| Rivaz, Richard. TAIL GUNNER - | £18.00 | |
| Jarrolds 1st, 1943; 19x13cm, 96pp, 10 photos, 5 sketches; nr fine Now rather scarce little book by a tail gunner. | ||
| BN: 24346 | ||
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Rivaz, Richard. TAIL GUNNER TAKES OVER - Jarrolds 1st, c1945; 19x13cm, 112pp, 15 photos; vg, ragged d/w. |
£17.50 | |
| Rather scarce sequel to the author's "Tail Gunner". | ||
| BN: 24345 | ||
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River W.L. MALTA STORY - based on the diary and experiences of F.O. Howard M.Coffin RAF Dutton, USA 1st, 1943; 222pp, ep maps, 4 pages from Coffin's diary; cloth sl soiled, untidy owner's nsme on half-title page. |
£15.00 | |
| Description of wartime life in Malta, mostly in the city's bars! | ||
| BN: 31813 | ||
| Robertson,Bruce LANCASTER - THE STORY OF A FAMOUS BOMBER - | £35.00 | |
| Harleyford 1st,1964; 29 x 22cm, 216pp, f.illus; . Includes cut-away drgs, shaded 3-views, details of Lincolns, Lancastrians, Shackletons & serial numbers of all Lancasters built. near fine inc d/w (Cheaper copies also available) | ||
| BN: 21421 | ||
| Robertson,Bruce SPITFIRE - THE STORY OF A FAMOUS FIGHTER - | £18.00 | |
| Harleyford 2nd rev'd edn, 1961 from 1960 1st; 29 x 22cm, 211pp, photos, 3-view shaded plans, photos, lists etc; good (some pages very slightly damp-crinkled, not affecting text etc), vg d/w - | ||
| BN: 22414 | ||
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Robertson, Terence CHANNEL DASH - the drama of 24 hours of war. Quality BC, 1958; 208pp, 8 photos; fine, nr fine d/w. inc d/w. |
£19.50 | |
| The eventual spotting, by air, of the Scharnhorst & Gneisenau battleships as they ran from Brest through the Channel - and the subsequeny RAF attacks, including the action by Esmonde's Swordfishes. | ||
| BN: 27233 | ||
| 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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Roe, F.Gordon THE BRONZE CROSS - A tribute to those who won the Supreme Award for valour in the years 1940-45. Gawthorn, 1945; 25 x 19cm, 124pp, portrait photos; near fine. |
£17.50 | |
| The history of the VC and a pictorial record of recipients. | ||
| BN: 23786 | ||
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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 | ||
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Rosignoli, Guido AIR FORCE BADGES & INSIGNIA OF WORLD WAR 2 - Blandford 1st, 1976; 20 x 14cm, 200pp, 66 pages of col illus; fine inc d/w. |
£14.00 | |
| BN: 25684 | ||
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Ross, David RICHARD HILLARY - definitive biography of a Battle of Britain fighter pilot & author of "The Last Enemy" Grub St, 2000; 399pp, 63 photos, biblio; fine, vg d/w. |
£16.00 | |
| BN: 31495 | ||
| 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 | ||
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Rowe A.P. ONE STORY OF RADAR - Cambridge U.P., 1948; 19 x 13cm, 7 photos; nr fine, good d/w. |
£18.00 | |
| The early days of the "Telecommunications Research Establishment" and the development of British radar. | ||
| BN: 31815 | ||
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Roy, Jules RETURN FROM HELL - Kimber 1st, 1954; 229pp, 9 photos; trans from French; fine, good d/w. |
£15.00 | |
| Notes from a bomber pilot's diary - his experiences & feelings; Roy was a Free French Air Force pilot who won the DFC & Croix de Guerre. | ||
| BN: 22418 | ||
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Royal Norwegian Air Force "LITTLE NORWAY" IN PICTURES - RNAF in Canada. Saunders, Torontoc1944; 30 x 23cm, 1cm thick (no pagination); pictorial |
£38.00 | |
| A good photographic record of the RNAF pilots and the training programme in Canada. (The "Supplement" "Norway - Yesterday and today" originally issued with the book is not present). | ||
| BN: 31822 | ||
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Royal Observer corps OBSERVERS TALE - The story of Group 17 of the R.O.C. 1st, 1950; 30 x 22cm, 70pp photos, cartoons, lists of observers; nr fine, vg d/w; some review cuttings loosely enclosed. |
£35.00 | |
| A pictorial record of the WW 2 activities of the R.O.C. | ||
| BN: 31823 | ||
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Russell, Sir Herbert ARK ROYAL - the story of a famous ship. J. Lane 1st, 1942; 19 x 12cm, 92pp, 4 photos; fair (endpapers moth-eaten at corners, cloth damp-marked - but text& plates vg. |
£7.50 | |
| Early wartime account of the famous aircraft carrier and its actions. | ||
| BN: 31817 | ||
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Russell, Wg Cdr W.W. FORGOTTEN SKIES - the story of the Air Forces in India & Burma. Hutchinson 1st, 1945; 128pp, 18 photos, ep maps; vg; rather scarce. |
£15.00 | |
| Vivid action accounts by pilots involved. | ||
| BN: 26174 | ||
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Rust, Ken C. THE 9th AIR FORCE IN WORLD WAR II - Aero Pub 1st, 1967; 29 x 22cm, 245pp, f.illus; fine inc d/w except binding broken. |
£16.00 | |
| 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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Sakaida, Henry & Koji Takaki GENDA'S BLADE - Japan's Squadron of Aces - 343 Kokutai. Ian Allan "Classic" 2003; 31 x 23cm, 208pp, f.illus; fine inc d/w. |
£32.00 | |
| Detailed description of many of the actions in which the squadron fought, with good illus of squadron members and aircraft inc a small colour section. | ||
| BN: 31272 | ||
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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 | ||
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Sanders, Bruce BOMBERS FLY EAST - Jenkins c1943; 186pp, 9 photos; fine, good d/w. |
£15.00 | |
| Bomber, Coastal & Ferry Commands. | ||
| BN: 24636 | ||
| Sanders, James OF WIND AND WATER - A Kiwi Pilot in Coastal Command. | £12.00 | |
| Airlife Mallinson Rendell (NZ), reprint 1990 (NZ) from 1st of 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. | ||
| 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 | ||
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Sarkar, Dilip SPITFIRE SQUADRON - The story of No 19 Squadron 1939-1941. Air Research1990; 192pp, 42 photos; fine inc d/w; AUTHOR'S SIGNED DEDICATION TO RAYMOND BAXTER |
£45.00 | |
| Including Sqdn Ldr Brian Lane's book "Spitfire" published with the pseudonym of "B.J.Ellan". | ||
| BN: 31349 | ||
| Saville-Sneath R.A. BRITISH AIRCRAFT - Vol 2: | £7.50 | |
| Penguin, Aircraft Recognition Series, 1944; 19x13cm landscape; 224pp, photos ofaircraft & engines, 3-view silhouettes; vg int, rear cover damp-marked | ||
| 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 | ||
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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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"Scangriff" SPOTLIGHT ON STALAG LUFT III - Published by the editors of "Scangriff", the newspaper of Stalag Luft III, Germany; 24 x 18cm, 48pp, brown cloth with gold lettering13 drawings and cartoons, 1 photo; fine. |
£95.00 | |
| Very limited printing; only one example on ABE at a much higher price. | ||
| BN: 31825 | ||
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Schiffer (pub'r) WARPATH - A STORY OF THE 345th BOMBARDMENT GROUP (H) "THE AIR APACHES" IN WW 2 Schiffer facsimile reprint, 1997; 29 x 22cm, 298pp, f.illus; fine inc d/w |
£35.00 | |
| Includes a full list of the "Men of the 345th"as well as many personnel photos (some poorly reproduced). | ||
| BN: 31301 | ||
| 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, Desmond. TYPHOON PILOT - Cooper 1st, 1982; 22x15cm, 168pp, 17 photos; fine inc d/w. |
£16.00 | |
| The author led 486 (New Zealand) Sqdn; later an RAF wing. | ||
| BN: 24341 | ||
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Scott, Desmond ONE MORE HOUR - Hutchinson 1st, 1989; 143pp, f.illus; fine inc d/w. |
£16.00 | |
| Sequel to "Typhoon Pilot"; author was the most decorated New Zealand pilot in the RAF; Group Captain at 25, commanding Typhoon wing. | ||
| BN: 25194 | ||
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Scott. Lionel I DROPPED IN an English airman with the French Resistance. Barrie & Rockliffe, 1959; 224pp, 1 photo; fine inc d/w. |
£20.00 | |
| Barrie & Rockliffe, 1959; 224pp, 1 photo; fine inc d/w. | ||
| BN: 31826 | ||
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Scott, Col Robert L. Jr. GOD IS MY CO-PILOT H & S 1944 (from Scribners of 1943); 21x15cm, 224pp, 13 photos; vg int, cloth sl soiled, v torn remains of d/w; AUTHOR'S -DEDICATION INSIDE FEP. |
£28.00 | |
| Colonel Scott flew in Burma & commanded the fighter force under Gen Chennault in China - and other remarkable adventures! | ||
| BN: 24347 | ||
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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 |