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  • FROM AUSTER TO APACHE
    GUY WARNER
    The complete story of 656 from WWII to today, with photos—"a well-written account of a remarkable squadron." —RAF Historical Society First formed on December 31, 1942, 656 Squadron has served with great distinction in India, Burma, Java, Malaya, Borneo, Hong Kong, the UK, the Falkland Islands, Bosnia, Kosovo, and, most recently, Afghanistan. This is 656's story, told in full an...

    $329.00

  • FIRST IN THE FIELD
    GUY WARNER
    Aviation historian Guy Warner's First in the Field is an essential history of the Royal Air Force's Air Observation Post Squadron formed in World War II. The premier Army Air Corps unit created on the airfield of England's Old Sarum on August 1, 1941, 651 Squadron was comprised of both Royal Air Force and Royal Artillery personnel whose mission was to work closely with army uni...

    $119.00

  • WORLD WAR ONE AIRCRAFT CARRIER PIONEER
    GUY WARNER
    Jack McCleery was born in Belfast in 1898, the son of a mill owning family. He joined the RNAS in 1916 as a Probationary Flight Officer. During the next ten months he completed his training at Crystal Palace, Eastchurch, Cranwell, Frieston, Calshot and Isle of Grain, flying more than a dozen landplanes, seaplanes and flying boats, gaining his wings as a Flight Sub-Lieutenant. I...

    $119.00

  • LIGHTER THAN AIR
    GUY WARNER
    Neville Florian Usborne entered the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1897. In the years between him joining up and the outbreak of the First World War, he engaged in a huge number of enterprises and endeavours. Praise and respect garnered in accordance with his achievements all helped to establish his reputation in later years as an 'irreplaceable' pioneer and a leading light of early ...

    $329.00

  • ATLANTIC LINCHPIN
    GUY WARNER
    On a map the Azores appear as nine tiny specks in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, but their location was to prove strategically vital in two world wars. The Atlantic became a crucial battleground twice within the space of 25 years, as the US ‘arsenal of democracy’ sent firstly stores, arms, and equipment, followed by many thousands of troops to fight in Europe. In both desper...

    $299.00

  • FIRST IN THE FIELD
    GUY WARNER
    651 was the first Air Observation Post (AOP) Squadron, formed at Old Sarum on August 1 1941 to work closely with army units in artillery spotting and liaison. It was still part of the RAF but all the pilots, drivers and signalers were from the Royal Artillery, while the RAF supplied the Adjutant, Engineer Officer and technicians. It is therefore the premier Army Air Corps squad...

    $119.00

  • LIGHTER THAN AIR
    GUY WARNER
    Neville Florian Usborne entered the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1897. In the years between him joining up and the outbreak of the First World War, he engaged in a huge number of enterprises and endeavours. Praise and respect garnered in accordance with his achievements all helped to establish his reputation in later years as an 'irreplaceable' pioneer and a leading light of early ...

    $329.00