‎Escadron‎

‎Franks, Norman L. R.‎

‎Hurricane at War: Bk. 2‎

‎Ex-library book with the usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 128 pages, a great many large b&w photos.‎

‎Gaal, Julius; Newberry, Stephen G.; Trimble, Robert; Wolf, Stephen W.D.; Calvert, Denis J.; Schakelaar, H.J.; March, Peter; Sweatt, Dennis; Nixon, Harry‎

‎Air Combat Magazine, May 1978 - HMAS Melbourne‎

‎98 pages. Features: Italian Transport Aircraft During WWII; New Markings for VP-19 (USN Orion Squadron); Douglas Skyknight - military markings features a little-known USN fighter; Royal Army Air Day - Giant helicopter fly-in; HMAS Melbourne - a visit with Australia's only carrier; Low-Level Luftwaffe - the Fiats of LeKG-43; Fradu - this unusual unit provides military aircraft targets flown by civilians; XFV-12A - VTOL for the Navy?; Flying Tigers win RAF Competition - USAF A-7Ds take on the RAF's best; Six Decades of USAF Service - The history of Kelly AFB in Texas. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound reference copy. Book‎

‎GOSS Chris‎

‎Brothers in Arms. The Story of a British and a German Fighter Unit, August to December 1940. EDITION LIMITED TO 200 COPIES WITH TEN SIGNATURES‎

‎8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; grey cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. EDITION LIMITED TO 200 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 31) WITH LIMITATION PLATE SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND NINE VETERANS MOUNTED ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. The signatories, in addition to the author, are: Stephen Beaumont, John Bisdee, Josef Broker, Willi Ghesla, Heinrich Hohnisch, Werner Karl, Hans Ohly, Walter Rupp and Herbert Tzschoppe.‎

‎Halkett, Gavin E. (Signed)‎

‎Nanaimo Power and Sail Squadron - A Look Back Two‎

‎Signed, without inscription, by author upon title page. 91 pages. Profusely illustrated with colour and black and white photos. A history of the Nanaimo Power and Sail Squadron. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book‎

‎HALLAM Squadron Leader T. D‎

‎Spider Web: The Romance of a Flying-Boat Flight in the First World War‎

‎London:: Arms and Armour Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1979. Hardcover. 0853684529 . First edition. Brief gift inscription on front free endpaper previous owner's blind-stamp on title page else very good in a very good price clipped dust jacket. . Arms and Armour Press, hardcover books‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 75298 ISBN : 0853684529 9780853684527

‎Hallam, Squadron Leader TD T D‎

‎The Spider Web: Romance of a Flying Boat War Flight in the First World War‎

‎Arms and Armour 1979. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Arms and Armour hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : Q-0853684529 ISBN : 0853684529 9780853684527

‎HALLEY James J.‎

‎Famous Fighter Squadrons of the RAF. Volume 1. Illustrations by Thomas Brittain, Terence Hadler, Michael Trim, Derek Johnson. NEAR FINE COPY‎

‎Oblong 4to., First Edition, ALL PUBLISHED, with photographs and fine coloured illustrations throughout; pictorial boards, a near fine copy. The first of a projected two volumes, this is the only volume published.‎

‎Halliday, Hugh A.‎

‎Woody - A Fighter Pilot's Album‎

‎144 pages. Index. Numerous black and white illustrations. "Tells for the first time in detail, the story of one of Canada's greatest fighter pilots. Traces his career from Tiger Moths in Scotland, then on to advanced training and out to pre-war Egypt to his first posting.... Soon Woody's squadron is called to Greece to face an onslaught of Messerschmitts and Junkers." - from dust jacket. Faint small sticker remnant atop front free endpaper, otherwise clean, bright and unmarked with lightest wear. Excellent copy. Gift quality. Book‎

‎Handley" [149 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE, BOMBING OF THE RUHR VALLEY, SECOND WORLD WAR]:‎

‎Bombing of Ruhr Valley. personal account Autograph Letter Signed 'Handley' to his mother about Bombing Raids on the Ruhr.‎

‎No date c.1940-1; Sgts. Mess Mildenhall Suffolk. 2 pages 8vo both with Royal Air Force letterhead bearing the motto 'PER ARDUA AD ASTRA'. Not in good condition - creased frayed torn and discoloured - but a marvellous and immediate piece of history regarding what one authority describes as the 'strategic bombing . principally against the Ruhr on which No.149 concentrated during the winter of 1940-1'. The letter begins 'Dear Mum Just a line to thank you for the photographs I think that one of you is very good. I have done two raids so far the last one was very good we bombed the dockyards on the Ruhr and started three lovely big fires I think that every bomber in the Air Force was over that night bombs were bursting everywhere and the A. A. fire was just like bonfire night. I think the German A. A. and their searchlights are rotten they never got anywhere near our machine. We are doing another raid tonight and I hope we give them another good plastering.' Two sentences of domestic comment conclude the letter. It is a question how the writer was able to give away so much information. No date [c.1940-1]; Sgts. Mess, Mildenhall, Suffolk. unknown‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 2587

‎Harker, Douglas E. (Signed)‎

‎The Dukes - The Story of the Men Who have Served in Peace and War with the British Columbia Regiment (D.C.O.) 1883-1973 - Signed By Author and Many Other Regimental Members‎

‎An extraordinary copy. Signed not only by author inside front board, but also by an additional 20 important figures associated with the Regiment. Signatures upon front free endpaper include: LCol David L. Vaughan, CD (World War II Veteran and CO 1961-1964), LCol Archie M. Steacy, CD, (CO 1974-1978), LCol Grant B. Larkin, CD (CO 1970-1973), Honorary Lt Col John W. Toogood, CD (World War II BC Regiment Veteran and CO 1945-1949), Major Ernest Bowmer, MC, RMO (World War II British Army Veteran), Captain Arthur Goodson (World War I and II, BC Regiment Veteran) Musketry Expert, and Chief Warrant Officer Kenneth A. Parr, CD, RSM. Signatures upon back free endpaper include: Captain Robert Elrick (attached to BC Regiment from the Royal Canadian Dragoons), Major Robert Stanley (Squadron Commander), Captain Jack D. Drake (Squadron 2 I/C), Lieutenant Eric B. Foster (Troop Officer), Major Donald E. Hein (Officer's Mess President), Lieutenant Robert J. Baylis (Troup Officer), Lieutenant Norman A. Brown (Troop Officer), Lieutenant Robert B. Gauthier (Troop Officer), Master Warrant Officer Roger W. Prouse (SSM), Lieutenant Ralph D. MacRae (Troop Officer), Major Jack Tipton (Squadron Commander), Captain Brent R. Gray (Squadron 2 I/C), and Officer Cadet Tom Baker (Troop Officer). Printed name of Lieutenant (Donald) Hilton on front free endpaper. 438 pages. "Tells the story of B.C.'s earliest militia units from one of which the British Columbia Regiment has its descent. Describes the Regiment's participation in the South African War and in both World Wars, and much more." - dust jacket. Includes black and white illustrations, index, bibliography, fatality and casualty lists, repatriated prisoners of war (WWII) list, and list of honour and award winners. Contents unmarked. Binding sound. Average wear to book. Small faint coffee drop to bottom edge of text. Dust jacket, now preserved in archival-grade Brodart, bears somewhat above-average wear. We are indebted to LCol Archie M. Steacy, CD, CO (1974 to 1978) for his generous assistance in identifying the signatures in this copy. [Cooke p.130, Hale 1360] Book‎

‎HOLLISS Barry R.‎

‎Knights of the Sky. Part 4: Units - Wings. [THIS VOLUME ONLY.]. The Link between the Heraldry and History of the Royal Air Force. Illustrated by Roland Symons. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY‎

‎Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations throughout; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy. SCARCE.‎

‎HOME James‎

‎Their Last Tenko. [The Fate of Douglas Bader's 242 Squadron: Activity and Captivity in Java 1941-1945. Foreword by Air Marshal Sir Harold Maguire] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER‎

‎8vo., First Edition, with plates and rear endpaper map; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.‎

‎Humphries, Harry; Adjutant 617 Squadron 1943 - 1945‎

‎Living With Heroes: The Story of the Dam Busters. Signed.‎

‎The Erskine Press 2003. First Edition. Signed by the Author by Ray Grayston and Tony Iveson all veterans of the Dambuster Raid. Photographs and related article laid in. Octavo red boards hardcover gilt letters xii 129 pp. Fine As New in a Fine As New mylar protected dust jacket. From dust jacket: In March 1943 the 617 Squadron was formed at RAF Scampton Llincolnshire as a heavy bomber unit specifically for the operations planned against the Ruhr dams. Wing Commander Guy Gibson was chosen to lead the Squadron and was given freedom to pick his own crews. On the evening of 16th May 1943 the famous dam raids took place and though the operation was an outstanding success there was a heavy price to pay. Of the nineteen Lancasters that took off eight planes and fifty-five men did not return. Guy Gibson was awarded the Victoria Cross and thirty-three other airmen were decorated. From January 1944 until the end of the war the 617 operated as a special duties squadron from RAF Woodhall Spa first under Wing Commander Leonard Cheshire and later with Wing Commanders Tait and Fauquier. Many stories have been written about the Dam Busters and the 617 Squadron but this is the only account written by one who was there throughout those turbulent days. hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : vita9750

‎Hutchinson, Walter: Editor‎

‎Hutchinson's Pictorial History of the War, Series 8, Number 2, October 9 - October 15, 1940‎

‎32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Dozens of quality black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Clear photo of a barrage balloon over an R.A.F. patrol vessel; Inside front cover is an illustration of a youthful John F. Kennedy in connection with his book "Why England Slept"; Formation of American Stinson 105 light planes over Montreal; Canadian coastal gun crew at work; Canadian soldiers and sailors train together off Newfoundland; Savage glare of night bombardment of Cherbourg; Meeting the Enemy's Challenge - article by Ernest Bevin; Photos of Italians in the desert war; Photos of the Royal family in war, including a lovely full-page photo of Princess Elizabeth making her first radio broadcast to the children of England, with sister Margaret by her side; Graphic evidence of punishing R.A.F. raids on enemy ports at Le Havre and Antwerp plus Berlin; Great photos of the Royal Engineers bridgebuilding; Centerfold illustration by Montague B. Black shows the H.M.S. Ajax winning new glory in Mediterranean battle as she destroyed multiple Italian vessels; Photo of sacrilege at St. Paul's cathedral - bomb damage through the roof; Many photos of London destruction, including the destroyed 100,000 volumes of University College Library; Photos of British children seeking safety in North America, including photo with the Mayor of Boston, Maurice J. Tobin, and his son; The German Air Offensive - text of broadcast by Sir Philip Joubert; photo of a sound locator crew of a searchlight unit in the London area; Diagram of the 'simple and efficient' Hawker Hurricane; 4 nice photos on page 60 present the R.A.F.'s American squadron with Leader W.E.G. Taylor and others; A Commentary on the war this week; Photo of Hitler with Mussolini and Ciano as they plot in their bullet-proof train on October 5th; Photo of Hitler with four of his air chiefs; Photo of bomb damage in Hamburg. Summary of chief events in the war this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book‎

‎Hutchinson, Walter: Editor‎

‎Hutchinson's Pictorial History of the War, Series 9, Number 4, December 18 -24, 1940‎

‎32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Photo taken aboard the Abel P. Upshur as she leaves port; RAF to the aid of gallant Greece; Super full-page aerial photo of RAF bombing attack in progress on the Albanian port of Valona, being used by Italy; Illustrated text of statement in the House of Commons on the progress of the war by Winston Churchill; Wonderful full-page photo of a massive British factory containing many bombers under construction; photo of desert listening post in action; Map showing the progress of British operations in the western desert; Centerfold illustration by Montague B. Black shows the Albanian port of Valona under bombardment by the British navy; Photos of terrible London bomb damage to the House of Commons and Middle Temple Library; Photos on Hitler's 'invasion coast' (France); Illustration of fallen German pilots in rubber boat climbing aboard a Nazi raft prepositioned for them off the coast of France; Great before and after photos of repaired bomb damage to the London and North Eastern Railway; Illustrated text of the last speech of the late Lord Lothian, British Ambassador the the U.S., who passed away on 12 December; Dramatic photo of a British battle squadron firing on the French Fleet to keep it from enemy hands - the Bretagne is shown ablaze; Gallabat taken from Italians; Commentary on the war this week; British Army studies invasion tactics - photos of British troops in boats practising to cross unbridged rivers; Summary of the chief events in the war this week. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book‎

‎Hutchinson, Walter: Editor‎

‎Hutchinson's Pictorial History of the War, Series 9, Number 7, January 8-14, 1941‎

‎32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Newfoundland's part in the fight - photos of Lord Cranborne with the troops; Photo of the King and Queen presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Flying-Officer D.S.G. Honor; Illustrated article entitled "The Royal Air Force in 1940" - splendid work of the fighter and bomber commands and the anti-aircraft batteries; Photo of champion hurdler and Squadron Leader D.O. Finlay in front of his Spitfire; Photo of a Whitley bomber being prepared for another mission; A map documents 16 months of R.A.F. war on enemy production; With the Greeks' victorious army; Winston Churchill's northern tour - including a photo of him addressing a battleship crew on the deck of the ship; Aerial photo of Wilhelmshaven taken during an R.A.F. bombing mission; Centerfold illustration by S. Drigin depicts the British tanker Cardita defending itself against a u-boat; British before Bardia - photos; Photo of carloads of Italian prisoners; Photos of several downed Italian planes; Photo of hundreds of weapons captured from the Italians at Bardia; Burma Squadron in battle - photo of the pilots of the 257, the famous Hurricane Fighter Squadron; Nice photo of 257 Squadron Leader Stanford Tuck in his cockpit; Photo-illustrated article entitled "Science in Uniform - Brilliant work of the Royal Engineers in Modern War"; Photos of mobile railway workshop; Separate photos of four downed German airmen; Commentary on the war this week; Stranglehold on enemy shipping - various Fleet Air Arm photos; Summary of the chief events in the war this week. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book‎

‎Hutchinson, Walter: Editor‎

‎Hutchinson's Pictorial History of the War, Series 10, Number 8, March 12 - 18, 1941‎

‎32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Aerial photo of an intense RAF boming attack on the Italian stronghold of Keren in Eritrea; Photos aboard Britain's newest battleship, the H.M.S. King George V, including a photo of her 14" guns firing on the quarter-deck turret; Photos of the war in Albania; Photo-illustrated text of statement in Parliament by Sir Archibald Sinclair; Photo of Whitley bombers under construction in northern England; S. Drigin illustration of Beaufort torpedoes sinking a German destroyer; Super action photos of a Messerschmitt 110 attack on a naval convoy; Photos of bomb damage in London including Buckingham Palace and the Roman Catholic cathedral of St. David in Cardiff; Photos of mangled German aircraft on the ground in England; Full-page detailed map of Industrial objectives bombed in the Hamburg area; Centerfold illustration by Montague B. Black depicts the British taking over Berbera, capital of British Somaliland; Photo of a complete Czechoslovak bomber squadron walking toward their planes along a row of bombs they will be dropping; Photo of Czechoslovak Wellington taking off and another one flying under moonlight; Abyssinia prepares to expel the oppressor - photos; Their majesties inspect Polish troops; Photo-illustrated text of a broadcast by Ernest Bevin entitled "Mobilisation of Man-Power"; Photo of Sir Henry Maitland Wilson, Governor of Cyrenaica, inspecting men of the captured Tripolitanian Camel Corps; Commentary on the war this week; Photos of how the British Army trains to meet invasion; Summary of the chief events in the war this week. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding tight. Modest moisture exposure to top edge of most pages and back cover has resulted in light staining and minor undulations. A sound copy. Book‎

‎IVESON Squadron Leader Tony‎

‎Lancaster. The Biography. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER‎

‎8vo., First Edition, with plates and double-page cutaway illustration; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.‎

‎Iveson, Squadron Leader Tony‎

‎Lancaster: The Biography‎

‎hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 0233002707.G ISBN : 0233002707 9780233002705

‎IVIE Thomas G.‎

‎Aerial Reconnaissance. The 10th Photo Recon Group in World War II. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY‎

‎8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs throughout; printed wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy.‎

‎Jean-Baptiste-Jacques Elie de BEAUMONT (1732-1786)‎

‎Mémoire pour le Sieur Damade Belair ci-devant Négociant à Bordeaux contre les sieurs Chevalier de Queyssat,Froidefond et Filhol de Queyssat,Chef d'escadron au Régiment de Chartres et Capitaines réformés au Régiment Provincial de Marmande‎

‎Paris.Cellot.1778.In-8 br.148 p. Bon état.Annotations sans gène sur la page de titre.Sans reliure.Simplement protégé par un Papier léger.‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 47114

‎Johnstone, E G Great Britain Royal Air Force 208th Squadron‎

‎NAVAL EIGHT. A history of No. 8 Squadron R.N.A.S- afterwards No. 208 Squadron R.A.F. -- from its formation in 1916 until the Armistice in 1918.‎

‎Published by THE SIGNAL PRESS LTD London. 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Used - Good/None. Signed by author with a dedication to his assistant who helped prepare the book. Spine binding and covers all fine; Strong gilt eagle illustration on front cover and gilt title on spine. Title page and endpapers are foxing and there is also foxing on the outer edges. Contains two-line errata slip tipped-in at KIA page and another two-line errata at Occupied Aerodromes page. Illustrated with 25 black and white photographs. Published by THE SIGNAL PRESS LTD, London., 1931 hardcover‎

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‎JONES Flt. Lt. Brett A.‎

‎A History of Marine Attack Squadron 223. NEAR FINE COPY‎

‎Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.‎

‎JONES, Squadron Leader Ira‎

‎An Air Fighter's Scrap-Book‎

‎London: Nicholson & Watson 1938. Octavo grey cloth 332 pp. frontispiece 13 plates. Boards slightly flecked along edges and at extremities dust jacket quite rubbed with significant loss edges a little tanned a near-fine copy. Ira "Taffy" Jones was a well-known air fighter during the First World War having scored about 40 victories flying SE5 scouts in France with 74 Squadron. Highly regarded in flying circles Jones recorded stories drawn from his own experiences during the war and wrote of the many personalities he had met or known by association both during the war and in the post-war flying years. Ex-Libris Sidney A. Walter with bookplate. Nicholson & Watson unknown‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 2540

‎Koppel, H.; Frost, M.O.; Philby, H. St. J.B.; Cuthbertson, R.M.; Franck, H.A.; Walmsley, L.; Thomason, H.; Noble, W.; White, T.W.; Et al‎

‎The Wide World Magazine - The Magazine for Everybody, Vol. XLIV - No. 264, April (Apr.) 1920 - Across Arabia in Disguise / Dominic Pietro‎

‎Pages 449-536, plus 16 pages of great ads. Features: The Mystery of Dominic Pietro - how an innocent man was saved from the gallows; The Trials of A Naturalist's Wife - part 4; A Woman's Ordeal - Mrs. C.T. Sturgis was a prisoner of Mexican bandits; Across Unknown Arabia in Disguise - Part 2 of the great photo-illustrated story of the author's travels among the Wahhabi Arabs; Hunting the Addo Elephants - they were marked for extinction at the hand of famous hunter Major Pretorius - article with many photos; On Foot Through South America - Part 5 - Adventures in Peru, with great photos, including carrying a piano up a mountain!; Across East Africa in the Rainy Season - terrible flooding makes travel very difficult; Photo of 30,000 coconuts being sprouted in Tobago; In Old Madrid - two Americans are left behind in Madrid with an elephant and soon the animal is matched up for battle with a fine Spanish bull!; Photo of London "Dog Market"; With a Bristol Fighter Squadron - Part 2; Photo of the only inhabited "Cloghaun" in Ireland; My Two Years' Captivity Among the Turks - Part 4 - The Adventures and Daring Escape of Airman Capt. T.W. White; A Land of Gods - photo-illustrated article about the people and places of the Kulu Valley of India; The Hunting of Lot Shumway - the pursuit and ultimate capture of this Northern Arizona badman; How Nixon Made Good - a western railroad tale; Photo of Harry Rich of Kansas City - the Human Gun Carriage!; Photo of large tree growing up through millstone at Sheldon's Mill at South Dover, New York. Somewhat above-average wear with openings along backstrip. Unmarked. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book‎