LEAROYD, VC Roderick Alastair BrookMareMagnum
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Single sheet, measuring 8.25 x 6.0 ins (approx. 21.0 x 15.0 cms), on printed stationery from Learoyd's home in Rustington, and dated 7 September 1995; near fine state. THE LETTER IS WRITTEN, DATED AND SIGNED ENTIRELY IN LEAROYD'S HAND, AND IS SOLD WITH A POOR QUALITY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT. Roderick Alastair Brook Learoyd was gazetted for the Victoria Cross on 20 August 1940. The citation reads: 'On 12 August 1940 Flight Lieutenant Learoyd was one of the pilots briefed to bomb the Dortmund-Ems Canal in Germany. Of the four other aircraft which had already made the attack on that night, two were destroyed and two were badly hit. Flight Lieutenant Learoyd took his plane into the target at only 150 feet, in the full glare of the searchlights and flak barrage all around him. The aircraft was very badly damaged but the bombs were duly dropped and he managed to get his crippled plane back to England where he flew round until first light, finally landing without causing injury to his crew or further damage to his aircraft'. Flight Lieutenant (later Wing Commander) Roderick Alastair Brook Learoyd (1913-1996) was serving with 49 Squadron, Bomber Command.
Features/Photos: Centrefold - Four Flemish masterpieces in colour (centrefold loose but present); King Baudouin of the Belgians with his fiancee, Dona Fabiola De Mora Y Aragon; 20 years after the Battle of Britain; Three governments claim they rule the Congo Republic; B-47 jet bomber lands in Shannon, Eire after mid-air collision 300 miles away; devastation in the trail of hurricane Donna on the eastern seaboard of America; what the architect and engineer are doing to the face of London, Plymouth and Dorset; Royal School, Bath; Triaga, a nuclear reactor designed for teaching purposes; New airline pilot training college at Hamble; The Bluebird crash; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Book
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Dozens of quality black and white photos and illustrations. Features: N. Clarke illustration of a Hudson attacking a Heinkel; Survivors of the Benares taken aboard; Photo of smiling British kids who survived 8 days adrift; The men who saved St. Paul's - defusing large unexploded German bombs; German guns to fight Germans; Text of a speech broadcasted by J. Maynard Keynes entitled "British Finances Today"; Photos of the destruction of night bombing in London; Photo of Londoners in underground stations after nightfall; Numerous photos of downed German aircraft in England; Photos of H.M. Submarine Sturgeon plus her Captain and crew - responsible for sinking a German transport which carried 3 to 4 thousand troops; centerfold illustration by S. Drigin shows German troop ship sinking after being torpedoed by H.M. Submarine Sturgeon; Photos of Dutch and Frenchmen supporting the British cause; South Africa shares its war effort; Aerial photos of Dunkirk as she appeared after the British Army left, and then after the R.A.F. left it - smashed; Photos of damage to Berlin and Calais; Illustrated article on the Balkan Melting Pot - Struggle for the control of strategic centres; full-page map of Rumania under the axe; Superb full-page photo portrait of W.A. (Billy) Bishop - Canada's Greatest Air Fighter; Photos of Rumania signing away her territory to Hungary; Captured Italian Savoia bomber; Commentary on the war this week; photos of Arabs who have rallied to the cause of freedom; Summary of chief events in the war this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Photos of the destruction wrought by Swansea's three-night blitz, including bad damage to another London hospital; Photo of downed German bomber in southwest England; Photo-illustrated text of a Canadian broadcast by Lord Beaverbrook entitled "The Pathway of the Atlantic; Photo of Sir John Dill during a visit to the Aldershot command; Photo inside a Canadian auto factory - Canadian mechanical transport played a notable part in the big drive in the Western Desert; Photos of the German Hamburg-Amerika freighter Idarwald after being set ablaze by her crew after attempting to run the British blockade off Cuba; Five photos of Winston Churchill inspecting British Home Guard personnel; Great photos of the War in Libya; Centerfold illustration by Montague B. Black shows the port of Brest being bombed again; Polish sailors co-operating with the Royal Navy; Photo of a Pom Pom gun being reloaded by four sailors; Three photos of Australian Prime Minister R.G. Menzies - at Bengazi, in England, and at a southwest port; Photo-illustrated text of broadcast by Major-General R.J. Collins entitled "Progress in the Middle East"; Illustration by W. Grogman shows a British motor-torpedo boat shooting down a German bomber in the Channel; Inspection of a massive Irish coastal gun; Lord Gort is met in Ireland by Sir Henry R. Pownall; Commentary on the war this week; Four amazing photos of the castaways of Emira Island, where the Germans left 328 survivors of vessels they had sunk; Summary of the chief events in the war this week. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book
98 pages. Features: Through the Sonic Barrier - flight faster than sound with simple tube jets now seems possible - great photos including the Northrop XB-35 Flying Wing Bomber; Report From Bikini - nuclear tests - with photos; Let's Learn to Fly, Part V; Flight in the Seabee; Report from Ottawa; Farm to Airport in Forty-five Days - The Barrie (Ontario) Flying Club; Provincial Portrait from the Air - making big scale Ontario Map will take three Ansons Five Years; What is IATA?; London Letter; Taylorcraft is Back; Maintenance Section; and more. Many pages of great ads. Small ink stamp to front cover and ad on first page. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
30 pages. Features: Spotless Pigs, and Radios for the Hens - the change in Canadian farming is staggering, and so is the investment - Robert and Harold Lawrie sell only superior pigs, Aubrey Livingston operates an automated dairy farm; Reginald Hartman sells 14,000 rabbits a year, Feathercrest Farms partners include Jack Ungerman, Samuel Mandel, William Garfat, and Leonard Rosenberg; The Night George Drew Smashed a Reporter in the Face - and other exotic, fantastic and entirely ridiculous true adventures from an upcoming book by, yes folks, Old Rawhide himself, Max Ferguson; Fantastic 2 page colour ad for 3 Chrysler Models for 1968 - the Fury, Monaco and New Yorker; Here is a peak that soars two miles above the Yukon - Mount Saskatchewan - and here are the four intrepid mountaineers who tamed it (well, almost) - Gertrude Smith, Wendy Teichmann, Andrea Rankin, Helen Butling; Thou Shalt Not... - Bylaw Abiding Etobicoke, by Tom Alderman; "You Get Stompted on a lot in 19 Years" - Winnipeg Blue Bomber Quarterback Ken Ploen; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Book
Pages 273 - 312. Features: Lovely colour ad for the De Havilland Comet used by British Overseas Airways Corporation shows plane in flight; Photos of avalanche terror in the Alps - engulfed villages; Great two-page photo of the start of the famous Tasman Ocean Yacht Race; Wow - two illustrated pages describe the Alberta tar sands "containing four times the rest of the world's known oil reserves"; Photos of personalities of the week, including Spain's first ambassador to Britain since 1946, Don Miguel Primo de Rivera, and his wife; Two pages of photos of the marriage of the Shah of Iran (Persia) to his new Empress, formerly Miss Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari; Photo-illustrated article on the Life of John Maynard Keynes; The Gold Coast's first steps in democracy - election photos; Two pages of photos of U.N. troops in winter war action in central Korea; Centerfold photo of incredible devastation caused by the Mount Lamington eruption; Mice demonstrate road safety in Glasgow!; Photo of huge B 36 Bomber; Restoration of St. George's Hall, King's Lynn - believed to be England's largest medieval guildhall; photos of new French and British weapons; Photos illustrated how bulky files of newspapers are transfered to tiny rolls of microfilm; Amazing photos of lying squirrels in flight; Swedish ballets; Nice colour ad for Imperial Leather toilet powder inside back cover; Nice colour ad for Jacob & Co's Cream Crackers on back cover; and more. Cover holding by one staple. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 485-528.. Features: Nice colour ad for the Walpamur Co Ltd. inside front cover; One-page Daimler car ad features the Regency Mk. II and Conquest Century; Nice one-page ad for the British Iron and Steel Federation features large illustrations of labourers; One-page ad for the Olivetti Summa 15 adding/listing machine; Nice one-page ad for Standard Cars; Great photos of the Wansdyke underground depository for records and valuables - offering full protection in this H-bomb age; The old U.S. lake steamer "Ticonderoga" makes her last voyage by land; Scenes from nationalist-held Quemoy Island - an armed camp only 5 miles from the Chinese mainland; Nuclear test tower in Nevada; Smoke from the biggest atomic explosion of 1955; Latest version of the B-52 bomber; Maiden flight of the French Super Mystere B-1; Lieut.-Colonel Robert R. Scott and the Thunderstreak jet fighter he flew from Los Angeles to New York in less than four hours; One-page photo portrait of Professor Sir Alexander Fleming; Latest discoveries at Sakkara - article with photos; Two pages of photos illustrate excavation of the Mastaba of the reign of Udimu, fifth Pharaoh of the first dynasty, at Sakkara; Photo of Choe En-Lai, The Panchen Lama, Mr. Mao Tse-Tung, the Dalai Lama and Mr. Liu Shao-Chi at a Peking banquet celebrating the Tibetan New Year; Centerfold photos shows how the Windsor chari may be assembled in ten seconds; Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery mountaineers from plane - his photos are presented; Photos of !3 personalities of the week include Mrs. Wintringham, Hashim Khan, Mr. J.A. Milne, King Tribhuvana and Mr. Imre Nagy; The C.P.R. ferry boat Princess of Vancouver has an electrically-driven bow propeller; Margot Fonteyn; Winston Churchill feeds chicken to zoo lion; Mr. Donald Campbell's turbo-jet hydroplane Blue Bird on Ullswater; Sir Robert Howe with the Prime Minister of the Sudan; Lovely colour ad for the Humber Hawk car inside back cover; Nice colour-ad for Double Diamond on back cover. and.more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 849-894. Features: Cover photo of Gen. Franco; Photo of G. A. D. Ogilvie-Forbes, the British chargé d'affaires in Madrid; Photo of Don Francisco Largo Caballero, Prime Minister of Spain; Photo of Spanish boys drilling as "Arrows" (the equivalent of the Italian Balilla) at Burgos; Two pages of graphic photos entitled The Battle for Madrid - the capital of Spain as the converging point of the Civil War; Two pages of photos entitled In the Madrid Sector - Gen. Franco's redoubtable troops - Moors, Legionnaires, and other insurgent forces superior to their enemies in tactics; Book review of "Three Sea Journals of Stuart Times", by Dawtrey Cooper; One page illustration of the King George V national memorial; Photo illustrated article on pioneer work at Chanhu-Daro, an unexplained site in the Indus Valley - arts, industry, and sanitation of the Harappa period, with relics of another epoch hitherto unknown; Page of photos of ancient sanitation technology in India - drainage, wells, and baths; Page of photos of toys used in India 5000 years ago; Page of photos depicting the beginnings of Indian sculpture - figurines from Chanhu-Daro; Page of photos and text explain prehistoric Indian bead-making; Rediscovery of Rembrandt masterpiece "Juno"; Page of photos illustrating the assault on Madrid and its approaches - bomb and shell havoc, street defences, and some of Gen. Franco's Moroccan troops; Britain's formidable new "Harrow" bomber - three photos of its mass production; Five photos illustrate present Roosevelt's (FDR's) sweeping victory; Centrefold photo of the king laying wreath at the Cenotaph in Whitehall on the 18th anniversary of Armistice Day; Photos of funeral of Adm. of the Fleet Sir John Kelly; Two photos of Miss Jean Batten in New Zealand after her record-breaking flight from England; Photo of the first ruler of Mysore to leave India - H.H. the Maharajah, H.H. The Yuvaraja, and prince Jayachamarajendra are all shown riding an elephant; Photos of personalities of the week include G. Ridley, Gerald Hawken Knight, Gerard Mackworth young, air Vice Marshal C. L. Courtney, H. Clifford Smith, C. H. Sampson, Sir John Kelly, Arthur Evans, Polish Foreign Minister Col. Beck and Mme. Beck with Anthony Eden, Sir Arthur K. Yapp, the Rev. Pat McCormick, and the right Rev. C. E. Curzon; Article explains how freak goldfish are produced; 12 photos of mongoose "Rikki" - home pet and film star; Four photos of duel to the death between mongoose and cobra; Nine photos illustrate Libya under Italian occupation, including photo of air marshal Balbo; Classy one page ad for Austin Reed men's fashions; One-page Johnnie Walker ad shows him playing solitaire; Halfpage classy photo ad for Rolls-Royce; Halfpage illustrated ad for Cooper and Co. Outer advertising pages not included. Centrefold loose but present. All contents present. Unmarked with above-average wear. A worthy reference copy. Magazine
32 pages. Features: Cover portrait of the Queen; Portrait of General Jan Christian Smuts; One-page cutaway illustration of light Mark VIB tank in the field; Five photos of Athens which was occupied by the Nazis on april 27th; Full-page relief map entitled "Last Stages of a Glorious rearguard Action" looks southward from Thermopylae; Five dramatic photos show the death of a convoy raiding U-boat which, battered by depth charges, surfaces, surrenders, and sinks; Nice centrefold illustration of the recently commissioned H.M.S. "Prince of Wales", sister-ship of the H.M.S. "King George V"; Two pages of photos illustrate Britain's victorious war in Eritrea - Keren and Asmara; Photos of various booty captured at Agordat during the Eritrean campaign; Two photos of German panzer units in Africa - German tanks opposing our own in Libya; Photos of devastating bomb damage in England and funeral procession for A.F.S. members killed during a raid; Photos of personalities of the week include General Lord Gort, Dr. Wellington Koo, Sir Thomas Royden, Lieut.-General Sir Thomas Albert Blamey; Maurice Lambert, Rosalie Gassman, J.C. Dundas, and the Royals inspecting bomb damage in East London; Photo of General Smuts in Nairobi with Cunningham and Sir P. Van Ryneveld; Photo of the Belgian Premier and Madame Pierlot, two of whose sons perished in a train fire April 28th; Amazing photo of a 2,000lb bomb about to be loaded onto a Whitley heavy bomber; Seven photos show how German gunners are insturcted with the aid of scale models; and more. Staples removed. Unmarked with above-average external wear and soiling. Spine taped. A worthy reference copy of this wartime issue. Book
Pages 761-808. Features: Nice colour ad for six models of Kodak camera inside front cover; One-page ad for the Daimler Conquest auto; Excellent half-page photo ad for Aston Martin entitled "From le Mans to Runnymede'; Dramatic photos of the result of the crash which slice off the bow of the British Railways ship 'Duke of York'; Royal photos; Phillip gets his wings; Jordan Revisited - article with photos of Jordan, King Hussein, Palestinian refugee camp; House-trained otter of Mrs. Puggaard in Denmark; Training horses for Coronation Day; Extensive rehearsals for Coronation Day; Photos of personalities of the week, including Brig.-General E.N. Tandy, Crown Prince Akihito; Edward Shanks, Monsieur C. Kastally of Tunis, and some members of the 1953 Everest Expedition to be led by Colonel John Hunt; Pablo Picasso with his 'Goat and Bottle' sculpture; The 280-mm artillery guns which willl be used to fire the world's first atomic shell in Nevada; Two pages of photos and information on Laos - its King and Capital, and the fortified plain of Jars; Centerfold photo of Everest from the 20,000 foot level on Pumori; Photos of mountain climbing training and practice with oxygen equipment prior to the English assault on Everest; Photos of Navy helicopters in Malaya; Photo of the Canberra bomber which set a new world altitude record, and her pilot, Wing Commander W.F. Gibb; Photo of wrecked B.O.A.C. Comet which crashed after takeoff from Calcutta on May2nd; M. Jean Rousseau's pocke submarine in action; Wow - photo of a very early drone - an Australian-designed Jindivik Mark I pilotless jet is tested at Woomera; Photo of the Short SB5 adjustable wing research aircraft in flight; Photos of the Queen's Faberge Beasts - lent for a London exhibition; Recent Royal photos; Photos of the latest British fighting vehicles - the Field Mouse, universal tracked carrier and Saracen infantry carrier; Photos of the Queen at the Old Vic to watch 'King Henry VIII"; Jumping Frogs; Colour-illustrated Good Year ad inside back cover features the coat-of-arms of James Andrew Ramsay, Earl of Dalhousie; Nice colour-illustrated Dry Sack ad on back cover shows the Seville Cathedral; and more. Four-inch opening at top of coverfold. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 73-112.. Features: Photos of the 13-day ordeal of Captain Kurt Carlsen and Kenneth Dancy aboard the stricken "Flying Enterprise" - and its sinking; Photos of Falmouth's welcome to Captain Carlsen and other participants in the drama of the "Flying Enterprise"; Photos of Princess Margaret's trip to Scotland and her return to England; Photo of the first Aer Lingus crash - a Dakota went down killing 23 people; Rebuilding war-damaged London churches; Panamanian oil tanker "Sovac Radiant" is refloated by six tugs; French steamer "Agen" sinks; The second "Battle" of Tel-El Kebir; Laying power cable by helicopter; Two photos of the Vickers Valiant jet bomber in flight - the only completed copy crashed on 12 January; Fantastic photo-illustrated centerfold shows the last few moments of the "Flying Enterprise"; Photos of people of the week, including Private William Speakman who was recently awarded the V.C.; Five photos of Winston Churchill visiting President Truman in Washington; New Anglo-Arabian Treaty; Two pages of photos from the Kon-Tiki; Discovery of Minoan treasures in Crete beneath the palace of Phaistos; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 85- 112. Features: Cover photo of the largest diamond ever found in alluvial deposits - 770 carat stone found in the Woyie River, Sierra leone; Illustrations compare the size of this diamond with other families gems; Two pages of illustrations show construction of a giant new type of locomotive at Swindon; Superb full-page photo portrait of Gen. DeGaulle, who has announced his resignation; Two fascinating pages of illustrations explain how torpedoes hunt their prey by sound, and leave no telltale bubble track; Article entitled "Record of the Second New Zealand Division" includes photos of V.C. winners Sgt. J. D. Hinton, Sgt. A. C. Hulme, second Lieut. K. Elliott, second Lieut. M. Ngarimu, and Capt. C. H. Upam; Page of four graphs illustrates Britain's wartime austerity; Photos of the fateful first meeting of the Security Council of the United Nations at Albert Hall; One-page photo of France's spokesman on the French Mandated Territories, M. Georges Bidault, addressing the general assembly of the United Nations at Central Hall, Westminster; Centrefold illustration shows a debate in progress at the Hampstead Parliament; Photos of large-scale reconstruction in Spain, including the University City of Madrid; Photos illustrate abundant consumer goods available and Madrid; Photos of personalities of the week include Dr. R. E. W. Flower, Lord Caldecote, Lord Goddard, Maj. Gen. F. E. Simpson, Sir George Arthur, Lord Plender, Gerald Barry, Sir A. Clark Kerr, Mr. Churchill and his wife, Miss D. K. Dix, new governor of Newfoundland Mr. Gordon McDonald, and Spanish chess prodigy Arturo Pomar; Six photos of Brookands, the famous British motor racing track, and it's camouflaged wartime disguise; Photo of HMC S "Warrior"; Photos of hundreds of US bomber trainers for sale to the public in Ontario, California; Statue of Peter Pan in Brussels is pocked with bullet holes after German revolver practice; Two photos of King Ibn Saud and King Farouk; Photo of the most important discovery of Roman remains ever made in Canterbury; Two pages of beautiful architectural photos of the Chapel of the Royal Naval College at Greenwich. Unmarked with average wear. Outer advertising pages not included. A sound vintage copy. Book
66 pages. Features: Thompson Valves front cover ad commemorates the "Cape Cod" which flew from New York to Istanbul in 1930; Interesting Bell System ad for their Teletypewriters; Interesting Stanavo ad explains how the Sperry automatic pilot recently flew an Eastern Air Transport for twenty minutes at Newark Airport - text with photo of H.A. Elliott of Eastern; Applications of Electricity in Aircraft; Sikorsky's Contributions to the Huge Amphibians - The S-40; Simplicity in Light Plane Design - article illustrated with photo and diagrams, plus power plant and fuel system specs; Simplicity in Light Plane Engine Design; Design of Riveted Joints; Airplane Construction Production Methods; Manufacture of Precision Parts for Aircraft Engines; Two photos of new Boeing bomber which carries a crew of five and two 1,000lb bombs; Centerfold ad celebrates the consolidation of Airway Age with Aviation Engineering; Good Year tire ad includes photo and endorsement from Northwest Airways; Interesting 'Postal Telegraph' ad; Nice illustrated Chance Vought Corporation ad for their Navy Corsairs; Great photo ad for the Autogiro inside back cover; Impressive photo ad for Martin Aircraft on back cover shows some of their impressive manufacturing equipment; Forming of Aluminum Sheet for Aircraft; Servicing Pratt & Whitney Engines; French Design Powerful Water-Cooled Engine; Schneider Cup Engine; many more nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
100 pages. Features: Cover illustration of breakfast in a kitchen being repainted; We Met Death on K2 (part 1 of 2) - color-photo illustrated article about the American expedition which met tragic defeat; I Flew With the Stratojets - great photo-illustrated article about life aboard a nuclear bomber, B-47 jet flying from Tampa to England, including mid-air refueling; It's Never Too Late to Go to College - each year 12,000 inquisitive adults attend New York University; The Dog That Trained Me - Sally Carrighar and her Husky dog Bobo; Professor in a Hot Spot - amateur diplomat James B. Conant, ex-president of Harvard, is the new U.S. High Commissioner to Germany; The AEC - The Life History of an Atomic (A-bomb) (part 2 of 2) - the ore-to-stockpile story of the most expensive and complex industrial operation the world has evern known; His Time is Worth $10,000 a Day - great photo-illustrated article on Boston millionaire Johnny Fox; Things You Never Knew About Pencils; Editorial - Red Rule Detested by Russion Millions. Nile Kinnick, Jr. - the best player I ever coached. Fiction: The Beautiful Hitchhiker; First Holdup; Botts and the Impossible Mountain; The Babe in Toyland; The Coward; They Double Agent (conclusion); Cry Murder (part 4 of 7). Ads: Interesting color ad for Howard Zink seat covers; Color Frigidaire ad with Christmas theme; Color Estabrook pen ad; Nice color two-page ad for Chevrolet trucks shows a range of models; Great color-photo ad for Van Heusen features Jeff Chandler and Anthony Quinn; Attractive color-photo ad for the 1954 DeSoto Automatic cars; Lowell Thomas is featured in a Kaiser car ad; Champion spark plug ad features photos of car racers Bill Blair, Dick Rathman, Fonty Flock, and Buck Baker; Nostalgic two-page color American Airlines ad features Christmas theme; Northwest Pacific ad features photo of horse named "Nig" which pulled a rail car 750 miles; Color ad for Webcor turntables; Great vintage color-photo ad for Stromberg-Carlson TVs. Somewhat above-average wear. Centerfold loose but present. Unmarked. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
24 pages. Features: Cover illustration of the charge of the six hundred Midland Yeomanry in Palestine; The Voice of a Prophet - article by C.M.; Photo of Sir Stanley Maude and Captain Musgrave on horseback in Bagdad; The Fight for Jerusalem - Nearing the End of Turkey's Four Hundred Year's Rule - one-page article by Lovat Fraser; Two photos of the troops which triumphed over the Turks at RamadieLarge photo of many British veterans of Flanders happy to be assembled for leave; Photo of Canadian hospital in France X-raying bullet in French soldier's arm; Photo of German POW receiving medical care; Three photos on one page show Canadians loading a 15-inch gun; Photo of Queen Marie of Rumania with her daughters inspecting Rumanian troops; Six photos from the Macedonian front; The Footprints of the Hun - in the devastated region re-won by British Arms for France (article); Photo of Lieut.-Colonel H. A. Gray Cheape and illustrations of the brilliant charge he led to capture enemy guns in Palestine; Illustrations of British soldiers drawing water from wells at Beersheba where Abraham drank; How the Spy Sinks His Identity - training the memory for a dangerous employ - article by Tighe Hopkins; Photos of the King on tour at several locations; Illustration of a German "Leuchtschirm" or light umbrella; Photo of Princes Wan and Piak of the Siamese Royal Family, who have enlisted in the Swiss Army; Growth & Grit of the U.S. Army - the way a peaceful nation is responding to the Great Call (article); Sketches of great soldiers leading in camp and council - General Sir Henry S. Rawlinson, General Sir Edmund H.H. Allenby, General Sir W.R. Birdwood, and Lt.-General Sir Henry Hughes Wilson; Illustrations of innovative Allied air machines - an Italian Caproni triplane, a French 'Spad', and Caproni bomb-carrying biplanes; Photos of eighteen brave men and women placed on the Roll of Honour; The Royal Munster Fusiliers - one-page article with photo of officers. Unmarked with above-average wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
50 pages. Features: Thompson Valve ad commemorates the first refueling endurance flight in history by Maj. Carl Spatz, Capt. Ira Eaker, Lieut. Elwood R. Quesada, Lieut. Harry A. Halverson and Staff Sgt. Roy Hooe, of the U.S. Army Air Corps; The Merrill Movable Wing Stagger Decalage Biplane; A Technical Description of the Continental Model A70 Second Series Engine; Propeller Materials and Airplane Safety; My Observations at the French Aero Show - with photo of the Dornier Do-S flying boat and the S.E.C.M. two-engined bomber; The Curtiss-Wright Junior and its Characteristics; The Month's Best from the Foreign Press - Junkers F.13 Disaster caused by Buffeting; Tips on Designing an Airplane; Reviews - with photo of Grover Loening at the controls of U.S. Navy submarine seaplane; Weights of Aluminum Alloy Floats and Hulls; Radio Shielding for Pratt and Whitney Engines; Servicing the Aerol Strut; Inspection, Maintenance and Repair of Aluminum Structural Parts; Airplane and Engine Repair Cost Accounting (part II); Servicing Problems; No Smoking; New Products; Nice ad for Detroit's Hotel Fort Shelby inside back cover; Back cover Packard-Diesel ad boasts of 9/10 of a cent per mile operating cost on 12,000 mile flight; many more nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Features: Messerschmitt's Nightfighting 110s; The Weird but able Widow; Nachtjager - WWI; Hurricane Intruders; Colour Prints; Manchester Moments; The Pig that Flew; The German Quads; Bomber VC (Flt Sgt Aaron); Colour Prints; Beaus over Burma; Supply Kings - an appreciation of 31 Squadron RAF; SCARF, the 'unknown' VC; Focus on the Hurricane - photo feature; Thunderbolts in SEAC; Colour Prints; Carrier Operations - the pioneers; 3 Wing, RNAS; The Fairey Fulmar in operational service; SKUA; Collecting Aviation Data; PFF - a prologue; PFF - the background; SWALES - the South African PFF VC; Path finding in Italy - 614 Squadron; Plane Parade; Anti-shipping Hudsons; Coastal Halifax Log; Ordeal by Water; Condor at War; The First Vought Corsairs; USMC 'Ace of Spades' Squadron; Martin Torpedo Bombers; Navy Catapult-launced scouts; RAF Transports Reviewed; Handley Page Hastings; The Big Lift; 47 Squadron - a history. Undated. Issues appear to be circa 1970s or 1980s. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Bit of peeling from front free endpaper where label removed. Excellent copy. Book
Photos: The town of Stettin illuminated by R.A.F. flares; The Battle for Ortona; After the fall of Leros in the Aegean; General Montgomery in London; Pictures from Germany and the occupied countries; Action in the Bay of Biscay; Bomber onslaught on France; Street fighting in Ortona; Mountain warfare on the road to Rome; Scenes from the Southwest Pacific incl. Tarawe (Tarawa); and more. Nice Daimler advert. on back cover. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
44 pages. Features: Cover illustration shows dog team in the north being overflown by a T.C.A. Lockheed 14 Airliner; A Message from the Minister of Transport, C.D. Howe, regarding airway development; Full-page photo ad for Gold Flake cigarettes features an unusual photo from Durban, Natal; Transport Department Heads Prominent in Airway Direction; Canada's Airway System shows results of two years' of intensive development - interesting article with photos and diagrams; Two-Page Map of the Airway System of Canada; Scheduled Air Services Throughout Canada; Weather Services for Canada's Airways; Radio Aids to Air Navigation; Attractive full-page illustrated ad for Fleet Aircraft; Beechcraft "18" Centerfold ad; Fantastic 3-panel fold-out Aircraft Radio Map of Canada; Portable Field Lighting Equipment; Old Country Gossip - with photo of a Short Sunderland in flight; Fast Montreal-New York Schedules - Canadian Colonial Airways Eastern Canada's Chief Link with United States and South American Air Services - article with photo of H.O. Young; Nice half-page illustrated ad for the Avro Anson; Nice photo ad for Northern Electric shows "Norseman", the RCMP's plane; Demonstrating Light Plane Practicability; Wright Preparing for Era of Engines up to 3,000 H.P.; Know Your Pilots - Archie McMullen of the Mackenzie Air Service - article with photo; Very nice full-page photo ad for the "Bristol" Blenheim bomber; Cup Aircraft ad; Nice ad inside back cover by A.-G. Dessau shows castings being X-rayed to test for quality; Imperial Oil ad on back cover shows a T.C.A. ship being fueled; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
36 pages. Features: Cover photo of a DeHavilland Dragon Rapide floating on a lake; Nice Pratt & Whitney ad inside front cover features photo of the Douglas DC-4; Test Flying the DC-4 - article with photo; Fascinating Stinson full-page ad features photo of a plane snatching a bag of air mail from the ground; Gold in the Sky - article and photos of air travel in gold country between Winnipeg and Hudson, Ontario; Attractive one-page photo ad for Beechcraft; Nice two-colour centerfold ad for the Bellanca "Aircruiser"; Full-page ad for Brewster Wing Tip Floats; Reviewing the Aviation News; Sports Day at Trenton; Flying Club Briefs; News from the West Coast; Cub Aircraft ad features photo of the Orillia Flying Club's J3 Cub on Edo Floats; Tale Spinning from Winnipeg; Old Country Gossip; Bristol Engine/Blenheim Bomber ad inside back cover; Nice photo ad for Intava lubricants on back cover; and more. Light wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
28 pages. Features: Cover photo of a Beechcraft 18 on Canadian-built Edo Floats; Pratt & Whitney ad inside front cover boasts of a 1208 mile flight from Canada to Mexico in under five hours by a Twin Wasp; Imperial Oil ad on back cover; and more. Laid-in is a 23.5" x 15.5" Imperial Oil map of Canada showing the airports, intermediate aerodromes, seaplane ports, and seaplane bases of Canada; A Heated Subject - a call for joint research into the protection of power plants operating in Canada's extreme temperatures; Nice illustrated full-page ad for Kollsman Instruments;Nice Gold Flake cigarettes full-page ad; The Toledo Cruise - article with photos; The Fairchild "Sekani" - article with photos; The Toronto Flying Club - 10th anniversary; Photo of the new Boeing XB-15 bomber in flilght; R.C.A.F. Appointments; The Sunshine Air Council; Fantastic centrefold cutaway illustration of the Fleet Freighter; McGill Receives New Glider; Northland Air Fleet Rests; Aviation Highlights from Winnipeg; News from the West Coast; The Students' Forum; Old Country Gossip - with amazing photo of Aviation's Boldest Experiment - the first Mayo Composite Aircraft - Mercury on top and Maia on the bottom; Nice ad for Cub Aircraft of Hamilton, Ontario; Condensed News from the Clubs; M.A.I.C. News; Imperial Oil ad on back cover shows how ski planes are speeding what used to be done by showshoe!; Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
52 pages. Features: Cover photo of part of the Sportsman Pilots Association Fleet at Gray Rocks Airport in the Laurentians; Pratt & Whitney ad inside front cover; Goodyear aviation tire full-page ad; Nice two-page ad for Fleet Aircraft's Commercial Aircraft features photo of a Model 50K being loaded; Editorial on our new customer - The Air Tourist; At the Sportsman Pilots Association Annual Outing; Sandwell's Page - observations on current topics; Aircraft Engines and their Development; England - Egypt with Imperial Airways; Old Country Gossip; Full-page Lockheed ad with title "Across Europe in 4 Hours!"; Nice full-page photo ad for Imperial Airways; News from the West Coast; Trans-Ocean Flying; Airlines and Transport; Fantastic photos at the end of the first England - Canada Air Mail Flight by Imperial Airways show the 24-ton Caribou flying boat afloat and a group of dignitaries and crew members including C.D. Howe; Paul Malone describes his flight from Southampton to Alexandrea, Egypt; Small photo of Grant McConachie, President of Yukon Southern Air Transport; Aircraft and Engines; Full-page ad for the Cygnet; Photo of a new Harlow PC-5 with perforated flaps extended; Photo of the new Boeing B-17B; Great colour full-page ad for Player's cigarettes shows sailors working under the 15" guns of H.M.S. Warspite in the Mediterranean; Wonderful centerfold photo ad looks down on a couple flying the new De Havilland Moth on a clear day; Nice BG Corporation full-page ad salutes the U.S. Army Air Corps on its 13th Anniversary - with a great photo showing their planes flying over Manhattan; Taylorcraft full-page ad; Amazing photos of Wellington I bomber fuselages being erected in large numbers at Weybridge - the geodetic construction is remarkable to view; B-A Gasoline ad shows the Tops III, the world's fastest 225 class speedboat which set a new world speed record at Picton; Photo of the T.C.A. hangar at Winnipeg which is being doubled in size; Interesting photo of a demonstration of the Griswold Fognozzle , an efficient device for rapidly extinguishing fires; Photo of Norie Nishio and Bob McLellan - Vancouver model aircraft champions for 1939; Full-page ad for the Cup Coupe; Nice photo ad for Junkers inside back cover shows inspector testing a wing; People in the News; Statistics; Empire Air Defence; Canadian Air Defence; Airports; Radio; Flying Schools and Training; Model Aviation News; Imperial Oil ad on back cover shows two photos of American Export Airlines' "Transatlantic" being fueled at Halifax; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
112 pages. Features: He Works in God's Back Pastures - Young Minister Sam Varnell chose to work in the "knob country" of eastern Tennessee; The Horse That Was Hard to Believe; The Story Behind Quemoy - How this small island on the coast of China has led America to the brink of War; They Can't Wait to Grow Old - tricks used to illegally receive Social Security payments; Adventures of the Mind, 16 - The Power Holders of the American economy; Battle Against the Lake - great photo-illustrated article on how the Southern Pacific Railroad is laying a roadbed across the Great Salt Lake. Fiction: The Swindler's LIfe; Hopeless Case; Marriageable Age; Ambitious Cop; The Midtown Bomber (part 2 of 5); The case of the Greedy Grandpa (conclusion). Ads: Nice color-photo Ronson lighter ad inside front cover; Fantastic one-page photo-ad for the Philco Predicta TV (which looks like something out of the Jetson's); Nice one-page color-photo ad for the 1959 Studebaker Lark station wagon (blue); Nostalgic one-page color-photo ad for Gulf shows snow white Cadillac with back seat loaded with Christmas gifts in service station; Nice color one-page ad for the Ford Edsel (yellow); Whitman's Chocolates color-photo ad features Santa; One-page black and white photo ad for Motorola TVs; One-page color ad for the 1959 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Holiday Sportsedan and Dynamic 88 Holiday Scenicoupe; AC Oil Filter ad features color photo of Dale Robertson of the "Wells Fargo" TV show; Wonderful two-page color-photo ad for 1959 Lincoln cars (white) and Helen Hayes; Idyllic three-color-page wedding-themed ad for the new for Ford Galaxie; Color-photo ad inside back cover for the 1959 De Soto station wagon (yellow) filled with dalmatians has some discolorations. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy of this great issue. Magazine
36 pages. Features: Cover photo of a Sikorsky Flying Dreadnaught afloat; Pratt & Whitney ad inside front cover features photo of the XPBS-1 Flying Dreadnaught, the world's largest aircraft in its category - Sikorsky's answer to Uncle Sam's demand for unsurpassed patrol bomber performance; Wonderful full-page photo portrait of Pan American Airways' "Bermuda Clipper" afloat at Baltimore Municipal Airport - after the first successful commercial flight from the British Island; Enjoyment of Vigorous Leadership; Flying Clubs Ninth Annual Meeting; Douglas DC-4 Nears Completion - article with photos; Full-page Stinson ad shows Mr. Hugh Brewster and Mr. G.K. 'Gath' Edward; Ninety-Two Loops in a Sailplane - as told by Don C. Stevens; The Value of the Radio Direction Finder, by William P. Lear; Aeronca full-page photo ad features Charlie Lloyd, W.M. Alexander, and Dave Bell of the Toronto Flying Club - standing with their new Model "K" Aeronca; Cabin Wacos for 1938 - article with photos; Photo of a car being lowered into a Junkers G-31 in New Guinea; What we saw at the Chicago Air Show; Full-page ad for McLaughlin Buick; News from the West Coast; Old Country Gossip - with nice photo of an Avro Anson in flight; Guns without Sights; Air in the House; Gold Flake cigarette ad with photo of Valletta Harbour in Malta; Nice illustrated ad for teh "Bristol" Blenheim Bomber inside back cover; Nice photo ad on back cover for Imperial Oil shows how aviation is helping in Canada's north; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
