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Airforce8314. : Second Report of the U.S. Army Air Forces to the Secretary of War Feb. 27th 1945. H.M.S.O. 1945. 23 by 18 cms. 96 pp. illustrated, paper covers. The covers are fairly dusty but generally this is in good condition, interesting photographs. £7.007475. : Target: Germany. The U.S. Army Air Forces' Official Story of the VIII Bomber Command's First Year over Europe. London: H.M.S.O. 1944. (British Edition) 119 pp. illustrated, paper covers, very good. £8.003486. : Air Reserve Gazette. Vol 1 no 5. Oct. 1946. 25 by 18.5 cms. 35 pp. illustrations, paper covers, in good condition. £2.003488. : BAFA Journal Air Mail. Sept. 1946. 23 by 18. cms. 30 pp. illustrations, paper covers, in good condition. VE day parade on cover £2.003487. : BAFA Journal Air Mail. July 1946. 23 by 18. cms. 30 pp. illustrations, paper covers, in good condition. £2.004904. : Cadets Manual Stanmore, Middlesex: Air Training Corps, 1941 c60pp, 24.5 x 15 cms. ATCP 60, 1st edition. Various instruction sheets tied into card covers, in good condition. Issued to Cadet Alfred Montgomery of Belfast, 30.01.43. £5.003333. : Fighter Pilot A Personal Record of the Campaign in France Sept 8th, 1939 to June 13th, 1940. London: Batsford Sept. 1941. vi+122 pp. illustrated with photographs. Spine and top front sun faded otherwise v.g. The author was an unnamed Flight Lieutenant in the RAF and this is a selected account from his personal notebooks. £10.003485. : R.A.F. Air Force Journal March Vol 4 no 3. 1946. 21 by 14 cms. pp 73-108. illustrations, paper covers, in good condition. £2.003489. : R.A.F. Parade - A War Record of Achievement. London and Watford: The Sun Engraving Co. Ltd, c1940. 64pp, 21 x 13.5. cms. "Over 100 photographic illustrations." Paper covers, good. £5.005463. Bowyer, Chaz: Coastal Command at War. London: Ian Allan 1979. 30 by 22 cms. 159 pp. illustrated with contemporary photographs, very good in dustwrapper. A bright fresh copy. £15.006391. Boyd, J.S: Behind a Surgeon's Mask. Privately printed, no details. c.1990. 230 pp. illustrated, paperback. Born on a farm in Carnmoney, trained at Queens, and at RVH, wartime service in the RAF. Retired in 1982 after 30 years service in Downe Hospital Downpatrick. The memoirs of a local surgeon. £10.004908. Boyle, Andrew: No Passing Glory - The Full and Authenic Biography of Group Captain Cheshire VC, DSO, DFC. London: Collins, 1955 Second impression. 384 pp. 21.5 x 14 cms. Dusty, in sunned dw. £5.004909. Brickhill, Paul: Reach for the Sky - The Story of Douglas Bader, DSO, DFC. London: Collins, 1956 Eleventh impression. 384 pp. 21.5 x 14 cms. 21 illustrations. In sunned dw. £5.003481. Cotterell, Anthony: Roof over Britain. HMSO 1st.ed. 1943 20.5 by 13 cms. 88 pp. illustrations, paper covers, in good condition. The Official Story of Britain's Anti-Aircraft Defences 1939-1942. £5.003537. Ethell, J and Price, A: One Day in a Long War - May 10, 1972, Air War, North Vietnam. London: Guild Publishing, 1990. xviii + 217 + i pp, 24 x 16cms, illustrated. Mint, in dw. £10.006711. Evans, John: The Sunderland Flying-Boat Queen Volume 1. Pembrokeshire: June 1999. First printed in Aug 1987 and reprinted with minor text amendments in 1995 and 1999. 29.5 by 21 cms. n.p. c. 56pp. illustrated, paperback. In very good condition, author inscribed on title page. A very affectionate and beautifully illustrated account of this popular and beautiful plane. A Short Brothers legend. £20.003570. Green, W. and Swanborough, G. editors: Air Enthusiast 28. Pilot Press, July-Oct. 1985. 28 by 21 cms. 80pp. illustrated. in depth features on aircraft of the near or distant past with photos, drawings and pictures. as new. In this issue, Poland's Pulawski Fighters, Indian Coastal Defence Flights, The Bristol Blenheim Family, The Audacious Caravelle, Forest Firefighters. £6.003573. Green, W. and Swanborough, G. editors: Air Enthusiast 37. Pilot Press, Sep.-Dec 1988. 28 by 21 cms. 80pp. illustrated. in depth features on aircraft of the near or distant past with photos, drawings and pictures. as new. In this issue, Faireys first Fleet Fighter, The Dassault Ouragan in detail, What happened to Amelia Earhart?, Convair F-106, Focke-Wulf's Versatle Owl. £6.005014. Hawks, Captain Ellison: The War in the Air: Bombers of the Present War. Southport, Real Photographs Co. Ltd, 1944. 104 pp. 21.5 x 14 cm. Profusely illustrated with photographs and diagrams. Covers 25 British American and German bombers. Minor wear otherwise good. £15.003471. Horsley, Terence: Find, Fix and Strike The Work of the Fleet Air Arm. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode 1943. 143 pp. 14 photographic illustrations, wear to boards and ffep missing good. £6.505504. Jefford, Wing Commander C. J.: R.A.F. Squadrons A Comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all R.A.F. Squadrons and their antecedents since 1912. England: Airlife 1988. 30 by 21.5 cms. 271 pp. extensively illustrated with contemporary photographs, very good in a price clipped dustwrapper. Probably the most detailed work of reference on the squadrons of the RAF and its World War 1 predecessors. It includes, aircraft used, aircraft manufacturers, locations used by squadrons, airfield development, location maps, and the origins of the squadrons of the Aegean Group 1918. £20.004680. Mondey, David, ed: The International Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Octopus Books Limited, 1977 480pp, 32 x 24 cm, mint in dw. Profusely illustrated. Price clipped neatly from dw, and previous owner's name discreetly stamped on front endpaper. £20.007476. Nesbit, Roy Conyers: Torpedo Airmen Missions with Bristol Beauforts 1940-42. London: William Kimber 1983. 234 pp. illustrated, maps, very good in dustwrapper. Some of the most dangerous missions of the wartime RAF were those of these Bristol Beaufort torpedo bombers. So few airmen survived these suicidal confrontations, and so many ops were cloaked in secrecy, that little has been written about them until now. £15.003482. Pudney, John: Atlantic Bridge. HMSO 1st.ed.1945 23 by 14.5 cms. 75 pp. illustrations, paper covers, in good condition. The Official Account of R.A.F. Transport Command's Ocean Ferry. £5.003474. Pudney, John: The Air Battle of Malta. HMSO 1st.ed. 1944. 22.5 by 17.5 cms. 95 pp. maps, illustrations, paper covers, in very good condition. The Official Account of the R.A.F. in Malta June 1940 to Nov. 1942. £6.005400. Pugh, Peter: The Magic of a Name The Rolls Royce Story. Part Two: The Power behind the Jets. UK: Icon Books 2001. x+342 pp. illustrated, very good in a dustwrapper. The second volume of a three part history of the company. This volume tells how Rolls Royce came to dominate the design and production of engines which have powered the most advanced and successful civil and military aircraft and ships. £18.004345. Regan, Geoffrey: The Guiness Book of Flying Blunders. London: Guiness Publishing 1996. 25 by 19 cms.192 pp, illustrated, paper covers, v.g. £6.504905. Reid, John P Milford: A Short History of The Battle of Britain to Commemorate the 20th Anniversary Liverpool?: 1960? 24pp, 13 x 20.5 cms in coloured paper covers. Some staining. 44 illustrations. £5.007907. Royal Air Force Staff Colleges: The Hawk The Journal of the Royal Air Force Staff Colleges. Bracknell, Berks. Number 19 December 1957. 25.5 by 19 cms. xv+104+xlii pp. illustrated, card covers, some wear to covers but otherwise very good. £6.003473. Saunders, Hilary A. Stg: Bomber Command. HMSO 1st.ed. 1941. 23 by 17.5 cms. 128 pp. maps, illustrations, paper covers, some pages detatched and bottom inch of spine missing, fair. The Air Ministry Account of Bomber Command's Offensive against the Axis Sept. 1939 to Jul. 1941. £4.007260. Saunders, Hilary A. Stg.: Coastal Command The Air Ministry Account of the Part Played by Coastal Command in the Battle of the Seas 1939-1942. London: H.M.S.O.1943. 30 by 22 cms. 143 pp. illustrated with contemporary photographs. Apart from a half inch loss of spine, a good copy. £8.003884. Sharpe, Michael, Scutts, Jerry and March, Dan: Aircraft of World War II - A Visual Encyclopedia. London: Parkgate Books, 1999. 512pp, 31 x 23.5 cm, mint in dw. Profusely illustrated. £25.004907. Stroud, John: USSR Air Fleet London: Rolls House Publishing Co. Ltd., for the ATC Gazette, 1950s? 58 x 45 cms sheet, folding down to 22.5 x 14.5. "Three view drawings of 30 and details of over 50 aircraft". £5.006302. U.S.A.F.: Monochrome Photograph B.58 Hustler. Oxon. 25th feb. 1964. Photograph, 20.5 by 25 cms. glossy black and white of a B.58 Hustler on the ground at Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, front, side view with ground staff attending. Enclosed letter from J.B. Oliver 1st Lt. USAF Information Officer offering the photo and stating there was no plan to replace the B-47 force with these Hustlers. The Convair B-58 Hustler was the first supersonic strategic nuclear bomber introduced 1960, with a range of 5000 miles. They were retired 36 years ago, in 1969/70. £15.006818. Walker, Ronald: Flight to Victory An Account of the R.A.F's first Year of the War. London: A Penguin Special first published Dec. 1940. 18 by 11 cms. 127 pp. illustrated, paperback. In very good tight condition. Very good first hand accounts, though of course written in wartime censorship conditiions, of the Battle of Britain, the invasions of France, Holland, Belgium, Norway, etc. £8.00 |
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