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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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£8.50
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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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£3.50
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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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£3.00
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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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£4.00
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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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£5.00
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Stirling Wings: The Short Stirling Goes to War.
J Falconer, Budding Books, 1997. Reprint. ISBN: 1840150041. 214 pages, 660g. Pictorial laminated boards FINE in an FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs and 3D cutaway drawing. Introduced into RAF squadron service in August 1940, a total of 2,371 Stirlings were built and flown by the RAF. This book is an account of its time in service.
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£6.00
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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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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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£30.00
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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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Tangmere: Famous Royal Air Force Fighter Station An Authorised History.
Byron, Reginald; Coxon, David, Grub Street Publishing, 2014. Reprint. ISBN: 9781909166196. 352 pages, 950g. Brown cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w in clear protective sleeve. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Expertly told with use of official diaries and operations record books this is a long-awaited, comprehensive and conclusive account of a fascinating fighter station and its neighboring airfield Ford.
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£25.00
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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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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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£12.00
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Ton-Up Lancs - A Photographic History of the 35 RAF Lancasters That Each Completed 100 Sorties..
Norman Franks, Bounty Books, 2005. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9780753717950. 224 pages. 1Kg. Pictorial laminated Boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with over 200 contemporary b/w photographs. Each aircraft history is recorded, supported by stories and lists of the aircrew that flew them.
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£9.00
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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 Light vertical crease to covers, 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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£5.00
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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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£3.50
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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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£4.00
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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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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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United States Air Force 1989.
???, Blackbird Aviation Publications, 1989. 1st Edition. ISBN: 187069709X. 72 pages, 100g. Stapled card covers FINE.
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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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£9.00
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United States Military Aircraft Since 1909.
Swanborough F. G., Putnams, 1963. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 596 pages, 1.15kg. Blue cloth boards Very Good in a Very Good d/w with sunned spine and area. Illustrated with b/w photographs and line drawings.
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Unsafe at Any Height.
John Godson, Blond, 1970. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0218515189. 176 pages, 410g. Light blue cloth boards with a little foxing to edges of page block, Very Good, in a Very Good d/w with orginial advertinsing sleeve.
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US Air Force Air Power Directory (World Air Power Journal).
David Donald, Aerospace Publishing Ltd., 1992. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1874023255. 232 pages, 1.28 Kg. Blue cloth boards. FINE in FINE d/w. The complete reference work on the operational US Air Force today. Fully illustrated with colour photographs and coloured line drawings giving liverie detail for the modeller.
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£9.00
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US Air Force Colours Volume 2 - ETO & MTO 1942-1945.
Dana Bell, Arms & Armour Press, 1980. 1st Edition. ISBN: 085368247X. 96 pages, 550g. Turquoise cloth boards FINE in a Very Good with repaired tear top top of sun darkened d/w in clear removable wrap. Illustrated with b/w photographs and coloured insignia.
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US Army Air Force Fighters - Part 1 (WWII Aircraft Fact Files).
William Green and Gordon Swanborough, Macdonald & Janes., 1977. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0356082180 . 76 pages. 320g. Soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs, line drawings. Covers the manufactures in alphabetical order,including the products of Bell and Curtiss, with the emphasis on the first generation of WW2 fighters.
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US Army Air Force Fighters - Part 2 (WWII Aircraft Fact Files).
William Green and Gordon Swanborough, Macdonald & Janes., 1978. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0354010727. 84 pages. 360g. Soft card covers very slightly sun darkened, FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs, line drawings and cut-away sections. PArt 2 covers the products from Douglas to Vultee.
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USAFE - A Primer Of Modern Air Combat In Europe.
Skinner, Michael , Arms And Armour Press , 1983. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0853685681. 138 pages, 375g. Soft card covers a little rubbed to corners, Near FINE. Illustrated with b/w and some colour photographs. A book explaining the balance of power in the skies of Europe, about the changing nature of modern air combat, and most of all, about the airmen and their World.
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V Force Boys: All New Reminiscences by Air and Ground Crews Operating the Vulcan, Victor and Valiant in the Cold War and Beyond.
Tony; Wright, Anthony Blackman, Grub Street Publishing, 2017. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9781910690383. 214 pages, 800g. Pictorial laminated boards FINE in a FINE d/w in protective sleeve. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs. The book includes a firsthand account of dropping the last UK H Bomb, a description of how all the aircraft navigated before the days of GPS, the training the crews received and an armorer?s account of how the nuclear weapons were moved with complete safety but not in the regimented way that might be expected. In addition there are chapters which tell of incidents that would not be found in the RAF historical annals but show how the vigilant guarding of the UK had its lighter moments. A must for all Vulcan, Victor and Valiant enthusiasts.
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£14.00
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V-Bombers (Modern Combat Aircraft 11).
Jackson, Robert, Ian Allan LTD, 1982. Reprint. ISBN: 0711011001. 112 pages. 530g. Blue cloth boards Near MINT in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs and cut-away drawings. A history of the V-Force with chapters on the V-Bombers operational proceedures.
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Valiant Boys: True stories from the Operators of the UK's First Four-Jet Bomber.
Tony; Wright, Anthony Blackman, Grub Street Publishing, 2018. Reprint. ISBN: 9781909808218. 192 pages, 560g. Pictorial laminated boards FINE in a Near FINE d/w with tiny repaired tear to bottom front edge. Illustrated with b/w and colour photographs. It is good to have a book written by aircrew and ground crew telling their stories and how they operated the aircraft so that all these things are recorded and not forgotten. Not as well known as the Vulcan and Victor, the Valiant is often overlooked; this book will go a long way to redress the balance.
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The Vectis Connection - Pioneering Isle Of Wight Air Services..
Newberry. Peter., Waterfront., 2000. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0946184909. 128 pages plus 16 pages in colour. 590g. Card covers. Near FINE. Illustrated in colour and b/w. The book traces the development of civial and commercial aviation on the Isle of Wight.
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£6.00
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Veteran and Vintage Aircraft.
Hunt, Leslie., Garnstone Press, 1974. 4th Edition. ISBN: 0855112409. 336 pages,1.04kg. Black cloth boards with slight bump to corners, Very Good with the contents tight and clean, in a Very Good slightly sun darkened d/w. Illustrated with over 900 photographs. The World's preserved aircraft - Where they are - What they are - What they look like - Who owns them.
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VICKERS - Company profile 1911 to 1977.
Martyn Chorlton, Kelsey Publishing, 2013. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9781907426629. 130 pages, 400g. Magazine format card covers Very Good. Illustrated with b/w photographs with colour profiles for the modeller.
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Vickers Aircraft Since 1908.
Andrews, C. F. & Morgan, E. B., Putnam Aeronautical Books, 1988. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0851778151. 593 pages, 1.04kg. Blue cloth boards Near MINT in a Near MINT d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs and scaled line drawings. For this revised edition, numerous previously unpublished projects have been added.
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£25.00
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Vickers Wellington Manual: An insight into the history, development, production and role of the Second World War RAF bomber aircraft.
Murray, Dr Iain, Haynes Publishing, 2012. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9780857332301. 160 pages, 770g. Pictorial laminated boards FINE. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs and drawings.
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Victor Boys: True Stories from Forty Memorable Years of the Last V Bomber.
Tony Blackman, Grub Street Publishing, 2017. Reprint. ISBN: 9781908117458. 198 pages, 580g. Pictorial laminated boards FINE in a FINE d/w in protective sleeve. Illustrated with b/w and colour photographs. The Handley Page Victor was the third of the three V Bombers and the most long lasting, serving in the RAF until 1993, and still doing invaluable service in the first Iraq war. Moreover, in 1982 it was only the Victor tanker fleet based on Ascension Island that made possible the Vulcan Black Buck bombing of Port Stanley airfield and the long-range reconnaissance of Argentina by Nimrods.
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Vintage Glory Airline Colour Schemes of the '50s and '60s.
Adrian Balch, Airlife Publishing, 1995. Reprint. ISBN: 1853104361. 112 pages, 560g. Soft card covers with long crease to rear top corner, Very Good with the contents tight and clean. Illustrated with colour photographs throughout. An extensive text details the aircraft and airline, and sensational color photographs capture the wonderful variety of airliners in service at that time.
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Vulcan Boys: From the Cold War to the Falklands: True Tales of the Iconic Delta V Bomber.
Tony Blackman, Grub Street Publishing, 2014. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9781909808089. 224 pages, 600g. Pictorial laminated boards FINE in a FINE d/w in protective sleeve. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs. Tells the story of the aircraft from its design conception through the Cold War when it played out its most important job as Britain?s nuclear deterrent; before unbelievably, at the end of its service life, also playing a significant role, with its bombs and missiles, in liberating the Falkland Islands for which it gained much celebrity.
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