‎Aviation ‎

‎Warwick Nigel W. M.‎

‎CONSTANT VIGILANCE: THE RAF REGIMENT IN THE BURMA CAMPAIGN.‎

‎Barnsley South Yorkshire: Pen & Sword Aviation 2007. 302 pp large 8vo 9 7/8" H. B&w photographs b&w and colour maps. "A forgotten air force in a forgotten war. This history finally addresses in detail the exploits of the Royal Air Force's youngest Corps the RAF Regiment in the campaign in South-East Asia. A dedicated and specialist ground force for active defence of airfields the Regiment played a vital and significant role in the two major battles for Burma. The struggle at Imphal ranks alongside Stalingrad and Alamein in its significance for the defeat of the Axis. Here the Regiment patrolled the airstrips and jungle hills and ensured they were clear of Japanese intruders. In March 1945 the Regiment participated in the masterstroke of the Burma campaign; the thrust for and capture of Meiktila. That the Regiment was able to carry out its tasks so effectively and efficiently despite inadequate numbers outdated equipment and often with a significant proportion of the unit debilitated with tropical ailments is a tribute to the diligence tenacity persistence and professionalism of its officers and airmen. The book draws on the operations record books diaries and recollections of the men who served inthe RAF Regiment in South-East Asia Command. It is strongly supported by maps and diagrams and is illustrated with many hitherto unpublished photographs. Small area of very faint line indentations on free front endpaper small bump at bottom corner of front board. Dust jacket has light edge wrinkling - mainly at top/bottom of spine very faint line indentations on front and rear panels. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good-. Pen & Sword Aviation Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 26089 ISBN : 1844155005 9781844155002

‎Fitzpatrick Frederick L. and Karl A. Stiles‎

‎THE BIOLOGY OF FLIGHT Air-Age Education Series‎

‎NY: Macmillan. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1942. Third Printing. Hardcover. Small crimp at top of spine one corner bumped large "X" written on front pastedown endpaper in blue pencil; Photographs and drawings . Macmillan hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 36035

‎Mutza Wayne‎

‎LOACH! The Story of the H-6/Model 500 Helicopter‎

‎Atglen PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd. Fine. 2005. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. 0764323431 . Small folio; Photographs - some color; 11 X 8.40 X 0.50 inches; 144 pages . Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. paperback‎

Référence libraire : 35901 ISBN : 0764323431 9780764323430

‎Franks Norman ed. Neville Duke.‎

‎THE WAR DIARIES OF NEVILLE DUKE: THE JOURNALS OF SQUADRON LEADER N F DUKE DSO OBE DFC & 2 BARS AFC MC Cz 1941-44.‎

‎London: Grub Street 1995. 218 pp large 8vo 9 1/2"H. B&w maps photos. "Joining the RAF at the beginning of the war Neville Duke found himself aged 19 as a young fighter pilot with the crack 92 Squadron at RAF Biggin Hill in 1941. That spring and summer he survived the air battles over Northern France with the Biggin Hill Wing often flying as wingman to the legendary 'Sailor' Malan - Fighter Command's top-scoring pilot at that time. In those months he learnt the fighter pilot's trade lessons that were to prove invaluable when in November he was posted to a very different war in the Western Desert. Flying the famous 'Shark-Mouthed' P40B Tomahawk fighters with 112 Sqn he quickly established himself as one of the most successful pilots in North Africa winning the DFC and bar. By 1943 he was flight commander with his old 92 Squadron which had also become part of the Desert Air Force. Again flying Spitfires he had scored twenty-one by the end of the Tunisian Campaign was a warded the DSO then given command of 145 Spitfire Squadron in Italy. Leading this unit in the summer of 1944 he brought his score to twenty-eight returning home in late 1944 as the highest scoring pilot in the Mediterranean Theatre." One illustration page with small corner crease. Dust jacket has minor wrinkling at top of spine and rear flap-fold and tiny tear at top of rear flap-fold. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Grub Street, Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 25950 ISBN : 1898697167 9781898697169

‎Barclay George. Edited by Humphrey Wynn.‎

‎FIGHTER PILOT. A SELF-PORTRAIT BY GEORGE BARCLAY.‎

‎London: Kimber 1976. 224 pp lg. 8vo 9 1/2" H hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 071830294X B&w photos. "This is the outstanding story of a Royal Air Force Volunteer Reservist who flew in the Battle of Britian and kept an exciting day-to-day diary of his experiences. Later shot down over Northern France he evaded capture and made his way home through Spain and Gibraltar with the help of the French Resistance Workers and the Allied escape organization. Again he wrote a vivid account of his exploits but was unable to complete it because after a few months in the UK on fighter operations he was sent off to the Middle East in command of a squadron. There after only a few weeks he was shot down and killed over El Alamein when leading his pilots on an operation on the evening of 17th July 1942. He was 22." Light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine tiny foxing marks on top of text block. Dust jacket has light rubbing light edge wrinkling - moderate at top/bottom of spine very small tear at top of front flap-fold - archivally taped a few line indentations on front panel. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good-. Kimber Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 25933 ISBN : 071830294X 9780718302948

‎D Federal Aviation Administration FAA Creator‎

‎Organization/Cost Center Codes: Standard Data Elements‎

‎BiblioGov 2012-09-13. Paperback. Good. BiblioGov paperback‎

Référence libraire : SONG1249364450 ISBN : 1249364450 9781249364450

‎Jackson Robert‎

‎AIRCRAFT OF WORLD WAR II Features Seven-Views Per Aircraft‎

‎NY: Fall River Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2009. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 143511440X . Horizontal folio; Photographs and color paintings; 1.1 x 11.6 x 8.5 Inches; 224 pages . Fall River Press hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 32686 ISBN : 143511440X 9781435114401

‎Band William F. X.‎

‎WARRIORS WHO RIDE THE WIND Flying Tigers -- Fourteenth Air Force‎

‎Memphis TN: Castle. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1993. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0916693201 . White shows very minor dust; Photographs . Castle hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 32521 ISBN : 0916693201 9780916693206

‎Just Gunther. Translated from the German by David Johnston. Foreword by Pierre Clostermann.‎

‎STUKA PILOT HANS-ULRICH RUDEL: HIS LIFE STORY IN WORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHS.‎

‎West Chester PA: Schiffer 1990. 278 pp 4to 11 1/4" H. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs reproductions. "Hans-Ulrich Rudel was called 'the Eagle of the Eastern Front'. This pastor's son from Silesia born in 1916 Colonel and last Commodore of the successful Stuka squadron 'Immelmann' was the only soldier in World War II to receive the highest German decoration for bravery. The Golden Oak Leaves with Swords and Jewels to the Knight's Cross recognized his unique number of superlative achievements. With 2530 combat missions and his total of successes unbeaten in all times and nations he stands far in the front of the world's renowned aerial aces. In low-level attacks often in the heaviest defensive fire in his slow 'Cannon-bird' he destroyed 519 Soviet tanks - 17 of them on a single day! On the list of scores achieved by this Stuka combat pilot who became a living legend to the soldiers of the Eastern Front there stood at war's end among others 1 battleship 1 cruiser 1 destroyer 70 landing craft and nine attested aircraft plus hundreds of motor vehicles numerous artillery anti-tank and anti-aircraft postions as well as armored convoys and bridges. Twelve comrades - six Stuka crews - were saved by him from capture or death. When he tried to rescue another crash-landed crew from Russian territory in 1944 he was taken prisoner fled with a bullet in his shoulder covered some 50 kilometers through the Soviet hinterlands and reached the German lines again. Shortly after this audacious exhausting flight the wounded man was flying in combat again. Shot more than thirty times by ground fire - but never once by a fighter plane - wounded five times the fervent sportsman took a direct anti-aircraft hit on the Odor front and lost his right leg. Just six weeks later the 'Bravest of the Brave' as the soldiers also called him was flying again despite being forbidden to ---" This is a heavy book and may require extra postage depending on destination. Small bump at three corners very light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket has light wrinkling and minor wear at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds very light rubbing. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Schiffer Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 25769 ISBN : 0887402526 9780887402524

‎Nowarra Heinz J. Translated from the German by Don Cox. Cover artwork by Steve Ferguson.‎

‎FIESELER Fi 156 STORCH.‎

‎Atglen PA: Schiffer 1997. 48 pp oblong 8 1/4" H x 11" D stapled in wraps. B&w photographs drawings. The Storch was developed for short take-off and landing requirements and was used in almost all theaters during World War II for reconnaissance rescues cable-laying etc. Inside - minor bump at top of spine small ghost sticker mark on title page otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - minor bump and wear at top of spine. Soft Cover. Very Good . Schiffer Paperback‎

Référence libraire : 25786 ISBN : 076430299X 9780764302992

‎Nowarra Heinz J. Translated from the German by Don Cox. Cover artwork by Steve Ferguson.‎

‎RUSSIAN FIGHTER AIRCRAFT 1920-1941.‎

‎Atglen PA: Schiffer 1997. 48 pp oblong 8 1/4" H x 11" D. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs drawings. Contents: Development; I-15 Chato; I-16 Rata; Additional Red Fighters; Soviet Fighters 1922-1940; I-15 Variants; I-16 Variants. Inside - small ghost sticker mark on title page otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - light rubbing on rear cover. Soft Cover. Very Good. Schiffer Paperback‎

Référence libraire : 25787 ISBN : 0764302949 9780764302947

‎Campbell John M. With Garry R. Pape.‎

‎NORTH AMERICAN XB-70 VALKYRIE: A PHOTO CHRONICLE.‎

‎Atglen PA: Schiffer 1996. 48 pp oblong 8 1/4" H x 11" D. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs drawings. Contents: Acknowledgements; Introduction; Development; Flight Test; XB-70 Accident; XB-70 in Detail. Inside - tiny creases at top corner of most pages otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - tiny crease at top corner of covers minor rubbing. . Soft Cover. Very Good . Schiffer Paperback‎

Référence libraire : 25784 ISBN : 0887409067 9780887409066

‎Peoples Kenneth.‎

‎BELL AH-1 COBRA VARIANTS. AEROFAX DATAGRAPH 4.‎

‎Arlington Texas: Aerofax 1988. 64 pp 11" H. Profusely illustrated in color and b&w with photographs drawings center fold-out b&w scale drawings. Contents: The Bell AH-1 Cobra Variants Story; Select Markings; Bell AH-1G 69-16440; In Detail. Inside - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor rubbing. . Soft Cover. Near Fine. Aerofax Paperback‎

Référence libraire : 25776

‎Miller Jay.‎

‎MIG-29 FULCRUM: THE SOVIET UNION'S MOST HERALDED FIGHTER REVEALED IN DETAIL. AEROFAX EXTRA 2.‎

‎Stillwater MN: Specialty Press 1991. 40 pp 11" H stapled in wraps. Profusely illustrated with color and b&w photographs b&w drawings. Contents: The MIG-29 Fulcrum Story; Selected Drawings; MIG-29 Fulcrum "Blue 06"; In Detail. Inside - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - a few tiny dints and small rub mark on front cover minor edge wear small sticker removal marks and very small scuffs on rear cover minor rubbing minor browning. Stapled in Wraps. Very Good -. Specialty Press Paperback‎

Référence libraire : 25775 ISBN : 0942548507 9780942548501

‎Griehl Manfred.‎

‎HEINKEL He 111H. THE LUFTWAFFE PROFILE SERIES NO. 9.‎

‎Atglen PA: Schiffer 64pp 11" H no date stapled in wraps. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs scale drawings colour profiles one fold-out. Inside - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very minor rubbing. . Soft Cover. Near Fine. Schiffer Paperback‎

Référence libraire : 25781 ISBN : 0764301659 9780764301650

‎Skulski Przemyslaw.‎

‎MACCHI C.202 FOLGORE. SERIA "POD LUPA" 7.‎

‎Wroclaw: Ace 1997. 31 pp 11 11/16" H stapled in wraps. Illustrated in colour and b&w with photographs drawings profiles. The main text in in Polish but there is an English summary which includes descriptions of the colour drawings on the covers and on pages 16-18. Several of the picture captions are bilingual especially in the scale drawing section. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - a few tiny fiant dints on front cover. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Ace Paperback‎

Référence libraire : 25799 ISBN : 8386153555 9788386153558

‎Di Terlizzi Maurizio. Illustrated by Mauro Ferri.‎

‎MACCHI MC 205 VELTRO.‎

‎Rome: IBN 1997. 64 pp 9 7/16" H. Profusely illustrated in colour and b&w with photographs profiles scale and other drawings. Bilingual text - Italian/English Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - one tiny soft corner crease spine slightly twisted. Soft Cover. Very Good. IBN Paperback‎

Référence libraire : 25806 ISBN : 8886815557 9788886815550

‎Skulski Przemyslaw.‎

‎MiG-21bis "FISHBED L/N". SERIA "POD lUPA" 12.‎

‎Wroclaw: Ace 2000. 32pp 11 5/8" H stapled in wraps. Illustrated in colour and b&w with photographs drawings profiles. The main text in in Polish but there is an English summary which includes descriptions of the colour drawings on the covers and of the b&w drawings on pages 10/11. A large percentage of the picture captions are bilingual. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very soft faint creases at corners and top of spine small crease on fore-edge of front cover - migrates into first two pages. . Soft Cover. Very Good . Ace Paperback‎

Référence libraire : 25800 ISBN : 8386153733 9788386153732

‎Boyne Walter J. foreword. William Allmon John Stanaway Wil Deac John Leyden Don Hollway Richard Vodra Bruce Crawford J‎

‎WWII AIR WAR: THE MEN - THE MACHINES - THE MISSIONS.‎

‎N.P.: Cowles / Prospero 1998. 176 pp oblong 8vo 8 1/2" H x 10 7/8" D. Profusely illustrated in color and b&w with photographs and art work. "Some of the best and brightest of today's aviation writers are brought together to paint a vivid picture of aviation during World War II. These specially selected stories bring aerial combat to life and give insight into the rapid development of air war technology spurred by that combat. Read in these pages how the Japanese 'Zero' - once thought invincible - was tamed recall the heroism of Britain's famous legless ace Douglas Bader enjoy the exploits of American P-38 pilots Dick Bong and Tom Lynch in the Pacific and taste the glory of German Luftwaffe pilot Erich Hartmann's more than 350 air victories. Edited and introduced by Arthur H. Sanfelici editor of 'Aviation History' Magazine and with a foreword by noted aviation historian and frequent contributor Walter J. Boyne this book is full of riveting vignettes that put you in the cockpit for a flight to adventure." Minor edge wear slight waviness and two tiny dints on fore-edge of text block two tiny scuffs on front board. Dust jacket has some areas of very light edge wrinkling various irregular line in dentations on rear panel. . 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good-. Cowles / Prospero Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 25811 ISBN : 088665372X 9780886653729

‎Zaloga Steven J.‎

‎MODERN SOVIET WARPLANES: FIGHTERS & INTERCEPTORS.‎

‎Hong Kong: Concord 1991. Unpaginated oblong 8 1/4" H x 11" D stapled in wraps. Profusely illustrated with b&w and color photographs. Interior - small soft bump to top corner of text block small bump at bottom corner of text block other wise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - small crease at corners a few small soft creases on covers. Soft Cover. Very Good. Concord Paperback‎

Référence libraire : 25832 ISBN : 9623610149 9789623610148

‎Green Michael.‎

‎U.S. AIRPOWER IN DESERT STORM.‎

‎Hong Kong: Concord 1991. Unpaginated 11" H soft cover. Profusely illustrated with b&w and colour photographs. Interior - small bump to top corner of text block otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - bump at top corner of covers minor rubbing. Soft Cover. Very Good. Concord Paperback‎

Référence libraire : 25830 ISBN : 9623619049 9789623619042

‎Debay Yves & Hill James.‎

‎CARRIER AIR WING 6. CONCORD COLOR SERIES 4006.‎

‎Hong Kong: Concord 1993. 94 pp 11" H. Profusely illustrated with colour photographs. Contents: The Ship USS Forrestal; The Flight Deck Crew; "Safety First"; Preparing and Starting the Mission; The Launch; The Recovery; Maintenance; Carrier Air Wing 6. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - small sticker removal damage on rear cover laminate missing. Soft Cover. Very Good . Concord Paperback‎

Référence libraire : 25829 ISBN : 9623617062 9789623617062

‎Mackersey Ian.‎

‎JEAN BATTEN: THE GARBO OF THE SKIES.‎

‎London: Macdonald. 1991. 465 pp large 8vo 9 7/16" H B&w photographs maps. "Jean Batten whose sudden disappearance in Majorca in 1982 created a mystery for nearly five years was one of the great aviation megastars of the 1930s. Her spectacular flights ranked with those of Britain's legendary Amy Johnson and America's Amelia Earhart. Yet despite her brilliance as a pilot she remained the least well-known of them all. For the dentist's daughter from New Zealand bu ilt an impregnable wall around her private life - which was dominated though few ever knew it by the shadowy Svengali figure of her mother. Drawing on secret memoirs found after her death and on hundreds of interviews with people who knew her this first biography of Jean's sad and elusive life explodes the enduring myths of happiness and perfection that she created for herself. The real Jean Batten emerges as a fascinating woman who combined bravery and ruthlessness with the stunning a nd seductive beauty she used so effectively to achieve her destiny. After her disappearance the search for Jean during the mid-1980s went on fruitlessly for five years. But where the diplomatic initiatives of the New Zealand Government failed to find her the determination of Ian Mackersey - and his wife Caroline - succeeded. In a major amateur detective operation they established at last in 1987 the truth about this remarkable woman's bizarre and lonely fate." Dust jacket has very minor rubbing very minor edge wrinkling tiny dint on front hinge. . Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Macdonald. Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 25862 ISBN : 0356195732 9780356195735

‎Henshaw Alex.‎

‎THE FLIGHT OF THE MEW GULL.‎

‎London: John Murray 1980. 310 pp 8vo 8 3/4" H. B&w photographs maps drawings. "Alex Henshaw had the luck to grow up in the '20s and '30s during the golden age of flying and thanks to his father's generous encouragement it was not long before he had his own Gipsy Moth. From that moment there was no looking back. The Blue Riband of flying in the British Isles between the two World Wars was the King's Cup: Henshaw set his heart on it developing a technique of racing which extracted the very maximum from his aircraft: first the Comper Swift and then the DH Leopard Moth. Parallel with his search for speed was an obsession with making accurate landfalls and he developed this blind-flying talent deliberately in a flying partnership with his father on many carefully planned long-distance survey flights. His exciting apprenticeship in these two skills was crowned by the acquisition of the Percival Mew Gull G-AEXF in 1937. After many initial successes with the machine Henshaw became associated with Jack Cross of Essex Aero Ltd at Gravesend who became primarily responsible for the racing and long distance preparations. First fruits of this partnerships was victory in the King's Cup of 1938 at a speed that was the fastest of any winning aircraft at any time. This was closely followed by an amazing solo flight to Cape Town and back in February 1939 establishing several solo records that still stand today over forty years later. This feat of navigation and airmanship must surely be one of man's greatest flights - 12754 miles over desert sea and jungle in a single-engined light aircraft. Alex Henshaw tells his story in a vivid style that puts you at the heart of all his battles and adventures." Small light bump at top of rear hinge slight waviness to edges of text block. Dust jacket has light wrinkling at top of rear hinge and rear flap-fold. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. John Murray Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 25558 ISBN : 0719537401 9780719537400

‎Overy Richard.‎

‎THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN EXPERIENCE.‎

‎London: Carlton 2010. 64 pp oblong 10 1/2" H x 12" D - in slipcase. B&w photographs many facsimile enclosures attached or in envelopes/pouches - all present. Published in association with the Royal Air Force to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain this book is the story of the battle: the machines which took to the air; the tactics employed by each side; gripping accounts of the action; the people who took part from the Commanders to the pilots to the ground crew and plotters. Fascinating facsimile documents from the Royal Air Force Museum and National Archives bring this great battle to life as never before. Facsimile documents include: The official German order to prepare for the invasion of Great Britain; Pilot's Notes for the Spitfire including advice on looping diving and spinning; Operations room plotting map for 14 September 1940 showing the track tracings of German air raids; Winston Churchill's notes for his famous 'the few' speech to parliament on 20 August 1940; Extracts from the logbook of Douglas Bader; The diary of a Hurricane pilot for 15 September 1940 - Battle of Britain Day." Previous owner's place date and signature in ink on free front endpaper. Slipcase has one small dent on rear edge a few tiny dints on rear panel one corner with light wear very minor rubbing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket - as issued. Carlton Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 25482 ISBN : 1847325319 9781847325310