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19478vo., First Edition, with endpaper maps; grey cloth, gilt back, top lightly dust-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, moderately age-soiled dustwrapper. Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur 'Bomber' Harris (1892-1984) was Commander in Chief Bomber Command from 1942 (when he replaced Richard Peirse) to 1945. Based on his experiences in London during the Blitz, Harris developed a belief in intensive incendiary bombing as a means not merely of destroying cities but of undermining civilian morale. His new concept of 'area bombing' was put into practice with the first 'thousand-bomber' raid on Cologne in May 1942. Like most large-scale innovations this was a major gamble, but its undoubted success (colossal damage inflicted for the loss of forty aircraft) paved the way for Britain's bombing strategy for the rest of the war. Eventually this policy (which remains controversial to this day) brought him into direct conflict with both Portal and Churchill, but Harris pursued it doggedly until the surrender. Arguably the greatest RAF commander of WWII, Harris was an outstanding and inspiring leader, achieving almost iconic status among staff and crews alike. After the war he refused a peerage but accepted a baronetcy in 1953. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.65.
1968Winsor, Hylton Lacy, 1968. In-8 à l'italienne cartonné, 64 pages. Abondamment illustré.
1969Windsor ,Hylton Lacy ,1969; 2 volumes in-8 à l'italienne, cartonnés, 62 et 64 pages, nombreuses illustrations dont quelques unes en couleur.
19998vo, 237 pages, illustrated. eng
1992Folio, 143 pages, illustrated. eng
1972Numerous illustrations. Light wear to covers.
1944Describes the day-to-day experiences of a RAF pilot during the Second World War. 165 pages. Blue cloth covers. Wear to extremities of covers
1943A selection of broadcasts made by R.A.F. airmen between March 1942 and May 1943. 112 pages. Wear to cover edges and some marks on covers. Vertical crease down front cover and following few pages.
In 8 . Reliure souple de l'editeur, sous jaquette illustree. 315 pages. Legers accrocs a la jaquette sinon bel exemplaire. [NV-4]
in-8°, 234 pp., photographies h.t. n/b, cartonnage illustre de l'editeur. Coup a la coiffe superieure sinon bon etat. [DV-21]
in-8°, 256 pp., photographies h.t. n/b, annexes, broche, couv. illustree. Bon etat. [109B-14]
HB + DW - 189 pp. Near fine copy in not so good d.w., wear to extremities. [VA-2]
in-16, 221 pp., broche, couv. ill. plast.- Très bel exemplaire. [PM-LP9]
1984Features: Air Superiority - does it have a future?; The Fleet's first fighter - the forgotten TS-1; Stop gap bomber - Lockheed Hudson. Art: General Dynamics F-16E Super Falcon; Lockheed California Ramp circa 1940. Faint cup ring on front cover. Book
1978Features: Was the B-24 Liberator a Brand X Bomber? - a first hand account from inside the cockpit; The Luftwaffe's "Moskito" - Exclusive photos and drawings; The Roto-Wizards - England's Secret Helicopter-Parachute; Wings discovers another Japanese Aircraft Graveyard. Art: Consolidated B-24J; Focke-Wulf Ta-154 "Moskito"; B-24 Montage; Focke-Wulf Ta-154 "Moskito" Book
1973Features: Test Flying the F7F Tigercat - WW II's most powerful fighter; Blackburn Skua - Dive Bombing with the Fleet Air Arm; Doug Davis and the Travel Air Mystery Ships; B-18 the bomber nobody wanted. Art: Grumman XF7F-1 and F7F-3; Blackburn Skua cutaway Book
1982Features: The F-86 in Korea - Spectacular eight page color section - the aces, the planes, the combat; DC-2 Bombers; Orion attack planes; Gamma fighters; American aircraft of the Spanish civil war; The Arado 234 Jet Bomber - Germany's last-ditch wonder weapon. Art: Special Color Pictorial - North American F-86A, E and F Sabres in Combat over Korea. Faint crease to front cover. Book
1982Features: Aerial warfare of the future - the remotely piloted bomber, interceptor, Recon vehicle - a concise history. Exclusive: a visit to "Top Gun" - the Navy's graduate school of dogfighting. Italy's Cant bombers. Art: Northrop %-5Ds NAS Miramar; Northrop F-5Es and McDonnell Douglas A-4s; F-5, F-4 and F-14s in formation; F-5s and A-4 Skyhawks; Top Gun formations. Light moisture rippling along top edge. Book
1981Features: Super Bomber Square-off - Boeing's B-29 vs. Nakajima's G8N "Rita"; Hap Arnold and the great production battle of Wichita; A nostalgic look at the Mighty 8th's Fighters. Art: Nakajima G8N Renzan; Three View G8N "Rita"; Japanese Super Bomber profiles Book
1980Features: Typhoon/Tempest/Tornado - the emergence of the British Fighter/Bomber; Grumman's last Torpedo Bomber; War Diary of a Helicopter Gunship Pilot in Vietnam - Exclusive photos. Art: North American F-86F Sabres; Lockheed XFV-1; Grumman AF-2S Guardian Book
1980Features: Vulcan - World's first Delta-winged bomber; Pt. II of the Lockheed P-58 Story - could it have been the best heavy fighter of WW II?; Germany's Slingshot Catapult Birds. Art: XP-58 3 View; Vulcan Mk 1 and Crew; Vulcan Mk II; Vulcan Mk II with Hound Dog Missiles. Water rippling to top portion. Book
1977Features: Exclusive - For the First Time Anywhere, the Custer Flying Wing!; Rocket Fighter Pt II - Attacking the Bomber Streams; WW II's Pacific Graveyards; The Lightning in North Africa and Compressibility at 30,000 feet; Outlandish Winged wonders. Art: Lockheed P-38H; Lockheed F-5B; Messerschmitt 163S & 263; Kawanishi H8K 2 "Emily"; Mitsubishi G4M1 "Betty"; Vought F4U Corsair Book
1977Features: Was Vought's F8U-3 Crusader III Crucified by an Unworkable Fighter/Bomber Concept?; Climbing the Alps to Germany - the Lockheed P-38 over Africa, Sicily and Italy; Frances WW I Breguet Bomber Brigade. Art: Vought F8U-3 Crusader III; Crusader IIIs in flight; Lockheed P-38J-5 with F-5B Magazine
198748 pages. Contains full colour artworks and photographs. Chapters include: Genesis of the Stratofortress; Stratofortress - Technical Features; Stratofortress Weapons Systems; Stratofortress in Service; Stratofortress Colours and Markings; Specifications. Light to moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Book
1955Multi-paginated Profusely illustrated with black and white photography, diagrams and advertisements. No. 2410 Vol. 67 contains: Maritime Britannia - first particulars of Canadair's CL-28; Re-Rising Sun - the Japanese aircraft industry 10 years after VJ-Day; Southern Air Traffic Control at London Airport; H.M. Carriers 1955 - survey's the role of the aircraft carrier in a thermo-nuclear age and previews the carrier strength of British and Commonwealth navies; Carrier Developments - recent inventions to increase efficiency on the flight deck; Scotland's Air Ambulances - two B.E.A. Herons go into operation. No. 2411 Vol. 67 8 April 1955 contains: The Speed of the Fox - a fairey occasion with historic associations; Jodel D.112 and Druine Turbi - Two French Ultra-light Two-seaters Compared; London Airport Central - photos of the new passenger handling block; Ferry 604 - The diary of a Viscount delivery flight to Montreal; Radically New Cockpit Design - U.S. Navy's television instrumentation; No. 47 Squadron - history of a famous transport command unit; Air Gunnery at Sylt; The Edo Amphibious Float; Two photos of the Handley Page Victor; The Deuce - English Electric's Digital Computer; T.C.A. and the Viscount - Background to the North American debut of a British turboprop airliner. No. 2413 Vol. 67 22 April 1955: Photo of the Hiller "Flying Platform"; Mixed Power - Engines of Different Species in Combination, Mr. M.J. Brennan's R.Ae.S. Lecture; Actuallites Francaises - the mighty Armagnac *page 519-520 missing from this article*; At the controls of the B-45 - Second-pilot time on a four-jet bomber; Britannia's Johannesburg Trials - Phase one of the tropical tests; Idlewild's New Terminal Area. No.2414 Vol.67 29 April 1955: Guide to First 1955 National Air Races; The Supercharged Turboprop - Dr. Hooker's S.A.E. Lecture on the Bristol B.E. 25, successor to the Proteus; Automatic Interception - all-weather single-seaters defending the U.K.; Meeting of the Airways; Actualites Francaises - the Morane-Saulnier M.S.760 Paris; Silencing Jet Helicopters - a notable paper by Professor E.J. Richards; Sopwith Camel - Historic Military Aircraft No. 10; Tower of London - radar, radio and lighting controls in the new central building. No. 2415 Vol. 67 6 May 1955: A Coming-of-age with Gannets; Actualites Francaises - part 3 - non-stop variety in light aircraft; Jet Provost - Hunting Percival's New Av Initio Trainer (includes 2-page detailed drawing); The First Round - Swansea sees the start of the 1955 national air races; Off the Ice - an R.C.A.F. helicopter rescues a Cessna which was partially submerged beneath ice; Igor Sikorsky in Great Britain - Pioneer Helicopter Designer's Lecture to the Institution of Mechanical Engineers; Fabrications to Float and Fly - rubber dinghies, balloons, and much else - the work of the R.F. D company; "Hot" Parts by the Hundred - Briggs Motor Bodies, Ltd. No. 2416 Vol. 67 13 May 1955: More Thoughts on Jet Lift; Routine Atlantic Crossing - Passenger's impressions of a typical Transatlantic flight by B.O.A.C. Stratocruiser; The World's Air Forces - Their compostion, duties and aircraft *2 pages of this article are loose but present*; 1955 Military Aircraft Data; National Aircraft Insignia; The World's Air Forces Cont'd. No. 2417 Vol. 67 May 20, 1955: A Truimphant British Motion Picture - The Dam Busters; Luftwaffe Redivivus - Germany's New Air Force for A.A.F.C.E. - Its strenghts and constitution; The Party Line on Airlines - Tories, Labour and Liberals express their view for "flight"; Supersonic Fighter - a critical examination of the F-100A Super Sabre (with detailed drawing); Introduction to Air Freight - Part 1 American Domestic Scene; The S.N.C.A.S.E. S.E. 210 Caravalle - France's First Jet Airliner (with detailed drawing); Regularity in the making - the technical organization behind B.O.A.C.; Flight Control - an historical review - Abstracts from Dr. Draper's Wilbur Wright Lecture; Deutsche Lufthansa in Book