Goodson, Lt. Col. James A.,

TUMULT IN THE CLOUDS.

Arrow, London, 1989 reprint, trade paperback, 238pp,16pp half tone photo ills., [i] ads., coloured pictorial wrappers, a dramatic personal account of air combat in WW2, the author served in the RAF Eagle Squadron and after Pearl Harbour joined the USAAF in the Fourth Fighter Group of the Eighth Air Force, flying Spitfires, Thunderbolts and Mustangs, a little rubbed at extrems., vertical creasing at spine and upper hinge, light creasing to wrappers, edges tanned, good,

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Book number: 44315

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 aviation raf usaaf fighter eagle squadron spitfire thunderbolt mustang

Goodson, Lt. Col. James A.,

TUMULT IN THE CLOUDS.

Arrow, London, 1989, reprint, trade paperback, 238pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., [i] ads., coloured pictorial wrappers, a dramatic personal account of air combat in WW2, the author served in the RAF Eagle Squadron and after Pearl Harbour joined the USAAF in the Fourth Fighter Group of the Eighth Air Force, flying Spitfires, Thunderbolts and Mustangs, slight slant to spine, rubbed and a little creased at extrems., a little soiled, edges tanned, good,

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Book number: 44969

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 aviation raf usaaf fighter eagle squadron spitfire thunderbolt mustang

Goulding, Sqn. Ldr. A. G., DFM,

UNCOMMON VALOUR.

Goodall / Air Data Publications, Wilmslow - Cheshire, 1996, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, 192pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., photo pictorial wrappers, the story of RAF Bomber Command 1939-1945, drawing on de-classified material, as well as relating the building of this most powerful air striking force and chronicling the daily routine of life and death on a Bomber Command squadron, it examines the influence of the key political decision makers on the strategy adopted, light sunning to spine and upper wrapper, very good plus,

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Book number: 26850

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 raf air bomber command politics harris churchill

Goulding, Sqn. Ldr. A. G., DFM,

UNCOMMON VALOUR.

Goodall / Air Data Publications, Wilmslow - Cheshire, 1996, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, 192pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., photo pictorial wrappers, the story of RAF Bomber Command 1939-1945, drawing on de-classified material, as well as relating the building of this most powerful air striking force and chronicling the daily routine of life and death on a Bomber Command squadron, it examines the influence of the key political decision makers on the strategy adopted, lightly rubbed at tips, faint creasing to spine and wrappers, very good,

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Book number: 39950

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 raf air bomber command politics harris churchill vf44

Green, William,

ROCKET FIGHTER.

Macdonald, London, 1971, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, numerous half tone and line ills. and maps, photo pictorial wrappers in Purnell's series 'History of the second World War', a history of the development and use of the German rocket fighter, the ME 163B, which first appeared in combat against allied air forces in July 1944, lightly rubbed at extrems., small blank label on lower wrapper, edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 43764

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 air force fighter messerschmitt 163

Green, William (line drawings by Dennis I. Punnett),

WAR PLANES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR - FIGHTERS - Volume Four.

Macdonald, London, 1962, 2nd imp., 208pp, half tone photo ills. and line drawings throughout, small format (5 x 5.5inches approx.), black cloth lettered in silver at spine, covering the fighters of the USA and Yugoslavia, with details of their design and development and with technical details of the power units, performance and armements, with half tone photo ills. and three-view plans of each, a little rubbed and bumped at extrems., edges tanned, light foxing to endpapers, no dustwrapper, good,

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Book number: 41480

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 fighters air force usa yugoslavia

Green, William (line drawings by Dennis I. Punnett),

WAR PLANES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR - FLOATPLANES - Volume Six.

Macdonald, London, 1962, 1st edn., 207pp, half tone photo ills. and line drawings throughout, small format (5 x 5.5inches approx.), black cloth lettered in silver at spine, covering the floatplanes of all nations from Canada to Yugoslavia, with details of their design and development and with technical details of the power units, performance and armements, with half tone photo ills. and three-view plans of each, a little rubbed and bumped at extrems., edges tanned, light foxing to endpapers, no dustwrapper, good,

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Book number: 41481

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 air force floatplanes canada france germany great britain italy japan netherlands norway soviet union usa yugoslavia

Griehl, Manfred,

FIGHTERS OVER RUSSIA.

Greenhill Books, London, 1997, 1st edn., paperback original, 72pp, coloured and half tone photo ills. throughout, large format (10 x 7.5 inches approx.), photo pictorial montage wrappers, in the Luftwaffe at War series, depicting the air war over the critical Eastern Front, from Norway and Finland in the north across Russia to Rumania and the Crimea in the south, lightly rubbed at tips, faint sunning to fore-edge., very good plus,

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Book number: 39513

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 luftwaffe russia eastern front

Gunston, Bill,

NORTH AMERICAN P-51 MUSTANG.

Salamander Books, London, ND (copyright 1990), 1st edn., 46pp, in text colour and half tone photo ills., diagrams and artwork, large format (9 x 9 inches) laminated col'd pictorial bds., in a Classic Warplanes series, a pictorial history charting the development and operational career of the P-51 with over 90 illustrations, no dustwrapper, fine,

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Book number: 26989

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 raf usaaf fighter

Guthrie, David (editor),

SPITFIRE SQUADRON.

Corgi Books, London, 1976, 1st edn., paperback original, 142pp, {ii] ads., wraparound pictorial cover-art by B. Knight, described as first hand accounts of the experiences of the pilots of 'Buster' Spitfire squadron, stationed in Kent 1940/41, written under pseudonyms, telling of the the strain of waiting for the order to scramble and the mingled fear and exhilaration of the dog-fight, a little rubbed at extrems., light creasing to wrappers, slight rippling to leaves, edges tanned, fair,

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Book number: 45565

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 aviation raf fighter

Halpenny, Bruce Barrymore,

ACTION STATIONS - 4. Military Airfields of Yorkshire.

Patrick Stephens, Cambridge, 1990, 2nd edn., 248pp, frontis map, half tone photo pictorial title, numerous in text half tone and line ills.maps and diagrams, half tone photo pictorial endpapers, maroon cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, a comprehensive account of the numerous airfields of Yorkshire (and into County Durham) as well as the pre-WW2 development, with an alphabetical gazetteer of over 90 airfields used by RAF and the Canadians of 6 Group 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, with 32 pages of additions and updates since the 1st edition, lightly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 39903

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 raf air force britain england topography yorkshire county durham

Halpenny, Bruce Barrymore,

ACTION STATIONS - 8. Military Airfields of Greater London.

Patrick Stephens, Cambridge, 1984, 1st edn., 248pp, frontis map, half tone photo pictorial title, numerous in text half tone photo ills.maps and diagrams, half tone photo pictorial endpapers, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, a comprehensive account of the airfields surrounding Greater London, the fighter airfields which came to public prominence during the Battle of Britain and then the blitz but with pre and post WW2 history where available, with an alphabetical listing of 75 airfields covering their location, dates operational, squadrons and aircraft types using the airfield with brief details of operations, contemporary photo ills. and airfield plans/maps for many, lightly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at extyrems., spine slightly sunned, very good plus in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 40857

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 raf air force britain england topography greater london airfields

Halpenny, Bruce Barrymore,

FIGHT FOR THE SKY.

Patrick Stephens, Wellingborough, 1986, 1st edn., paperback original, 224pp, half tone photo frontis, half tone photo ills. map and line drawings in text, large format (8.5 x 6 inches approx.), coloured pictorial wrappers, stories of the Royal Air Force fighter pilots from all theatres of combat during WW2 and of the hundreds of men and women who worked to keep the fighters in the air, lightly rubbed at tips, very good,

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Book number: 39951

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 raf fighter pilots ground support staff waaf vf44

Halpenny, Bruce Barrymore (foreword by Wing Commander Ken Wallis),

TO SHATTER THE SKY - Bomber Airfield At War.

Patrick Stephens, Cambridge, 1984, 1st edn., 233pp, numerous half tone photo ills. in text, half tone photo pictorial endpapers, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, a description of a WW2 RAF bomber airfield, a self-contained community consisting of hundreds of ground staff and aircrew, of many different skills, trades and activities but with the sole purpose to wage war, including the personal experiences of many of those involved relating the courage, drama, humour and tragedy of those dark but exhilarating times, lightly rubbed at tips, very slightly cocked, edges tanned, old sello stain to upper margin of title, dustwrapper: price clipped, lightly rubbed at tips, very good in a near fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 39904

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 raf air force bomber

Hastings, Max,

BOMBER COMMAND.

Pan Books, London, ND, 3rd imp. of 1999 edn., paperback, 400pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., maps and line drawings in text, half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, in the Pan Grand Strategy series, a thorough examination of the role of RAF Bomber Command in WW2, the force that kept Germany (and pressure from Russia) in check until the Allies were ready to open the second front in Normandy and in which over 55,000 officers and NCO's were killed. This account traces the political pressures and the development of the strategy of area bombing (supported by the USAAF although publicly denied). More detailed accounts of operations are given through the experiences of the aircrew of 37, 82, 10, 50, 76 and 97 RAF Squadrons at various stages of the campaign, with appendices covering the monthly totals of Bomber Command sorties 1939-45, three view line drawings of aircraft with specifications, targets, arms productions, letters, etc., lightly rubbed at tips, faint vertical crease to spine, edges tanned, very good plus,

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Book number: 41594

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 aviation raf history bomber strategy tactics lancaster whitley hampden halifax wellington mosquito manchester blenheim stirling