| Kaplan, Philip & Jack Currie ROUND THE CLOCK - The experience of the allied bomber crews who flew from England in WW 2. | £24.00 | |
| Cassell 1st, 1993; 25 x 25cm, 234pp, f.illus (some col); fine inc d/w.Also card cover version, fine - £16. | ||
| BN: 29698 | ||
| Kaplan, Philip & Richard Collier THE FEW - Summer 1940, the Battle of Britain. | £24.00 | |
| Blandford 1st, 1989; 26 x 26cm, 224pp, f.illus (some col), biblio; fine, near fine d/w.Pictorial history on the lines of "Little Friends" - well-chosen illustrations. | ||
| BN: 29021 | ||
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Kedward. Brian ANGRY SKIES ACROSS THE VALE - |
£35.00 | |
| Author-published, 1996; 388pp, f.illus; fine inc d/w; AUTHOR'S INSCRIPTION. | ||
| Day-by-day record of the RAF airfields Honeybourne & Long Marston through WW 2. Many personal anecdotes. | ||
| BN: 31733 | ||
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Kelly, Terence HURRICANE OVER THE JUNGLE - Kimber 1st, 1977; 234pp, many photos; fine, nr fine d/w. |
£24.00 | |
| The story of the 22 pilots of 258 Sqdn who originally went to Singapore, then Sumatra & Jave - many killed or otherwise lost in the first 120 days. | ||
| BN: 31731 | ||
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Kelly, Terence HURRICANE & SPITFIRE PILOTS AT WAR - Kimber 1st, 1986; 222pp, f.illus; fine inc d/w. |
£18.00 | |
| A selection of pilots from all theatres of the war. Fine Kimber production. | ||
| BN: 30926 | ||
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Kennedy, Ludovic PURSUIT - the chase and sinking of the Bismark. BCA version of Collins 1st of 1974; 20 x 14cm, 239pp, 27 photos; vg, tatty d/w. |
£10.00 | |
| BN: 31732 | ||
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Kennerly, Byron THE EAGLES ROAR! - Harper USA 1st, 1942; 221pp, 16 photos; vg, fep inscription by the widow of J.L.McGinnis, one of the pilots listed as a squadron member. |
£20.00 | |
| Very good description by an American Eagle Squadron pilot of training and flying Hurricanes in Britain, including night fighting over Coventry during its greatest raid. | ||
| BN: 31730 | ||
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Kent Aviation Historical Research Soc. KENT AIRFIELDS IN THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN - Meresborough revised edn, 1982 (from 1981 original); ; 192pp, f.illus, picture covers; fine. |
£14.00 | |
| BN: 26176 | ||
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Kilbracken, Lord BRING BACK MY STRINGBAG - Swordfish pilot at war 1940-45. P.Davies 1st, 1979; 227pp, 17 photos; fine, nr fine d/w. |
£17.50 | |
| The author, formerly Lt-Cdr John Godley, led Swordfish squadron on HMS Nairana as one of the youngest Lt-Cdrs in the Navy. | ||
| BN: 27420 | ||
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Kimberley, Bob HOME, SWEET HOME - the wartime letters of Sgt Pilot Bob Kimberley. M.Joseph 1st, 1989; 25 x 20cm, 144pp, paintings by Ken Kimberley; fine inc d/w. |
£16.00 | |
| Story, in letters home, of training & operations until Bob Kimberley was killed in his Beaufighter, attacking enemy shipping. | ||
| BN: 24123 | ||
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Knebel, Fletcher & Charles Bailey NO HIGH GROUND - The inside story of the men who planned and dropped the first atomic bomb. W & N 1st, 1960; 272pp, map; fine, vg d/w |
£16.00 | |
| BN: 31735 | ||
| Kucera, Dennis C. IN A NOW FORGOTTEN SKY - the 31st Fighter Group in WW 2. | £35.00 | |
| Flying Machines Press 1st, 1997; 28 x 22cm, 418pp, f.illus (monochrome photos, maps, col side views of aircraft & some col photos of aircraft more recently used); colour boards; fine.Superb squadron history. | ||
| BN: 29699 | ||
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Kyle, James TYPHOON TALE - New Horizon 1st, 1984; 21 x 13cm, 175pp, 54 photos;; fine inc d/w; AUTHOR-SIGNED.. |
£32.00 | |
| War memoirs OF A Typhoon pilot 1942-1947. | ||
| bn: 27668 |
| La Farge, Oliver THE EAGLE IN THE EGG - The story of Air Transport Command in WW 2. | £10.00 | |
| Arno facsimile reprint of 1949 original; nr fine. | ||
| BN: 26367 | ||
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Lallemant, Lt Col Raymond RENDEZVOUS WITH FATE - Macdonald 1st UK, 1964 (from 1962 French original); 192pp, 32 photos; fine inc d/w; AUTHOR'S COPY WITH HIS SIGNED CARD LOOSELY ENCLOSED. |
£45.00 | |
| The Belgian pilot who escaped to UK when Belgium was invaded, joined 609 Sqdn at Biggin Hill in 1941 as a sergeant pilot, becoming its C.O. three years later and became one of the best known of the Belgian fighter leaders. A super description. | ||
| BN: 31789 | ||
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Lamb, Cdr Charles WAR IN A STRINGBAG - Cassell 1st, 1977; 340pp, 28 photos, 1 map; fine inc d/w. AUTHOR-SIGNED. (Also - see "To war in a Stringbag") |
£24.00 | |
| Story of one of the most experienced Swordfish pilots, who flew from early in WW 2, notably in the Mediterranean; lists 815 Sqdn personnel. | ||
| BN: 23360 | ||
| Lamb, Commander C. TO WAR IN A STRINGBAG - | £10.00 | |
| Bantam Books, 1980: 22x15cm, 364pp, drgs; vg, fair d/w.U.S. Version of "War in a Stringbag" of 1977. Also card-cover edn, Cassell 2001; fine - £5. | ||
| BN: 24337 | ||
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Lambermont, Paul LORRAINE SQUADRON - Cassell 1st UK 1956 (from French "Videz vos poches"); 196pp, 13 photos; fine inc d/w. Scarce. |
£35.00 | |
| The Squadron, first called the "Free French Flight" started life at Khartoum, then bombing from the UK and finally returned to France. | ||
| BN: 28830 | ||
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Lamont-Brown, Raymond KAMIKAZE - Japan's suicide Samurai. A & A.P. 1997; 192pp, 37 photos, glossary, biblio ; fine inc d/w. |
£18.00 | |
| The idea and the operation of the ultimate sacrifice. | ||
| BN: 31411 | ||
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Lampe, Daviid PYKE - the unknown genius. Scientific Book Club 1st, 1959; 224pp, vg, good d/w. |
£15.00 | |
| Geoffrey Pyke was taken on by Combined Operations in 1941 as a scientific advisor to Lord Mountbatten.and passed the war as "ideas man". | ||
| BN: 31790 | ||
| Landau,Rom THE WING -confessions of an RAF officer. | £19.50 | |
| Faber 1st, 1945; 331pp; fine, nr fine d/w ) (Beautiful art-nouneau picture!) Based on the daily diary of an Operations Officer - very personal record of a thoughtful writer, always sensitive to his situation. Also another, vg int, cloth sl soiled, bd'g sl loose - £7.50 | ||
| BN: 21994 | ||
| Lande D.A. FROM SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND - The life & times of 8th A.F. bomber, fighter & ground crews in WW 2. | £16.00 | |
| Airlife 1st, 1991; 29 x 22cm, 176pp, f.illus; fine inc d/w (except an appropriate picture cutting stuck to title page).Good illustrations, inc some (col) of remaining bases & buildings. | ||
| BN: 25679 | ||
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Large, Flying Officer W.S. THE DIARY OF A CANADIAN FIGHTER PILOT - Saunders, Toronto 1st, 1944; 18 x 13cm, 65pp, 4 photos, 2 reprods of paintings; fine inc d/w |
£18.00 | |
| Shot down on the Dieppe operation, the author was in the forefront of the allied invasions of North Africa. | ||
| BN: 31309 | ||
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Law, Major Bernard FIGHTING PLANES OF THE WORLD - Random House.New York new & revised edn, 1942 (from 1940 original); 29 x 22cm, 72pp, many colour & monochrome drgs, some full-page. Illus by Barry Bart. Fine int, corners sl splitting, attractive f. cover painting; ragged d/w. |
£12.00 | |
| Scarce early U.S. WW 2 picture book. | ||
| BN: 31791 | ||
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Lawrence, W.J NO 5 BOMBER GROUP R.A.F - 1939 - 1945 Faber & Faber 1st 1951; , 253pp, 19 photos; vg (fine int), good d/w; now scarce. |
£25.00 | |
| BN: 24335 | ||
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Lawson, Capt Ted W. THIRTY SECONDS OVER TOKYO - Blue Ribbon Books 1944, from 1943 1st; 19 x 13cm, 221pp,16 photos; vg, torn d/w. |
£15.00 | |
| By a participant in the Doolittle raid inc his adventures after crashing. ALSO - the 1943 1st, Random House; col endpaper maps; vg (no d/w) £15 | ||
| BN: 23367 | ||
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Lee, A.v-M.Arthur S.Gould SPECIAL DUTIES - Sampson Low 1st, c1947; 308pp, 49 photos, 4 maps; fine, vg d/w |
£24.00 | |
| "Reminiscences of a R.A.F. staff officer in the Balcans, Turkey & the Middle East" - story of an interesting war! | ||
| BN: 26951 | ||
| Lhote, Gilles & Jeff Clyman COWBOYS OF THE SKY - | £15.00 | |
| Airlife 1st, 1989; 32 x 24cm, 158pp, pictorial (all col); fine, vg d/w.Illustrated history of military flying jackets & their users (WW 1 through WW 2). | ||
| BN: 26684 | ||
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Liskutin M.A. CHALLENGE IN THE AIR - a Spitfire Pilot remembers. Kimber 1st, 1988; 239pp, 97 photos; fine inc d/w. |
£25.00 | |
| A Czech fighter pilot's memoirs. | ||
| BN: 30062 | ||
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Lloyd, A-M. Sir Hugh BRIEFED TO ATTACK - Malta's part in African victory. H & S 1st, 1949; 231pp, 31 photos, 14 maps; fine, vg d/w |
£35.00 | |
| Now scarce account of the war in Malta. | ||
| BN: 23768 | ||
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Longmate, Norman HITLER'S ROCKETS - the story of the V-2s. Hutchinson 1st, 1985; 423pp, 36 photos; fine inc d/w. |
£15.00 | |
| BN: 30226 | ||
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Look Magazine AIR POWER - Duell, Sloan & Pearce, New York, 1943; 31 x 23cm, 95pp, pictorial (inc some colour photos) |
£16.00 | |
| "A complete picture of the U.S. Army Air Forces" Past aircraft development and current equipment. | ||
| BN: 31526 | ||
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Lord, Walter DAY OF INFAMY - Pearl Harbour, December 7th, 1941. Longmans Green 1st UK, 1957; 243pp, 47 photos, ep maps; vg, fair d/w. |
£12.00 | |
| A minute-by-minute description of the attack and its immediate repercussions. ALSO - USA edn, Henry Holt, 1957; near fine, good d/w - £15 | ||
| BN: 24938 | ||
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Lovell, Sir Bernard ECHOES OF WAR - the story of H2S radar. Hilger 1st, 1991; 287pp, many figs inc photos; fine inc d/w. |
£16.00 | |
| Detailed history covering British & German airborne radar. | ||
| BN: 25896 | ||
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Lucas, Laddie THANKS FOR THE MEMORY - unforgettable characters in air warfare, 1939-45. Stanley Paul 1st, 1989; 450pp, 50 photos; fine inc d/w |
£14.00 | |
| .Pen portraits of many of the leading WW 2 airmen & leaders. | ||
| BN: 28031 | ||
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Lukas, Richard C. EAGLES EAST - The army air forces and the Soviet Union: 1941-1946. Florida State Univ Press, 1970; 256pp, extensive biblio; fine, torn d/w. |
£18.00 | |
| A serious study of Russian/American relations during WW 2 - with particular reference to air Operations. | ||
| BN: 31734 | ||
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Luukkanen, Eino FIGHTER OVER FINLAND - The memoirs of a fighter pilot. Macdonald 1st (UK) 1963, translated from Finnish; 254pp, 24 photos; appendices (aircraft type details & author's victories); fine , vg d/w |
£45.00 | |
| v. scarce account of the Finnish Air Force's aerial struggle against the relative might of the Soviet Union in 1939/40. | ||
| BN: 25406 | ||
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Lyall, Gavin THE WAR IN THE AIR 1939-1945 - A selected & edited anthology of personal experience. BCA 1973 from Hutchinson of 1968; (Vol 2 of Freedom's Battle Series); 422pp, 23 photos; fine, good d/w. |
£13.50 | |
| BN: 23680 |