ALLISON, LES.

Canadians in the Royal Air Force

Altona MB: Self Published, 1978. 1st. Hardcover. ISBN: 091921391X. DJ shows edge wear, with short tears, chipping and scuffing. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; B&W Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 221 pages; The author has collected stories, anecdotes and facts regarding Canadian pilots who flew for the British during the Second World War.. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 17286

Catalogue: Militaria::Aviation::WWII

Keywords: 091921391X WWII Battle Of Britain luftwaffe RAF Royal Air Force Canada World War 2

AUTON, JIM

Raf Liberator over the Eastern Front a Bomb Aimer's Second World War and Cold War Story

Yorkshire, England: Pen and Sword, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 1844157296. As new, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 9.29 X 6.30 X 1.10 inches; 224 pages; "Jim Auton was posted to 178 Squadron who were operating ex-U.S.A.A.F, war-weary Liberator heavy bombers. This squadron he was based in Foggia in Italy, living under canvas without the barest of military or personal necessities. The duration of a tour at that time was 40 front-line operations over such dangerous targets as Ploesti and the Danube – few in the squadron felt they could survive since the casualty rate was so high. Then came his part in the desperate attempts to supply the besieged city of Warsaw when the Liberators were ordered to fly in at 500 feet, at their lowest speed and with flaps and undercarriage down, to drop desperately needed ammunition and supplies. All this through a hail of both German and Russian gunfire. On his 37th sortie Jim, aged twenty, was severely wounded when he was hit by Flak whilst is in his bomb-aimer’s position in the aircraft’s nose.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 17927

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Keywords: 1844157296 RAF WWII Militaria

GLADWELL, MALCOLM

The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2021. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0316296619. DJ and boards show very light shelf wear, one dog-eared page.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 240 pages; " the bombing of Tokyo on the deadliest night of the war was the brainchild of General Curtis LeMay, whose brutal pragmatism and scorched-earth tactics in Japan cost thousands of civilian lives, but may have spared even more by averting a planned US invasion. In The Bomber Mafia, Gladwell asks, “Was it worth it?” Things might have gone differently had LeMay’s predecessor, General Haywood Hansell, remained in charge. Hansell believed in precision bombing, but when he and Curtis LeMay squared off for a leadership handover in the jungles of Guam, LeMay emerged victorious, leading to the darkest night of World War II. ". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 21708

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Keywords: 0316296619 WWII tokyo raid bombers AVIATION Militaria

HARVEY, J. DOUGLAS

Boys, Bombs and Brussels Sprouts - a Knees-Up, Wheels

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0771040482. DJ and boards show light shelf wear with light chipping. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 210 pages; Doug Harvey was a nineteen year old from Toronto who joined the RCAF during WWII, and in 1942 found himself a pilot in the elite Canadian No. 6 Bomber Group.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 20979

Catalogue: Militaria::Canada::Aviation::WWII

Keywords: 0771040482 WWII Aviation Memoirs Canada AVIATION Militaria

HAYES, DAVID

The Lost Squadron

London: Bloomsbury Publications, 1994. 1st UK Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0747518262. DJ shows very light shelf wear. Gift inscription on front pastedown. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; B&W and Colour photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 224 pages; During World War II in 1942, a fleet of warplanes consisting of two B-17 "Flying Fortress" bombers and six P-38 Lightning fighters were flying on a transfer run from North America to Scotland. During the leg of the flight from Greenland to Iceland, they ran into severe weather over the Denmark Strait and were forced to turn back. Unfortunately, all the landing fields within their fuel range were socked in under the same weather conditions. Running low on fuel, the two bombers and four of the Lightning fighters were forced to crash-land on the coast of Greenland. All personnel survived the landings and were eventually rescued, however the aircraft were abandoned to the elements. Over 50 years later, and expedition was mounted by Pat Epps and Richard Taylor to possibly recover one or more of the aircraft, by this time under more than 200 feet of snow and ice. This book is an account of the search, discovery and eventual recovery of one of the P-38's by one of the expedition members.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 17897

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Keywords: 0747518262 AVIATION Militaria

HAYES, DAVID

The Lost Squadron

London: Bloomsbury Publications, 1994. 1st UK Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0747518262. DJ shows very light shelf wear, short tear top spine. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; B&W and Colour photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 224 pages; During World War II in 1942, a fleet of warplanes consisting of two B-17 "Flying Fortress" bombers and six P-38 Lightning fighters were flying on a transfer run from North America to Scotland. During the leg of the flight from Greenland to Iceland, they ran into severe weather over the Denmark Strait and were forced to turn back. Unfortunately, all the landing fields within their fuel range were socked in under the same weather conditions. Running low on fuel, the two bombers and four of the Lightning fighters were forced to crash-land on the coast of Greenland. All personnel survived the landings and were eventually rescued, however the aircraft were abandoned to the elements. Over 50 years later, and expedition was mounted by Pat Epps and Richard Taylor to possibly recover one or more of the aircraft, by this time under more than 200 feet of snow and ice. This book is an account of the search, discovery and eventual recovery of one of the P-38's by one of the expedition members.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 20004

Catalogue: Militaria::WWII::Aviation

Keywords: 0747518262 AVIATION Militaria

HESS, W. N.

Allied Aces of World War II

New York: Arco Publishing Company, Inc, 1966. 1st Thus. Softcover. Card covers show some shelf wear, creasing. ; A tight solid book. ; Famous Airmen Series; B&W Photographs; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 64 pages. Very Good- .

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Book number: 18218

Catalogue: Militaria::WWII::Aviation

Keywords: WWII aces Aviation Militaria

LLOYD, IAN & PETER PUGH

Hives and the Merlin

Cambridge, England: Icon Books, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 1840466448. DJ shows very light shelf wear and scuffing.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; B&W Photographs; 8.50 X 5.59 X 1.02 inches; 204 pages; The story of the development of the Merlin engine, used in the British Spitfire during World War II. Built in England by Rolls Royce.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 17592

Catalogue: Militaria::WWII::Aviation

Keywords: 1840466448 Rolls Royce Battle Of Britain spitfire Militaria

MACMILLAN, D A

Only the Stars Know

Toronto: J M Dent & Sons (Canada) Ltd, 1945. First Edition; Third Printing. Hardcover. DJ and boards show light shelf wear, with short tears and light chipping.; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 138 pages; MacMillan was a recruiting publicity officer who was stationed with a bomber group for a time. This book was written in praise of those men.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 20974

Catalogue: Militaria::Canada::Aviation::WWII

Keywords: Militaria

MCGLASHAN, KENNETH BUTTERWORTH & OWEN ZUPP

Down to Earth a Fighter Pilot's Experiences of Surviving Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain, Dieppe and D

London: Grub Street Publishing, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 1904943845. Boards and DJ show very light shelf wear. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 9.2 X 6.3 X 1.0 inches; 174 pages; "Squadron Leader McGlashan reflects honestly on his enthralling and diverse RAF career, one that began with the rag and tube of Hawker biplanes in 1939 and closed in the jet era of the late 1950s. Shot down over the beaches of Dunkirk in heated aerial combat, we follow the footsteps of the nineteen year old along the debris-littered sands and beyond. From the protection of vulnerable convoys to the pioneering days of night-fighting and airborne radar, McGlashan is in the midst of the action. Flying in support of the ill-fated landing at Dieppe and on clandestine night operations before D-Day, he takes an active role in some of the RAF’s most significant operations of World War Two. Interspersed throughout are tales of camaraderie and humour. Away from the front line, McGlashan was seconded to BOAC to fly airliners out of Cairo, tasked to ferry all manner of aircraft at the war’s end and serve Cyprus at the height of a very nasty campaign.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 20032

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Keywords: 1904943845 dunkirk DDAY BOAC Dieppe AVIATION Biographies & Memoirs Militaria

RENNELL, TONY; NICHOL, JOHN

Tail End Charlies the Last Battles of the Bomber War, 1944

London UK: Viking, 2004. Later Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0670914568. Slight wear only; A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Map endpapers, B&W photographs. ; 9.2 X 6.4 X 1.7 inches; 470 pages; "In Tail-End Charlies, John Nichol and Tony Rennell tell the astonishing and deeply moving story of the controversial last battles in the skies of Germany through the eyes of the forgotten heroes who fought them. Night after night they stifled their fears and flew through flak and packs of enemy fighters to drop the bombs that would demolish the Third Reich. The airmen of the United States 8th Army Air Force American and British Bomber Command were among the greatest heroes of the Second World War, defying Hitler in the darkest early days of the war and taking the battle to the German homeland when no one else would.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 20708

Catalogue: Militaria::Aviation::WWII

Keywords: 0670914568 bombers USAF bomber command WWII

SMITH, BLAKE

Warplanes to Alaska

Surrey, BC: Hancock House Publishers Ltd, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0888394012. Signed by Author; Glossy pictorial boards show some shelf wear, short cut near top back cover, slight damage to front cover.; A bright solid book. Signed by the author on the FFEP. B&W photographs throughout; 8.75 X 1 X 11 inches; 256 pages; "This book describes the delivery of 8000 aircraft to Russia over a little known airway that extended from the U.S. through Northwestern Canada to Nome, Alaska. Warplanes to Alaska is a tribute to the hundreds of men and women who toiled in the harshest of climates to help decide the outcome of World War II. The author interviewed scores of Canadian, Russians and American veterans and acquired hundreds of photos in an effort to fully recount this amazing part of history. Details of the Russian portion of the airway and their military operations, long hidden by an impenetrable veil of official secrecy, are revealed here for the first time. ". Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued .

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Book number: 20747

Catalogue: Militaria::Aviation::WWII

Keywords: 0888394012 AVIATION Militaria

SMITH, BLAKE W

Wings over the Wilderness They Flew the Trail of '42

Surrey, BC: Hancock House Publishers, 2008. First Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 0888395957. Card covers show some shelf wear with creasing. ; A bright, solid book.; B&W and Colour photographs; 10.9 X 8.4 X 0.7 inches; 296 pages; "Both Britain and the United States responded to Germany's attack on Russia with the immediate shipment of a small quantity of combat aircraft while pledging to send a steady stream of 400 aircraft per month. Delivery of tactical aircraft to the Soviet battlefield presented significant logistical and technical challenges due to the great distances involved, exposure to hostile forces and damage to delicate aircraft components inflicted while in transit. Spanning the breadth of Siberia there existed only a scattering of primitive airfields, and on the North American side the situation was only marginally better. To accommodate aircraft ferrying on the scale envisioned, additional airfields would have to be created, others upgraded, hangars and housing built, navigational aids installed, massive quantities of fuel delivered and scarce manpower diverted for the purpose. Wings Over the Wilderness tells the story of the secret WWII airway that arched across 8,000 miles of sub-Arctic wilderness and over Siberia to reach an ally in need. The book pays tribute to the thousands of men and women who toiled under the most difficult of circumstances to help decide the outcome of World War Two. Primitive facilities, harsh climate and wild terrain were among the difficulties faced by American and Russian pilots in the transfer of nearly 8,000 warplanes from American factories to the Russian battlefield. The airway was cruel on man and machine as the grave markers and twisted wrecks of fallen warplanes littering forest and muskeg bear testament. Smith's writings offer first-hand veteran accounts and fascinating stories surrounding the delivery of the warplanes to Russia. The book includes an extensive introduction by the author that offers the reader the historical and geo-political background at the time of the writing. Accompanying the detailed text are hundreds of never-before-published photographs. Also included in the book are extensive endnotes, a glossary of terms and abbreviations, a bibliography and index.". Very Good .

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Book number: 19781

Catalogue: Militaria::WWII::Aviation

Keywords: 0888395957 Transport RUSSIA Germany Siberia AVIATION Militaria

ZUCKOFF, MITCHELL

Frozen in Time an Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II

New York: Harpercollins, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0062133438. DJ shows light shelf wear. Remainder dot on bottom page edges. ; Book boards and spine in near-fine condition, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; B&W Photographs; 9.2 X 6.5 X 1.4 inches; 391 pages; "On November 5, 1942, a US cargo plane slammed into the Greenland Ice Cap. Four days later, the B-17 assigned to the search-and-rescue mission became lost in a blinding storm and also crashed. Miraculously, all nine men on board survived, and the US military launched a daring rescue operation. But after picking up one man, the Grumman Duck amphibious plane flew into a severe storm and vanished. Frozen in Time tells the story of these crashes and the fate of the survivors, bringing vividly to life their battle to endure 148 days of the brutal Arctic winter, until an expedition headed by famed Arctic explorer Bernt Balchen brought them to safety. Mitchell Zuckoff takes the reader deep into the most hostile environment on earth, through hurricane-force winds, vicious blizzards, and subzero temperatures. Moving forward to today, he recounts the efforts of the Coast Guard and North South Polar Inc. – led by indefatigable dreamer Lou Sapienza – who worked for years to solve the mystery of the Duck’s last flight and recover the remains of its crew.". Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 20465

Catalogue: Militaria::WWII::Aviation

Keywords: 0062133438 AVIATION NORTH Militaria