Schiffer Military Books

Flying Fortress Gunner

By Bill Cullen

$24.99

The biography of Bob Harper, a B-17 ball turret gunner with the 8th Air Force who survived 35 combat missions over Germany in WWII, and was shot down twice. At 5 feet, 4 inches...

Dreamland

By Peter W. Merlin

$75.00

A highly detailed look into the Groom Lake test site known as Area 51, from the early years (circa 1955 to 1969) through to present day Area 51, a top-secret military installation hidden in...

Zollgrenzschutz

By Tommaso Chiussi

$29.99

After occupying the Balkans early in the war, the Axis powers constantly struggled to police the region. The partisan presence was quite substantial, and while the various fractured guerrilla groups expended a great deal of...

P-39 Airacobra

By David Doyle

$24.99

With a midengined configuration, sturdy tricycle landing gear, and nose-mounted 37 mm cannon, the Bell P-39 was a thoughtful and innovative design. However, the plane lacked the all-out performance of some other key fighters available...

War & Coffee

By Joshua Havill

$29.99

Retired US Army officer and helicopter pilot Joshua Havill recounts his deployment to Afghanistan, special operations missions, experience flying a Blackhawk in combat, and life within the walls of a US military base with...

F-15 Eagle

By David Doyle

$24.99

The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is one of the most successful fighter designs of the 20th century. The type first flew in 1972, transitioning directly from the drawing board to production with remarkably few hiccups....

SR-71 Blackbird

By David Doyle

$24.99

As of 2023, the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird is the fastest manned jet aircraft ever produced. It set the record in 1976 and has been retired since the late 1990s. With its unrivaled speed and stunning...

The 406th Fighter Group

By Steven A. Brandt

$19.99

This is the little-known story of the 406th Fighter Group, a famous but unsung P-47 unit in the European theater of operations (ETO) in WWII. The 406th was the first unit in the ETO to...

F8F Bearcat

By David Doyle

$19.99

The Grumman F8F was a fast, agile, carrier-borne fighter aircraft developed as the ultimate dogfighter for the Pacific theater. Although the plane did make it into production, with some examples even being delivered before the...

Reaping the Whirlwind

By Dominic Etzold

$34.99

The definitive history of submarine warfare off the North American coast in the summer of 1918. When America declared war on Germany in 1917, it unleashed a resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare off the...

North American Aviation in the Jet Age, Vol. 2

By Mark A. Frankel

$45.00

The year was 1941, and the flames of world war were threatening America’s shores. President Franklin D. Roosevelt called for an “Arsenal of Democracy” and demanded fabrication of 50,000 warplanes per year. But first, sprawling...

German Heavy Armored Cars

By David Doyle

$24.99

During WWII, Germany fielded a variety of six- and eight-wheeled armored cars, which were used in numerous ways, including reconnaissance, antitank, infantry support, and other roles. The earliest of these vehicles, the 6-Rad, or six-wheeled...

Bazooka Charlie

By James P. Busha and Carol (Carpenter) Apacki

$29.99

A revealing biography of Lt. Col. Charles "Bazooka Charlie" Carpenter, a U.S. Army pilot who served in WWII and is most known for destroying several enemy armored vehicles in his bazooka-equipped L-4 Grasshopper light...

101 Hours in a Zeppelin

By Robert S. Pohl

$29.99

A rare personal account of life aboard a WWI airship, based on the letters of Robert Wichard Pohl, which have never before been translated or published. Based on the original letters of physics professor...

The Skean

By Robert Gresh

$24.99

This is the history of the distinctive fighting knife of the Gaelic Irish, the skean (Irish: scian ). Author Robert Gresh has scoured primary sources for references to this Irish weapon in use, and...

K5 Rail Gun

By David Doyle

$24.99

Anzio Annie, Anzio Express, "Leopold"; known by many names, the German 8 cm Kanone 5 Eisenbahngeschütz (railway gun), commonly abbreviated K5(E), was the most successful and widely used of Germany's railway gun designs. Twenty-four of...

Ferdinand/Elefant

By David Doyle

$19.99

The Panzerjäger Tiger (P) was a powerful tank destroyer fielded in small numbers by the Wehrmacht. As indicated by the Panzerjäger Tiger (P) name, this series of 90 vehicles was based on an early design...

PBY Catalina

By David Doyle

$24.99

The PBY Catalina, designed and produced by Consolidated Aircraft, whose production was supplemented by that of Boeing Canada, Canadian Vickers, and the Naval Aircraft Factory, was the most widely used flying boat of all time....

The 10th Mountain Division

By Dennis P. Chapman

$39.99

The storied history of the US Army's elite 10th Mountain Division is presented here in precise detail by Dennis Chapman, a former officer in the division. The reader will first learn of the outfit's 1943...

Akizuki-Class Destroyers

By Hans Lengerer and Lars Ahlberg

$24.99

The destroyers of the Akizuki "Autumn Moon" class were very different from the standard fleet type of Imperial Japanese Navy destroyers inaugurated with the Fubuki class. They were designed for the protection of the Imperial...

A-26 Invader

By David Doyle

$24.99

A Legends of Warfare guide to Douglas's high-powered attack bomber The Douglas Invader has the distinction of being used by the United States in a combat role in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. Originally created...

Raoul Lufbery and Marc Pourpe

By Jacques Mortane, Dennis Gordon, and Raoul Lufbery III and Translated by Anne Errelis

$45.00

Two Great Knights of Adventure was written by Jacques Mortane in 1936. Mortane was on friendly terms with both Marc Pourpe and Raoul Lufbery and wrote the book as a tribute to the two...

Tac Recon

By Terry Mays

$29.99

This book examines the American Air Force aircrews who flew tactical reconnaissance combat missions from World War I to the Gulf War. The book employs primary-source interviews, unit histories, mission documents, declassified operational studies, and...

Savage Model 1895, 1899, and 99 Rifles

By David E. Royal

$79.99

The most complete visual reference on engraved and other special-edition Savage Model 1895, 1899, and 99 rifles David Royal, author of the definitive A Collector's Guide to the Savage 99 Rifle and Its Predecessors...