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Air Ministry  THE ROCKET RACKET -  An A,B.C. of R.P. Firing     AMP 187, Sept 1944; 20 x 15cm l'scape, 24pp, pictorial (diags); vg £6.00
Scarce official booklet.  
BN: 31480  
Bates H.E. FLYING BOMBS OVER ENGLAND - £8.50
Froglets 1st, 1994; card covers, 26 x 21cm, 160pp, f.illus (photos); near fine.Edited by Bob Ogley and published, long after Bates' death. (First written before the end of WW 2. it was officially suppressed)  
BN: 29338  

Beurling, George & Leslie Roberts MALTA SPITFIRE the story of a fighter pilot.

Greenhill Books card-cover edn, 2002, from 1943 original); 240pp, 16 photos, drgs; fine. Graphic account by Spitfire pilot in the Malta Squadron of 1942.This edn with new intro by Christopher Shores. £6.50
BN: 25969

Billings, Ray    GET DOWN! -  Personal recollections of a School Boy.  Author published, 2000. card covers, 145pp, f.illus; fine. 

£4.50
Memories of an aviation enthusiast during WW 2 (Mainly in Croydon,)   
BN: 31063  
Bond, Charles R. & Terry H.Anderson A FLYING TIGER'S DIARY - £30.00
Texas University Press 1st, 1984; card covers, 248pp, 43 photos, Roster; fine, AUTHOR'S SIGNED DEDICATION.  
BN: 30498  

Boulton & Paul Aircraft Ltd, Wolverhampton     SALUTE TO THE R.A.F.  1918-1943  

£12.50
"A souvenir to commemorate 25 years of happy & progressive association with the RAF" May 1943, 23 x 16cm, 28pp, soft covers; vg  Rather scarce booklet  Illustrating all the military aircraft produced by B & P inc some gun turrets as fitted to the Blackburn Roc, Hudson, Halifax, Baltimore & Liberator.  
BN: 31008
Bowden, Tim CHANGI PHOTOGRAPHER - George Aspinall's Record of Captivity. £10.00
Australian Broadcasting Corp., 1985; card covers, 22 x 21cm, 144pp, f.illus; fine.  
BN: 30104  

Bowers, Peter M.  5OTH ANNIVERSARY, BOEING B-17 FLYING FORTRESS -  1935-1985.  Museum of Flight, 1985; card covers, 28 x 22cm l'scape, 100pp, f.illus (photos, col paintings, 3-viewline drgs, diags); fine. 

£10.00
Celebration of the type's history, from progenitors to post-war civil uses.  
BN: 29342  
Brathwaite, Errol "WE'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS . . ." £8.00
Caxton Press NZ, 1994; card covers, 274pp, photos, cartoons; fine."The second world war as seen through the eyes of ordinary New Zealanders who served in the RNZAF"  
BN: 29143  

Brooks, Robin J.  NOTTINGHAMSHIRE & DERBYSHIRE AIRFIELDS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR -

£9.00
Countryside Books, 2003 card-cover edn; 256pp, f.illus; fine.
BN: 30808

Beurling, George & Leslie Roberts  MALTA SPITFIRE -  the story of a fighter pilot.

£6.50
Greenhill Books card-cover edn, 2002, from 1943 original); 240pp, 16 photos, drgs; fine.
BN: 25969

Caine, Philip D  SPITFIRES, THUNDERBOLTS AND WARM BEER -  an American fighter pilot over Europe.  

£7.50
Brassey's (USA) 1995 card-cover edn; 231pp, 31 photos; fine.  The WW 2 story of LeRoy Grover, who served in the RAF in 1941, then transferred to the USAAF.
BN: 30810

Caygill, Peter  THE DARLINGTON SPITFIRE -  A charmed life.  Airlife 1999; card covers, 174pp, many photos in text, Log of operations & operator pilots, biblio; fine

£7.50
Built from donations in Darlington, this Spitfire Vb was flown by an amazing number of pilots from 15 different bases.  
BN: 31539  

Childs, Edgar M. ("Jumbo")  KISMET -  A Flight Engineer's Story.  Author-published, 2001; card covers, 30pp; fine (AUTHOR-SIGNED)

£7.50
1942 ONWARDS WITH THE Pathfinder Force.  
BN: 31477  

Chorley W.R.  ROYAL AIR FORCE BOMBER COMMAND LOSSES -  of the second world war. Vol 1, 1939-1940. to Vol 6 (1945) Set of the first 6 vols,    Midland Counties 1992-1998; card covers, fine.

£75.00
Alternatively will sell separately if not soon sold as a set; individual prices on request.
BN: 27642
Clostermann, Pierre LE GRAND CIRQUE - a fighter pilot's experience of the air war over Europe. £10.00
Flammarion 1948 original) - soft covers, 303pp; uncut pages; near fine - the French lang. original of "The Big Show"  
BN: 30168  
 Cluett, Douglas, J.Bogle & B.Learnonth  CROYDON AIRPORT AND THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN, 1939-1940    £6.00
 Sutton Libraries, 1984; 166pp, f,illus; fine.  Well-illustrated picture of British airline activities of early WW 2, at the fall of France etc.  
 BN: 25566  
Delve, Ken D-DAY - THE AIR BATTLE - £8.50
A & A.P.1st, 1994; card covers, 28 x 22cm, 144pp, f.illus; vg.  
BN: 28165  

Delve, Ken NIGHTFIGHTER -   The battle for the night skies.  Cassell card cover edn, 1995; 256pp, many photos & appendices listing raids on UK etc; fine. 

£5.00
BN: 31073  
   
Dezarrois, Andre (Ed'r) LES CARNETS DE RENE MOUCHOTTE - Commandant du Groupe "Alcase". £10.00
Flammarion 1st, 1949; soft covers, French lang; 259pp, photos, diags; vg.The original of the "Mouchotte Diaries".  
BN: 30497  

Donovan, Rita  AS FOR THE CANADIANS -  The remarkable story of the RCAF's "Guinea Pigs" of WW 2.  

£12.00
BuschekBooks 1st, 2000; card covers, 303pp, many photos, lists; fine.  Individual stories of some of the Canadian burns patients.  
BN: 30262

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