Broom, Barbara (complied by),

GEOFFREY BROOM'S WAR - Letters and P.O.W. Diaries.

The Pentland Press, Bishop Auckland, 1993, 1st edn., 238pp, half tone photo frontis portrait, 6 pp half tone photo ills., blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper by Geoff Hobbs, the experiences of Geoffrey Broom during WW2 related through his letters and diaries. Geoffrey Broom joined the Royal Naval Patrol Service in 1940, trained as a signaller and from early in 1941 served in HMT Norse, a Grimsby trawler requisitioned in 1939 and converted for minesweeping, Norse was posted to the Eastern Mediterranean. Two years later Norse's crew waited replacement and as a spare signaller he was attached to a unit sent to the island of Leros, was captured by the Germans and served the remainder of the war in Stalag XIA in Germany (Marlag und Milag Nord) as a POW, lightly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips with tiny repaired nick at head of spine, near fine in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 42382

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy - RN Patrol Service, Mines and Minesweeping

Keywords: war ww2 navy minesweeping hmt norse hms canopus alexandria leros aegean pow marlag und milag nord leros

Broome, Captain Jack,

CONVOY IS TO SCATTER - The Story of PQ17.

Futura, London, 1974, 1st in imprint, paperback, 232pp, in text maps and line drawings, [iv] ads., coloured"wraparound pictorial wrappers by Paul Wright, the tragic story of the ill-fated convoy PQ17 of 36 British and American ships to Russia in June/July, 1942, by the captain of the escort destroyer HMS Keppel, related with all the relevant signals received and sent, after the convoy was ordered to scatter on the false intelligence that the Tirpitz was out, resulting in the merchant vessles being picked off one by one, very slight slant to spine, lightly rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 45092

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 sea navy arctic russia kola murmansk pq17 convoy

Broome, Captain Jack,

CONVOY IS TO SCATTER - The Story of PQ17.

Futura, London, 1977, reprint, paperback, 232pp, in text maps and line drawings, [iv] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, the tragic story of the fated convoy PQ17 of 36 British and American ships to Russia in June/July, 1942, by the captain of the escort destroyer HMS Keppel, related with all the relevant signals received and sent, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, remainder groove lower edge, very good,

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Book number: 45170

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 sea navy arctic russia kola murmansk pq17 convoy

Broome, Captain Jack,

CONVOY IS TO SCATTER.

William Kimber, London, 1972, 1st edn., 232pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., maps, line drawings / cartoons in text, navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured lettered dustwrapper, the tragic story of the fated convoy PQ17 of 36 British and American ships to Russia in June/July, 1942. The author was in command of the senior escort destroyer, HMS Keppel, and relates with all the relevant signals received and sent the story of the conoy, which includes when the convoy was sent the message by the British Admiralty to scatter, allowing most of the merchant vessels to be picked off at will by u-boats or the Luftwaffe, light bump head of spine, edges tanned and a little foxed, dustwrapper: sunned at spine and flap folds, relined at head of spine, very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 45345

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 sea navy arctic russia kola murmansk pq17 convoy

Broome, Captain Jack,

MAKE ANOTHER SIGNAL.

Futura, London, 1977, 1st in imprint, paperback, 255pp, map, line drawings and diagrams in text, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, a light hearted look at the history of military and naval communications quoting some of the classic signals from significant dates and occasions, together with details of the signals exchanged during WW2 of the sinking of the French fleet at Oran, the sinking of armed merchant cruiser Rawalpindi, the sinking of aircraft carrier Glorious, the escape from Brest, the sinking of Scharnhorst, the sinking of Hood and subsequently Bismarck, etc., lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, very good plus,

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Book number: 45171

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww1 ww2 navy signals

Broome, Captain Jack,

MAKE ANOTHER SIGNAL.

Futura, London, 1977, 1st in imprint, paperback, 255pp, map, line drawings and diagrams in text, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, a light hearted look at the history of military and naval communications quoting some of the classic signals from significant dates and occasions, together with details of the signals exchanged during WW2 of the sinking of the French fleet at Oran, the sinking of armed merchant cruiser Rawalpindi, the sinking of aircraft carrier Glorious, the escape from Brest, the sinking of Scharnhorst, the sinking of Hood and subsequently Bismarck, etc., edges tanned, near fine,

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Book number: 45173

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww1 ww2 navy signals humour

Brown, Malcolm and Meehan, Patricia,

SCAPA FLOW.

Pan. London, 2002, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, 264pp, 24pp half tone photo ills., in text map, photo pictorial wrappers, in the Pan Grand Strategy series, based on the experiences of hundreds of service personnel, from the lower deck and barrack room as well as the officers' mess, about their experieneces at Scapa Flow during two world wars, WW1 and WW2, with contemporary photo illustrations, lightly rubbed at extrems., light roll and creasing to spine, edges tanned, top cnr. half title clipped, good pluis,

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Book number: 45485

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

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Bull, Peter,

TO SEA IN A SIEVE.

Corgi, London, 1973, 1st in imprint, paperback, 205pp, [iii] ads., coloured wraparound pictorial wrappers, the British actor's WW2 experiences in the Royal Navy from a rating on a destroyer thro' officer training at King Alfred to appointment a landing Craft as First Lieutenant, later in I/C and later still a flotilla, lightly ruubed at tips, spine a little creased, edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 45791

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: ww2 sea navy landing craft lct lca dieppe sicily salerno anzio mediterranean autobiography

Burgess, Robert (PO Writer) and Blackburn, Roland (Leading Writer),

WE JOINED THE NAVY.

A and C Black, London, 1943, 1st edn., 124pp, beige cloth lettered in navy blue at spine, vignette in navy upper board, coloured pictorial dustwrapper,Traditions, Customs and Nomenclature of the Royal Navy (explained), tanning to edges, light foxing upper edge, 5 line ink inscr, front free endpaper, dustwrapper: rubbed with chip to head of spine and slight loss at extrems., price clipped, repaired to reverse.very good in a good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 45326

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 navy slang language terms

Busch, Harald, (translated by L. P, ,R Wilson,),

U-BOATS AT WAR.

Panther Books, London,1956, reprint, paperback, 189pp, 8pp photo ills., [iii] ads., pictorial wrappers, translated from the original German, an account of the u-boat war by a non submariner who was attached to the u-boat branch of the Kriegsmarine. recording the first hand experiences of the operational personnel with whom he was in daily contact as they returned from operations, relatuing the different phases of the war as the war progressed, slight slant to spine, rubbed with light creasing at extrems., edges tanned, good plus,

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Book number: 45093

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 navy u-boat battle atlantic merchant convoys

Busch, Fritz-Otto (translated by Eleanor Brockett),

THE STORY OF THE PRINCE EUGEN.

Futura, London, 1975, 1st in imprint, paperback, 222pp, 5 in text maps, wraparound pictorial wrappers (unattrib.), an account of the life of the German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, commissioned in 1940 and a favourite of most who served in her, she accompanied the Bismarck's break out to the North Atlantic sinking HMS Hood on the way, in company with Scharnhorst and Gneisenau made the notorious 'Channel Dash' from Brest and served from Norway to the Baltic, by the author who served in her for two spells during WW2, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned and lightly foxed, very good plus,

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Book number: 40039

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 prinz eugen bismarck german navy heavy cruiser brest channel dash

Busch, Fritz-Otto,

THE STORY OF THE PRINCE EUGEN.

Futura, London, 1975, 1st in imprint, paperback, 222pp, maps in text, coloured wraparound pictorial wrappers, an account of the life of the German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, launched in 1938 and commissioned in 1940, the heavy cruiser accompanied the Bismarck on her foray into the Atlantic via the Denmark Straight in 1941, meeting the Hood and Prince of Wales, separating on independent missions before docking at Brest with engine problems, the dash through the English Channel from Brest to Germany with Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in 1942, after repairs service with the Baltic Fleet before finally service in support of German land forces against the Russians in 1944/5, roll to spine, rubbed at extrem. with creasing to wrappers, edges tanned, fair,

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Book number: 45504

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 prinz eugen bismarck german navy heavy cruiser

Cameron, Ian,

WINGS OF THE MORNING - The Story of the Fleet Air Arm in the Second World War.

Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1962, 1st edn.,288pp, 24pp half tone photo ills., 2 maps and 2 diagrams in text, light blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, an account of many of the operations of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm during WW2 including Norway, the Mediterranean including Taranto, convoy 'Tiger' to Alexandria, and operations in the Western Desert, the Tripitz, Bismarck and the escape of Gneisenau and Scharnhorst, the Battle of the Atlantic incl. Audacity and HG76 and Archer and HX239, the Arctic convoys JW and RA64, the Far East and Palembang, Kamikaze's and the neutralising of the Nansei Shoto airstrips, with appendices including aircraft types and specs. and lists of the names of aircrews in some specific operations, slightly cocked, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, dustwrapper: price clipped lightly rubbed with very sl. loss at tips, relined at head and tail of spine, very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 39894

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 fleet air arm rnas navy taranto bismarck scharnhorst gneisenau tirpitz pathfinding palembang konigsberg swordfish avenger palembang JW64 RA64 HG76 HX239 audacity archer western desert vindex malta tiger illustrious

Chalmers, Rear-Admiral W. S., CBE, DSC,

MAX HORTON AND THE WESTERN APPROACHES.

Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1958, 2nd imp. of reset paperback edn., paperback, 254pp, coloured pictorial wrappers, a biography of the life of Admiral Sir Max Kennedy Horton, GCB, DSO, who joined the Royal Navy as a Cadet in 1898, his first command was Submarine A1 in 1907 and commanded submarine E9 which sank the German cruiser Hela in September, 1914. After various commands between the wars he took charge of the Northern Patrol at the outbreak of WW2 before being appointed Vice-Admiral Submarines in January 1940. This further experience of the use of submarines and his extreme interest in all engineering aspects of naval warfare made him the ideal candidate to Command the Western Approaches from November 1942, countering the threat posed by the German U-boats during the battle of the Atlantic, producing a naval force which, after intensive anti-submarine training and the creation of Support and Escort Groups, had the success of defeating Doenitz's wolf packs, rubbed at extrems., surface flaking at edges of spine, edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 45097

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww1 ww2 navy max horton destroyer u-boat battle atlantic convoy wolf pack merchant escort walker roberts submarine

Chapman, Tony,

WAR OF THE MOTOR GUN BOATS - One Man's Personal War at Sea with the Coastal Forces, 1943-1945.

Practorian / Pen and Sword, Barnsley, 2013, 1st edn., xii, 163pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial montage dustwrapper, the author's experiences in RN Coastal Forces 1943-1945, in the English Channel, North Sea, Mediterranean and Aegean Sea. After training his first operational posting in September 1943 was to RML522, a 'B' class Fairmile Rescue Launch based at HMS Attack, Portland. After nightly patrol between Portland Bill and The Needles by mid-October he was considered sufficiently proficient to be transferred to a more active command. He was drafted to MGB 607, a 'D' class Fairmile gunboat, part of the 17th MGB Flotilla, based at HMS Midge, Great Yarmouth. On his first patrol he experienced the raid by 32 E-boats on convoy FN1160, on 25th October 1943. The author was a telegraphist with a limited view of the action but he includes the detailed account written by MBG 607's navigating officer, Sub. Lt. Arkell. The encounter resulted in half the crew of MGB 607 being killed or wounded but they destryed two E-boats. In attempting to destroy a third they rammed an E-boat, ripping away their entire mess-deck with all their personal posessions. They were found by their sister MGB 603 and towed backwards to HMS MIdge, After 14 days survivors leave he returned to HMS Midge and to MTB 605, identical to MGB 607 apart from a couple of torpedo tubes either side of the bridge, In early 1944 he passed the Telegraphists examination and qualified as a senior telegraphist. He was drafted to the Mediterranean and at Cairo he became a member of the crew of a new boat being assembled there, ML 838, a ‘B’ Class Fairmile of the 43rd ML Flotilla. Once ready for sea ML 838’s task was escorting merchant vessels between Alexandria, Tobruk and Benghazi through JUne and July 1944. In August new orders moved ML 838 to patrol the Dodecanese islands in the Aegean Sea which remained their task for the rest of the war, transporting Greek commandos, making reconnaisance landings, etc. upper board a little bumped, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 45538

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy - Coastal Forces, Clandestine Naval Ops and Landing Craft

Keywords: war ww2 navy coastal forces hms midge royal arthur scotia mercury telegraphist attack fairmile english channel north sea east coast convoy great yarmouth MGB 607 MTB 605 ML 838 cairo alexandria tobruk benghazi aegean