|
Fairhead, Ralph AN AIRMAN'S DIARY - New Horizon 1st, 1982; 104pp, 11 photos; few ink annotations, o/w nr fine inc d/w |
£16.00 | |
| Engine fitter in Fighter Command, then Flight Engineer/Second Pilot in Bomber Command; crash, hospital, instructing; thoughts about politics and the causes of the war. | ||
| BN: 31664 | ||
| Falconer, Jonathan RAF BOMBER AIRFIELDS OF WORLD WAR 2 - | £15.00 | |
| Ian Allan 1st, 1992; 30 x 23cm, 128pp, f.illus; fine inc d/w.Details of bases, some with maps; organisation; graphic accounts of action. | ||
| BN: 25732 | ||
| Falconer, Jonathan STIRLING WINGS - the Short Stirling goes to war | £17.50 | |
| Budding Books 1st, 1995; 25 x 18cm, 214pp, f.illus (photos & maps); fine inc d/w. | ||
| BN: 29837 | ||
|
Farrar, James THE UNRETURNING SPRING - Williams & Norgate 1st, 1950242pp, portrait photo; vg inc d/w (spine of d/w sl faded) |
£65.00 | |
| Killed trying to destroy a flying bomb in 1944, aged 20, the author had already produced much outstanding literature (poems, sketches, letters and a nature diary; the book contains a description of his experiences and impressions training in the RAF and early service. A literature classic, edited & introduced by Henry Williamson. Scarce. | ||
| BN: 31675 | ||
| Fellowes, A.Comm.P.F.M. BRITAIN'S WONDERFUL AIR FORCE - | £12.50 | |
| Odhams c1942; 316pp, f.illus, blue cloth; vg, torn remains of d/w. A good contemporary picture of the early WW 2 operations of all branches of the RAF. | ||
| BN: 22773 | ||
|
Field, Peter J. CANADA'S WINGS - Lane 1st, 1942; 19 x 13cm, 126pp; vg, torn remains of d/w. |
£12.00 | |
| Accounts of the Canadians who flew in the early part of WW 2, with some introductory pages on WW 1 participants. Lists of some of the decorations awarded to date. | ||
| BN: 28019 | ||
|
Fochuk, Stephen M. METAL CANVAS - Canadians and World War II Aircraft Nose Art. Vanwell (Ontario) 1999; 29 x 22cm, 191pp, pictorial (some col); fine inc d/w. |
£20.00 | |
| A good reference to the markngs and decorations used on Canadian aircraft. | ||
| BN: 31307 | ||
|
Forbes, Wg Cdr Athol & Sqn Ldr H.Allen (Ed'rs) TEN FIGHTER BOYS - Collins 1st, 1942; 20 x 14cm, 176pp, 14 photos; vg, torn d/w. |
£30.00 | |
| Good contemporary description of ten fighter pilots and their exploits. | ||
| BN: 23373 | ||
|
Ford, Corey & Alastair MacBain FROM THE GROUND UP - Scribners USA, 1943; 197pp, 4 colour paintings (across 2 pages each), endpaper diags showing a typical programme from a training day; vg, v torn d/w |
£24.00 | |
| Scarce (in UK) account of training for USAF service. | ||
| BN: 31287 | ||
|
Ford-Jones, Martyn R DESERT FLYER - the Log & Journal of Flying Officer William Marsh. Schiffer, 1997; 336pp, f.illus; fine inc d/w. |
£19.50 | |
| After training in UK and Canada Marsf flew Hurricanes in the North African desert. | ||
| BN: 31271 | ||
|
Foreman, John BATTLE OF BRITAIN - the forgotten months, Nov & Dec 1940. Air Research 1st, 1988; 222pp, photos, data; fine inc d/w. |
£15.00 | |
| Day-by-day account with details of actions & casualties on both sides. | ||
| BN: 23753 | ||
|
Foreman, John FIGHTER COMMAND WAR DIARIES - Vol 2 - Sept 1940 to Dec 1941 Air Research 1st, hard covers, 1998; 352pp, many photos in text; fine inc d/w. |
£20.00 | |
| Mainly a day-to-day record of squadrons in action, their successes and losses. | ||
| BN: 30770 | ||
| Forrester, Larry FLY FOR YOUR LIFE - The story of The Immortal Tuck. Companion Book Club (vg int, cloth sl marked) | £5.00 | |
| BN: 21155 | ||
|
Foster, Capt John M. USMCR HELL IN THE HEAVENS - the true combat adventures of a marine fighter pilot in WW 2. Zenger USA (from Putnam 1st), 1961; 320pp, 27 photos; fine, nr fine d/w. |
£22.00 | |
| the true combat adventures of a marine fighter pilot in WW 2. | ||
| BN: 30489 | ||
|
Fox, George H. 8th AIR FORCE REMEMBERED - ISO Pubs (UK) 1st, 1991; 30 x 22cm, 175pp, f.illus (maps, photos; some col); fine inc d/w. |
£19.50 | |
| Illustrated guide to the memorials, memorabilia & main airfields of the US 8th Air Force in England in WW 2. | ||
| BN: 28922 | ||
|
Franks, Norman FIGHTER LEADER - the story of Wg Cdr Ian Gleed. Kimber 1st, 1978; 207pp, 24 photos, service record, biblio; ex-ref lib but vg, sl crumpled d/w |
£9.50 | |
| After a near-fatal Spitfire crash the author recovered, flew Hurricanes in France & in the Battle of Britain - finally led fighter wings over France & in the Middle East, where he was killed. | ||
| BN: 27375 | ||
| Franks, Norman L.R. THE BATTLE OF THE AIRFIELDS - 1st January 1945. | £20.00 | |
| Grub St, 1994, from Kimber 1st of 1982; 224pp, 48 photos, maps, appendices (units, losses etc), biblio; fine inc d/w; AUTHOR-SIGNED.Describes an "eleventh hour" attack by 800 Luftwaffe fighters on allied airfields in Holland, Belgium & France. Also Kinber 1st, fine, nr fine d/w - £17.50. | ||
| BN: 24616 | ||
|
Franks, Norman THE AIR BATTLE OF DUNKIRK - Kimber 1st, 1983; 236pp, f.illus, biblio; fine inc d/w except owner's bookplate and one Thetford map pasted inside f. cover. |
£20.00 | |
| Good Kimber title, describing the air fighting of 26 May to 3rd June 1940. | ||
| BN: 30224 | ||
|
Franks, Norman L.R. SCRAMBLE TO VICTORY - Five fighter pilots, 1939-1945. Kimber 1st, 1987; 222pp, f.illus; fine inc d/w. |
£18.00 | |
| The WW 2 careers of "Birdy" Bird-Wilson, Denys Gillam, John Wray, John Mackenzie & Graham Davies, who all served as fighter pilots right through WW 2, flying all major RAF types between them. | ||
| BN: 26950 | ||
|
Franks, Norman L.R. SPITFIRES OVER THE ARAKAN - Kimber 1st, 1988; 231pp, many photos; fine inc d/w (Owner's bookplate on fep) |
£22.00 | |
| The efforts of the newly arrived Spitfire Squadrons to obtain air supremacy in support of the allied land forces defending Burma and India from continued Japanese invasion. | ||
| BN: 28021 | ||
|
Franks, Norman HURRICANES OVER THE ARAKAN - PSL 1st, 1989; 238pp, 72 photos, orders of battle, claims & losses; fine inc d/w (owner's bookplate inside f. cover)) |
£24.00 | |
| The first two years of the Japanese war over Burma. | ||
| BN: 24037 | ||
| Franks, Norman L.R. SEARCH FIND AND KILL - Coastal Command's U-boat Successes. | £16.00 | |
| Aston 1st, 1990; 25 x 20cm, 168pp, photos, glossary; fine inc d/w. A day by day diary of operations against submarines, listing all U-boats destroyed & details of aircraft & crew involved. | ||
| BN: 24601 | ||
|
Franks, Norman THE GREATEST AIR BATTLE - Dieppe, 19th August 1942. Kimber 1st, 1979; 256pp, 36 photos, 2 maps; fine inc d/w, SIGNED BY AUTHOR. |
£30.00 | |
| Air Marshall Leigh-Mallory comanded 61 fighter squadrons which flew nearly 3,000 sorties in protecting the Dieppe operation; a detailed account with many personal reminiscences. | ||
| bn: 26671 | ||
|
Franks, Norman & Wg Cdr Paul Richey FIGHTER PILOT'S SUMMER - Grub St 1st, 1993; 248pp, 54 photos, diag; nr fine inc d/w. |
£24.00 | |
| Starting as Paul Richey's sequel to his book "Fighter Pilot" and continued, after Paul's death, as the further history of the Squadron, written by Franks with help from records. Appendices include details of Paul Richey's RAF career and 609 Squadron. | ||
| BN: 31679 | ||
|
Franks, Norman & Eric Zimmerman U-BOAT VERSUS AIRCRAFT - |
£16.00 | |
| Grub St 1st, 1998; 192pp, 102 photos, maps, diags; fine inc d/w. Story behind U-Boat claims in gun action with aircraft in WW 2. | ||
| BN: 28822 | ||
|
Franks, Norman BEYOND COURAGE - Air-sea Rescue by Walrus sqdns in the Adriatic, Med. & Tyrrhenian Seas 1942-45 Grub St 1st, 2003; 192pp, photos, appendices on individual aircraft & squadron members; fine inc d/w. UBN 31164 |
£14.00 | |
| Freeman, Roger THUNDERBOLT - a documentary history of the Republic P-47. |
£15.00 | |
| McD & Jane's 1st, 1978; 29 x 22cm, 152pp, f.illus (some col); vg inc d/w. Details of versions, performance, squadrons, engines; pilot opinions etc. | ||
| BN: 24595 | ||
| Freeman, Roger THE MIGHTY EIGHTH IN ART - | £20.00 | |
| A & A.P. 1st, 1996; 28 x 23cm landscape; 160pp, paintings; fine inc d/w.75 full-page paintings by various artists, with descriptive captions opposite. | ||
| BN: 27585 |
