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THE SKY AND I.

Volkersz, Veronica, · 1956

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

W. H. Allen, London,1956, 1st edn., 200pp, seventeen half tone photo illustrations on 8pp, red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured photo-pictorial dustwrapper, leaves from the log book of a British airwoman in war and peace including the first full story of the Air Tran...

FIVE UP - A Chronicle of Five Lives.

Lucas, Laddie CBE, DSO and bar, DFC, · 1999

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

Crecy, Manchester, 1999, 3rd edn., 1st in imprint, trade paperback, 300pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., half tone photo pictorial montage upper wrapper, two of the lives referred to were pre WW2 when the author was a successful Fleet Street journalist and an international golfe...

NINE LIVES.

Deere, Air Commodore Alan C., DSO, OBE, DFC, · 2019

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

Goodall/Crecy, Manchester, 2019, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, 284pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., line drawing in text, [iii] ads., half tone photo pictorial montage upper wrapper, in continuous action from the outbreak of war until 1943, autobiography of a New Zealand RAF ...

THE DAMBUSTERS RAID.

Sweetman, John, · 2012

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

Cassell, London, 2012, reissued edn., trade paperback, xxiv, 296pp, 32pp half tone photo ills, maps/diagrams in text, photo montage upper wrapper, the Dambusters Raid, Operation Chastise, was undertaken by 19 Lancasters of 617 Squadron on the night of 16 May 1943 and was the ...

BACKROOM BOYS - Personal Stories of Britain's Air War 1939-1945.

Smithies, Edward, · 2012

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

Cassell, London, 2012, reissued edn., trade paperback, xxx, 306pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., coloured photo pictorial upper wrapper, originally published as 'War in the Air' by Viking 1990, compiled from interviews with over 250 of those involved, anecdotes from behind the ...

BACKROOM BOYS - Personal Stories of Britain's Air War 1939-1945.

Smithies, Edward, · 2012

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

Cassell, London, 2012, reissued edn., trade paperback, xxx, 306pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., coloured photo pictorial upper wrapper, originally published as 'War in the Air' by Viking 1990, compiled from interviews with over 250 of those involved, anecdotes from behind the ...

WAR IN THE AIR - Men and Women Who Built, Serviced and Flew War Planes Remember the Second World War.

Smithies, Edward (compiled by), · 1990

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,374)

Viking, London, 1990, 1st edn., xxx, 306pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, compiled from interviews with over 250 of those involved, anecdotes from behind the scenes of the RAF from the people who designed, b...

WING LEADER.

Johnson, 'Johnnie', (Group Captain J. E. Johnson, DSO**, DFC*), foreword by Group Captain Douglas Bader, CBE, DSO, DFC, · 1958

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,476)

The Reprint Society, London, 1958, club edn., 320pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., red cloth with black leather title label at spine lettered in gilt, upper edge coloured, geometric design dustwrapper, the story of an RAF fighter pilot, from a raw Volunteer Reserve sergeant pilo...

BOMBER GROUP AT WAR.

Bowyer, Chaz, · 1981

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,796)

Ian Allen, Shepperton - Surrey, 1981, 1st edn., 160pp, numerous half tone photo ills., appendices in text, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, oversize (12 x 9 inches), in the 'At War' series, an illustrated account of Bomber Command's No. 5 Gr...

WAR IN THE AIR - The Men and Women who Built, Serviced and Flew War Planes remember the Second World war.

Smithies, Edward, · 1990

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,953)

Vikiing, London, 1990, 1st edn., xxx, 306pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, compiled from interviews with over 250 of those involved, anecdotes from behind the scenes of the RAF from the people who designed, ...

NO MOON TONIGHT.

Charlwood, Don, · 1995

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

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...

NO MOON TONIGHT.

Charlwood, Don, · 1986

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

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 C...

WINGS ON MY SLEEVE.

Brown, Captain Eric, · 2007

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Phoenix, London, 2007, 1st printing thus, trade paperback, half tone photo frontis, 296pp, numerous half tone photo ills. in text, coloured upper wrapperr, the WW2 experiences of a young RNVR officer. When WW2 broke out the author was already a trained pilot of the RAFVR who ...

WINGS ON MY SLEEVE.

Brown, Captain Eric, · 2008

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Phoenix, London, ND (circa 2008), 4th printing, trade paperback, half tone photo frontis, 296pp, numerous half tone photo ills. in text, coloured upper wrapperr, the memoirs of a WW2 Royal Navy pilot who became a test pilot for the Royal Navy and the Royal Aircraft Establishm...

FLYING IN, WALKING OUT - Memories of War and Escape 1939-1945.

Sniders, Edward, · 1999

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

ISIS Publishing Ltd. Oxford, 1999, large print reprint, paperback, 230 pp, double page map, line drawings in text, pictorial upper wrapper, the memoirs of an RAF Mosquito pilot, the author joined the Royal Air Force after one year at Magdalen College, Oxford with basic trainin...

SPITFIRE - A VERY BRITISH LOVE STORY.

Nichol, John, · 2018

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

Simon and Schuster UK LTD, London, 2018, 13th imp., 434 pp., 8pp. colour photos, in text half tone photo ills., col'd pictorial endpapers, navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper by David Moore.an account of the Supermarine Spitfire, the Roya...

LANCASTER -THE FORGING OF A VERY BRITISH LEGEND.

Nichol, John, · 2020

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Simon and Schuster UK LTD., London, 2020, 1st edn., hardback, 448 pp. 8 pp. coloured photos, in text half tone photo ills., col'd photo pictorial endpapers, navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper by David Moore.an account of the Avro Lancas...

SPITFIRE - PORTRAIT OF A LEGEND.

McKinstry, Leo, · 2007

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

John Murray, London, 2007, 1st in format, paperback, 435 pp,, 16 pp. half tone photo images, coloured wrappers illustrated by Wilf Hardy, and account of the Supermarine Spitfire from its design stages by R. J. Mitchell thriough its epic battles in WW2 to its final days with t...

NORTH AMERICAN P-51 MUSTANG VOLUME 5.

Johnsen, Frederick A., · 1996

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,374)

Specialty Press Publishers and Wholesalers, North Branch MN, USA, 1996, paperback, 100pp., in text line and half tone photo illustrations throughout incl. 2pp in colour, large format paperback about 11 x 8.5 inches, coloured photo pictorial wrappers, in the Warbird Tech series...

MERLIN - THE POWER BEHIND THE SPITFIRE, MOSQUITO AND LANCASTER.

Hoyland, Graham, · 2020

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

William Collins, London, 2020, 1st edn.., 358 pp. in text and full page half tone photo ills., exploded line drwing of the 1280hp Merlin angine at endpapers, dark blue cloth lettered in silver at spine, coloured pictorial montage dustwrapper, an account of the conception, bir...