[Saunders, Hilary (aka Francis Beeding)],

COASTAL COMMAND.

HMSO, London, 1942, 1st edn., paperback original, 143pp, numerous half tone photo ills., pictorial endpapers, printer C. inling and Co. Ltd., Liverpool, London and Prescot, pictorial wrappers, 9 x 7", side stapled binding, the Air Ministry account of of the part played by Coastal Command in the Arctic, Atlantic and North seas 1939-1942, work which included aerial reconnaissance of enemy coastlines and shipping, attacks with aerial depth charges on submarines and bombs and torpedoes on surface vessels, convoy protection patrols together with search and rescue capabilities, under operational control which includes both RAF and Naval officers, ills. include Sunderland, Hudson, Liberator, Beaufort, Anson, Whitley, Catalina, aerial photos of Boulogne, Dieppe, Cherbourg, St. Nazaire, Brest (and Hipper), etc, slightly cocked, slight loss at sopinen ends, small chip upper edge, lowe cnrs. inclined to curl, , good plus,

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Book number: 44788

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[Saunders, Hilary (aka Francis Beeding)],

COASTAL COMMAND.

HMSO, London, 1942, 1st edn., paperback, 143pp, numerous half tone photo ills., printer Sanders Phillips and Co., Baynard Press, London, pictorial wrappers, 9 x 7", side stapled binding, the Air Ministry account of of the part played by Coastal Command in the Arctic, Atlantic and North seas 1939-1942, work which included aerial reconnaissance of enemy coastlines and shipping, attacks with aerial depth charges on submarines and bombs and torpedoes on surface vessels, convoy protection patrols together with search and rescue capabilities, under operational control which includes both RAF and Naval officers, ills. include Sunderland, Hudson, Liberator, Beaufort, Anson, Whitley, Catalina, aerial photos of Boulogne, Dieppe, Cherbourg, St. Nazaire, Brest (and Hipper), etc, slight slant to lightly tanned spine, very good plus,

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Book number: 45419

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

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[Saunders, Hilary (aka Francis Beeding)],

COASTAL COMMAND.

HMSO, London, 1942 [1943], 1st edn., paperback original, 143pp, numerous half tone photo ills., printer Sanders Phillips and Co., Baynard Press, London, pictorial wrappers, 9 x 7", the Air Ministry account of of the part played by Coastal Command in the Arctic, Atlantic and North seas 1939-1942, work which included aerial reconnaissance of enemy coastlines and shipping, attacks with aerial depth charges on submarines and bombs and torpedoes on surface vessels, convoy protection patrols together with search and rescue capabilities, under operational control which includes both RAF and Naval officers, ills. include Sunderland, Hudson, Liberator, Beaufort, Anson, Whitley, Catalina, aerial photos of Boulogne, Dieppe, Cherbourg, St. Nazaire, Brest (and Hipper), etc, a little rubbed at extrems., slight skew to printed design of wrappers, very good,

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Book number: 45754

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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: 44313

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

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TARGET : GERMANY.

HMSO, London, 1944, paperback, viii, 120pp, numerous half tone ills., maps and diagrams in text, half tone pictorial endpapers, stapled pictorial wrappers, 9 x 7" approx., the US Army Air Force's official account of the VIII Bomber Command's first year over Europe, an account of the daylight bombing by B-17 Fortresses and B-24 Liberators, nissen huts and coke stoves, living in the mud and rain, account of a specific mission to the Ruhr and Belgium, details of many other missions with numerous quotes of experiences, diagrams of a 'combat box', many ills. of personnel, aircraft, aerial photos of targets, etc., wraoppers detached, well rubbed, soiled and with nick to fore-edge lower wrapper, cnrs. inclined to curl, edges tanned, fair,

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Book number: 44667

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

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TEE EMM Vol. 3 No. 9.

Air Ministry, London, December 1943, paperback original, p.201 to p.220, half tone ills. in text, stapled decorated paper wrappers, the RAF's 'Training Memorandum' which contains life-saving service tips in a humourous way often illustrated by Pilot Officer Prune doing it the wrong way, marked 'for official use only', lightly rubbed at tips, nibble to upper edge front wrapper, vertical crease, pencil name on cover and ink reference upper margin first page, light marks in text, good plus,

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Book number: 41547

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 raf humour

[H. E. Bates],

THERE'S FREEDOM IN THE AIR.

HMSO, London, 1944, 1st edn., paperback original, 36pp, numerous half tone photo ills. and map in text, stapled photo pictorial wrappers, 9 x 7 inches, the official story of the Allied Air Forces from the occupied countries of Poland, Czechoslovakia, Norway, The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Greece and Yugoslavia fighting alongside the Royal Air Force against Germany and the XAxis powerss in Fighter, Bomber and Coastal Commands, a little rubbed at extrems., slight surface flaking at spine, very good,

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Book number: 45450

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 raf poles czechoslovaks dutch norwegian belgians frence greeks yugoslavs

Allen, Wing-Commander H.R. 'Dizzy', DFC,

BATTLE FOR BRITAIN.

Corgi, London,1975 1st in imprint, paperback, 206pp, [ii] ads., 4pp half-tone photo ills., pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), first published by Arthur Barker in 1973, the recollections of an RAF Spitfire pilot, who joined his first squadron in May 1940 in 12 Group, two months before the Battle of Britain, and relates his combat patrols throughout the Battle under his first Squadron Leader, the larger than life Jasper Gillies and later the somewhat lascivious James Fisher. He first flying duties were East Coast convoy protection using the forward base of Martlesham Heath and his first unsuccessful shots in anger were on 19th June 1940 against a Junkers 88l. It became obvious that his whole section was undertrained in aerial combat and they all fired from too great a range. He has gained his nickname of 'Dizzy' quite early on as he had recovered his Spitfire from a 'flat spin', which to this day he does not know how he got into it nor how he recovered. His first successful combat was on 30th August against a Dornier 17. At the end of August the squadron received notice to move into 11 Group and their first new base of Kenley and later Biggin Hill. He took command and relates the loss of comrades and his own close calls until 1942 when he was transferred to a non-operational role for a rest, spending the next years liaising with the USAAF, as advisor to the British army's airborne forces, in staff apointments at 11 and 12 Group HQ, organising the Victory Flypast, etc. After the war he converted to jets and flew the Gloster Meteor. He accepted an appointment as Air Defence Advisor to the Government of the Netherlands for thee years before commanding a RAF Meteor Squadron at Tangmere, being posted to Leuchars and then further Staff appointments, wrappers rubbed and creased, ring mark upper wrapper, spine creased but still square, edges well tanned, good,

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Book number: 44293

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Allen, Wing Commander Dizzy, DFC,

FIGHTER SQUADRON - A Memoir 1940-1942.

Granada, London, 1982, 1st in imprint, paperback, 206pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., [i] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper by Brian Knight, first published by William Kimber in 1979, the authors account of his time in the Royal Air Force from joining in 1938, his flying training before posting in April 1940 to 66 Squadron at Duxford flying Spitfires, under his first Squadron Leader Rupert Light who was later replaced by Athol Forbes. He became flight commander by October 1940 and squadron commander by the early summer of 1941, he describes the chaos of Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain (including extracts from his flying log September 1940 to February 1941) and, when stationed at Perranport in command, aN unauthorised squadron strength strafing attack on the enemy held bomber airfield at Lannion on the Brest peninsular, This account is confusing as it differs in material respects from the author's first account of this period of his service in RAF in the 'Battle for Britain', published in 1973 by Arthur Barker, slight slant to spine, wrappers rubbed and creased at extrems., corners creased, spine sunned, edges tanned, ink stamp stamp half title, reading copy,

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Book number: 45551

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 raf 66 squadron spitfire dunkirk bob duxford martlesham heath horsham st faith coltishall kenley gravesend west malling biggin hill exeter tangmere perranporth lannion laddie lucas vf44

Ambrose, Stephen E.,

WILD BLUE - 741 Squadron - On A Wing And A Prayer Over Occupied Europe.

Pocket Books, London, ND (c2003), reprint, trade paperback, 300pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., [iv] ads., photo pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the WW2 experiences of a B-24 Liberator bomber crew, concentrating on 'Dakota Queen' of the 741st Bomb Squadron (piloted by George McGovern), 455th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force, covering their respective home backgrounds, their training, arrival in Italy, further combat training and their missions, lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus,

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Book number: 33621

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Ambrose, Stephen E.,

WILD BLUE - 741 Squadron - On A Wing And A Prayer Over Occupied Europe.

Pocket Books, London, ND (circa 2003), reprint, trade paperback, 300pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, 8pp half tone photo ills., [iv] ads., photo pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the WW2 experiences of a B-24 Liberator bomber crew, concentrating on 'Dakota Queen' of the 741st Bomb Squadron (piloted by George McGovern), 455th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force, covering their respective home backgrounds, their training, arrival in Italy, further combat training and their missions, lightly rubbed at extrems., very good plus,

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Book number: 38740

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Ambrose, Stephen E.,

WILD BLUE - 741 Squadron - On A Wing And A Prayer Over Occupied Europe.

Pocket Books, London, ND (c2004), reprint, trade paperback, 300pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, 8pp half tone photo ills., [iv] ads., photo pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the WW2 experiences of a B-24 Liberator bomber crew, concentrating on 'Dakota Queen' of the 741st Bomb Squadron (piloted by George McGovern), 455th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force, covering their respective home backgrounds, their training, arrival in Italy, further combat training and their missions, slight roll and slant with light vertical creasing to spine, edges tanned, good plus,

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Book number: 41005

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Ambrose, Stephen E.,

WILD BLUE - 741 Squadron - On A Wing And A Prayer Over Occupied Europe.

Pocket Books, London, ND (c2003), reprint, paperback, half tone pictorial title, 300pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., [iv] ads., photo pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the WW2 experiences of a B-24 Liberator bomber crew, concentrating on 'Dakota Queen' of the 741st Bomb Squadron (piloted by George McGovern), 455th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force, covering their respective home backgrounds, their training, arrival in Italy, further combat training and their missions, edges tanned, tiny abrasion upper wrapper, near fine,

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Book number: 44296

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

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Anon.,

THE R. A. F. IN ACTION.

Adam and Charles Black, London, 1941, 5th imp., 24pp, 58pp half tone photo ills., large format (10 x 7 inches approx.), light blue cloth lettered in dark blue at spine and upper board, first published in December 1940 this volume relates the work of the Royal Air Force in the first year of WW2 including photos taken during the Battle of Britain in the autumn of 1940, the photographs are mostly at least half page and some full page in size and of good quality, depicting air crew, ground crew and many different aircraft of the period, cloth rubbed and soiled, gouges lower board, foxing to spine, and endpapers, no dustwrapper, good reading copy,

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Book number: 40680

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 raf luftwaffe bob

Austen, R. L.,

HIGH ADVENTURE - NAVIGATOR AT WAR.

Barry Rose, Chichester, ND (copyright 1989), xii, 230pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., flightplan to Dresden at endpapers, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial montage dustwrapper, the author joined RAF Volunteer Reserve in 1938 and was called up in October. Although potential aircrew he was unlikely, at 29, to be suitable as a pilot and trained to operate the Chain Home RDF equipment. His first operational posting was to Foreness Point near Margate and he describes Chain Home and Chain Home Low procedure and the direction of Bristol Beaufighter and Mosquito interceptors before getting the call to train as a navigator, learning the theory at the Initial Training Wing at Cambridge with navigating training and practice at Rivers in Canada, returning in 1944 to operational training in the Wellington and the Short Stirling at Stradishall, conversion to the Lancaster at Felwell before his first opertaional posting to Bomber Command 3 Group's 218 Squadron at Methwold, later posted to Chedburgh, completing one tour before the end of the war and describing in some detail use of the navigational aids in use at that period including Gee, H2S, etc., as well as accounts of raids on specific targets including Dresden, lightly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 40855

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Keywords: war ww2 raf bomber command 3group chain home radar navigator ITW cambridge rivers canada 218 squadron stradishall methwold chedburgh gee h2s