunter",
Headhunter
be darkly humourous book
ble and successful
isn't can
he? This
charts
sophisticated
word-play
and allusion to coarse schoolboy wit.
nward spiral purchased
of a tarnished from
and self-absorbed
Amazon. protagonist as he travels from
enthusiasm to cynical disillusionment through his career as a recruitment
The
novel
opens
with
the
hero, Adam Noone, contemplating the
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We encounter a succession of flawed characters
auched scenarios as Noone gets caught up in a heady world of
arrogance of and
murder
his
new,
female
boss. The first chapter reveals her awful,
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business Britain. By the end, Noone’s fragile state
ruthless
character
and
therefore
hints at why Noone has reached
and misery at his life gone wrong are laid bare. Will he kill her or won’t he?
breaking point; the chapter ends with him about to reflect on how it
who has worked in an office will recognise characters and behaviours, if not
all went wrong.
incidents: sit back and enjoy the ride!
Anyone who has worked in an office will recognise characters and
behaviours, so sit back and enjoy the ride!
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