McQuiston, John H.MareMagnum
224 résultats
210 pages. Reproductions of black and white photos. "A personal and colorful account of the author's experience, and that of his crew, while serving with Bomber Command's 415 Squadron." - from Foreword. Prior owner's name and purchase details atop front free endpaper. Light wear to book. Moderate wear to price-clipped dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. Book
74 pages. Features include: Last Spring of the Puma - final chapter of the Puma Squadron during WWII: Canada's Argus - Complete report on Canada's own sub hunter; Project Knightsbridge/USAF - tactics of the RAF and USAF are traded; Springbok Air Force - Full pictorial coverage of South African Air Force; Tornado Over Europe - detailing the Panavia Tornado; Military Markings - More Bicentennial aircraft; Military at Hannover - military aircraft at the German air show; Burma Bridge Busters - Complete history of the 490th Bomb Squadron. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Solid copy. Book
60 pages. Features include: Dieppe - The CBC and the Elusive Truth; "Calling Sarajevo Tower - This is UN 203..."; The first of many - Sgt Jim Kirk was aboard a Wellington, the first bomber of a Canadian Squadron to be shot down, 14 July 1941; Argus - Watchful Guardian; Nicaragua Flashback; Strasser's War - Commander Peter Strasser of the German Naval Airship Service was leader of several raids on England throughout WWI; General Store Publishing; The Iron Curtain is Lifting; Fright in Flight - Author was a WWII RAF Lancaster Pilot; Majaid - Major Air Disaster; Hitching a Ride - Sea King in the Adriatic; 4 Wing Farewell; Big Day for the Alouettes; Flying the PM - by LCol Donald F. Deeprose (Ret); The CF100 - a good old clunker - But!; Operation Firefly; P/O Andrew Mynarski VC; The Mosquito and the Scramble. Address label upon back cover. Unmarked. Light wear. Nice copy. Book
44 pages. Features include: Back to the basics - the ultralight; First kill in the six year air war; Battle of Britain - a woman's view; Leaping Squadron Leader; Not just the Arrow; Those were the Days; Escape from the SPs; Return to the Rock; The Arrow rises from the Wreckage; From AC2 to Lieutenant-Governor; Tac Hel not glamorous; McKnight Defends Budget Cuts; Canada's next space mission; Air Command Pipes and Drums - Over 40; Stranraer Down and Out. Light to moderate wear. Address label upon back cover else clean and unmarked. Nice copy. Book
46 pages. Features: 6 page article (with colour photos) on the 441 Tactical Fighter Squadron; Athabaska Airways and La Ronge Aviation Merge to form Transwest Air; Final Mission - Lt. Robert Hampton Gray's last act. Clean, bright copy. Book
262 pages. Black and white illustrations. "Bill was a courageous leader with a great affection for those under his command, both pilots and ground crew. He was a great inspiration to those who flew with him." - Dal Russel, DSO, DFC and Bar. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. Sound copy. Book
Includes recollections/contributions by R.J.P. Warren; John "Swiftly" Swallow; Leslie Temple, ex 101 Sqdn.; Eric Clarke (F/Lt W E. 49 Sqdn. RAF Scampton), Frank Metcalfe, Squadron Leader Alec Cranswick, Ted Cachart; David Clark. Article: The Lost Crew of Lancaster JB659, 97 Squadron Reunited. Unmarked. Somewhat above-average external soiling and wear. Book
198 pages. Index. Glossary. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of black and white photos and twelve in color. "Altough designed to escort American bombers into the Soviet Union, the McDonnell F-101 Voodoo's most numerous variant became an interceptor guarding North America from other bombers. The story begins in the crucible of Southeast Asia, with the men of the 20th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron. Many of these men were interviewed specially for this book. Includes the Chinese Nationalist RF-101A flights over the mainland from Taiwan, and a first-hand account from the Canadian back-seater of an F-101B. Although incredibly difficult to fly, this aircraft was loved by all who went aloft in her during peace and war." - back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
131 pages. Bibliography. Reproductions of black and white photos. Diagrams. Combines the WWII adventures of the three authors as they travel to Singapore only to be chased from place to place by the Japanese before returning for revenge. Small address label inside front cover, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice tight copy. [Not in Enser] Book
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, text in German, with numerous photographs and facsimiles throughout; laminated pictorial boards, a fine copy. SCARCE.
Ex-library book with the usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 128 pages, a great many large b&w photos.
8vo., First Edition, text in Czech, with numerous photographs, portraits and maps throughout, and coloured endpapers depicting Czech RAF squadron badges; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in green and black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers lightly tanned at edges else a very good, bright, clean copy. VERY SCARCE.
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout and illustrated endpapers; grey cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. With the separately printed errata slip loosely inserted.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title-spread and very numerous photographs in the text; olive cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, marbled endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
Folio, First Edition, with very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout; olive cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, marbled endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHORS WITH THEIR SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE.
8vo., Second Edition, with frontispiece, plates and maps; plum boards, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Updated and extended version of the original edition of 1966. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. VERY SCARCE.
Features: A 3-part article on Quality Assurance in the Canadian Forces; Aldershot then and now - Canadians help famed British garrison town celebrate anniversary; Flight abroad is reward for top-notch military men - travel first class with 437 Squadron; Calgary Sergeant Larry Hume is host of TV show 'You and Your Aquarium'; Military medics help local populace during Jamaica manoeuvres; Canucks Unlimited - 436 Elephant Squadron - from southeast Asia to the Arctic; The Royal Navy's uniform experiments; Air Transport Command delivers a school bus to South America. Quality copy. Book
82 pages. Features: No Front-Line in the Sky - the continuing adventures of the Puma Squadron during WWII; Orion - a plane for all reasons - full details on Lockheed's famous sub-hunter; Foreign Mustangs - Mustangs in the markings of foreign air forces; Dog Sabre - the overlooked F-86D with pilot report; Hellenic Corsairs - A-7Hs for the Greek Air Force; Strafer Pilot - Daring WWII tale; Curtiss P-6 in the NEIAF - the biplane P-6 and how it operated in the East Indies; NACF F-18 takes shape - cutaway and details on USN F-18; USMC Redesignation - Marine photo squadron redesignated. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Features: "Fighter Squadron" - Corvair's Tradewind; On the threshold of space - X-15 - North American's hypersonic bullet - Exclusive Launch Photos. Art: Republic P-47D Thunderbolt; Rudy Kling's Folkerts' Speed King; North American X-15 and B-52 launch ship Book
Features: "The Military Profession - Lt. Gen. W.A.B. Anderson, Commander of Mobile Command; Biathalon Training; From North Star to Southern Cross - The Travels of a Yukon and its crew; Destroying a beached Second World War British Mine, lodged in driftwood on a Vancouver Island beach; Sea survival for Starfighter pilots; They were given a real bridge to blow up - 2 Field Squadron, Royal Canadian Engineers brings down the old Hawkshaw Bridge, mid-way between Fredericton and Woodstock, N.B.; Shades of Alley Oop - a CH-113A Voyageur removes dinosaur bones from their ancient resting place; Classroom for the sea - Fleet School (Pacific) at Esquimalt (5 pages); The Buffalo Aircraft - Our newest tactical transport; Sea Sparrow surface-to-air missile systems. Sound copy. Magazine
Features: Harking back to VE-Day, 25 years ago; Torpedo Recovery; Mission Planning; Flying Caribous in the Malaysian Jungle; Shearwater Angel; Corporal Les Smallenberg - Go-Kart racer; F/L Roy Wood of No. 35 Squadron, RAF is shot down, 29 May 1943. Sound copy. Magazine
Features: Cadets climb mountains (7 pages); 405 Squadron takes anti-submarine trophy; Militia take to the field at Camp Dube; Interesting collections and hobbies at La Macaza; How are you with the Press?; Annual Art Competition; They shall never forget - Shelburn and the other escape organizations set up throughout Western Europe; A North Atlantic Christmas - MWO J.L. Wilson. Sound copy. Magazine
74 pages. Features: Salute to the Skyraider - examining its color schemes and markings; Air Intelligence; Navy Accepts First Operational Hornet; Over 1,000 Hours in the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird; History of Reserve Squadron VA-205; How We Listened To the Ho Chi Minh Trail in stereo; A New Paint Scheme on a Blue Angels Aircraft; Re-engined F-16 planned for sale to smaller countries; How the USMC developed the helicopter into a fighting machine for aerial envelopment. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
