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Barthrop, Wg Cdr Patrick PADDY - Baker 1st, 1987; 150pp, 20 photos; fine inc d/w. |
£25.00 | |
| Fine 1st edition of the author's autobiography. | ||
| BN: 24908 | ||
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Bartley, Anthony SMOKE TRAILS IN THE SKY - from the journals of a fighter pilot. Kimber 1st, 1984; 208pp, 41 photos; fine inc d/w |
£22.00 | |
| After Spitfires over Dunkirk & in the Battle of Britain the author led 65 Sqdn at Debden & 111 Sqdn in N.Africa & served in the Pacific.Illustrated mainly with portraits of fellow pilots. | ||
| BN: 26659 | ||
| Bavousett, Glenn B. WORLD WAR II AIRCRAFT IN COMBAT - 45 famous warplanes depicted in raging conflict. | £12.50 | |
| "Aero pub. Co, USA, 1976; 27 x 22cms, 144pp, full-page col paintings by Tony Weddell; vg, torn d/w. " | ||
| BN: 22320 | ||
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Baxter G.G., Owen & Baldock AIRCRAFT CASUALTIES IN KENT; Part 1; 1939 to 1940 Meresborough 1st, 1990 for Kent Aviation Historical Research Soc. ; 126pp, photos, diags, picture boards; fine |
£13.50 | |
| Lists all events with aircraft details, biblio & index to allied and enemy personnel involved as well as locations. Usefil reference. | ||
| BN: 31649 | ||
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Beaton, Cecil AIR OF GLORY - a wartime scrapbook. HMSO 1st, 1941; 28 x 22cm, 88pp, pictorial; vg. |
£18.00 | |
| Photographic study of the RAF in action & at leisure, the Blitz damage, home life etc. | ||
| BN: 26944 | ||
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Beaton, Cecil WINGED SQUADRONS - Hutchinson c1941; 26 x 19cm, 47pp, 67 photos, pictorial card covers bound inside the hard covers; vg. |
£18.00 | |
| More of tha famous photographer's camera studies of RAF people on duty, at leisure, with their aircraft etc; | ||
| BN: 31639 | ||
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Beaton, Cecil NEAR EAST - Batsford 1st, 1943; 150pp, many photos; vg inc d/w. |
£25.00 | |
| Description of service life in 1942 - covering all three services, their leaders & other personnel; many fine photos, typical of the famous author's work. | ||
| BN: 28379 | ||
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Beauman, Katharine Bentley WINGS ON HER SHOULDERS - a vivid picture of life & work in the W.A.A.F. Hutchinson 1st, c1943; 23 x 17cm, 119pp, 33 illus; vg, good d/w. |
£24.00 | |
| Well-illustrated account of the wartime WAAF. | ||
| BN: 23748 | ||
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Beckles,Gordon BIRTH OF A SPITFIRE - story of Beaverbrook's Ministry and its first £10,000,000. Collins 1st, 1941; 19 x 13cm, 160pp, 17 photos; vg, sl soiled d/w, |
£25.00 | |
| Popular style account of the drive for fighter production; a subject not sufficiently covered elsewhere. | ||
| BN: 21108 | ||
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Bednall, Dundas SUN ON MY WINGS - Paterchurch pubs, 1989; 140pp, photos, maps; fine inc d/w (AUTHOR-SIGNED). |
£24.00 | |
| Recollections of pre-war training & RAF war service, mainly in Sunderlands. | ||
| BN: 29834 | ||
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Beech, Joan ONE WAAF'S WAR - Privately published, 1989; 162pp, 10 photos; near fine inc d/w. |
£18.00 | |
| Memoirs of a WAAF meteorological Assistant. | ||
| BN: 31650 | ||
| Bell, Dana US AIR FORCE COLOURS 1926-1942 - | £9.00 | |
| A & A.P. 1st, 1979; 29 x 22cm, 95pp, f.illus (part col inc squadron insignia); fine, vg d/w.Also - card-cover edn, near-fine except cover sl creased - £5. | ||
| BN: 23299 | ||
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Bell F.W. PADRE'S OFFENSIVE SWEEP - a low level attack in ten short bursts. Muller 1st, 1943; 19 x 12cm, 63pp; fine. |
£14.00 | |
| Thoughts and experiences of a wartime chaplaif, RAFVR. | ||
| BN: 31658 | ||
| Bendiner,Elmer THE FALL OF FORTRESSES - a personal account of one of the most daring & deadly air battles of WW 2. | £15.00 | |
| Souvenir (1st UK) edn, 1981 (from US 1980 1st); 258pp, 14 photos; fine inc d/w. Story of the August 1942 Schweinfurt raid. | ||
| BN: 22322 | ||
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Bergel, Hugh (intro & commentary) FLYING WARTIME AIRCRAFT - ATA Ferry Pilots' Handling Notes for seven WW 2 aircraft. D & C 1st, 1972; ,193pp, aircraft & cockpit photos; fine inc d/w. |
£28.00 | |
| Contains the ATA notes on Hurricane, Airacobra, Typhoon, Mosquito, Beaufighter, Wellington & Liberator. | ||
| BN: 25583 | ||
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Bergel,Hugh FLY AND DELIVER - A ferry pilot's log book. Airlife 1st, 1982; 126pp, 34 photos; fine inc d/w. |
£14.50 | |
| Personal story of ATA flying. | ||
| BN: 22323 | ||
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Beurling, George & Leslie Roberts MALTA SPITFIRE - the story of a fighter pilot - A & A.P. 1973 edn (from 1943 Canadian 1st) 8 photos, sketches in text; fine inc d/w. |
£18.00 | |
| Graphic account by Spitfire pilot in the Malta Squadron of 1942. . | ||
| BN: 25969 | ||
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Bickers, Richard Townshend GINGER LACEY - FIGHTER PILOT - Battle of Britain Top Scorer. |
£15.00 | |
| Blandford Press reprint, 1988; 189pp; combat record; fine inc d/w.except portrait photo mounted on fep (enhances an otherwise unillustrated book) - | ||
| BN: 24154 | ||
| Bickers, Richard Townsend THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN - The greatest battle in the history of air warfare. | £15.00 | |
| Salamander 1st, 1991; 29 x 27cm, 206pp, f.illus (some col), diary, list of pilots with some brief histories; nr fine inc d/w.Much information extra to other "B of B" books (e.g. uniforms, tactical patterns, orders of battle etc). | ||
| BN: 24960 | ||
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Bickers, Richard T. HAWKER TYPHOON - The Combat History. Airlife 1st, 1999; 25 x 19cm, 144pp, f.illus; near fine inc d/w |
£16.00 | |
| BN: 30784 | ||
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Binder, Jeanne Patterson ONE CROWDED HOUR - William-Frederick Press (USA) 1947; 171pp, 2 photos; nr fine. |
£18.00 | |
| Story and diaries of an 8th Air Force Fortress crewman, shot down over Germany in 1944. Scarce in UK. | ||
| BN: 28377 | ||
| Birdsall, Steve FLYING BUCCANEERS - the Illustrated Story of Kenney's Fifth Air Force. | £18.00 | |
| D & C 1st (UK), 1978, from Doubleday USA 1st,1977; 27 x 19cm, 312pp, f.illus; fine inc d/w.well-illus story, with intro by Kenny. | ||
| BN: 23417 | ||
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Birkby, Carel DANCING THE SKIES Timmins (S.Africa) 1st, 1982; 198pp, 29 photos; fine, nr fine d/w. |
£14.50 | |
| Aspects of flying in South Africa, largely WW 2 but inc some WW 1 & other periods. | ||
| BN: 27276 | ||
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Bishop, Cliff FORTRESSES OF THE BIG TRIANGLE FIRST - East Anglia Books 1st, 1986; 30 x 22cm, 320pp, f.illus; extensive indices & appendices; fine inc d/w. |
£28.00 | |
| A "magnum opus" - history (Aug 1942-March 1944) of the 1st Bombardment Wing & 1st Bombardment Div. of the 8th Air Force, USAF. History by month, by Unit, by aircraft type; unit airfield location maps etc. | ||
| BN: 26943 |
