Bishop, Edward,

THEIR FINEST HOUR - The Story Of The Battle Of Britain 1940.

Pan / Ballantine, London, 1972, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, numerous half tone photo ills., maps and drawings in text, photo pictorial wrappers, in the Pan/Ballantine series 'Illustrated History of World War II, an account of summer, 1940 when ".. 'The Few', a dwindling, gallant company of RAF fighter pilots were all that stood between Britain and defeat..", a little rubbed at extrems., slight slant to spine, vertical crease in upper wrapper, good,

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Book number: 43626

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Bishop, Edward,

THEIR FINEST HOUR - The Story Of The Battle Of Britain 1940.

Macdonald, London, 1968, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, numerous half tone photo ills., maps and drawings in text, photo pictorial wrappers, Purnell's 'History of the Second World War, Battle Book, No. 2', an account of summer, 1940 when ".. 'The Few', a dwindling, gallant company of RAF fighter pilots were all that stood between Britain and defeat..", a little rubbed at extrems., spine sunned, vertical crease upper hinge, price sticker upper wrapper, grubby marks on contents page, good,

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Book number: 43728

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

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Bishop, Edward,

THEIR FINEST HOUR - The Story Of The Battle Of Britain 1940.

Macdonald, London, 1968, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, numerous half tone photo ills., maps and drawings in text, photo pictorial wrappers, Purnell's 'History of the Second World War, Battle Book, No. 2', an account of summer, 1940 when ".. 'The Few', a dwindling, gallant company of RAF fighter pilots were all that stood between Britain and defeat..", lightly rubbed at tips, faint vertical crease in spine, rubbing to price upper wrapper, near fine,

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Book number: 43730

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

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Bloemertz, Gunther,

HEAVEN NEXT STOP.

New English Library, London, 1974, reprint, paperback, 143pp, [i] ads., wraparound pictorial cover-art (unattrib.), the personal experiences of a Luftwaffe fighter pilot from 1940 to 1945, edges tanned, very good plus,

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Book number: 35382

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: biography war ww2 aviation luftwaffe fighter

Bolitho, Hector,

FINEST OF THE FEW - (originally published as COMBAT REPORT : The story of a Fighter Pilot).

Amberley, Stroud, ND (copyright 2010), 1st in imprint, 214pp, 79 half tone ills./facsimiles in text, [x] ads., black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial montage dustwrapper. Originally titled 'Combat Report', first published in 1943 and now re-issued with a new title and additional illustrations, the author met John Simpson as a fellow shipboard passenger in July 1934 en route from Australia to the UK and a friendship was born. The book is based mainly on the letters the author received from him although until WW2 he was also a frequent visitor to the author's home near the RAF base at Debden, north Essex, as were many RAF officers from that Station. He relates Simpson's career until June 1941, from joining the RAF in 1936 at the age of 23, his early flying training and posting to 43 Squadron at Tangmere flying the Hawker Fury, the carefree pre-war squadron life converting to Hurricanes in late 1938, the early battle experiences of WW2 from RAF Acklington and Wick in the north of England and his first crash in February 1940 (including an account by Peter Townsend of 43 Squadron action while Simpson was recuperating), his discovery in early May that with losses and postings he was now the oldest member of the Squadron (the Norwegian campaign from reports from others), his return to Tangmere in May 1940 in time to assist at Dunkirk, with little respite before the even heavier losses during the Battle of Britain, bailing out of a burning Hurricane in July 1940 he was further injured on landing, after recuperation taking command of 245 Squadron at Aldergrove, Northern Ireland, light bump lower edge lower board, near fine in a fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 44192

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 aviation raf luftwaffe fighter bob history caesar hull peter townsend 43 squadron debden tangmere newcastle wick 245

Bowman, Martin,

THE B-24 LIBERATOR 1939-1945.

Wensum, Norwich, 1979, 1st edn., 128pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, maps, coloured and half tone photo ills. in text, oversize (12 x 8.5 inches approx.), light blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured photo pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the development and production of the Consolidated B-24 Liberator, one of the major four engined bombers of WW2, designed to compete with the existing Boeing B-17 it was ordered by the RAF in 1940 and as the war progressed improvements made such as self-sealing tanks and armour plate. It became one of the mainstays of the USAAF in a variety of roles but mainly as a long range bomber and its operational use all over the world is described based on first hand accounts with many contemporary photographs, lightly bumped at extrems., stanning to edges, dustwrapper: a little rubbed at extrems., very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 43565

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 raf usaaf us navy

Bowman, Martin W.,

CASTLES IN THE AIR - The Story of the B-17 Flying Fortress crews of the US 8th Air Force.

Patrick Stephens, Wellingborough, 1985, paperback, 211pp, half tone photo frontis, half tone photo ills. throughout, large format (9 x 7.5 inches approx.), photo pictorial wrappers, in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor agreements between USA and Great Britain for joint military support against the Axis powers led to the creation of the US 8th Air Force which after training in the USA arrived in Great Briain in mid 1942, their bombing capacity predominantly provided by the B-17 Flying Fortress, each with their crew of eleven they bore the brunt of the daylight strategic bombing offensive against Germany, rubbed at extrems. with flaking to edges of spine, cnrs. inclined to curl, good plus,

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Book number: 41045

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 usaaf b-17 flying fortress

Bowman, Martin W,,

CASTLES IN THE AIR - The story of the B-17 Flying Fortress crews of the US 8th Air Force.

Patrick Stephens, Cambridge, 1984, 1st edn., 209pp, half tone photo pictorial frontis, numerous half tone photo ills. in text, half tone photo pictorial endpapers, large format (9.5 x 8 inches approx.), green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, photo pictorial wrappers, in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor agreements between USA and Great Britain for joint military support against the Axis powers led to the creation of the US 8th Air Force which after training in the USA arrived in Great Briain in mid 1942, their bombing capacity predominantly provided by the B-17 Flying Fortress, each with their crew of eleven they bore the brunt of the daylight strategic bombing offensive against Germany, slightly cocked, edges a little tanned, dustwrapper: nick at head of spine repaired to reverse, a little rubbed at extrems., clipped lower flap, very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 43557

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 8th air force usaaf b-17 flying fortress

Bowman, Martin W.,

THE REICH INTRUDERS - Dramatic RAF medium bomber raids over Europe in World War 2.

Patrick Stephens, UK, 1997, 1st edn., 192pp, numerous in text half tone photo ills., oversize (10 x 7.5 inches) dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, col'd pictorial dustwrapper, a pictorial account of the operations of the medium bombers of 2 Group, involved in offensive action from the earliest days of WW2, used for key targets in Europe and Scandinavia in Blenheims, Mitchells, Mosquitos and Venturas, faint bump upper tip upper board, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 32723

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 bomber command 2group light mitchell belnheim mosquito basil embry ventura oyster

Bowyer, Michael J. F.,

ACTION STATIONS - 1. Wartime Military Airfields of East Anglia 1939-1945.

Patrick Stephens, Cambridge, 1979, 1st edn., 232pp, numerous in text half tone and line ills., maps and diagrams, half tone photo pictorial endpapers, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, wraparound half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, a comprehensive account of the numerous airfields of East Anglia as well as the pre-WW2 development, with an alphabetical gazetteer of over 100 airfields used by RAF and USAAF covering their location, dates operational, squadrons and aircraft types using the airfield with brief details of operations, with contemporary photo ills. and airfield plans/maps for many, tiny bump upper tip upper board, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a near fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 40858

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 raf britain england topography east anglia air force airfields usaaf home front

Bowyer, Chaz,

BOMBER GROUP AT WAR.

Ian Allen, Shepperton - Surrey, 1981, 1st edn., 160pp, numerous half tone photo ills., appendices in text, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, oversize (12 x 9 inches), in the 'At War' series, an illustrated account of Bomber Command's No. 5 Group in WW2, which was a major contributor to the bomber offensive in Europe and was also responsible for some of the most dramatic and specialised bomber attacks, with appendices of Air Officers Commanding, Orders of Battle and Operational Airfields, faint foxing to upper edge, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at extrems., very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 32724

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Bowyer, Chaz,

BOMBER BARONS.

William Kimber, London, 1983, 1st edn., 222pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, a number of RAF Fighter Command's pilots became household names to the general public during WW2 but the same cannot be said of the far larger RAF Bomber Command. The author attempts to redress the balance with accounts of some of the oustanding leaders within that branch of the service, edges tanned, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 39891

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 raf bomber command knilans cranswick lucas edwards barron martin witt lancaster wooldridge ralston clayton mahaddie bennett embry capka pickard middleton gibson chechire

Bowyer, Chaz,

BOMBER GROUP AT WAR.

Ian Allan, Shepperton, 1981, 1st edn., 160pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, half tone photo ills. throughout, oversize (12 9 9 inches approx.), black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, in the 'At War' series, an account, based on personal anecdotes with numerous photographs, of Bomber Command's No. 5 Group in WW2, formed a core drawn from No. 3 Group in 1937 with its headquarters at Grantham (later Swinderby), it was part of the expansion of the Royal Air Force and became a major contributor to the bomber offensive in Europe, also responsible for some of the most dramatic and specialised bomber attacks, with appendices of Air Officers Commanding, Orders of Battle and Operational Airfields, lightly rubbed at tips, faint bump upper cnr. lower board, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 40265

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

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Bowyer, Chaz,

FIGHTER COMMAND 1936-1968.

Book Club Associates, London, 1980, club edn., 205pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., brown cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, a history of the Command from its creation in 1936 as Britain's air defence which it remained until merged into Strike Command in 1968, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, dustwrapper: unpriced, lightly rubbed at tips, a littlke sunned at spine, faint foxing to flaps, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 35891

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

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Bowyer, Chaz,

HISTORY OF THE RAF.

Hamlyn, London, 1982, 6th imp., 224pp, coloured photo pictorial double title, coloured and half tone ills., line drawings, maps and diagrams throughout, large format (12 x 9 inches approx.), navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured photo pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the technical qualities of British warplanes and a history of the RAF from WW1 to the present, lightly rubbed at extrems., lacks free endpapers, dustwrapper: a little rubbed at extrems., several nicks to edges, good plus in a good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 38997

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww1 ww2 rfc raf