AIRfile Publications

A range of illustrated camouflage and markings guides, full of well-researched, clear and unambiguous full colour illustrations, with detailed informative captions, produced by a cooperative of well-known aviation enthusiasts, authors and illustrators, designed to provide comprehensive camouflage scheme and markings coverage, culled from a variety of areas including previously published material, official and private documents and photo collections, and primary sources.

Used either as a one-stop reference source, or as an integral part of your research in to the fascinating study of colour schemes and markings carried by combat aircraft from World War One to the present day, each AIRfile aims to show the chronology and development of the schemes and markings of the aircraft in question, including the many anomalies and inevitable misinterpretations and errors occasionally to be found on operational military aircraft.

‘Operation Overlord’
– June to September 1944
Volume 1
RAF & Commonwealth Air Forces
plus ‘Luftflotte 3’ supplement

operation overlord volume 1

76pp
£17.99* + p&p

Pictorial coverage of the colour schemes and markings applied to the RAF’s 2 TAF and ADGB aircraft during ‘Operation Overlord’ from June to September 1944.

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‘Operation Overlord’
– June to September 1944
Volume 2
USAAF 8th and 9th Air Forces
 

operation overlord volume 2

76pp
£17.99* + p&p

Pictorial coverage of the very colourful schemes and markings applied to the USAAF's 8th & 9th AirForces' aircraft during 'Operation Overlord' from June to September 1944.

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Pearl Harbor to Coral Sea
– The Start of the Pacific War
December 1941 to June 1942
 
 

pearl harbor to coral sea

100pp
£19.99* + p&p

70th Anniversary Special, covering colour schemes and markings carried by the Imperial Japanese Navy’s aircraft and the defending USAAC and USN / Marine aircraft.

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Air War over the Falklands
May to June 1982

air war over the falklands

84pp
£18.50* + p&p

Commemorating the 30th Anniversary of the conflict between the United Kingdom and Argentina over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands in the spring of 1982.

The book covers the colour schemes and markings of the British and Argentinean aircraft.

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RAF Trainers Volume 1
- 1918 - 1945

raf trainers volume 1

70pp
Price TBC

RAF Trainers Volume 1 offers over 70 pages of profiles and 4-views of the bright and often gaudy colour schemes and markings applied to RAF aircraft used in the Training Role from the end of World War One and the creation of the RAF in April 1918 until the end of World War Two in May 1945.

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The Aviation Workshop

The Aviation Workshop is an independent and innovative publisher specialising in books, decals and resin accessories for modellers and aviation enthusiasts alike.

On Target ‘Special’ 7
V-Bombers
Britain’s Cold War Nuclear Deterrent

on target special 7 v-bombers

148pp + 4pp cover
£15.00* + p&p

Featuring the three V-Bombers – Vickers Valiant, Handley Page Victor and Avro Vulcan, this ‘special’, first published in spring 2010, covers the camouflage scheme and markings development of each type in three separate sections.

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On Target ‘Special’ 8
Wings of the Fleet
US Navy & Marine Corps Aviation 1919 - 1941

on target special 7 v-bombers

96pp + 4pp cover
£15.00* + p&p

First published in the summer of 2010, the book covers the period in US Navy and Marine Corps aviation ‘between the wars’ from 1919-1941’, which is widely regarded as the 'Golden Era', when aircraft carried striking schemes and markings.

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On Target (70th Anniversary) Special 9 The Battle of Britain
Camouflage & Markings 1940

on target special 9 battle of britain

168pp + 4pp cover
£18.00* + p&p

This On Target ‘70th Anniversary Special’, first published in the autumn of 2010, features one of the most famous periods in British aviation history, the summer and early autumn of 1940, when RAF Fighter Command and the German Luftwaffe battled for air superiority.

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Purchase all three On Target 'Special' Books 7, 8 & 9

  • On Target ‘Special’ 7 V-Bombers
  • On Target ‘Special’ 8 Wings of the Fleet
  • On Target ‘Special’ 9 (70th Anniversary) Battle of Britain

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