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Shot Down and on the Run - True Stories of Raf and Commonwealth Aircrews of WWII.
Pitchfork, Graham , The National Archives, 2007. 1st Paperback Edition. ISBN: 9781905615063. 288 pages, 350g. Soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Shoulder the Sky - The Biography of a Fighter Pilot. .
Thomas, Gil., Arthur Barker Ltd, 1959. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 192 pages, 380g. Turquoise cloth boards a little marked and faded to spine with age browning to free end-papers, Very Good. No d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs. The Biography of a Fighter Pilot during World War Two.
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Shuttleworth The Historic Aeroplanes.
David Ogilvy, Airlife Publishing Ltd, 1989. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1853100838. 144 pages, 525g. Soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with colour photographs throughout.
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The Silken Canopy - A History of the Parachute.
Lucas, John, Airlife Publishing, 1997. Revised. ISBN: 1853108553. 173 pages. 650g. Illustrated with b/w plates. Blue cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. The complete history, from Leonardo Da Vinci's drawing to a look at the 1997 space probe.
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Silvered Wings A Commemorative Brochure. Amy Johnson Festival.
, Kingston Upon Hull City Council, . 1st Edition. ISBN: . 28 pages, 105g. Stapled soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with sepia coloured photographs and line drawings. Published for the Amy Johnson Festival of 3rd - 24th May 1980.
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The sky masters.
Ian Ormes, Kimber, 1976. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0718302842. 224 pages, 500g. Blue cloth boards FINE in a Very Good d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs. The story of 5 airmen, who between them covered the whole span of aviation in the 1st decade of the twentieth century.
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The Sky Pirates..
Arey. James, A., Ian Allan LTD, 1973 . First UK edition. ISBN: 0711004511. 418 pages. 850g. Blue cloth boards with a little browning to pages but contents tight and clean. Very Good in a Very Good slightly edge-rubbed d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs. A comprehensive account of the 246 successful highjackings in the air, which occurred between 1930 and 1962.
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Sky Warriors: Classic Air War Battles.
Price, Alfred, Arms and Armour Press, 1994. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1854091921. 176 pages. 550g. Blue cloth boards Near FINE in a Very Good slightly edge-rubbed d/w. Illustrated with b/w plates.
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Soviet X-planes.
Yefim, Gordon & Gunston, Bill, Midland Publishing, 2000. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1857800990. 240 pages. 1.2 Kg. Black cloth boards. FINE in a FINE d/w with a slight crease to bottom front edge. Around 150 different aircraft types described in detail with specifications and performance data, and illustrated with 350 b/w and 50 colour photographs, plus line and 3-view drawings.
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The Special Air Service.
Philip Warner, William Kimber, 1980. Reprint. ISBN: 0718301722. 285 pages, 610g. Blue cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Written with the full co-operation of the regiment and undoubtedly bears out the adage that 'truth is stranger than fiction', Five per cent of those who apply for the regiment are eventually accepted and it is even harder to stay in, for performance is the sole arbiter.
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Spitfire - A Complete Fighting History.
Price. Alfred., Grange Books , 1999. . ISBN: 1840133015. 301 pages. 4to. 1.5Kg. Pictorial laminated boards FINE in a Near FINE d/w with light crease along top edge. Profusely illustrated with b/w photographs. This edition combines two books, "Spitfire at War" & "Spitfire at War No. 2" Published 1974 & 85 respectfully. Heavy Book!.
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Spitfire : The Combat History.
Jackson, Robert, Airlife Publishing, 1995. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1853105147. 194 pages. 900g. Blue cloth boards Near MINT in a Near MINT d/w. Fully illustrated with b/w photographs. Charts the Spitfire's combat history from its earliest skirmishes with the Luftwaffe over the North Sea, to its final actions against the Japanese in Burma.
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Spitfire at War.
Price, Alfred, Ian Allan LTD, 1976. . ISBN: 0711005605. 160 pages. 900g. 4to. Red cloth boards with internally slight browning to page edges o/w FINE in a Near FINE d/w with light marks and now in removable clear sleeve. An objective analysis of the Spitfire legend.
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The Spitfire Log - A 50th Anniversary Tribute to the World's Most Famous Fighter Plane.
Peter H?eg, Souvenir Press, 1985. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0285627163. 144 pages, 560g. Blue cloth boards Near FINE in Near FINE d/w. Illustraetd with b/w photographs and drawings. Describes the development of the Spitfire fighter plane, shares the reminiscences of Spitfire pilots, and includes a chronology for the Battle of Britain.
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The Spitfire Story.
Alfred Price, Arms & Armour, 1995. 2nd Edition Revised.. ISBN: 1854093053. 256 pages. 1.2 Kg. Blue cloth boards with very slight foxing to prelims, Near FINE in a Near FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs and line drawings. An expanded and revised editionof the book first published in 1982 and now regargded as the standard reference work on the subject.
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The Spitfire Story.
March, Peter R, The History Press, 2008. Reprint. ISBN: 9780750944021. 114 pages, 295g. (12mo) Pictorial laminated boards As NEW. Illustrated with b/w and colour photographs. An attractive, picture-led account with a short but authoritative text supported by a comprehensive selection of 40 color and 40 black and white photographs showing the Spitfire at all stages of its life.
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Spitfire: The Illustrated Biography.
Glancey, Jonathan, Atlantic Book, 2007. Reprint. ISBN: 9781843545286. 260 pages, 305g. Paperback. FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs. A celebration of a great British invention, of the men and women who flew it and supported its development, and of the industry that manufactured both the aircraft and the Rolls Royce engines that powered it.
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Spy Plane - The Secret World of Aerial Intelligence-gathering.
Donald, David, Temple Press, 1987. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0600552799. 127 pages. 800g. 4to. Dark Blue cloth boards slightly rubbed o/w FINE in a Very Good price-clipped d/w. Illustrated in colour and b/w. An insight into the undeclared air war that has raged since 1985.
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Stealth Aircraft - Secrets of Future Airpower.
Bill Sweetman, Airlife Publishing Limited, 1986. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0906393639. 96 pages, 445g. Pictorial laminated boards FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings.
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Still Flying.
Cornwell, E L, Ian Allan LTD, 1979. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711009058. 80 pages. 380g. Pictorial laminated Boards Near MINT. Illustrated with b/w photographs. A brief history of some of the over 600 'Old' aircraft maintained in flying order.
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The Story of Air Fighting.
Air Vice Marshal J E Johnnie', Johnson, Hutchinson, 1985. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0091598206. 306 pages. 670g. Blue cloth boards a Little faded to edges, Near FINE in a Very Good d/w. Illustrated with b/w plates. A revised and enlarged edition of 'Full Circle', published in 1964.
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The Strangest Aircraft of All Time.
Keith Ray, The History Press, 2016. Reprint. ISBN: 0750960973. 168 pages, 355g. Small format (16mo) soft card covers MINT. Illustrated in b/w and colour photographs. A great read.
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Strategic Air Command: A Primer of Modern Strategic Air Power.
Bill Yenne, Arms & Armour, 1984. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0853686882. 138 pages, 380g. Soft card covers with light creae to front corner, Near FINE. Illustrated with b/w and some colour photographs.
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Strike - US Naval Strike Warfare Center.
Joss, John., Arms And Armour Press, 1989. 1st Edition. ISBN: 085368975X. 134 pages, 380g. Soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w and colour photographs. How the US Navy and Marine Corps deal with every possible mission and threat.
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Stuka at War.
Smith, Peter C, Ian Allan LTD, 1980. Reprint. ISBN: 071101017X. 128 pages. 830g. Maroon cloth boards. FINE in Near FINE d/w with sunning to the edges and spine. The story of the plane the Germans proudly called "The conqueror of continents". New revised edition with over 200 b/w photographs.
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Sun 'n' Fun: Florida's Aviation Extravaganza.
Norman Pealing, Osprey Pub Co, 1990. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0850459680. 128 pages, 425g. Soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with colour photographs throughout.
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Supermarine Aircraft Since 1914 (Putnam's British aircraft).
Andrews, C.F.; Morgan, Eric B., Putnam Aeronautical, 1987. New Edition. ISBN: 0851778003. 400 pages, 755g. Blue cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w in archival sleeve. Illustrated with some 300 photographs and with nearly 80 general arrangement drawings, which include some, hitherto unpublished projects. Appendices cover the dispersal of Spitfire aircraft production, a list of production types and a list of serial numbers by type.
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Swordfish Special.
Harrison. W. A., Ian Allan Ltd, 1977. 1st Edition. ISBN: 071100742X. 80 pages. 620g. Pictorial laminated boards with small tear to top of spine, and sunned to front edges, (See picture) but the contents tight and clean. Very Good. An illustrated history of the Fairey Swordfish and its service with the Royal Navy in World War 2. Illustrated with b/w photographs. .
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Sydney Camm and the Hurricane - Perspectives on the Master Fighter Designer and His Finest Achievement.
John W. Fozard (Editor), Airlife Publishing Ltd, 1991. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1853102709. 258 pages. 1.02Kg. Dark blue cloth boards, NEAR MINT in FINE slightly sunned d/w. Illustrated with black and white photographs and line drawings. Published to mark the 25th anniversery year of the death of Sir Sydney Camm.
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Tail End Charlies: The Last Battles of the Bomber War 1944-45.
John; Rennell, Tony Nichol, Viking, 2004. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0670914568. 470 pages, 890g. Gray cloth boards As New in an As New d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Target Berlin - Mission 250: 6 March 1944.
Ethell. Jeffrey & Price, Alfred., Jane's, 1981. First edition. ISBN: 0531037177. 212 pages. 590g. 8vo. A minute-by-minute account of the first large-scale American daylight raid on Berlin in World War 2. Illustrated with b/w plates and maps. Blue cloth boards, slightly darkened to top and bottom edge. V.G. with contents tight and clean, in a V.G. slightly edge-rubbed d/w with light crease top edge.
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Testing Years.
Beamont,Roland., Book Club / Ian Allen Ltd, 1980. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711010722. 160 pages. 960g. Black cloth boards FINE in a Near FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs. The authors personal recollections of forty years during which he flew over 170 different types of aircraft.
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Thanks for the Memory: Unforgettable Characters in Air Warfare, 1939-45.
Laddie Lucas, Stanley Paul & Co., 1989. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0091739462. 450 pages, 770g. Blue cloth boards with age toning tp page edges, Very good in a Very Good d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs. A collection of reminiscences by a selection of airmen who flew in World War II, recalling the most memorable characters they met in the Air Force. The collection is arranged chronologically and by theatres of war, with an introduction describing the backgrounds of each author.
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Their Finest Hours - The RAF and the Luftwaffe in World War II.
Klinkowitz, Jerome, Marion Boyars Publishers, 1990. . ISBN: 0714529079. 147 pages. 330g. Blue cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. This book contains the literary records of some of the pilots involved.
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Tiger Moth, De Havilland's Legendary Trainer.
Stuart McKay, Midland Publishing, 1999. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1857800613. 304 pages, 1.52kg. Gray cloth boards with scaring to pages 190/291 o/w clean and tight. Very Good. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs, drawings and modification listings.
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To Hell and Back - True Life Experiences of Bomber Command at War.
Rolfe, Mel., Grub Street, 1999. . ISBN: 1902304365. 192 pages. 430g. Soft card covers Near MINT. Illustrated with b/w photographs. True stories of ordinary men who were required to do an extraordinary job.
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Top Gun - The Navy's Fighter Weapons School..
George HALL, Arms & Armour P, 1987. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0853688745. 126 pages, 410g. Soft card covers slighlty edge rubbed, NEar FINE. Ilustrated with colour photographs.
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TORNADO - Multirole Combat Aircraft..
Lake, Jon & Crutch, Mike , Midland Publishing, 2000. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1857800966. 176 pages. 740g. Pictorial card covers with a vertical crease to covers, Near FINE with the contents tight and clean. Illustrated with colour photographs and line drawings. A detailed history of the design and development of this combat aircraft.
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Torpedo Leader .
Patrick Gibbs, Grub Street, 1992. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0948817569. 206 pages, 590g. Blue cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustarted with b/w photographs. Written during the war without benefit of hindsight, this is a remarkable and valuable account.
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The Traveller's Giude to British Airfields..
Coles, D. J. (Compiler), The Aviation Hobby Shop, 1982. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0907178030. 108 pages, 155g. Stapled soft card covers. FINE. Illustrated with maps.Directions and special features of some 357 different airfileds and gliders sites are covered.
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U. S. Army Aircraft (Heavier Than Air) 1908 - 1946.
Fahey, James, C., Ships and Aircraft, 1946. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 64 pages. 135g. Stapled soft card covers a little rubbed and marked, Very Good with the contents tight and clean with a small newspaper cutting of a letter from the author tipped in to page 34. Illustrated with b/w photographs. This publication catalogues the United States Army's Airplanes from the first there very beginnings to the present, compiled from official documents.
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U. S. Army Aircraft Since 1947.
Stephen Harding, Airlife Publishing, 1990. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1853101028. 273 pages, 625g. Blue cloth boards FINE in a Near FINE d/w with light dents to fron cover. Illustrated with b/w photographs. A look at the 110 different types of helicopters, fixed-wing aircraft and experimental flying machines used by the US Army since 1947.
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U.S. Navy West Coast Warriors (Wings 2).
George, Bayer, Dan, Slattery, Chad Hall, Windrow & Greene, 1992. 1st UK Edition. ISBN: 1872004326. 96 pages, 340g. soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with colour photographs throughout.
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UK Airlines (ABC Series).
Wright, Alan J, Ian Allan LTD, 1998. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711025738. 96 pages. 150g. Pictorial card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs. A pocket guide to all the airlines based in Britain, from the largest such as British Airways, to the smallest operators with only a handful of aircraft.
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Uncommon Valour - A Personal Viewpoint of Bomber Command 1939-45..
A. G. Goulding, Hyperion Books, 1989. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0863032745. 183 pages, 435g. Blue boards FINE in a Very Good d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Under the Guns of the Red Baron : The Complete Record of Von Richthofen's Victories and Victims in Graphic Detail.
Franks, Norman; Giblin, Hal, & Nigel McCrery, Caxton Editions, 2000. . ISBN: 1840671459. 224 pages. 1.1Kg. 4to. Pictorial laminated boards Near MINT in a FINE D/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs and 10 colour paintings by Chris Thomas.
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United States Air Force 1990..
Blackbird Aviation Pulications, Blackbird Aviation Publications / Mach Three Plus, 1990. 1st Edition. ISBN: 187069712X. 74 pages. 110g. Stapled card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs to inside of covers.
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United states Air Force Museum; Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
Jr. John Gillespie Magee, Air Force Museum Foundation, 1977. . ISBN: . 128 pages, 430g. Oblong format soft card covers Near FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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United States Air Force serials, 1946-1969.
Merseyside Aviation Society, Merseyside Aviation Society, 1969. 1st Thus. ISBN: . 70 pages, 140g. Stapled soft card covers sun darkened and creased to bottom corner, internally pages age toned to edges, Very Good. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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The United States Air National Guard - A Complete Reference Work to the ANG: History, Aircraft, Units and Insignia..
Francillon, Rene J., Aerospace Publishing Ltd., 1993. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1874023271. 224 pages. 1.27kg. Blue cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with colour & b/w photographs & drawings showing liverie details ideal for the modeller. A comprehensive study of one of the World's most powerful Airarms.
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