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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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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 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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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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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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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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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 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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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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Warbirds Today Series No. 2 - Mustangs .
John M. Dibbs, Motorbooks Intl, 1992. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1870601238. 82 pages, 375g. Soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w and some colour photogrtaphs.
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Warburtons War - The Life of Maverick Ace Adrian Warburton DSO DFC DFC (USA).
Spooner, Tony, Crecy Publishing Ltd, 2003. Reprint. ISBN: 0907579434. 208 pages, 255g. Soft card covers Near MINT. Illustrated with b/w photographs. A look at one of the most highly decorated pilots of WWII.
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The Way of Recovery.
Simpson, William., Hamish Hamilton, 1945. Reprint. ISBN: . 164 pages, 175g. Green cloth boards Near FINE. No d/w. An RAF pilot's account of his treatment for burns sustained when his bomber was shot down over Belgium and his long rehabilitation.
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Wellington: The Geodetic Giant.
Bowman, Martin, Airlife Publishing, 1998. . ISBN: 1840370068. 168 pages, 440g. Card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Westland Aircraft Since 1915 (Putnam's British aircraft).
James, D.N., Putnam Aeronautical, 1991. 1st Edition. ISBN: 085177847X. 515 pages, 940g. Blue cloth boards Near MINT in a FINE d/w with very slightly sunned spine, in clear protective sleeve. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings.
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Wings for Victory : The Remarkable Story of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan in Canada.
Dunmore, Spencer., McClelland and Stewart, 1995. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0771029276. 399 pages. 790g. Black cloth boards Near MINT in a NEar MINT d/w. illustrated with b/w photographs. At its peek, this training plan was graduating over 3,000 air crewe a month, from its 107 training schools across Canada.
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Wings of Madness: Alberto Santos-Dumont and the Invention of Flight.
Paul Hoffman, Fourth Estate, 2003. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1841153680. 369 pages, 750g. Brown cloth boards with some age toning to pages, FINE in a FINE d/w a little sunned to spine and top edge. Illustrated with period b/w photographs.
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Wings of War - Fighting WW II in the Air.
Jeffrey Ethell, Greenhill Books, 1994. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1853671916. 136 pages, 905g. Red cloth boards with a little foxing to first and last few pages, Very Good in a Very Good d/w. Illustrated with colour photographs throughout.
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Wings Over Kent.
, Meresborough Books, 1983. 1st Edition. ISBN: 090527069X. 64 pages, 125g. Stapled card covers rubbed and faded, covered in non-removable clear plastic film, GOOD only. Illustrated with period b/w photographs.
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Wings Over Lincolnshire.
Hodgson, Mike, Taylor, Bill & Green, Peter, Midland Publishing, 1994. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1857800249. 60 pages, 195g. Soft card covers Near MINT. Illustrated with b/w photographs that chronicles the history of both civil and military aviation in Lincolnshire starting before WWI.
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WINGS OVER WEYMOUTH.
COLIN POMEROY, Dovecote Press, 2005. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1874336776. 72 pages. 500g. Pictorial laminated Boards MINT. Illustrated with b/w photographs, many previously unpublished, plus diagrams. A record of Weymouth's contribution to the history of aviation.
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With Wings Like Eagles - The Untold History of the Battle of Britain.
Michael Korda, Jr Books Ltd, 2009. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9781906217990. 322 pages, 710g. Gray cloth boards Near MINT in a Near MINT d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs and colour paintings.
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The Wooden Wonder - A short history of the wooden aeroplane.
james g robins, Rigby, 1975. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0851799191. 52 pages, 325g. Red cloth boards with a little age toning to paste-downs and end-papers, Very Good in a Very good d/w with sunned spine. Illustrated with colour drawings.
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World Airline Colours 4.
Nigel M. Tomkins, Browcom Pub Ltd, 1987. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0946141312. 152 pages, 410g. Pictorial laminated boards FINE. Illustrated with 148 colour photographs.
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World Speed Record Aircraft - The Fastest Piston-engined Landplanes Since 1903.
Ferdinand C.W. Kaesmann, Putnams, 1990. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0851778445. 241 pages, 505g. Blue cloth boards Near MINT in a Near MINT d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings.
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World War II Fighter Conflict (Macdonald Illustrated War Studies)..
Price, Alfred , Macdonald And Jane's, 1975. 1st Edition. ISBN: 035608129X. 160 pages. 500g. Blue cloth boards. faded to edges, Very Good in a Very good price-clipped d/w with slightly sunned spine. A comparive study on the evolution of aircraft and tactics of the airforces of the natlons that took part in the Ssecond world War.
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World's Air Fleets - New Revised Edition.
David W Wragg, Ian Allan Ltd, 1969. 2nd Edition. ISBN: 0711000859. 176 pages, 325g. Blue cloth boards with a little age toning to end-papers, Near FINE in a Very Good internally foxed d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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The World's Airways.
Finch, Robert., University of London Press, 1938. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 224 pages, 535g, Orange cloth boards a little rubbed and marked with slightly sun darkened spine, Very Good in minor internal foxing to prelims only. Illustrated with period b/w photographs. Looks at the early growth of commercial flying (passenger transport ) and the great national airlines of the day.
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Wrecks & Relics, The Album..
Ken Ellis, Midland Publishing, 2003. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1857801660. 126 pages, 535g. Soft card covers with crease to bottom front corner and rubbed to edges, Very Good with the contents tight and clean. Illustrated with b/w and colour photographs. The first edition of 'The album' consists of a selection of largely unpublished photos covering the 40-year life span of Wrecks & Relics.
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Wrecks & Relics: 24th Edition - The Indispensable Guide to Britain's Aviation Heritage (Wrecks & Relics S). .
Ken Ellis, Crecy Publishing, 2014. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9780859791779. 365 pages, 810g. Pictorial laminated boards FINE. Illustrated with colour and a few b/w photographs
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Wrecks and Relics - 13th Edition.
Ken Ellis, Midland Publishing, 1992. 13th Edition. ISBN: 0904597830. 256 pages, 445g. Pictorial laminated boards FINE. SIGNED dedication to 'Brian Gaunt' by the author. Brian painted the nose art on a Halifax MKIII at Yorkshire Air Museum in 1996. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Wrecks and Relics 14th Edition - The Indispensible Guide to Bristain's aviation heritage. .
KEN ELLIS, Midland Publishing, 1994. 14th Edition. ISBN: 1857800257. 320 pages, 675g. Pictorial laminated boards FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Wrecks and Relics: The Biennial Survey of Preserved, Instructional and Derelict Airframes in the U.K. and Eire.
Ken Ellis, Midland Publishing, 2000. 17th Edition. ISBN: 1857801008. 320 pages, 645g. Pictorial laminated boards with small dent to bottom edge, FINE. Illustrated with colour photographs.
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WWII - Marine Fighting Squadron Nine (VF-9M).
Jess C Barrow, Tab Books, 1981. 1st Paperback Edition. ISBN: 0830622896. 240 pages, 285g. soft card covers rubbed to edges and corners, with crease to rear cover, Very Good with contents tight and clean. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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