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Features: Forest Fire Air Attack System - The California-developed system of massive air drops of chemical fire retardants, popularly identified by the newspapers as "borate bombing" is now in its eighth year of operation; Flight From the Water - Glen Curtiss and his pioneering work in the development of flying from the water (float planes); The 12th Aero Squadron Observation (A.R. 2 & Salmsons) - Part I; The 313th Bombardment Wing; All American Aviation - Dr. Lytle S. Adams and his Tri-State Aviation; Ringmasters - A History of the 491st Bombardment Group (H) (Part II); Grumman Guardians - Developed from the XTB3F-1 (a torpedo bomber with the composite power sources of a reciprocating and jet engine which first flew on 1 December 1945); The First Women's Air Derby - Fascinating coverage of this 1929 race won by Louise Thaden, including group photo of some of the competitors which includes Amelia Earhart, who finished third; Bibliography; and more. Exceptionally well illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. Pages 155-234. Cover illustration of Consolidated PBY-5A Water Scooper unloading over a forest fire. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this very informative vintage issue. Book
Features: Checkertails - History of the 325th Fighter Group Part I - August 1942-May 1944; The Martin Clippers; China and Hawaii Clippers; Philippine Clipper; Beachey's Little Looper; Curtiss Reims Racer - On August 28th, 1909, at Reims, France, Glenn Curtiss won the first aeroplane race held in the world; First Aero Squadron in Mexico; Winging to San Antonio - Bill Taylor and Jim Barton ferry a de Havilland DH-4 from California to Texas; The Many Faces of 22-1117; Navy and Marine DH-4 Aircraft; DH-4 And the Air Mail; First New Zealand Flight - Richard Pearse; Waldo Dean Waterman; Days of the Waco Ten; Old Sabres Never Die; Bibliography Section; and more. Exceptionally well-illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. Pages 155-226. Cover features photo of a Republic P-47D-10-RE of the 325th Fighter Group. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this very informative vintage issue. Book
40 pages. Features: Cover photo of a DeHavilland Dragon Rapide on Lake of Bays, Ontario; Nice full-page photo ad for the Junkers JUMO 210 aero engine; Nice full-page photo ad for Gold Flake cigarettes showing the terrace of Shepheard's Hotel, Cairo, Egypt; The Boeing Stratoliner - fantastic illustrated article on the Boeing 307-type transport; Commendable Winter Operation by City of Toronto Squadron; Full-page ad for the 1938 Stinson Reliant; A Day at Fort Nelson - great travel article with photos by O. Nordling; Full-page ad for Fleet Aircraft; The Martin Ocean Transport - article with nice photo; Flying North of Edmonton; One Thousand Hours Between Overhauls - The Gipsy Major 130 H,P. engine; Photo of new hangar under construction at Edmonton; Photo of the world's largest aeroplane tire made by Dunlop; Nice full-page ad for McLaughlin-Buick; The Continental Powered Aeronca KC; Lear ARC-5 Radio Compass; Nice one-page photo ad for Taylorcraft planes; Dr. Klemin Predicts Era of Revolutionary Light Planes; McKee Trophy to Romeo Vachon - article with photo; Great photo of wings being added to a Douglas DC-4; Photo of a Fokker T.5; Photo ad for the Gray Rocks Inn of St. Jovite Station, Quebec; Old Country Gossip; News from the West Coast; More About Instruments; Candid Camera Corner - photo and article on Sooren Topalian - Iraq's #1 Transport Pilot; Nice full-page ad for the new 1938 Cub Sport by Cub Aircraft; Blenheim Bomber featured in Bristol engine ad inside back cover; Intava products two-colour ad on back cover; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
Features: Langley Field 1917-1945; Adventures of an Early Aeronaut - Charles Earl Hess; Mustang Pilot - 352nd Fighter Group - 1st Lt. Harry H. Barnes; Safe Aircraft Competition, 1929; Martin 167 in French Service; Bellanca's History Making Aircraft; The 12th Aero Squadron Observation (A.R.2 & Salmsons) - part 2; Ike, Mike and Pete - The most famous triplets in the history of American air racing, flown by Benjamin O. "Benny" Howard; Photos from the Album of Rear Admiral Aaron Putnam "Put" Storrs; Ageless - The Douglas DC-3; Bibliography; and more. Exceptionally well-illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. 74 pages. Cover features early aerial photo of Langley Field. Unmarked with above-average wear. A sound copy of this very informative vintage issue. Book
54 pages. Articles: What Hitler Told (Otto Strasser) About Peace; Up North - There's Mystery! - Intriguing photo-illustrated article of a mystery village on Canada's arctic front where men labour to produce power to produce warplanes; William S. Knudsen - Master Mechanic of Democracy's Defense - U.S. Arms production and the man behind it; I Start All Over Again - Alice Foote MacDougall opens a restaurant in Grand Central Station; How Clark Gable Created a New Hedy Lamarr; Baseball's Topsy Grows Up - Softball has risen from zero to 20,000,000 players; Arctic Eagle - Squadron Leader C.M.G. Farrell of the R.C.A.F. Serials: The Unobstructed Universe - life beyond the grave, part II; Footloose! - part 4; In Action with the R.A.F. - Conclusion; Short Stories: I'll Never Leave You; The Bell That Sang for Love; Rich Man. Ads: Nice photo ad inside front cover features large photo of Windsor's Norton Palmer Hotel, with inset photo of its CEO Preston D. Norton; Nice three-color, two-page ad for Chevrolet;; Frigidaire fridges; Eveready batteries; Brain Flakes; Canadian Pacific's Banff. Fantastic back cover photo ad for War Savings Certificates features dozens of kilted troops on the march. Cover photo of boy pulling girl's ponytail in classroom. Average wear. Crossword lcompleted in light pencil. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
2294922 October 2007. With label carrying his Essex address. 2pp folio. In envelope with stamp and postmark addressed to Corden's Mill Hill address. Letter folded twice and letter and envelope in good condition. He begins by thanking him for sending 'the inscribed copy of Ken Delve's "Story of the Spitfire" - a truly excellent book just jam-packed with detail - he must have done a prodigious amount of research to put it all together'. He is 'bowled over by the extent of Corden's munificence'. Rose finds it 'a continuing source of amazement that such a "cult" has developed over everything to do with the Spitfire but it does reinforce the conviction that it was completely unique and a real lady!' He laments the 'dwindling' of 'the number of aircrew' at 'the annual re-union of B. of B. survivors at Bentley Priory Stanmore': 'about 40 this year but of course there are still a few abroad and also several who are unable to travel'. He reports that the Ministry of Defence 'has sold the Priory and its magnificent parkland surroundings for a tidy sum I believe but with a reservation that the centre part of the Georgian building will be kept to commemorate Dowding's management of the RAF during the battle - could be used as a museum for reunion of survivors for cadet training etc. -'. He ends with renewed thanks for the gift and in the hope that they may 'meet one day - but it'll have to be fairly soon as I shall be 90 next June!' 22 October 2007. With label carrying his Essex address. unknown
1965814c6544Canada: Reunion Committee 1965. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. "Your 1965 Reunion Committee is pleased to present the histories of No. 435 Chinthe Squadron and No. 436 Elephant Squadron with accompanying pictures as a special 'extra' of the 'Burma plus 20' Reunion." - from Foreward. Consists of 15 single-sided 14" x 8.5" sheets folded in half and stapled into illustrated card covers. Numerous black and white photos in text. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding sound. A quality copy. Reunion Committee Paperback
26907Osaka 190-5. Text continued on occasion of its visit to the City on October 27th 1905 .". Two pages folio fold marks some damage to edges but text complete. Recto: text cursive and in red ink the above title being followed by lists of "Amusements and Games" seven games from Quoits to 'Pebble and Sieve' 17 prizes listed described as Osaka produce interval of music and Geisha girls dancing then list of "Refreshments conclduing with transport possibilities. Recto: Plan of the Nakanoshima Garden black and white. See Image of Verso. Osaka, 190-5 unknown
17960Both on his letterhead 11 Apple Tree Yard. 23 August and 24 November 1949. Both items in good condition lightly-aged. ONE: 2pp. 4to. Having returned from 'a rather long painting expedition to France' he finds that 'circumstances have arisen in regard to the administration of the Society' the Society of British Film Art Directors and Designers of which Craig was a leading light and in the light of these circumstances Irving feels compelled to resign. 'It is . unlikely that I shall design any more films. Life is short and there is so much to be done that even if anybody wished me to I should hesitate to commit myself to the months not only of work but of preoccupation which a film production involves. Quite apart from this I feel that the principles of film design which however wrongly I have always advocated are being abandoned naturally in the face of economic pressure and the general registration of film making. I am old fashioned enough to believe that the situation into which films have fallen is very largely due to the insistance sic of those who have misguidedly and not very successfully tried to make it into an industry rather than a medium of expression for groups of artists of enterprise and imagination.' Two more paragraphs follow before the letter ends. TWO: 1p. 4to. Following the last letter Irving has been offered honorary membership of the Society and writes: 'I do not feel that I deserve such consideration for you and several others have striven hard to maintain the prestige of Art Directors in the gruelling factory conditions of commercial studios through good and bad times. However as you well know to an artist the only commendation or criticism which really touches him is that of his fellow craftsmen .'. He offers his assistance to the Society before ending: 'I heard from Flower that your meeting in London was a success and that you are going to get out drawings and plans for the proposed Elizabethan theatre. I am very glad to hear this and I know you will find the Stratford people charming to deal with.' Both on his letterhead, 11 Apple Tree Yard. 23 August and 24 November 1949. unknown
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
8vo., First Edition, with map as frontispiece, and illustrations and maps in the text, leaves tanning lightly; original blue limp cloth wrappers, upper cover with printed paper label, a near fine copy. RARE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
Signed [Carl] and inscribed to a local military museum by author upon front free endpaper. 306, [14] pages. Index of Stories. General Index. Chronology. List of Abbreviations. Printed upon glossy stock. Profusely illustrated with colour and black and white photos. Author "took five years to research and produce this book. As most RCN photo negatives and files had been systematically destroyed, the majority of the 550 book stories evolved from interviews and correspondence with nearly 300 Bansheeites and the photos were borrowed from many personal collections." - dust jacket. Small library stamps and bit of writing atop front endpapers otherwise clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy of this excellent Banshee reference. Cooke [3e] p.108 Book
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
Pages 362-448, plus 24 pages of wonderful vintage ads. Many black and white photos and illustrations. Contents include: The Girl With the Red Hair; Across Unknown Arabia in Disguise - part 1; A 'Q" and a "U"; Across East Africa in the Rainy Season; "Bully's" Last Battle; With a Bristol Fighter Squadron; Queer Fixes - Falling Ten Thousand Feet; What Happened to Marshall Mabey; Gassed on a Chimney; My Two Years of Captivity Among the Turks - part 3; Among the Dyaks; The Trials of a Naturalist's Wife - part 3; On Foot Through South America, part 4; Silas Seeks London; In Little Known Afghanistan; Odds and Ends. Bits of clear tape at each end of spine. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this vintage issue. Magazine
Features. Grumman X-29A; Cook Island Hopping; "Mallet Blow"; Blackburn's Buccaneer - 1; Captured Argentine aircraft in the UK; Slingsby T67M Firefly; Schneider Trophy 1929; Air Malawi; Blackburn's Buccaneer - 2; R. Norwegian A.F.; Starfighter Twilight; 'Ocean Safari 85'; German Cargo Services; Where have all the Tridents gone?; ARV Super 2; Chinese 'Coke' with a western flavour; 'Frogfoot'; Back to Barbados; R.A.F. Finningley; Orions provide ASW network around the world; Coat of many colours; Aeronautical Research in WWI; South African DC-3 Anniversary; Republic of Singapore A.F.; EAP - Britain's fighter demonstrator; Bell AH-1W SuperCobra; First TriStar K.1 for No. 216 Squadron; Final Top-up with No. 57 Squadron; Zeppelin-Staaken E.4/20; Sun'n Fun; R.A.F. Fighter Command 50 years on; British Caledonian Airways - part 1; Electronic Warfare - part 1; R. Moroccan A.F.; Hanover Report; Tiger Club Air Show; Outback Medic; British Caledonian Airways - part 2; What to see at Farnborough; R.A.F. Support Helicopters; British Aerospace 146; British Caledonian Airways - part 3; Lynx Speed Record; British Aerospace ATP; Chile's Air Force; Sea Harrier Training; Freighters at Birmingham; Tactical Fighter Meet '86; Eastern Air Lines - part 1; Farnborough postscript; Beverleys in Aden; Visit to China; R.A.F. Support Helicopters; EW Training in the R.A.F.; Oshkosh Highlights; Eastern Air Lines - part 2; Westland Lysander; Index laid in. Clean and unmarked with moderate external wear. A quality copy. Book
Pages 989-1014 plus many additional pages of wonderful vintage ads. Features: Honours for the R.F.C.; The Roll of Honour; Wing Bracing and Head Resistance; The Burges Speed Scout Biplane (with scale drawings and three photos); The Royal Aero Club - Official News; Turin to London Non-Stop - with map and photo of Captain Laureati and Michael Angelo Tonzo; ; Airisms from the Four Winds; "X" Aircraft Raids; The British Air Services - appointments and promotions; Aircraft Work at the Front - Official Information; Magneto Ignition - simple explanation of the fundamentals with illustrations; The Society of British Aircraft Constructors - official notices; Side-Winds; Imports and Exports 1916-1917; Full-page illustration with text honouring Second Lieutenant J.C. Currie "for conspicuous gallantry" while acting as observer to another officer; Fantastic full-page Avro ad; Nice full-page ad with photo for Palmer Cord Tyres and Wheels; The Huns Air Service; Flight-Lieut. Curt Wolff (who replaced Baron von Richthofen as leader of Squadron 12) killed in action; Air photo of massive damage to the village of Bermericourt; Photo of the Kaiser decorating officers on the western front; Photo of Italian F.B.A. flying boat; Two photos of the first of the U.S. Navy's 'blimps'; Great full-page illustrated ad for "Triplex"safety glass for use in goggles and windshields; Personals; Great illustrated ad for the "Newhaven Coat"; and more. Bit of faint underlining to magneto article otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A wonderful vintage issue. Magazine
Pages 635-666 plus many additional pages of wonderful vintage ads. Contents: Nice full-page ad for Whitehead Aircraft; Nice full-page illustrated ad for The Regent Carriage Co.; The work of our seaplanes; Air raid insurance claims; The Supreme War Council and the crisis; Great full-page illustrated ad for the Sopwith Aviation Company, Ltd; Aerial photo of the Oise-Aisne Canal - blown up by the French; Details of war-induced paper rationing (re: this publication); Birthday honours for war workers; Notices to members of the Royal Aero Club of the U.K.; The A.E.G. Bomber, G. 105 - a very detailed article with numerous photos and diagrams; The 240 H.P. (8-Cylinder) Mercedes (conclusion) - article with photos, diagrams and charts; The Roll of Honour - lengthy list of war casualties; The facts about the Liberty Motor; The Flight of an Aeroplane at Different Altitudes - detailed analytical and graphical approaches; A Full Day III - being some more ordinary incidents in the ordinary lives of pilots of No. X Squadron; Airisms from the Four Winds; Photo of Major Raoul Lufberry, the American 'Ace' of the American Expeditionary Force in France, who was shot down on May 19th; Answers to Correspondents; Trade Parliaments and their work - part VIII; Personals; The British Air Services - Announcements; Aircraft work at the front; Aviation in Parliament; Photos of the Humber Company's annual Sports Day; Buyer's Guide/Trade Directory; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A nice vintage issue. Magazine
Features: Cover photo of Chiang Kai-Shek "The Great Leader of the 400,000,000 people who celebrated on Oct. 10 the "Double Tenth" (the 30th anniversary of the Chinese Republic); Tobruk photos; Four photos of Wuchang in 1911 - aftermath of the revolt; Berline Diary - William L. Shirer; Photos of "Beauforts" and Torpedoes, the flying terror of enemy shipping; Many photos depicting Viscount Gort's Despatches - Corps and Divisional Commanders of the B.E.F., in the battle of Flanders; Photo of new Soviet Stormovik Dive-Bomber; Photo of U.S. 15 ton tank with rubber treads; Illustrations of German tank transporters; Article - The War with Nazi Germany - The Fourth Phase in Russia; Large portrait of Marshal Budenny - Commander of the Red Armies in the Ukraine; Photos of the Soviet Army in Retreat; Photos from the Eastern Front , where rages the greatest battle in world history; Excellent centerfold illustration of "Britain's mighting long-distance bomber, the "Stirling"; Photos of the Bell Airacobra; R.C.A.F. Squadron No. 1 photos with captions; Trawler the "Lady Shirley" captures U-Boat, with photo; Personalities and events of the week; Photos illustrating how the Airgraph service is operated; The Yates Thompson Mss.; Nice colour Guiness ad inside front cover; Navy-themed colour Johnnie Walker ad on back cover. Faint library stamp to front cover. Centerfold holding by one staple. Clear tape inside each cover along spine and externally along spine. A worthy copy. Magazine
28 pages. Features: Cover illustration of "Silent Telephony on the Battlefront" - showing one of our troops in Tunisia using throat microphones and "silent speech" transmitters to report to base from under the noses of the enemy; Scenes during the Eighth Army's Advance into Tripolitania - includes photos of anti-tank and anti-personnel mines removed from the airfield at Marble Arch; Dramatic two-page illustration of the damaged Stirling bomber piloted by Flight Sergeant Rawdon Hume Middleton about to plunge into the Channel - how he won the Victoria Cross (V.C.) - Devotion "Unsurpassed in the annals of the Royal Air Force"; The Great World War - Lessons from Papua - article by Cyril Falls; Rabaul - Main Japanese Base in New Guinea Area Campaign - three illustrations and two photos; The German Retreat Across the Snow - Dramatic Views of Hitler's Sorry Army - Russians Close on Their Heels - 13 photos; How a "Liberty" Freighter was built in less than five days - Henry J. Kaiser's shipyards built the "Robert E. Peary" using pre-fabricated sections; Photos of personalities and events of the week - including Von Ribbentrop welcoming Laval to Berlin, Lloyd George at age 80, and a ceremony in London honouring American airman Sec. Lieut. Johnson; Pictures Behind the News - photo of the new Lockheed Constellation on its maiden voyage, aerial photo of now free Leningrad; A Japanese Bomber's Suicide Dive on the U.S. Aircraft-Carrier "Hornet" - dramatic photos; Centerfold illustration of Captain Robert Sherbrooke, V.C. in H.M.S. "Onslow," Challenging Superior Naval Forces of North Cape; Photos of enemy bombers down over London; Scenes in Malta's War Headquarters; Illustration of Flak over London; Three dramatic photos show Squadron Leader T.M. Bulloch settle the fate of a U-boat; Two-page illustrated map indicates the vast economic development of French Africa - roads and communications from Algeria to Congo; The Trans-African Air Route - a six-thousand miles daily flight over virgin forests and desert tracts - three great photos; The Rivals of Rubber - article by E.S. Grew; Nice colour-illustrated ad for Johnnie Walker on back cover; Unmarked. Average wear. Centerfold loose but present. Book
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; grey cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. EDITION LIMITED TO 200 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 31) WITH LIMITATION PLATE SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND NINE VETERANS MOUNTED ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. The signatories, in addition to the author, are: Stephen Beaumont, John Bisdee, Josef Broker, Willi Ghesla, Heinrich Hohnisch, Werner Karl, Hans Ohly, Walter Rupp and Herbert Tzschoppe.
1975368692Nellis Air Force Base Nevada: USAD Air Demonstration Squadron 1975. First Edition. Softcover. Collection of signed photos and manuscript note. Remains well preserved overall; bright clean and sharp-cornered. Provenance; from the collection of the noted Boston Belmont autograph collector Ray Crosby. Complete with a typed letter signed and dated on headed paper. Fine in all aspects and housed in the original header-printed envelope.Physical description; three photographs and manuscript note. Contents; SIGNED picture of Major Chris Paterakis ; SIGNED manuscript note from Major Chris Paterakis ; colour picture of five Thunderbirds flying ; SIGNED picture from the USAF Thunderbirds 1975. Subjects; Major Chris Patterakis Thunderbirds. USAF. Air Warfare. Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada: USAD Air Demonstration Squadron paperback
7285Published by THE SIGNAL PRESS LTD London. 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Used - Good/None. Signed by author with a dedication to his assistant who helped prepare the book. Spine binding and covers all fine; Strong gilt eagle illustration on front cover and gilt title on spine. Title page and endpapers are foxing and there is also foxing on the outer edges. Contains two-line errata slip tipped-in at KIA page and another two-line errata at Occupied Aerodromes page. Illustrated with 25 black and white photographs. Published by THE SIGNAL PRESS LTD, London., 1931 hardcover
1939206314London UK: George Newnes 1939. 1st Edition. Card Boards. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The first twelve parts as originally published. Was intended to be a total of 32 weekly parts but no indication others were ever published in this format. Each part seems to include 4volumes totaling around 50pages. Full of diagrams and b/w photographs in addition each part includes a data sheet with each covering a different aerodome around the UK. As might be expected to wraps have various rubbing scuffs and nicks and some of the spine card has been repaired with tape. Total weight around 2.8kg and oversized in depth so additional postage cost likely. . George Newnes hardcover
20059781844151592-2025Pen and Sword Aviation 2005. Hardcover. New/New. <p><strong>Author:</strong> D Braithwaite Squadron Leader DFC</p><p><strong>Publisher:</strong> Pen and Sword Aviation</p><p><strong>Binding:</strong> Hardcover</p><p><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9781844151592</p><p><strong>Release Date:</strong> 2005</p><p><strong>Number Of Pages:</strong> 224</p><p><strong>Details:</strong> This illustrated edition provides an in-depth look at the remarkable journey of Squadron Leader D. Braithwaite during World War II. Readers will gain a detailed understanding of the evolution of aerial combat and reconnaissance tactics through personal anecdotes and historical context. Braithwaite’s experience flying iconic aircraft such as the de Havilland Mosquito and the Gloster Gladiator reveals not only the technical aspects of flying these planes but also the strategic importance of weather reconnaissance missions that aided bombing campaigns. The book delves into the challenges he faced from navigating enemy territory to dealing with command disputes offering valuable insights into leadership and decision-making under pressure.<br /><br />Students and aviation enthusiasts will appreciate the meticulous descriptions of various missions and the operational dynamics within the RAF. This edition is enriched with illustrations that bring the narrative to life making it an essential resource for anyone interested in military aviation history. By following Braithwaite’s path from a young Auxiliary Air Force recruit to a seasoned leader readers will learn about resilience the importance of adaptability in combat and the broader implications of air power in wartime strategy.</p> Pen and Sword Aviation hardcover
8vo., Second Impression, with portrait frontispiece and 17 plates on 12, rear free endpaper very lightly spotted; navy cloth, gilt back, small fade mark at extreme head of backstrip else a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter with minor loss (just affecting title) at head of backstrip, frayed at tail of backstrip and mildly browned at rear panel. Published in the same year as the first impression. The moving story of RAF Bomber Command's most famous squadron and arguably the most famous air exploit of WWII. The stirring 'Dam Busters March', written by Eric Coates as the theme to the movie, was almost immediately adopted as the official march of the Royal Air Force. Increasingly difficult to find in this condition. Enser, p.64; Mulholland & Jordan B121 (recording the first edition).
