Franks, Norman,

RAF FIGHTER COMMAND 1936-1968.

Patrick Stephens, Sparkford, 1992, 1st edn., 253pp, half tone photo ills., maps and diagrams throughout, large format (9.5 x 6.5 inches approx.), blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial montage dustwrapper, a history of Fighter Command, formed in 1936 and becoming stategically redundant by 1968, it traces the major roles played between those dates but mainly during WW2, with descriptions of the leaders and pilots, both those well known and those less so, tiny rub upper edge upper board, dustwrapper: small crease lower edge lower panel, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 38088

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

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Franks, Norman,

RAF FIGHTER COMMAND 1936-1968.

Patrick Stephens, Sparkford, 1992 1st edn., 253pp, half tone photo ills., maps and diagrams throughout, coloured endpapers, large format (9.5 x 6.5 inches approx.), blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial montage dustwrapper, a history of Fighter Command, formed in 1936 and becoming stategically redundant by 1968, it traces the major roles played between those dates but mainly during WW2, with descriptions of the leaders and pilots, both those well known and those less so, faint bump upper tips, dustwrapper: very lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 44837

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 raf fighter command

Freeman, Roger A.,

B-17 FORTRESS AT WAR.

Ian Allen, Shepperton - Surrey, 1979, reprint, 192pp, numerous col'd and half tone photo ills. in text, orange cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, oversize (11.5 x 8.5 inches), a history of the Boeing B-17, from the under armed and less reliable earlier types developed from the 299 project to the much more robust and heavily armed later types, type E onwards with the larger fin and the type G with the chin turret, in service with the RAF and the USAAF mainly in the European theatre, Meditarranean and North Africa but with some details from the Far East and the Pacific, with accounts from the aircrews on their performance and reliability as well as some of their missions, faint foxing top edge, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, small chip from laminate at tail of spine, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 32776

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 raf usaaf bomber coastal command boeing b17 flying fortress b-17 8th air force grafton underwood chelveston beccles bassingbourn ridgewell nuthampstead azores lajes

Freeman, Roger A.,

AIRFIELDS OF THE EIGHTH - Then and Now.

After the Battle / Battle of Britain Prints, London, 1978, revised edn., 240pp, half tone photo ills., maps / diagrams in text, coloured lettered endpapers, oversize (11.5 x 8.5 inches approx.), marbled crimson rexine cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, coloured photo pictorial endpapers, a record of the nearly 70 airfields that accommodated the US 8th Air Force in the Eastern counties of England in WW2, most of which had to be built in requisitioned farmland, each with three runways the main one being 2000 long with facilities to maintain three bomber or fighter squadrons, nearly all with at least one RAF aerial photograph of the wartime layout, an Ordnance Survey map of the locality, contemporary photographs of aircraft and/or aircrew, an aerial photograph as it is today (1970s), descriptions of major incidents and/or missions flown, etc., slightly cocked, faintly bumped at lower tips, edges lightly foxed, a few marginal fox marks, dustwrapper: a little rubbed at extrems., relined at spine ends, very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 41299

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 usaaf east anglia suffolk norfolk essex cambridgeshire bedfordshire eighth air force

Freeman, Roger A.,

THE MIGHTY EIGHTH : UNITS, MEN AND MACHINES - (A History of the US 8th Army Air Force).

Macdonald, London, 1970, 2nd imp., [vi], 311pp, 14pp coloured ills. by John B. Rabbets, numerous in text half tone photo ills., maps and diagrams, large format (11 x 8.5 inches approx.), light blue cloth lettered and insignia in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, the first detailed and well-illustrated history of the US 8th Army Air Force from its inception in January 1942 until its departure from the UK at the end of hostilities in Europe, tracing the early history and followed by detailed accounts of oiperations with an emphasis on the combat units, their men and aircraft, with a reference section including statistics on every bomber and fighter formation, heavy, lightly rubbed at extrems., edges tanned and faintly foxed, faint foxing to endpapers and prelims., dustwrapper: upper and lower edges once tape protected (removed) and now relined, some staining to upper and lower edges, lightly rubbed at extrems., very good in a good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 35615

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 army usaaf 8th air force norfolk suffolk cambridgeshire fighter bomber heavy boeing flying fortress b17 b-17 consolidated ford liberator b24 b-24 1st 2nd 4th 13th 14th 20th 40th 41st 45th 93rd 94th 95th 96th combat bombardment wing lightning thund

Freeman, Roger A.,

THE MIGHTY EIGHTH : UNITS, MEN AND MACHINES - (A History of the US 8th Army Air Force).

Macdonald and Jane's, London, 1978, 5th imp., [vi], 311pp, 14pp coloured ills. by John B. Rabbets, numerous in text half tone photo ills., maps / diagrams, oversize(11 x 8.5 inches approx.), light blue cloth lettered and insignia in gilt at spine, decorative head bands, pictorial dustwrapper, the first detailed and well-illustrated history of the US 8th Army Air Force from its inception in January 1942 until its departure from the UK at the end of hostilities in Europe, tracing the early history and followed by detailed accounts of oiperations with an emphasis on the combat units, their men and aircraft, with a reference section including statistics on every bomber and fighter formation, heavy, lightly rubbed at extrems., faint marks to cloth, edges tanned, dustwrapper: price clipped, lightly rubbed at extrems., a little sunned and c reased at edges, very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 41301

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 army usaaf 8th air force norfolk suffolk cambridgeshire fighter bomber heavy boeing flying fortress b17 b-17 consolidated ford liberator b24 b-24 1st 2nd 4th 13th 14th 20th 40th 41st 45th 93rd 94th 95th 96th combat bombardment wing lightning thund

Freeman, Roger A.; Middlebrook, Martin, et al,

TARGET GERMANY.

Marshall Cavendish, London ND, (copyright 1974-83), 64pp, numerous col'd and half tone photo ills., maps drawings and diagrams in text, coloured endpapers, coloured photo pictorial laminated boards, matching dustwrapper, oversize (11.5 x 9 inches), an account of different key aspects of the bombing campaign against Germany in WW2, each by a different author, those covered are: the Flying Fortress, the Nordern bombsight, the Mailly-le-Camp and Nuremberg raids, nightfighters, etc., additional ills. loosely inserted and pasted onto final pastedown, tiny bump head of spine, some foxing to top edges, duystwrapper lightly rubbed at tips, very good in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 32777

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 raf usaaf b17 flying fortress lancaster halifax spitfire heinkel junkers messerscmitt

Gallico, Paul,

THE HURRICANE STORY.

Michael Joseph, London, 1959, 1st edn., 144pp, half tone photo frontis and 16pp half tone photo ills., dark blue cloth lettered in silver at spine and decorated in silver upper board, coloured decorated dustwrapper, an account of the Hawker Hurricane, from drawing board to production with over 14,000 eventually being built, it was the mainstay of the RAF in the early days of WW2 and responsible for the destruction of seven out of every ten German aircraft shot down during the Battle of Britain, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, partial tanning to endpapers, light foxing to prelims (except frontis.), dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, light foxing to reverse, very good in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 40687

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 raf aviation bob fighter hurricane

Garbett, Mike and Goulding, Brian,

THE LANCASTER AT WAR.

Ian Allan, Shepperton, 1971, 1st edn., 144pp, numerous half tone photo ills. throughout, oversize (11 x 8.5 inches approx.), purple cloth lettered in silver at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper by Mike Roffe, a description of the Avro Lancaster, one of the best known of the the four-engined heavy bombers of the Royal Air Force in WW2, with brief details of the development, production, assembly and entry in service but mainly, based on first hand contemporary accounts, details of the stages of an operation, from the ground crews preparing, arming and bombing-up the aircraft, the aircrews in the briefing room, the pre-flight checks, waiting at dispersal and then the start-up, taxying and take-off, the route to the target, the bombing run, the journey home, landing and debrief, slightly cocked, lightly rubbed and bumped at extrems., dustwrapper: price clipped, rubbed with slight loss extrems., relined at head of spine, very good in a good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 40286

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 raf avro lancaster bomber command design production assembly delivery operation ground crews arming bombing-up briefing pre flight checks take-off bombing-run target de-brief noseart wings for victory vf45

Gelb, Norman,

SCRAMBLE - A Narrative History of the Battle of Britain.

Pan Books, London, 1986, 1st in imprint, paperback, xv inc. maps, 286pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., [ii] ads., photo pictorial upper wrapper, a vivid and compelling narrative of the Battle of Britain, compiled from interviews, diaries, letters, combat reports and official papers, the pilots describe the meleé of the dogfight and their constant fight against fear and exhaustion, ground crews tell of the struggle to keep aircraft serviced and airfields operational, fighter operations control staff relate the disbelief of the oncoming hordes and ordinary people of their horror of the blitz and imminent invasion, light vertical crease in sunned spine, edges tanned, tiny bump fore-edge, very good plus,

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Book number: 30522

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 bob raf fighter bomber homr front

Gelb, Norman,

SCRAMBLE - A Narrative History of the Battle of Britain.

Michael Joseph, London, 1986, 1st edn., xiv, 286pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps at endpapers, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, a vivid and compelling narrative of the Battle of Britain, compiled from interviews, diaries, letters, combat reports and official papers, the pilots describe the meleé of the dogfight and their constant fight against fear and exhaustion, ground crews tell of the struggle to keep aircraft serviced and airfields operational, fighter operations control staff relate the disbelief of the oncoming hordes; and ordinary people tell of their horror of the blitz and imminent invasion, faintly bumped at tips, edges tanned, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, heavily sunned at spine with lettering bleached, light foxing to flaps, very good plus in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 32781

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 bob raf fighter bomber homr front

Gibson, Guy VC DSO DFC,

ENEMY COAST AHEAD - UNCENSORED - The Real Guy Gibson.

Crécy, Manchester, 2017 reprint, paperback, 288pp, 4pp coloured photo ills., half tone photo ills., facsimiles and line drawing in text, large format (9 x 6 inches approx.), half tone photo pictorial wrappers, Guy Gibson's classic account of his RAF career restoring some of his more robust and less than tactful opinions and comments on personalities, tactics and the course of the war, which the censor and his original publishers had omitted. The personal experiences of the legendary bomber pilot who, at the start of WW2, was a career RAF Flying Officer with Bomber Command 83 Squadron (Whitleys) and later Flt. Lt, transferred to Fighter Command he helped develop night-fighter technique with 29 Squadron (Beaufighters) during which time he was promoted Sqn. Ldr, in 1942 returned to Bomber Command as Wing Cdr. 106 Squadron (Manchesters and then Lancasters), then forming a special squadron, 617 (Lancasters) for the Dam Buster raid, fine,

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Book number: 44312

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 aviation raf bomber night fighter hampden beaufighter manchester lancaster 83 29 106 617 squadrons

Gibson, Guy, VC, DSO, DFC,

ENEMY COAST AHEAD.

Pan, London, 1955, 1st in imprint, paperback, 287pp, 4pp half tone photo ills. [i] ads., #GP28, pictorial upper wrapper by Carl Wilton, the personal experiences of the legendary bomber pilot who, at the start of WW2, was a career RAF Flying Officer with Bomber Command 83 Squadron (Whitleys) and later Flt. Lt, transferred to Fighter Command he helped develop night-fighter technique with 29 Squadron (Beaufighters) during which time he was promoted Sqn. Ldr, in 1942 returned to Bomber Command as Wing Cdr. 106 Squadron (Manchesters and then Lancasters), then forming a special squadron, 617 (Lancasters) for the Dam Buster raid, well rubbed at extrems., light creasing to lightly soiled wrappers, chip fore-edge upper wrapper, edges tanned, fair,

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Book number: 44563

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 aviation raf bomber night fighter hampden beaufighter manchester lancaster 83 29 106 617 squadrons

Gibson, Guy, VC, DSO, DFC,

ENEMY COAST AHEAD.

Pan Books, London, 1955, 1st in imprint, paperback, 287pp, 4pp half tone photo ills. [i] ads., #GP28, pictorial upper wrapper by Carl Wilton, the personal experiences of the legendary bomber pilot who, at the start of WW2, was a career RAF Flying Officer with Bomber Command 83 Squadron (Whitleys) and later Flt. Lt, transferred to Fighter Command he helped develop night-fighter technique with 29 Squadron (Beaufighters) during which time he was promoted Sqn. Ldr, in 1942 returned to Bomber Command as Wing Cdr. 106 Squadron (Manchesters and then Lancasters), then forming a special squadron, 617 (Lancasters) for the Dam Buster raid, impressed marks to all four edges where the book must have been the top of a bale, light tanning to pages and edges, good plus,

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Book number: 44605

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 aviation raf bomber night fighter hampden beaufighter manchester lancaster 83 29 106 617 squadrons

Gibson, Guy, VC, DSO, DFC,

ENEMY COAST AHEAD.

Pan Books, London, 1970, reset edn., paperback, 287pp, 4pp half tone photo ills. [iii] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, with an introduction by Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Harris, the personal experiences of the legendary bomber pilot who, at the start of WW2, was a career RAF Flying Officer with Bomber Command 83 Squadron (Whitleys) and later Flt. Lt, transferred to Fighter Command he helped develop night-fighter technique with 29 Squadron (Beaufighters) during which time he was promoted Sqn. Ldr. In 1942 returned to Bomber Command as Wing Cdr. 106 Squadron (Manchesters and then Lancasters), then forming a special squadron, 617 (Lancasters) for the Dam Buster raid, roll and slant to spine, nujmerous creases to slightly soiled wrappers, cnrs. inclined to curl, edges tanned, reading copy,

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Book number: 45563

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 aviation raf bomber night fighter hampden beaufighter manchester lancaster 83 29 106 617 squadrons