Chandler, Chan DFC and Bar,

TAIL GUNNER - 98 Raids in World War II.

Airlife, Shrewsbury, 1999, 2nd imp., 158pp, 12pp half tone photo ills., navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured wraparound pictorial dustwrapper by Paul Marx, the author describes in detail his experiences in the Royal Air Force, joining in 1941 as a pilot in training he was persuaded to change to wireless operator/air gunner and after basic training he passed out as aircrew in the rank of Sergeant. After further operational training her joined 49 Squadron at Scampton flying as tail gunner in the Handley Page Hampden, completing his first tour in September 1941 after a week's leave he was posted to a gunnery leader's course and then commissioned, flying two operations in Manchesters before their Lancasters arrived incl. the 1000 raid on Cologne, on a night out being run over by Guy Gibson which led to seven months in hospital with his left leg broken in four places, on recovery continuing operations with 617 Squadron out of Fiskerton and later from Coningsby and Woodhall Spa, completing 98 missions and awarded the DFC and bar, after further training as a film cameraman he flew with the No. 1 Film Photo Unit to France, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Holland and Belgium, lightly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper: light rubbed at tips, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 42624

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 raf bomber command 49 squadron 617 handley page hampden manchester avro lancaster photographic flight unit

Chappell, F. R.,

WELLINGTON WINGS - An RAF Intelligence Officer in the Western Desert.

Crécy Books, Somerton, 1992, 1st in imprint, 282pp, 15pp half tone photo ills. and 1pp Battle Honours, 2 in text maps, ochre cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, based on diaries he kept during the war the author relates his experiences in North Africa from January 1942 until July 1944 as Intelligence Officer with 104 Squadron and 205 Group RAF, which later became part of Mediterranean Allied Strategic Air Force, providing heavy bomber support for Operation Crusader, the defence of Egypt, the 2nd battle of El Alamein and Operation Husky, edges tanned, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, repaired to reverse of upper flap folds, a number of small impressed marks and a little creased at edges, very good plus in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 40856

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 raf air force wellington wimpy north africa

Charlwood, Don,

NO MOON TONIGHT.

Goodall, London, 2010, reprint, trade paperback, 224pp, 8pp half tone photo picorial ills., half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the WW2 experiences of a Royal Australian Air Force observer/navigator with RAF Bomber Command. He was one of a group of 20 Australians trained under the Empire Training Scheme in Victoria and Canada. He describes how the crew of B-Beer met and decided to work together. They were posted to No 27 Operational Training Unit at Lichfield and as well as the operations they covered how they relaxed and explored their surroundings and of their hopes and dreams for the future. From training at Lichfield in Ansons and Wellingtons they moved on to a heavy conversion unit and full operations with 103 Squadron Bomber Command flying from Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire. Their first operation was to Bremen, the only time in a Wellington. The next was due to be Stettin in a Halifax but that was scrubbed because of bad weather. Lancasters arrived the following day and their first four-engine operation was to Frankfurt and then to Mannheim. Their first casualty was to their wireless operator from flak splinters after a mining operation in Copenhagen Sound. Operations continued with trips to Duisberg, Milan, multiple trips to Essen, etc. with time between operations to get to know local people and to investigate his British ancestors but also to keep track of the survivors of the original 20 Australians. Operations were counted off with other crews being lost even as they approached the mythical 30 and he was one of the very few who completed 30 operations, a little rubbed at extrems., roll and slant to lightly creased spine, edges tanned, good,

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Book number: 45486

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 air raf raaf bomber halifax lancaster elsham wolds 103 squadron

Charlwood, Don,

NO MOON TONIGHT.

Angus and Robertson, London, 1956, 2nd imp., 221pp, navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the WW2 experiences of a Royal Australian Air Force observer/navigator with RAF Bomber Command. He was one of a group of 20 Australians trained under the Empire Training Scheme in Victoria and Canada. He describes how the crew of B-Beer met and decided to work together. They were posted to No 27 Operational Training Unit at Lichfield and as well as the operations they covered how they relaxed and explored their surroundings and of their hopes and dreams for the future. From training at Lichfield in Ansons and Wellingtons they moved on to a heavy conversion unit and full operations with 103 Squadron Bomber Command flying from Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire. Their first operation was to Bremen, the only time in a Wellington. The next was due to be Stettin in a Halifax but that was scrubbed because of bad weather. Lancasters arrived the following day and their first four-engine operation was to Frankfurt and then to Mannheim. Their first casualty was to their wireless operator from flak splinters after a mining operation in Copenhagen Sound. Operations continued with trips to Duisberg, Milan, multiple trips to Essen, etc. with time between operations to get to know local people and to investigate his British ancestors but also to keep track of the survivors of the original 20 Australians. Operations were counted off with other crews being lost even as they approached the mythical 30 and he was one of the very few who completed 30 operations, edges tanned and a littlke foxed, ink inscr. front free endpaper, partial tanning and faint foxing to endpapers, dustwrapper: price clipped, loss to edges which have been restored, repairs to reverse, very good in a good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 45539

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 air raf raaf bomber halifax lancaster

Charlwood, Don,

NO MOON TONIGHT.

Goodall, London, 1986, reprint, paperback, 189pp, [iii], coloured pictorial upper wrapper by Peter Coombs, a record of a Royal Australian Air Force observer/navigator, trained under the Empire Training scheme in Victoria and Canada, this book records his service with Bomber Command with 103 Squadron at Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire in Halifaxes and then Lancasters, 1942/3, faintly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, very good plus,

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Book number: 45794

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: ww2 air raf raaf bomber halifax lancaster

Charlwood, Don,

NO MOON TONIGHT.

Goodall, Wilmslow, 1995, reprint, paperback, 189pp, [i] ad., coloured photo pictorial upper wrapper, a record of a Royal Australian Air Force observer/navigator, trained under the Empire Training scheme in Victoria and Canada, this book records his service with Bomber Command with 103 Squadron at Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire in Halifaxes and then Lancasters, 1942/3, rubbed at head of spine, very good,

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Book number: 45795

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: ww2 air raf raaf bomber halifax lancaster

Cheshire, Group Captain Leonard, VC, DSO, DFC,

BOMBER PILOT.

Arrow, London, ND, 298th thousand, paperback, 191pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., wraparound pictorial laminated wrappers, an account of '...the experiences of a young bomber pilot, from his first tentative operations to the awesome responsibilities of captaincy...' first published in 1943, before his later fame which involved taking command of 617 Dambuster Squadron and the development of target marking which led to the award of the Victoria Cross, promotion to Group Captain and becoming a household name to the British public, slight roll and slant to spine, a little rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, good plus,

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Book number: 44305

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 raf whitley halifax squadron 102 driffield 35 linton-on-ouse 76 middleton st george vf44

Cheshire, Group Captain Leonard, VC, DSO, DFC,

BOMBER PILOT.

Arrow, London, ND, 298th thousand, paperback, 191pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., wraparound coloured pictorial wrappers, an account of '...the experiences of a young bomber pilot, from his first tentative operations to the awesome responsibilities of captaincy...' first published in 1943, before his later fame which involved taking command of 617 Dambuster Squadron and the development of target marking which led to the award of the Victoria Cross, promotion to Group Captain and becoming a household name to the British public, rubbed at extrems.,spine relined, edges tanned, flaking at spine edges and surface loss at lower cnr., ight overall creasing, good,

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Book number: 44401

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 raf whitley halifax squadron 102 driffield 35 linton-on-ouse 76 middleton st george vf44

Cheshire, Group Captain Leonard, VC, OM, DSO, DFC,

BOMBER PILOT.

Goodall, London, 1988, 1st in imprint, paperback, 159pp, [i] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the experiences of a young bomber pilot, from his first tentative operations in Whitleys and the awesome responsibilities of captaincy, conversion to Halifaxes and a trip to Canada and USA, coming to terms with the loss of colleagues and further operations to Germany, first published in 1943 before his later fame which involved the award of the Victoria Cross, promotion to Group Captain and becoming a household name to the British public, a little rubbed at extrems., light creasing to upper wrapper, small area surface loss, edges tanned, good,

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Book number: 44475

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 raf whitley halifax squadron 102 driffield 35 linton-on-ouse 76 middleton st george vf44

Cheshire, Group Captain Leonard, VC, DSO, DFC,

BOMBER PILOT.

Arrow, London, ND, 358th thousand, paperback, 191pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., wraparound coloured pictorial wrappers, an account of '...the experiences of a young bomber pilot, from his first tentative operations to the awesome responsibilities of captaincy...' first published in 1943, before his later fame which involved taking command of 617 Dambuster Squadron and the development of target marking which led to the award of the Victoria Cross, promotion to Group Captain and becoming a household name to the British public, a little rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, old sello repair to tail of spine, good plus,

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Book number: 45098

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 raf whitley halifax squadron 102 driffield 35 linton-on-ouse 76 middleton st george vf44

Cheshire Leonard, V.C.,

BOMBER PILOT.

Mayflower, St Albans, 1975, 1st in imprint, paperback, 159 pp. ,16 pp. half tone photo ills., wraparound coloured pictorial wrappers by Peter Jones, an account of '...the experiences of a young bomber pilot, from his first tentative operations to the awesome responsibilities of captaincy...' first published in 1943, before his later fame which involved taking command of 617 Dambuster Squadron and the development of target marking which led to the award of the Victoria Cross, promotion to Group Captain and becoming a household name to the British public, slight slant and sunning to spine, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 45770

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 raf whitley halifax

Chisholm, Roderick, CBE, DSO, DFC,

COVER OF DARKNESS.

Chatto and Windus, London, 1953, 1st edn., 222pp, frontis and 18pp photo ills., deep turquoise cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, the author began operations with RAF night fighters in 1940 and saw the development of night flying techniques under 'Cat's Eyes' Cunningham, later commanding an operational night fighter development unit and being involved with radio counter-measures for bomber crews against German night fighters, slightly cocked, a little rubbed at tips, faint creasing to cloth upper bd., edges tanned and sl. foxed, endpapers partially lightly browned, dustwrapper: well rubbed at extrems. with chipping to spine ends (affecting title) and sl loss at cnrs., light soiling, internally repaired, good plus in a poor dustwrapper,

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Book number: 32739

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 aviation raf night fighter

Chisholm, Roderick, CBE, DSO, DFC,

COVER OF DARKNESS.

Chatto and Windus, London, 1953, 1st edn., 222pp, frontis and 18pp half tone photo ills., deep turquoise cloth lettered in gilt at spine, the author began operations with RAF night fighters in 1940 and saw the development of night flying techniques under 'Cat's Eyes' Cunningham, later commanding an operational night fighter development unit and being involved with radio counter-measures for bomber crews against German night fighters, lightly rubbed at extrems., edges and endpapers tanned, four line ink inscr. front free endpaper, no dustwrapper, very good,

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Book number: 41221

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 aviation raf night fighter

Clifton, Paul, et al,

THE SKY THEIR BATTLEGROUND - True Adventure Stories from the "R.A.F. Flying Review".

Herbert Jenkins, London, 1962, 1st thus, 143pp, 17 in text half tone ills., light blue cloth lettered in silver at spine, the first book publication of a collection of twelve WW2 RAF stories by a variety of authors: Paul Clifton, Pat Gregory, Peter Pound, Geoffrey Norris, Leonard Trent, Leslie Hunt and D. H. Clarke with half tone drawings and photos, lightly rubbed and bumped at tips, spine and edges of boards a little sunned, crease and erasure top cnr. front free endpaper, no dustwrapper, very good,

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Book number: 36789

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 raf amiens hague stirling stanford tuck anson daba prang

Coldbeck, Sqdn. Ldr.,

THE MALTESE SPITFIRE - One Pilot, One Plane - Find Enemy Forces On Land And Sea.

Airlife, Shrewsbury, 1997, 1st edn., 176pp, 20pp half tone photo ills., 3 in text maps, light blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, the WW2 experiences of a New Zealand pilot with the Royal Air Force, his early flying days in New Zealnand, operational training in Canada before posting in 1941 to RAF 66 Squadron, flying Spitfires from Perranporth and then Portreath before he volunteered for photo-reconnaisance and was posted to Malta in 1942, flying unarmed at high altitude seeking the Italian fleet and other enemy shipping before baling out over the sea, capture and serving the remainder of the war as a POW in Italy and Germany, fine in a fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 39895

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 raf malta siege spitfire 66 squadron photo reconnaisance mediterranean