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Wilkinson, Frances Louise/ (Retd), Squadron Leader Tony Freeman RAuxaFBiblio.com

The Royal Auxiliary Air Force: Commemorating 100 Years of Service

2023__1399062182Air World 2023. Hardcover. New. 256 pages. 9.20x6.10x1.10 inches. Air World hardcover

Revaluation Books · Royaume-Uni39,22 £GB≈ 44,78 €

William Kay [HMS Tauranga, Auxiliary Squadron of the Australia Station; Lou Blane; bluejackets]:Biblio.com

Autograph Letter Signed from 'William Kay' on board 'H.M.S. Tauranga at Sea' to someone male to whom he is very affectionate Louie "son" describing a journey to Australia with 'a lot of young Blue Jacket Boys on board'.

12112'H.M.S. Tauranga at Sea' undated but presumably on HMS Tauranga's maiden voyage to Australia 1890. 13pp. 12mo. On three bifoliums and a last single leaf. On aged and worn paper. A semi-literate but spirited epistle. Little is to be discovered concerning the identity of the writer. Addressed to 'My Darling Son' and signed 'good bye be good ever yours and yours alone William Kay' but with a few hints that the letter may not in fact be from a father to his son. Kay begins by stating that he is going to fulfil his promise and write 'a long letter'. Of the journey he writes: 'its not particularly rough but its the speed we are going that makes her roll we are now steaming past Deal at the rate of 19.8. so you can judge the rate we are going . we are ripping as the sailors call it. She's a very good sea boat so far. Shes alright down below but on deck oh my she simply washes down fore and half so we stay down below as much as we can. We had it rough last night off lands end but she behaved very well you would laugh if you were here we were standing on the forecastle last night watching her capers and a big fat wave came and washed us out of it she doesnt attempt to jump over them but she simply plunges right through it You ought to of seen us we was like a lot of drownded rats and then their was a yell how do you like Her.' He reports that 'we have a lot of young Blue Jacket sailor Boys on board we are going to take them out to Australia and I pittied them last night they were all sick and one of our little drumer sic Boys was that bad we had to take him to the Doctor in fact we thought he was going to roll up but he's alright now of course it doesnt effect us old seadogs'. He reports that the ship is going to Grimsby and Hull and then Torquay. He declares 'I shant kiss anybody else Annie Glenister ask me for one when I was at home but I wouldnt giver her one she said it was to bad of me she said if it was Lou Blane you wouldnt say no Not I. why should I you had better answer that one day when I was in No. 9 Union terrace the two annies got me down in the dressmaking shop and both of them kissed me what cheek but didnt I pay them out for it I got annie J. Down and capsized all her dressmaking gear all over her'. Docketed 'Very last letter. From on board ship.' HMS Tauranga was an Pearl-class Royal Navy cruiser built by J. & G. Thomson Glasgow and originally named HMS Phoenix. She was launched on 28 October 1889 and was renamed Tauranga as part of the Auxiliary Squadron of the Australia Station on 2 April 1890 arriving in Sydney with the squadron on 5 September 1891. She saw service during the Samoan civil war in 1899 and spent between 1901 and 1903 in reserve at Sydney before being assigned to the New Zealand division of the Australia Station. She left the Australia Station on 14 December 1904 and was sold for scrap in July 1906. 'H.M.S. Tauranga at Sea' [undated, but presumably on HMS Tauranga's maiden voyage to Australia, 1890]. unknown

Richard M. Ford Ltd · Royaume-Uni220,00 £GB≈ 251,20 €

Wilson, H.W.: EditorMareMagnum

The Great War Magazine - Part 116: The Standard History of the All-Europe Conflict (World War 1/One) November 4th, 1916

Cover portrait of Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty - in command of the Battle-Cruiser Fleet. The undying story of the Battle of Jutland (Part II) - Cruiser Squadrons in Action. Full-page photo portrait of Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Edward Madden - Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief, Grand Fleet. Centerfold photo portraits of 14 British Naval leaders. The Jutland Battle - Part III - The Grand Fleet Action and Minor Cruiser Engagements. Actual photo of Admiral Beatty's Battle-Cruiser squadron - engaging the German high sea fleet off Jutland. Average wear. Unmarked. Book

RareNonFiction.com · Ladysmith, CA179,95 €

Wilson, H.W.: EditorMareMagnum

The Great War Magazine - Part 27: The Standard History of the All-Europe Conflict (World War 1/One) February 20th, 1915

Front cover portrait of Vice-Admiral Sir George Patey, K.C.V.O., Commanding the Australian Squadron. Early gains and losses in the war by sea. Plot and counterplot among the arming neutrals. Centerfold entitled 'How the Germans were Cleared from a French Village with the aid of a '75' gun". Photos and illustrations include: German cruiser Emden's exploit at Madras; Sectional view of a German submarine / unterseeboote; British naval losses in the North Sea on September 22nd, 1914, when the Aboukir, Hogue, and Cressy were torpedoed by German submarines; Torpedo-boat harbours under construction in Heligoland; and more. Above-average wear. Covers secured with tape. Does not include Photogravure of Admiral Beatty. Book

RareNonFiction.com · Ladysmith, CA179,95 €

WOLFE MartinMareMagnum

Green Light!. Men of the 81st Troop Carrier Squadron tell their Story. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; grey cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, grey endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books · Thakeham, GB25,02 €

WOOLNOUGH Lt. Col. John HMareMagnum

The 8th Air Force Album. The Story of the Mighty 8th Air Force in World War II. [Fifth Impression.] NEAR FINE COPY

Folio, Fifth Impression, with very numerous photographs throughout; blue cloth, upper board blocked in colours, backstrip lettered in yellow, a near fine copy.

Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books · Thakeham, GB43,22 €

Wylie, R.W. (Ron); Bishop, Arthur (Foreword); McPhail, G.C. (Acknowledgement)MareMagnum

400 (Four Hundred) (City of Toronto) Squadron History 1932 to 1996

viii, 133 pages. Bibliography. Generously illustrated with reproductions of black and white and colour photos. Oblong 9" x 10.75". Photo endpapers. A "Very carefully and diligently recorded documentary which clearly illustrates how well the squadron has served our country for over 60 years and continues to do so." - Foreword. Book unmarked with average wear. Binding tight. Above-average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this excellent squadron history. Book

RareNonFiction.com · Ladysmith, CA250,00 €

YOUNG, Squadron leader A J and WARNE, Flight Lieutenant D W [editors]Biblio.com

Sixty Squadron 1916 Royal Flying Corps Royal Air Force 1966 A History of Fifty Years Service

19672575Singapore: Eurasia Press 1967. Quarto black cloth with bold and silver spine lettering 188 pp. 14 double-sided plates. A near-fine copy in dust jacket. An account celebrating the creation and evolution of the Sixty Squadron over the span of fifty years. Eurasia Press unknown

Rare Aviation Books Pty Ltd · Australie110,00 $AU≈ 72,50 €

We Sat Alone [Memoirs of a former Lancaster Rear Gunner].

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We Sat Alone [Memoirs of a former Lancaster Rear Gunner].

The Royal Auxiliary Air Force: Commemorating 100 Years of Service

Autograph Letter Signed from 'William Kay' on board 'H.M.S. Tauranga at Sea' to someone male to whom he is very affectionate Louie "son" describing a journey to Australia with 'a lot of young Blue Jacket Boys on board'.

The Great War Magazine - Part 116: The Standard History of the All-Europe Conflict (World War 1/One) November 4th, 1916

The Great War Magazine - Part 27: The Standard History of the All-Europe Conflict (World War 1/One) February 20th, 1915

Green Light!. Men of the 81st Troop Carrier Squadron tell their Story. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

The 8th Air Force Album. The Story of the Mighty 8th Air Force in World War II. [Fifth Impression.] NEAR FINE COPY

400 (Four Hundred) (City of Toronto) Squadron History 1932 to 1996

Sixty Squadron 1916 Royal Flying Corps Royal Air Force 1966 A History of Fifty Years Service

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