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Thomas, Capt Rowan T. BORN IN BATTLE - Round the world adventures of the 513th Bombardment Sqdn. £25.00
Winston USA 1st, 1944; 367pp, many photos, ep maps; vg (fine int).Scarce unit history.  
BN: 25424  
Thomas, Gordon & M.M.Witts RUIN FROM THE AIR - the atomic mission to Hiroshima. £12.00
H.Hamilton 1st, 1977; 386pp, 28 photos, 4 maps, biblio; vg inc d/w.The developments & decisions leading to the dropping of the atom bombs on Japan.  
BN: 23354  
Thomas,Gil SHOULDER THE SKY - the biography of a fighter pilot. £12.00
Barker 1st, 1959; 182pp, 6 photos; nr vg.Biog. of Wg Cdr M.L.Ffrench Beytagh DFC, C.O. of 602 Sqdn 1942/3.  
BN: 22438  

Thruelsen, Major Richard & Lt E Arnold  MEDITERRANEAN SWEEP -  Air Stories from El Alamein to Rome.  Duell, Sloan & Pearce USA, 1944; 278pp, 16 attractive col paintings by Major J Lavalle, ep maps; near fine, sl chipped but clean d/w

£30.00
Over 50 authentic stories of the U.S. Air Forces in the area. Scarce in UK.  
BN: 31319  
Tillman, Barrett HELLCAT - The F6F in World War 2. £12.00
PSL 1st UK, from USA 1st 1979; 264pp, photos, maps, biblio & notes; vg except several relevant photos stuck in front & rear endpapers by previous owner (the author, Owen Thetford).Illustrated operational history of the type.Also - Airlife 1988 edn; fine inc d/w - £16  
BN: 22439  
Tillman, Barrett THE DAUNTLESS DIVE BOMBER OF WORLD WAR TWO - £10.00
Naval Inst. Press, USA, 1976; 232pp, f.illus, biblio, ep maps; vg except additions by previous owner Owen Thetford.Also - Airlife edn, 1993; fine inc d/w - £16.  
BN: 24160  

Townsend,Peter  DUEL OF EAGLES -  Presidio Press version, from Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1st English edn, 1970; large 8vo, 455pp, 14 photos, 3-view drgs of relevant aircraft; fine inc d/w.

£18.00
The years leading to WW 2 & the Battle of Britain from both sides.   Also French version "Un Duel d'Aigles"; soft covers, vg - £7.
BN: 21205
Turner J.F. THE BADER WING - £13.50
Midas Books 1st, 1981; 156pp, 30 photos; fine inc d/w.Turner supports the theory of the effectiveness of the big wing.  
BN: 26706  
Turner, John Frayn BRITISH AIRCRAFT OF WORLD WAR II - £6.50
BCA 1976, from 1975 1st; 25 x 19cm, 143pp, f.illus (some col), intro by Bader; fine, sl ragged d/w.  
BN: 23372  
Turner, John Frayn THE BADER TAPES - £13.50
Kensal Press, 1986; 221pp; fine inc d/w.Based on taped conversations the author had with Bader and many of his friends.  
BN: 24947  

Turner, John Frayn  THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN -  

£7.50
BCA 1999; (from Airlife 1st of 1998); 25 x 19cm, 176pp, f.illus; nr fine inc d/w.
BN: 30801

   Turner, John Frayn   FIGHT FOR THE AIR -  Air Battles of World War 2.  Airlife 2000; 248pp, f.illus (photos in text); fine inc d/w.

£13.50
BN: 30900
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 USAAF  THE STORY OF THE 390th BOMBARDMENT GROUP (H) -  Privately printed for the men and officers of the Group, USA, 1947; 34 x 27cm, 472pp, pictorial (photos, maps, portrait drgs; much col); Fine. (A really fine copy of the rare original).  £195.00
 One of the most beautifully produced of the many USAF unit histories, it includes a history of all the Group's raids, portrait & group photos of personnel, photos of the villages near the Framlinggham base (some in contemporary colour), accounts of the supporting units  and base facilities, an "In Memoriam" list of casualties; loosely enclosed is a poem sheet from the US Military Cemetary at Madingly dated September 1947. Printed on slightly tinted paper with gold-embossed titling on leather-like cloth.  
BN:  30674  
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 Van der Kop, Hans  THE FLYING DUTCHMAN - an exiting true story of war in the air.  PSL 1st, 1985; 248pp, 47 photos;  fine inc d/w.  £15.00
 Flying in the B-25 Mitchells of the 220 (Dutch) Squadron in Europe, c1944.  
 BN: 21867
Various authors WINGED WORDS - our airmen speak for themselves. £7.50
Heinemann 1st, 1941; 261pp, 25 illus; vg. Stories selected from broadcasts, Dec 1939 to Feb 1941 about early WW 2 flying operations.  
BN: 22051  
Veale,Sydney E. WARFARE IN THE AIR - the RAF at war since the Battle of Britain. £8.00
Pilot Press 1st, 1942 (2nd Imp); 27 x 22cm, 48pp, many good photos, Clarke cut-away drgs of Halifax & Stirling; vg (rear cloth soiled).Good typical publication of the period.  
BN: 21533  

Vigors, Tim  LIFE'S TOO SHORT TO CRY -  the compelling memoir of a Battle of Britain ace.  Grub St 1st, 2006 (2007 reprint); 265pp, 21 photos; fine inc d/w.

£15.00
The author served in 222 Sqdn over Dunkirk & in the B of B; then in the far east with 243 Sqdn; transferred to 453 RAAF flying Buffaloes.  
BN: 31407  
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Walker, Oliver.  SAILOR MALAN -  a biography.    Cassell 1st, 1953; 19 x 13cm, 182pp, 15 photos; vg, remains of front of d/w.

£17.50
The history & WW 2 career of the famous South African fighter pilot inc 74 Squadron in the Battle of Britain.  
BN: 23794  

Watts, Anthony J.  THE U-BOAT HUNTERS -  M & J 1st, 1976; 25 x 18cm, 192pp, f.illus, tables, biblio; vg. 

£8.00
Largely naval but also air operations.  

BN: 31522

 

Watts, Perry  THE 467th BOMBARDMENT GROUP (H) IN WORLD WAR II -   

£30.00
in combat with the B-24 Liberator over Europe.   Schiffer, 2005; 29 x 22cm, 424pp, f.illus; large appendix giving summary of combat missions flown; fine inc d/w.   
Super art-paper Schiffer presentation.  
BN: 31270  
Webster, Sir Charles & Noble Frankland THE STRATEGIC AIR OFFENSIVE AGAINST GERMANY 1939-1945 - £280.00
Set of 4 vols; fine, near fine d/ws.         Also - separate Vols;-  3 (HMSO 1st, 1961); 332pp, 29 photos, 14 maps; vg inc d/w except some ink underlining by previous (well-known author) owner. £40.00 Vols 2 & 4 near fine inc d/ws £50 ea; Vol 1 (ex-lib, only fair) £15; another Vol 3 (ex-lib but vg) £30;  One of the official histories of the second world war.  
BN: 26958  
Weeks, John ASSAULT FROM THE SKY - a history of airborne warfare. £12.00
Westbridge Books 1st, 1978; 30 x 22cm, 192pp, f.illus (some col), glossary, biblio; near fine, good d/w.Mainly WW 2, covering German, British & American forces.  
BN: 26962  

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