| Rijnhout, Bart M. HET MYSTERIE VAN DE L 7788 - De lotgevallen van een Engelse bommenwerper en zijn Tsjechische bemanning. | £20.00 | |
| De Walburg Press, 1979; 24 x 19cm, 208pp, f.illus, picture boards; near-fine, author-signed. Also - card-cover record of the commemoration booklaunch in January 1979; 30 x 21cm, 47pp, photos of officials & attenders including one survivor from the crew of the Wellington.(Wellington L7788 crashed near Westduin, Netherlands, Sept 1940. Most of its Czech crew were killed). | ||
| BN: 29841 | ||
| Rivaz, Richard. TAIL GUNNER - | £10.00 | |
| Jarrolds 1st, 1943; 19x13cm, 96pp, 10 photos, 5 sketches; vg except pages sl browned & f. cover stained.Now rather scarce little book by a tail gunner. | ||
| BN: 24346 | ||
| Robertson,Bruce LANCASTER - THE STORY OF A FAMOUS BOMBER - | £35.00 | |
| Harleyford 4th Imp1974; 29 x 22cm, 216pp, f.illus; . Includes cut-away drgs, shaded 3-views, details of Lincolns, Lancastrians, Shackletons & serial numbers of all Lancasters built. Fine inc d/w | ||
| BN: 21421 | ||
| Robertson,Bruce SPITFIRE - THE STORY OF A FAMOUS FIGHTER - | £24.00 | |
| Harleyford 1st, 1960; 29 x 22cm, 211pp, photos, 3-view shaded plans, photos, lists etc; vg, sl ragged d/w. Also another, good (Bottom of most pages damp marked (not affecting text etc, vg d/w - £15. | ||
| BN: 22414 | ||
| Robinson, Anthony RAF FIGHTER SQUADRONS IN THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN - | £16.00 | |
| A & A.P. 1st, 1987; 36 illus, map; fine inc d/w.Mainly covers 19, 41, 56, 74, 85, 92, 101 & 303 Sqdns; lists & biblio. | ||
| BN: 23563 | ||
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Rolfe, Mel GUNNING FOR THE ENEMY - WallaceMcIntosh DFC & bar, DFM |
£16.00 | |
| Grub St 1st, 2003; 190pp, 52 photos; fine inc d/w. Following an upbringing in poverty McIntosh found his way to air gunner training and flew over 50 sorties in 207 Squadron, shooting down 8 enemy aircraft. | ||
| BN: 30777 | ||
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Rolls, Flt Lt W.T. SPITFIRE ATTACK - |
£18.00 | |
| Kimber 1st, 1987; 232pp, 42 photos; fine inc d/w. The author flew with 72 Squadron as an NCO pilot, then ttaught Polish pilots at Grangemouth; was commissioned while at Hornchurch with 122 Squadron, then in Malta. | ||
| BN: 30775 | ||
| Rothenstein,Sir William MEN OF THE R.A.F. - forty portraits with some account of life in the R.A.F. | £16.00 | |
| OUP 1st, 1942; 25 x 16cm, 134pp; vg (slight foxing)Contains "A layman's Glimpse" by Lord David Cecil, a poem by John Masefield & 40 of the author's celebrated drawings of RAF leaders & aircrew, with a list of all his RAF works. | ||
| BN: 22417 | ||
| Rust, Ken C. THE 9th AIR FORCE IN WORLD WAR II - | £24.00 | |
| Aero Pub 1st, 1967; 29 x 22cm, 245pp, f.illus; near fine, good-vg d/w.Complete record of the 9th with side view drgs of aircraft types, markings & "nose-art", lists of commanders & aces, biblio etc. | ||
| BN: 26699 |
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Sampson R.W.F. with Norman Franks SPITFIRE OFFENSIVE - a fighter pilot's war memoir. Wren's Park 2002 (from Grub St 1st, 1994); 182pp, 66 photos; fine inc d/w. |
£16.00 | |
| Dieppe operation with 602 Sqdn, Fligjht Commander with 131 Sqdn, to Command of 145 (Free French) Sqdn in 1945. | ||
| BN: 28045 | ||
| Sanders, James OF WIND AND WATER - A Kiwi Pilot in Coastal Command. | £15.00 | |
| Airlife 1st, 1989; 146pp, 20 photos, super drgs in text; fine inc d/w.Author flew daylight reconnaissance sorties in the Mediterranean theatre, then anti-shipping off the Scandinavian coasts. Also - Mallinson Rendel (NZ) reprint, 1990; fine inc d/w - £12. | ||
| BN: 24017 | ||
| Sargent, Eric ALLIED AND ENEMY AIRCRAFT - | £6.50 | |
| "Sampson Low 2nd, c1941; 19 x 13cm, landscape; 139pp. photos; vg int, spinecloth split & worn.Full-page photos with text opposite." | ||
| BN: 24124 | ||
| Sarkar, Dilip ANGRIFF WESTLAND - | £16.00 | |
| Ramrod Pubs 1st, 1994; 24 x 18cm, 188pp, f.illus, biblio; fine. near fine d/w.Describes three West-country raids, from both attackers' & attacked points of view. | ||
| BN: 29702 | ||
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Sarkar, Dilip MISSING IN ACTION - Resting in Peace? |
£35.00 | |
| Ramrod Pubs 1998; 182pp, photos; fine inc d/w; SIGNED BY 7 PILOTS (& addressed by author to Joe Crawshaw of 222 Squadron.) | ||
| BN: 30797 | ||
| Saville-Sneath R.A. BRITISH AIRCRAFT - Vol 2: | £10.00 | |
| Penguin, Aircraft Recognition Series, 1944; 19x13cm landscape; 224pp, photos ofaircraft & engines, 3-view silhouettes; vg (fine int). | ||
| BN: 22422 | ||
| Saville-Sneath R.A. AIRCRAFT OF THE UNITED STATES - Vol 1: | £10.00 | |
| Penguin, Aircraft Recognition Series,1945; 19x13cm landscape; 256pp, photos ofaircraft & engines, 3-view silhouettes; vg. | ||
| BN: 22423 | ||
| Saward, Dudley "BOMBER" HARRIS - The authorised biography. | £16.00 | |
| Cassell 1984; 347pp, 32 photos, 5 maps; fine inc d/w.Career story from WW 1 night-fighters through the difficult '30s to Bomber Leader in WW 2; most of book covers WW 2. | ||
| BN: 23549 | ||
| Saward, Dudley VICTORY DENIED - The Rise of Air Power and the Defeat of Germany 1920-45: Buchan & Enright 1st, 1985; 376pp, 29 photos; fine inc d/w. | £15.00 | |
| Serious detailed study of WW 2 strategies & the strengths & weaknesses beforehand- the result of much research, new material and long distance hindsight. | ||
| BN: 22424 | ||
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Sayer, Lee & Vernon Ball TAG ON A STRINGBAG - Aspen Pubs, 1994; 340pp, 27 photos, picture boards; near fine. AUTHOR SIGNED. |
£22.00 | |
| Training & operations, including the "Channel Dash" | ||
| BN: 31137 | ||
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Schneider, Helmut FLUGZEUG-TYPENBUCH -von 1944 - handbuch der deutschen luftfahrt & zubehoer-industrie. Gondrom 1986 reprint of 1944 original; 24 x 17cm, 428pp, photos, 3-view & component drgs; picture boards; German lang; near fine (owner's bookplate). |
£18.00 | |
| Reprint of an important year in the long-running annual reference book; illustrates some types made before WW 2 inc the Do X!. | ||
| BN: 29941 | ||
| Schofield, Ernest & R.C.Nesbit ARCTIC AIRMEN - The RAF in Spitsbergen and North Russia, 1942. Kimber 1st, 1987; 253pp, 6 maps/diags, 58 photos; fine inc d/w. | £18.00 | |
| One of the scarcer Kimber books on WW 2 subjects; fascinating account of the lesser-known wartime operations in the far north. | ||
| BN: 30734 | ||
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Scott, Stewart R. BATTLE-AXE BLENHEIMS - No 105 Squadron RAF at war, 1940-1. |
£17.50 | |
| Sutton 1st, 1996; 25 x 18cm, 235pp, f.illus; nr fine inc d/w. Mainly attacks on France & action in Malta; inc appendices on targets, aircraft, honours, crews & Roll of Honour; & career of Sir Hughie Idwal Edwards VC. | ||
| BN: 27418 | ||
| Scutts, Jerry LION IN THE SKY - US 8th Air Force Fighter Operations, 1942-45. | £14.00 | |
| PSL 1st, 1987; 24 x 20cm, 152pp, f.illus; fine, near fine d/w.The fighter side of the well-documented 8th AF bomber operations. | ||
| BN: 23788 |