March, Peter R.,

THE SPITFIRE STORY.

Sutton Publishing, Stroud, 2007, 3rd imp., xiv, 114pp, coloured and half tone photo ills. throughout, small landscape format (5 x 7 inches approx.), laminated coloured pictorial boards, a photo-pictorial account of the legendary WW2 British fighter aircraft, from the days of its design through WW2 to the present day, no dustwrapper, fine,

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Book number: 42720

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Masters, David,

"SO FEW" - The Immortal Record of the Royal Air Force.

Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, 1943, 6th imp., enlarged and revised edn., 256pp, half tone photo frontis, 12pp half tone photo ills., blue cloth lettered in silver at spine, a relatively early account of the exploits of the men of the Royal Air Force during the early years of WW2, first published in September 1941 but updated and enlarged for this issue, content now covers the period to 1943 on the personnel of Fighter, Bomber and Coastal commands, a little rubbed at extrems., ripple to cloth lower board and several marks both boards, edges tanned, endpapers tanned and foxed, three line ink name/date front free endpaper, scattered light marginal foxing in text, no dustwrapper, good,

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Book number: 40690

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Masters, David,

"SO FEW" - The Immortal Record of the Royal Air Force.

Corgi, London, 1956, 1st in imprint, paperback, 352pp, #G211, coloured pictorial wrappers by 'Richards', edges coloured, an account of men of all ranks of the RAF during WW2 '..all of whom have won distinctions and decorations for some hair-raising achievement..', a little rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, ink name inside upper wrapper, very good,

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Book number: 44484

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

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McGuire, William C. ll,

AFTER THE LIBERATORS : A Father's Last Mission, A Son's Lifelong Journey.

Parkway, Boone, North Catolina, 1999, 1st edn. US, paperback original, 197pp, 16pp half tone photo ills, diagram and map, large format (9 x 6 inches approx.), photo pictorial upper wrapper, the author's father was navigator of a USAAF B-24 Liberator of 392 Bomb Group, based at Wendling near Dereham in Norfolk, and was lost on a bombing mission to Friedrichshafen in March, 1944. After fifty years the author has researched his father's history including his time in USAAF and has reconstructed the mission from the records he has discovered, lightly rubbed at tips, light sunning to wrappers, near fine,

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Book number: 39591

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 usaaf b-24 liberator 392 bomb group friedrichshafen

McKee, Alexander,

THE DEVIL'S TINDERBOX DRESDEN 1945 (originally published as Dresden 1945 : The Devil's Tinderbox).

Souvenir Press, London, 2000, retitled edn., paperback, 334pp, 24pp half tone photo ills., large format (8.5 x 5 inches approx.), photo pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the raid on Dresden in February, 1945, told from the personal rather than the political or statistical viewpoint with interviews with many of the survivors and aircrew involved, but also examining the reasons for the raid in the context of the Yalta Conference, and offers conclusions about the intentions of the Allied leaders, faint creasing to spine, lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus,

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Book number: 34692

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McKee, Alexander,

DRESDEN 1945 - The Devil's Tinderbox.

Souvenir Press, London, 1982, 1st edn., 334pp, 24pp half tone photo ills., pictorial maps at endpapers, black cloth lettered in silver at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the raid on Dresden in February, 1945, told from the personal rather than the political or statistical viewpoint with interviews with many of the survivors and aircrew involved, but also examining the reasons for the raid in the context of the Yalta Conference, and offers conclusions about the intentions of the Allied leaders, edges tanned, dustwrapper: privce clipped, sl. sunned at spine, very good plus in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 34380

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

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McKee, Alexander,

DRESDEN 1945 - The Devil's Tinderbox.

BCA, London, 1982, club edn., 334pp, 24pp half tone photo ills., maps at endpapers, black cloth lettered in silver at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the raid on Dresden in February, 1945, told from the personal rather than the political or statistical viewpoint with interviews with many of the survivors and aircrew involved, but also examining the reasons for the raid in the context of the Yalta Conference, and offers conclusions about the intentions of the Allied leaders, edges tanned, front endpapers upside down, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at extrems. with repaired nicks, sunned at spine, very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 41448

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Keywords: war ww2 raf usaaf dresden firestorm

McKee, Alexander,

STRIKE FROM THE SKY - The Story of the Battle of Britain.

New English Library, London, 1978, new edition, paperback, [viii] inc. [ii] map, 272pp, map and formation diagrams in text, pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), an account of the Battle of Britain from July to September, 1940, opening with daylight German attacks against shipping in and aircraft over the English Channel, raids on ports and aerodromes and from late August night bombing as well, until by mid September German losses proved too many to sustain, faint vertical creasing to spine with sl. colour loss at tail, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned and lightly foxed, very good,

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Book number: 27190

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

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McKee, Alexander,

STRIKE FROM THE SKY - The Story of the Battle of Britain.

Souvenir Press, London, ND (copyright 1960), 1st edn., 288pp, 24pp half tone photo ills., diagrams in text, maps at eps., turquoise blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the Battle of Britain from July to September, 1940, opening with daylight German attacks against shipping in and aircraft over the English Channel, raids on ports and aerodromes and from late August night bombing as well, until by mid September German losses proved too many to sustain, ills. include Spitfire, Hurricane, Messerschmitt bf109, Junkers 87 (Stuka), Heikel 111, Defiant, Dornier, a little rubbed at extrems., edges tanned and top edges of boards sl. browned, cloth a little grubby, dustwrapper: well rubbed with several old sello stained repaired tears, loss at spine ends and cnrs., internally repaired, good plus in a poor dustwrapper,

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Book number: 32842

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

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McKee, Alexander,

STRIKE FROM THE SKY - The Story of the Battle of Britain.

New English Library, London, 1978, new edition, paperback, [viii] inc. [ii] map, 272pp, map and formation diagrams in text, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the Battle of Britain from July to September, 1940, opening with daylight German attacks against shipping in and aircraft over the English Channel, raids on ports and aerodromes and from late August night bombing as well, until by mid September German losses proved too many to sustain, a little rubbed to extrems., impressed marks to upper wrapper, edhges tanned, remiander groove to lower edge, good plus,

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Book number: 44608

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

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McKee, Alexander,

STRIKE FROM THE SKY - The Story of the Battle of Britain.

New English Library, London, 1969, 1st in imprint, paperback, 272pp, map and formation diagrams in text, pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), an account of the Battle of Britain from July to September, 1940, opening with daylight German attacks against shipping in and aircraft over the English Channel, raids on ports and aerodromes and from late August night bombing as well, until by mid September German losses proved too many to sustain, lightly rubbed and bumped at tips, edges tanned, very good plus,

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Book number: 45496

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

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McKinstry, Leo,

SPITFIRE - PORTRAIT OF A LEGEND.

John Murray, London, 2007, 1st in format, paperback, 435 pp,, 16 pp. half tone photo images, coloured wrappers illustrated by Wilf Hardy, and account of the Supermarine Spitfire from its design stages by R. J. Mitchell thriough its epic battles in WW2 to its final days with the RAF in the 1950s, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, faint vertical creases to spine, very good,

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Book number: 45779

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McLachlan, Ian (foreword Len Deighton),

FINAL FLIGHTS - Dramatic wartime incidents revealed by aviation archeology.

Patrick Stephens / Thorsens Group, England, ND (copyright 1989), 1st edn., 256pp, numerous in text half tone photo ills. and some in line, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo montage dustwrapper, a detailed account of the circumstances leading to aircraft losses in Suffolk and Norfolk, WW2, incl. investigation of crash sites; Hurricane, 17 Squadron, (Ufford, Nov. 1940), Stirling, 90 Sqn (Sedge Fen, Nov. 1943), P-38 Lightning, 55th Fighter Group USAAF (Ludham, Dec. 1943), two B-17 Fortresses, 549th and 550th Bomb Sqns, USAAF 385th Bomb. Group (Reedham, Feb. 1944), Mosquito, 68 Sqn (crewed by USN, Somerleyton, Nov, 1944), B-17 Fortress, 349th Sqn, USAAF 100th Bomb. Group (Herringfleet, May 1944), two P-47 Thunderbolts, 5th Em. Rescue Sqn, USAAF (Fritton, April 1945), B-17 'Baby 8' (ex 351st BG) of the ill-fated Aphrodite project (Watling Wood, near Woodbridge, Aug. 1944), B-24 Liberator, 785th Sq., USAAF 466th Bomb. Group (Tunstall near Norwich, July 1944) and others, fine in a fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 28669

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McLachlan, Ian (foreword Len Deighton),

FINAL FLIGHTS - Dramatic wartime incidents revealed by aviation archeology.

Patrick Stephens / Thorsens Group, England, ND (copyright 1989), 1st edn., 256pp, numerous in text half tone photo ills. and some in line, coloured endpapers, large format (9.5 x 7 inches approx.) dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo montage dustwrapper, a detailed account of the circumstances leading to aircraft losses in Suffolk and Norfolk, WW2, incl. investigation of crash sites; Hurricane, 17 Squadron, (Ufford, Nov. 1940), Stirling, 90 Sqn (Sedge Fen, Nov. 1943), P-38 Lightning, 55th Fighter Group USAAF (Ludham, Dec. 1943), two B-17 Fortresses, 549th and 550th Bomb Sqns, USAAF 385th Bomb. Group (Reedham, Feb. 1944), Mosquito, 68 Sqn (crewed by USN, Somerleyton, Nov, 1944), B-17 Fortress, 349th Sqn, USAAF 100th Bomb. Group (Herringfleet, May 1944), two P-47 Thunderbolts, 5th Em. Rescue Sqn, USAAF (Fritton, April 1945), B-17 'Baby 8' (ex 351st BG) of the ill-fated Aphrodite project (Watling Wood, near Woodbridge, Aug. 1944), B-24 Liberator, 785th Sq., USAAF 466th Bomb. Group (Tunstall near Norwich, July 1944) and others, inscribed by author on piece pasted to half title together with loosley inserted TLS on the author's headed notepaper, lightly bumped at extrems., small ownership label front free endpaper, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, repaired nicks at upper edge, very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 43561

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McLachlan, Ian,

NIGHT OF THE INTRUDERS - First-hand accounts chronicling the slaughter of homeward bound USAAF Mission 311.

Patrick Stephens / Haynes, Yeovil, 1994, reprint, 232pp, half tone photo ills., line drawings, maps, facsimiles and diagrams in text, large format (9.5 x 7 inches approx.), black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial montage dustwrapper, an account of Mission 311 by the USAAF 8th Air Force on 22nd April 1944, to attack the railway marshalling yards at Hamm in Germany with a view to limiting the ease of movement and so support the forthcoming Normandy invasion. The evening Mission was so planned that the day bombers and their fighter protection would return after dark. This meant that as well as facing the Luftwaffe fighters over their own terrotory, night fighters were able to join the bomber stream unseen and bring many down within sight of their home bases, loosely inserted two TLS from the author (one signed and one initialled), together with some other notes on the content, very slightly cocked, edges tanned, light marks and small ownership label to endpapers, dustwrapper: a little rubbed at extrems., nicks to spine ends repaired to reverse, very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 43562

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