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Macdonald, Patrick THROUGH DARKNESS TO LIGHT - £17.00
Author-published, new edn, 1994; 383pp, many photos, diags, maps; biblio, records of aircraft & crews etc; fine inc d/w. Record of the raids on the Romanian oil industry from Italian bases.  
BN: 27759

McGivern, Cecil  BOMB DOORS OPEN -  and other radio war features.  A & U, 1941 (for the BBC); 19 x 13cm, 194pp, 14 photos (Beaton?) ; vg inc d/w, AUTHOR-SIGNED.

£25.00
Radio feature programmes of the time with period photos.
BN: 28033

McGovern, James  CROSSBOW & OVERCAST -  Hutchinson 1st, 1965; 279pp, 14 photos, map; fine, nr fine d/w.

£16.00
"Story of the V 1 & V 2 secret weapons & the struggle between the United States,Britain & Russia to capture the scientists who contrived them".
BN: 22047

McIntosh, Dave  MOSQUITO INTRUDER -  Murray 1st UK, 1980; 184pp, 13 photos; fine inc d/w. 

£15.00
First published in Canada as "Terror in the starboard seat".
BN: 25185

McKee, Alexander  STRIKE FROM THE SKY -  The Story of the Battle of Britain.  Souvenir Press 1st, 1960; 288pp, ep maps, 63 illus; fine, vg d/w 

£16.00
Both sides of the Battle with an analysis. 
BN: 23685

McLachlan, Ian  FINAL FLIGHTS -  Dramatic wartime incidents revealed by aviation archaeology.  PSL 1st, 1989; 24 x 18cm, 256pp, f.illus; fine inc d/w. AUTHOR'S SIGNED INSCRIPTION.

£25.00
Stories discovered by following up references to archaeological finds.
bn: 25452
Macmillan,Capt Norman THE ROYAL AIR FORCE IN THE WORLD WAR -  
Harrap separate vols - Vol 1 (nr-vg) £7; Vols 3 & 4 (nr fine inc d/ws) £10 ea.  
BN: 22371

Macmillan Company (The)  OUR FLYING NAVY -  Macmillan, New York, 1944; text prepared with assistance of the office of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Air); with 80 full-colour reproductions from the paintings by Howard Baer, Adolf Dehn, Robert Benney, Don Freeman, Joseph Hirsch, Lawrence Beall Smith & Georges Schreiber. 33 x 25cm, 97pp plus 65pp of the paintings; Text section is clean but pages sl wavy; painting section has damp marks on all pages; the pages are not stuck or torn and the paintings can be enjoyed despite the marks. Priced down in view of the marks.

£20.00
A collection of rather remarkable art-work depicting the flying, maintenance, training & other operations.  
BN: 31527
Makanna, Philip FLYING GHOSTS - A Time Remembered - Combat Aircraft of the Second World War. £10.00
S & J 1st (UK) 1979; 26 x 23cm landscape; 115pp, silhouettes, col photos; nr fine inc d/w.Features aircraft of the Confederate Air Force in colour.  
BN: 24807
Makanna, Philip GHOSTS OF THE SKIES - aviation in the second world war. £16.00
Chronicle Books (USA), 1995; 29 x 29cm, 160pp, f.illus (much col); fine, vg d/w.Fine "coffee table" picture book (part large colour photos, part historic black & white photos).  
BN: 27664

McKee, Alexander  STRIKE FROM THE SKY -  The Story of the Battle of Britain.  Souvenir Press 1st, 1960; 288pp, ep maps, 63 illus; good-vg.

£8.00
Both sides of the Battle with an analysis.
BN: 23685
 McKee, Alexander  DRESDEN, 1945 -  The Devil's Tinderbox.  Souvenir Press 1st, 1982; 334pp, 57 photos, ep maps; fine, sl chipped d/w. £15.00
 Full story and analysis of reasons for and arguments against the horrific raid.
BN:  24620

McVicar, Don  FERRY COMMAND -  Airlife 1st, 1981; 213pp, photos, sketches in text, ep maps; , fine inc d/w 

£15.00
The story of the delivery by Ferry Command of over 10,000 American aircraft.   
BN: 22374

March, Peter R.  THE SPITFIRE STORY -  The History Opress, 2008; 18 x 13cm, 114pp, col picture boards, pictorial; fine

£6.00
Useful little book for brushing up on the marks, variants & uses of the Spitfire. 
BN: 31776

Marshall, Bruce (from the story told to him by Wg Cdr F.F.E. Yeo-Thomas)  THE WHITE RABBIT -  Evans 1952 1st); 192pp, 4 photos; fine, vg d/w; SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND YEO-THOMAS.

£45.00
Yeo-Thomas acted as organiser in France of the escaping networks in WW 2
bn: 22275
Marshall, Chester W & W Thompson FINAL ASSAULT ON THE RISING SUN - Combat diaries of B-29 Aircrews over Japan. £16.00
Airlife 1st, 1995; 26 x 19cm, 224pp, f.illus; fine inc d/w.
BN: 27828
 Mason, Francis K.  THE HAWKER HURRICANE  £20.00
Crecy 2001 edn (from 1987 Aston Publications ist)  256pp, f.illus + some important appendices of lists; fine inc d/w -  Also - the earlier Macdonald 1st, 1962; fine, near fine d/w - £18  
 BN 22603
Mason, Peter D. "NICOLSON VC" - the full biography of James Brindley Nicolson. £14.50
Geerings 1st, 1991; 164pp, f.illus (photos, maps); nr fine inc d/w.The RAF career and the "VC" action of the only pilot of Fighter Command to be awarded the VC; inc brief histories of 72, 249 & 27 Squadrons.  
BN: 27395

Mason, Tim  THE SECRET YEARS -  Flight Testing at Boscombe Down 1939-1945.  Hikoki 1st, 1998; 30 x 22cm, 320pp, f.illus (b & w photos & col plans); appendix tables etc; fine inc d/w.

£25.00
Detailed description of the operations and types flown at Boscombe Down in WW 2.  
BN: 27682

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