| Dover, Major Victor M.C. THE SKY GENERALS - | £15.00 | |
| Cassell 1st, 1981; 215pp, 33 photos, 7 maps; nr fine inc d/w.The generals of the airborne forces, who flew and fought with the men. | ||
| BN: 26946 | ||
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Downing, Taylor & Andrew Johnston BATTLE STATIONS - Decisive weapons of the Second World War. Leo Cooper 1st, 2000; 232pp plus 16pp of col photos; many other monochrome photos in text; near fine inc d/w with AUTHORS' SIGNATURES to dedication and a written note thanking recipient for help with the series. |
£30.00 | |
| Stories about the wartime contributions of the Spitfire, Dakota, Sherman tank & DUKW. | ||
| BN: 31511 | ||
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Drake, Gp Capt B. (with C. Shores) BILLY DRAKE - Fighter Leader. Grub St 1st, 2002; 160pp, 41 photos; fine inc d/w |
£16.00 | |
| Autobiography of the notable fighter pilot, with many references and brief biographies of many of his comrades in 1 and 91 Squadrons - also some of the WW 2 RAF leaders. | ||
| BN: £16.0031094 | ||
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Drake, Francis Vivian VERTICAL WARFARE - Doubleday USA 1st, 1943; 142pp, f.illus (photos, diags; vg (fine int). |
£18.00 | |
| Rather scarce contemporary description of USAF precision bombing in Europe. | ||
| BN: 28066 | ||
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Drummond, John D. H.M. U-BOAT - Allen 1st, 1958; 228pp, 15 photos; vg, sl ragged d/w. |
£20.00 | |
| Story of the capture of U-Boat 570 by a Hudson of 269 Squadron Coastal Command. | ||
| BN: 31661 | ||
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Dudley-Gordon, Sqdn Ldr Tom COASTAL COMMAND AT WAR - Jarolds 1st, 1940s; 20 x 14cm, 211pp, 40 photos; nr fine, vg d/w (few pages have small ink annotations) Also another, without d/w - £14. |
£20.00 | |
| Describes early WW 2 operations. | ||
| BN: 23757 | ||
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Dundas, Hugh FLYING START - A fighter pilot's war years. Paul 1988 reprint of 1988 1st; 180pp, 32 photos, map, letters; fine inc d/w. |
£18.00 | |
| Famous fighter pilot, later Gp Capt Sir Hugh Dundas, describes the intensity of war flying; Battle of Britain, Wing Commander at 22, Tunisia & Italy, ended war as youngest Group Captain at 24. | ||
| BN: 24614 | ||
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Dunmore, Spencer WINGS FOR VICTORY - the remarkable story of the British Commonwealth Training Plan in Canada. McClelland & Stewart (Canada) 1994; 399pp, 49 photos, notes, biblio; fine inc d/w. |
£19.50 | |
| Account, with many anecdotes, of how uver 130,000 aircrews were trained in Canada | ||
| BN: 27369 | ||
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Dunmore, Spencer ABOVE AND BEYOND - The Canadians' War in the Air, 1939-45. McClennand & Stewart (Canada) 1st, 1996; 384pp, 44 photosnotes & biblio; fine inc d/w |
£18.00 | |
| BN: 31068 | ||
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Dunn, Bill Newton BIG WING - the biography of A.c-M. Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory KCB DSO & Bar. Airlife 1st, 1992; 200pp, 34 photos; fine inc d/w. |
£16.00 | |
| L-M joined the RFC in 1915, flew with No 7 Squadron, commanded No 8 Squadron; rose to c.in c. Fighter Command. Includes chapter on WW 1 action. | ||
| BN: 24118 | ||
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Dunn, William R. FIGHTER PILOT - the first American ace of World War II. Univ. Press of Kentucky 1st, 1982; 234pp, 40 photos; fine. |
£15.00 | |
| Memoirs of an Eagle Squadron flying Spitfires; later in the USAF in Europe & Asia. | ||
| BN: 31620 | ||
| Dupuy, Trevor N. THE AIR WAR IN THE WEST - JUNE 1941-APRIL 1945 - | £8.00 | |
| Watts "Illustrated History of World War II", 1965 edn, from 1963 USA 1st;22 x 19cm, 66pp, f.illus; near fine inc d/w. | ||
| BN: 21505 | ||
| Dupuy, Trevor Nevitt THE AIR WAR IN THE PACIFIC: AIR POWER LEADS THE WAY - | £7.50 | |
| Ward 1st, 1966; Illustrated History of WW 2, Vol 13; 22 x 19cm, 88pp, f.illus(photos & maps); nr fine inc d/w. | ||
| BN: 24179 | ||
| Dupuy,Trevor N. THE AIR WAR IN THE WEST - SEPT 1939-MAY 1941- | £8.00 | |
| Ward (UK) "Illustrated History of WW 2" series; 1964 (from Watts USA, 1963 1st); 22 x 19cm, 76pp, f.illus (photos & maps); fine, vg d/w. | ||
| BN: 21506 |
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"Ellan B.J."(Sqdn Ldr) SPITFIRE! - The experiences of a Fighter Pilot. Murray 1st, 1942; 19 x 13cm, 99pp, 22 photos; vg int, cloth sl soiled. |
£15.00 | |
| contains much wartime anonymity but also photos of pilot groups & some vg flying shots. | ||
| BN: 23469 | ||
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Edwards, Gron NORWEGIAN PATROL - Airlife 1st, 1985; 176pp, photos, diags; fine inc d/w. |
£18.00 | |
| Maritime reconnaissance by 233 & 244 Sqdns' Hudsons over the North Sea. | ||
| BN: 23756 | ||
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Ehrengardt, Christian & C Shores L'AVIATION DE VICHY AU COMBAT - La Campagne de Syrie 8 Juin - 14 Juillet Lavauzelle 1st, 1987; 30 x 23cm, 182pp, f.illus (photos & diags); near fine inc d/w. |
£45.00 | |
| Detaiked French language description. | ||
| BN: 31669 | ||
| Emory, John M.G. THE SOURCE BOOK OF WORLD WAR II AIRCRAFT - a complete directory and bibliography. | £14.00 | |
| Blandford 1st, 1986; 269pp; fine inc d/w.Source information on WW 2 subjects. | ||
| BN: 30153 | ||
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English Electric Ltd. WAR DIARY OF THE ENGLISH ELECTRIC COMPANY Ltd - March 1938-Aug 1945. Hard-bound, 28 x 22cm, 255pp, f.illus, decorated boards; near fine. |
£38.00 | |
| Chronological picture of highlights from the Company's war history, with a section on D.Napier (taken over in Dec 1942). | ||
| BN: 26881 | ||
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Escott, Sqdn Ldr Beryl E. OUR WARTIME DAYS - The WAAF in World War II. Alan Sutton 1st, 1995; 26 x 18cm, 196pp, f.illus; nr fine inc d/w (last page of index creased) |
£18.00 | |
| life in the WAAF at home and overseas. | ||
| BN: 31663 | ||
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Ethell, Jeff & G.L.Walbrun EAA WARBIRDS OF AMERICA. Inc - Vol 1, 1989. Turner Pub Co, USA, 1989 (Ed'n limited to 1,000); 31 x 23cm, 88pp, f.illus (some col); fine. |
£25.00 | |
| History of "Warbirds of America" with biog. notes & list of members. Photos illustrate surviving WW 2 aircraft (many Mustangs!). | ||
| BN: 28374 | ||
| Ethell,J.L. & Sand,R.T. FIGHTER COMMAND - American fighters in original WWII Color. | £18.00 | |
| Motorbooks int. 1st 1991; 26x26cm, 176pp, f.illus in colour; fine inc d/w.Features much amazingly good contemporary colour photography. | ||
| BN: 24352 | ||
| Ethell,Jeffrey & Alfred Price TARGET BERLIN - Mission 250, 6 March 1944. | £15.00 | |
| Jane's 1st, 1981); 212pp, 73 photos, 11 maps & diags, biblio, statistics; near fine inc d/w.Also A & A.P. 1989 edn; fine, vg d/w - £14. | ||
| BN: 21481 | ||
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Ethell, Jeffrey L. BOMBER COMMAND - American bombers in original WW II color. Motorbooks 1st, 1994; 26 x 26cm, 180pp, pictorial (all col); fine inc d/w. |
£18.00 | |
| BN: 30088 | ||
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Euler, Helmut ALS DEUTSCHLANDS DAEMME BRACHEN - Die wahrheit ueber die bombardierung der Moehne-Eder-Sorpe-Straudaemme 1943. Motorbuch, 1984; 224pp, many photos; fine inc d/w. German lang. |
£30.00 | |
| "When the German dams broke - the truth about the bombing of the Moehne-Eder-Sorpe dams in 1943" | ||
| BN: 31666 | ||
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Evans Sdn Ldr A.J. ESCAPE AND LIBERATION 1940-1945 - H & S 1st, 1945; 238pp, unillus; fine, good d/w. |
£9.50 | |
| Author of "The Escaping Club" (about WW 1 escapes) describes 7 individual WW 2 escapes in detail; also chapters on escapes on the Russian side. | ||
| BN: 31333 |