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Fahey, James C. U.S. ARMY AIRCRAFT - (Heavier-than-air), 1908-1946. |
£7.00 | ||
| "Ships & Aircraft" 1st, 1946; 64pp, hundreds of small type photos, tables of data; nr fine. A really good reference & identification record. | |||
| BN: 26510 | |||
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Fedden, Sir Roy ADVISORY COMMITTEEOF THE ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOCIETY - 1941-1946 |
£7.50 | ||
| Photo-copied paper, 28 x 20cm (4to), 27pp, 2 photos of the members; vg. An account of the work of the committee in support of the production of aircraft & engines & technical guidance in the selection of priorities, collaboration with the Usa etc. | |||
| BN: 30977 | |||
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Finn S. LINCOLNSHIRE AIR WAR - 1939-1945 Aero Litho Co.,1973; 25 x 19cm, 114pp, f.illus (photos & maps), crash list, biblio; vg. |
£5.00 | ||
| Also - Book Two - (90pp) vg - £5. | |||
| BN: 22464 | |||
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Fletcher R.G. (Ed'r) TOUCH AND GO - telegraphist air gunner of 35 course. Author-published, 1992; card covers, 128pp, 2 photos, aircraft line drgs; fine. |
£5.50 | ||
| BN: 28376 | |||
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Foreman, John FIGHTER COMMAND WAR DIARIES - July 1943 to June 1944. |
£15.00 | ||
| Air Research Pubs2005 card cover edn (from 2002 1st); 430pp, many photos in text; fine .Vol 4 of the series. | |||
| BN: 30770 | |||
| Gibbs-Smith C.H. BASIC AIRCRAFT RECOGNITION - | £7.50 | ||
| Country Life 1st, 1942; 24 x 16cm landscape, 128pp, silhouettes; cloth covers; vg. | |||
| BN: 24190 | |||
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Gurney,Gene B-29 STORY - THE PLANE THAT WON THE WAR - Fawcett Books, USA, 1963; 24 x 17cm, 112pp, photos; vg. |
£5.00 | ||
| BN: 21082 | |||
| Hamilton, Tim IDENTIFICATION - FRIEND OR FOE - | £11.00 | ||
| HMSO 1st, 1994; card covers, 30 x 21cm, 141pp, f.illus (photos, diags; some col); fine.The story of aircraft recognition as a study and the publications dedicated to it; including a tribute to "Wren". | |||
| BN: 28166 | |||
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Harbord, Frank FAMILIAR VOICES - Able Pub, 1998; card covers, 283pp, photos, maps etc in text; WW 2 memoirs largely featuring Blenhiems. |
£8.00 | ||
| BN: 31074 | |||
| Hartnell-Beavis. J, FINAL FLIGHT - Merlin Books, 1985: 178pp card cover; fine | £5.00 | ||
| Capture & escape story | |||
| BN: 23610 | |||
| HMSO (Pub'r) VARIOUS; - | |||
| I always have a stock of most of the more common WW 2 HMSO booklets; e.g. -"Ark Royal" (g-vg) £4; "Target Germany" (vg+) £5; "Coastal Command" (vg+) £4.50; "Bomber Command"(both covers)(vg) £4;"Bomber Command Continues" (near fine) £3.50; "The Battle of Britain"(illus edn, g-vg £3);(non-illus edn (vg+) £2.50; Fleet Air Arm" (nr fine) £5; "Roof over Britain" (vg) £3.50; Combined Operations" (vg) £3;"Atlantic Bridge" (nr fine) £5; "Over to You"(near-vg) £3; "We Speak from the Air" (vg) £4.50; "RAF Middle East" (vg) £5; "Before we go back" (re Norway) vg - £6; "East of Malta, West of Suez" g -(naval) £3.50; "The air battle of Malta" (g-vg) £3.50; "There's Freedom in the Air" (vg) £4; "Front Line 1940-41" (vg) £3.50; "It can now be revealed" (British Railways) (vg) £4.50; "The Navy & the 'Y' scheme" (vg) £4; Science at War" (vg) £7.50; and the scarcer "Merchant Airmen" ( £12). & "The Aircraft Builders" £18. Stock always varying - please enquire. | |||
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Ingham, M.J THE POLISH AIR FORCE IN LINCOLNSHIRE - Beckside design, 1988; 15x21cm, 48pp, photos; fine. |
£4.50 | ||
| BN: 24775 | |||
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£4.50 | ||
| BN: 31433 | |||
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Kelly, Terence HURRICANE & SPITFIRE PILOTS AT WAR - |
£11.50 | ||
| Pen & Sword 1986; card covers, 208pp, f.illus; fine A selection of pilots from all theatres of the war. | |||
| BN: 30926 | |||
| Kent, Gp Capt J.A. ONE OF THE FEW - | £7.50 | ||
| Tempus 2000 card-cover edn (from Kimber 1st of 1971); 192pp, 16 photos; fine.RAF career story including Battle of Britain leadership. | |||
| BN: 23677 | |||
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Kimbell, Alex THINK LIKE A BIRD - An army pilot's Story. |
£6.00 | ||
| Matador card-cover edn, 2004 (from Airlife 1sdr of 2000); 349pp, a few photos in text; fine. Account of army flying - training ans service in East Africa; a n adventure story told by a very professional pilot. | |||
| BN: 30958 | |||
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Koku-Fan Magazine Editors KAWASAKI Ki-61 (Tony) Paul Gaudette/Koku-Fan, 1967; 26 x 18cm, card covers, 50pp; fine. |
£7.50 | ||
| Type history. | |||
| BN: 31350 | |||
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Logan, Ian & Henry Nield CLASSY CHASSY - New York, 1977; 20 x 20cm, 0.5cm thick; f.illus; fine. |
£12.00 | ||
| Full page reproductions (many col) of the nose art on WW 2 USAF aircraft. Now getting scarce. | |||
| BN: 25552 | |||
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Marsden, Barry M. DERBYSHIRE FIGHTER ACES OF WORLD WAR TWO - |
£10.00 | ||
| Tempus 2004; card covers, 23 x 16cm, 160pp, f.illus; fine. | |||
| BN; : 21356 | |||
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Matthews, Rupert HEROES OF BOMBER COMMAND - LINCOLNSHIRE - |
£7.50 | ||
| Countryside Books, 2005; card covers, 192pp, f.illus; fine. | |||
| BN: 30815 | |||
| Mersky, Peter THE GRIM REAPERS - Fighting Squadron Ten in WW 2. | £8.00 | ||
| Champlin Museum, 1986; card covers, 131pp, photos, drgs; near fine.The squadron flew from the USS Enterprise from Sept 1942 & carried out 3 combat deployments; used Wildcats, Hellcats and Corsairs. | |||
| BN: 27958 | |||
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Middlebrook, Martin THE BATTLE OF HAMBURG - The Firestorm Raid. Cassell card cover edn, 2000; 424pp, 41 photos, maps; fine. |
£5.00 | ||
| BN: 30852 | |||
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Mikesh, Robert C. ZERO - Combat & Development History of Japan's legendary Mitsubishi A6M Motorbooks International "Warbird History"; card covers, 27 x 23cm, 128pp, f.illus; fine. |
£11.50 | ||
| Includes colour views, cockpit interiors etc. | |||
| BN: 31351 | |||
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New Zealand War History Branch, NEW ZEALAND IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR - OFFICIAL HISTORY - 1951; 2 scarce booklets; card covers, 27 x 21cm,32pp each, f.illus;, "NEW ZEALANDERS IN THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN" (N.W.Fairclough) & "MALTA AIRMEN" (J.A.Whelan); vg int, covers rather soiled. |
£10.00ea | ||
| BN: 31475 | |||
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Nunn, Stephen P & Alen Wyatt HEINKELS OVER HEYBRIDGE - Pub by authors, 1987; card covers, 41pp, f.illus; fine. |
£4.00 | ||
| BN: 31236 | |||
| Olmsted, Merle C. THE YOXFORD BOYS - Thwe 357th Fighter Group on Escort over Europe & Russia. | £15.00 | ||
| Aero Pubs, 1971; 103pp; fine. Now scarce.Also, from the same short series - Rust/Hess "The Slybird Group" (The 353rd Fighter Group on escort & Ground Attack Ops)fine - £15 | |||
| BN: 24194 | |||
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Otter, Patrick MAXIMUM EFFORT -ONE GROUP AT WAR - The story of the North Lincolnshire Bombers. |
£9.00 | ||
| Grimsby Evening Telegraph, 1990; 28 x 22cm, 128pp, f.illus; fine. Story of l Group RAF. Also "Maximum Effort - One Group at War"similar to above (127pp) fine - £9. | |||
| BN: 25550 | |||
| Otter, Patrick LINCOLNSHIRE AIRFIELDS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR - | £8.00 | ||
| Countryside Books 1st, 1996 (1997 reprint); card covers, 288pp, f.illus (hotos, map); fine. | |||
| BN: 29867 | |||
| Overy, R.J. THE AIR WAR 1939 - 1945 - | £7.50 | ||
| Scarborough House card-cover version of 1st, 1980; 263pp, 20 photos, 16 tables; fine.An "overview" with comments on the decisive factors and strategies; comprehensive notes & biblio. | |||
| BN: 22390 | |||
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Page, Geoffrey SHOT DOWN IN FLAMES - a WW II fighter pilot's remarkable tale of survival. |
£7.50 | ||
| Grub St1999 card cover edn (from the original "Tale of a Guinea Pig"); 207pp, 18 photos; fine. | |||
| BN: 30807 | |||
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Porter, Paddy (Ed'r) COMMAND & COMBAT - A history of Brampton HQ, First Air Division, 8th USAAF 1942-45.& Glatton 457th. Tri-Service Magazines, Undated; Card covers, 30 x 121cm, 58pp, f.illus; fine. |
£6.50 | ||
| Illustrations inc station maps (Brampton & Glatton), B-17F cut-away, photos of the villages (some col). | |||
| bn: 31474 | |||
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Prato, Piero THE CAPRONI REGGIANE FIGHTERS 1938-1945 - |
£7.00 | ||
| Intyrama, 1968; card covers, 30 x 20cm, 64pp, f.illus (photos, 3-view line drgs; vg | |||
| BN: 30942 | |||
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Prior, Rupert HONOURING THE FEW - The Battle of Britain Heroes Battle of Britain Books, 2005; card covers, 25 x 21cm l'scape; 1cm thick, f.illus (part colour); roll of honour; fine. |
£8.50 | ||
| BN: 31521 | |||
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R.Ae.S. (Manchester) ( Wood D.C.) AVRO LANCASTER - 50th Anniversary. The Design & Development of the Lancaster. R.Ae.S. 1991; card covers, 27 x 21cm, f.illus (photos & drgs); fine. |
£15.00 | ||
| (includes the Manchester phase.). | |||
| BN: 28645 | |||
| RAF Museum/ Battle of Britain Ltd. AGAINST THE ODDS - the Battle of Britain Experience. | £6.50 | ||
| c1990; card covers, 30 x 21cm, 143pp inc advts; fine. Articles on the fighting, the leaders, the aircraft & equipment - and the RAF Museum.Also - "The Few and The Many" (Battle of Britain 1940); 1990 with Imperial War Museum; card covers, 30 x 21cm, 144pp; vg - £5. | |||
| BN: 29908 | |||
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Rearden, Jim KOGA'S ZERO - The fighter that changed World War II. ("Found in Alaska") Pictorial Histories Pub., Montana USA, 1995; card covers, 25 x 18cm, 114pp, f.illus; fine. |
£9.50 | ||
| Discovery & retrieval of a Zero that had crash landed on Akutan Island | |||
| BN: 31352 | |||
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Richards, Dennis (ed'r) THE FEW AND THE MANY The Battle of Britain 1940 |
£5.00 | ||
| c1990; 30 x 21cm, 144pp, f.illus; nr fine. | |||
| BN: 29868 | |||
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Rodgers, Jack NAVIGATOR'S LOG - of a tour in Bomber Command. Merlin Books, 1985; card covers, 108pp, photos, maps, biblio; vg. |
£4.50 | ||
| BN: 30070 | |||
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Rouse, Wally BORN AGAIN - Spitfire PS 915. British Aerospace & MAP 1989; card covers, 30 x 21cm, 48pp, f.illus; fine. |
£4.00 | ||
| The wartime career of this Spitfire Mk XIV photo rec. aircraft and its restoration. | |||
| BN: 31076 | |||
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Royal Aeronautical Soc. (Manchester) THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE AVRO LANCASTER - 50th Anniversary R.Ae.S. 1991; card covers, 27 x 21cm, 88pp, f.illus (photos & diags); fine. Signed by C.C.Wood, the compiler. |
£12.00 | ||
| BN: 31150 | |||
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Sakaida, Henry WINGED SAMURAI - Saburo Sakai and the Zero fighter pilots. Chasmplin Fighter Museum USA, 1985; card covers, 28 x 21cm, 159pp, f.illus; fine |
£9.00 | ||
| BN: 31354 | |||
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Sakaida, Henry PACIFIC AIR COMBAT IN WWII - Voices from the past. PhalanxPub Co, USA, 1993; card cocers, 28 x 21cm, 94pp, f,illus; fine. |
£9.00 | ||
| Illustrates both sides of the combat. | |||
| BN: 31356 | |||
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Searby. Air comm. J THE GREAT RAIDS - Peenemunde, 17 August 1943. Nutshell Press, 1978: 30 x 21cm, 84pp, photos, sqdn badges, crew lists; fine. |
£9.00 | ||
| BN: 23608 | |||
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Shannon, Kevin & Stephen Wright ONE NIGHT IN JUNE - Airlife 1994; card covers, 208pp, photos; fine. |
£7.50 | ||
| Glider Pilot Regiment memoirs inc illustrations of Horsas in action. | |||
| BN: 31077 | |||
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Smith, Graham THE MIGHTY EIGHTH IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR - |
£9.00 | ||
| Countryside Books2001; card covers, 300pp, f.illus; fine - | |||
| BN: 30804 | |||
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Smith, John N. FINAL FLIGHT - The story of the Glen Miller connection with Twinwood Farm airfield. |
£4.95 | ||
| GMS Enterprises 2002; card covers, 24pp, photos; fine. | |||
| BN: 31114 | |||
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Smith P J C LUFTWAFFE OVER MANCHESTER - The Blitz Years 1940-1944 Richardson, 2003; card covers, 30 x 20cm, 75pp, f.illus; fine. |
£7.50 | ||
| BN: 31473 | |||
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Smith P.J.C. FLYING BOMBS OVER THE PENNINES - Richardson, 1988; card covers, 30 x 20cm, 46pp, f.illus; nr fine. |
£5.00 | ||
| The story of the V-1 attack aimed at Manchester on Dec 24th 1944. | |||
| BN: 31472 | |||
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Starkey, Richard A LANCASTER PILOT'S IMPRESSION ON GERMANY - |
£7.50 | ||
| Author-pub. 1999; card covers, 144pp, photos, map; fine. The author's "Impression" made on the earth where his Loancaster crashed in 1944 and exploded, blowing him clear! | |||
| BN: 30819 | |||
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Sturtivant, Ray THE SWORDFISH STORY - A & A.P. 2000, card cover edn;; 28 x 23cm, 240pp, f.illus, individual aircraft histories, units, markings etc; fine. |
£15.00 | ||
| BN: 26703 |
