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  • HIT & RUN
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    HIT & RUN
    ROBERT JACKSON
    The book describes some of the most daring air attacks of World War II. Some were outstanding successes and some were unmitigated disasters. North Sea Battle: In the early weeks of World War II, Britain and Germany were determined to attack one another's warships in their respective naval bases. Both RAF and Luftwaffe learned the folly of sending unescorted bombers into enemy t...

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  • BADGES AND UNIFORMS OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE
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    BADGES AND UNIFORMS OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE
    MALCOLM HOBART
    Throughout the relatively short yet highly distinguished history of the Royal Air Force there has been a tendency for the men and women of the Service to be overshadowed by the glamour of the aircraft.Nonetheless it is surprising that there has never before been a complete record of the uniforms and badges of the RAF and its predecessor, the Royal Flying Corps. Malcolm Hobart a...

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  • FLYING AT THE EDGE
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    FLYING AT THE EDGE
    TONY DOYLE
    A firsthand account of a twenty-year career as an RAF fighter pilot, instructor, aerobatic flyer, and squadron leader.   Tony Doyle first flew in the CCF, where he completed a glider course and then a highly prized Flying Scholarship. This opened the way to joining the RAF and becoming an all-weather tactical fighter pilot flying de Havilland Vampires and Gloster Meteors. At th...

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  • AIR BATTLE OF THE RUHR
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    AIR BATTLE OF THE RUHR
    ALAN W. COOPER
    First published to acclaim in 1992, this book deals with the exploits of Bomber Command during their offensive against German Industry in the Ruhr during World War II. The author begins by describing the role of Bomber Command and goes on to define the Ruhr area and its great importance in terms of industrial output to the Germans. The author provides the statistics for bombers...

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  • RAF FIGHTER PILOTS IN WWII
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    RAF FIGHTER PILOTS IN WWII
    MARTIN W. BOWMAN
    This is a pulsating account of the young RAF fighter boys who flew Spitfires, Hurricanes and Defiants in England against the Luftwaffe and from Malta 1940-45 against the Regia Aeronautica. Their story is told using combat reports and first person accounts from RAF, German and Commonwealth pilots who fought in the skies in France in 1940, in England during the Battle of Britain,...

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  • A TRENCHARD BRAT AT WAR
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    A TRENCHARD BRAT AT WAR
    THOMAS LANCASHIRE / STUART BURBRIDGE
    This is the story of Thomas Lancashire who joined the RAF in 1936 and became one of the famous 'Trenchard Brats' at RAF Halton to be educated and learn the trade of fitter. He was first posted to 7 Squadron in 1939, at that time flying Whitley bombers but decided to advance himself to become a flight engineer on the new Stirling heavy bomber. He was posted to 15 Squadron at Wyt...

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  • FROM SAPPER TO SPITFIRE SPY
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    FROM SAPPER TO SPITFIRE SPY
    SALLY-ANNE GREVILLE HEYGATE
    David Greville-Heygate was one of the few men who served in both the army and the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, but it was in the sky that he really earned his stripes. Stalking the skies flying photo-reconnaissance missions with No. 16 Squadron over Northern France, he was to win the illustrious and highly coveted Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC). Another highli...

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  • MALTA'S GREATER SIEGE & ADRIAN WARBURTON DSO* DFC** DFC (USA)
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    MALTA'S GREATER SIEGE & ADRIAN WARBURTON DSO* DFC** DFC (USA)
    PAUL MCDONALD
    This is a true historical account of war in the air, at sea and on land in the battle for Malta's survival in the Second World War. It was a battle which decided the outcome of the war in North Africa and the Mediterranean. Adrian Warburton, the airman described in the subtitle by Marshal of the Royal Air Force Lord Tedder, went missing in 1944 in a single-seat American aircraf...

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  • THE RED BARON
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    THE RED BARON
    NORMAN FRANKS
    A pictorial history of the infamous German World War I air force pilot, by the author of Dieppe: The Greatest Air Battle. There are numerous books covering the life of Rittmeister Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen, and he has remained at the forefront of World War I studies. In commemoration of one hundred years since the beginning of the war, author Norman Franks introduces a ne...

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  • ENGLISH ELECTRIC LIGHTNING
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    ENGLISH ELECTRIC LIGHTNING
    MARTIN DERRY / NEIL ROBINSON
    Developed to intercept increasingly capable Soviet bombers such as the Tupolev Tu-16, Tu-22 and Tu-95, the English Electric/BAC Lightning had a phenomenal rate of climb, a high ceiling, and a top speed of over 1,300mph at 36,000ft, and is a favourite of both aviation enthusiasts and aircraft modellers alike.This homage to the only all-British Mach 2 interceptor fighter, follows...

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  • WIND IN THE WIRES AND AN ESCAPER'S LOG
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    WIND IN THE WIRES AND AN ESCAPER'S LOG
    DUNCAN GRINNELL-MILNE
    Duncan Grinnell-Milne was one of that select band of young men who made history in the air between 1915 and 1918 when they learned to fly in machines that resembled box-kites and laid the foundations of aerial combat which future generations would follow. He became a flying ace, with six confirmed aerial victories, and he spent two years as a prisoner of war before escaping fro...

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  • FROM BATTLE OF BRITAIN AIRMAN TO POW ESCAPEE
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    FROM BATTLE OF BRITAIN AIRMAN TO POW ESCAPEE
    ANGELA WALKER
    This is the Second World War story of a champion cyclist turned airman who lived to tell the tale against almost impossible odds. A New Zealander in the RAF, Ian Walker took part in the Battle of Britain before transferring to Bomber Command and surviving three plane crashes in his Wellington bomber. The last of these saw him crash land in enemy territory, where he was eventual...

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  • AIR BATTLE FOR BURMA
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    AIR BATTLE FOR BURMA
    BRYN EVANS
    After a long series of crushing defeats by the apparently unstoppable Japanese air and ground forces, the eventual fight back and victory in Burma was achieved as a result of the exercise of unprecedented combined services cooperation and operations. Crucial to this was the Allies supremacy in the air coupled with their ground/air support strategy.Using veterans firsthand accou...

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  • SHOT DOWN
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    SHOT DOWN
    ALEX KERR
    “An incredibly rich life story . . . It is also a significant addition to Australian military, aviation, and prisoner of war history. Uplifting. Read it.” —Bomber Command Australia   Alex Kerr’s Wellington, a twin-engine bomber, was shot down over Germany in 1941. At first hospitalized with hopes of repatriation, he unexpectedly found himself a prisoner in a German POW camp. Th...

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  • VETERAN LANCS
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    VETERAN LANCS
    NORMAN FRANKS
    Aviation historians will know that the Avro Lancaster bomber is the most famous aircraft to have fought with RAF Bomber Command during World War Two. They will know too that, of the 7,366 that were built, over 3,400 were lost on operations and a further 200 plus were destroyed and written-off in crashes. Operational sorties flown totalled more than 156,000, carrying over 600,00...

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  • MISSING: BELIEVED KILLED
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    MISSING: BELIEVED KILLED
    ROY CONYERS NESBIT
    The uncertain fates of Amelia Earhart, Amy Johnson and Glenn Miller have fascinated readers and aviation historians ever since they disappeared. Even today, more than half a century after their final flights, what happened to them is still the subject of speculation, conspiracy theory and controversy. This has prompted Roy Conyers Nesbit to reinvestigate their stories and to wr...

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  • THE RAF AIR-SEA RESCUE SERVICE IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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    THE RAF AIR-SEA RESCUE SERVICE IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
    NORMAN FRANKS
    When the Second World War began in 1939 it was thought that it would be fought along the same lines as the First World War, with the Allied air forces operating from both Britain and France. With the fall of Britains Northern European Allies in May 1940, all that changed. From then onwards, RAF aircraft operating over enemy and enemy-held territory necessitated flights across b...

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  • THE NIGHT HUNTER'S PREY
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    THE NIGHT HUNTER'S PREY
    IAIN GORDON
    This is the story of two airmen an RAF Rear Gunner and a Luftwaffe Pilot. Alexander Ollar was raised in the Highlands of Scotland. He became an exceptional sporting shot and volunteered as an RAF Air Gunner in 1939. Helmut Lent enrolled for pilot training in the Luftwaffe as soon as he was old enough. Both were men of integrity and honour. Alec completed his first tour of 34 op...

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  • SURVIVING THE JAPANESE ONSLAUGHT
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    SURVIVING THE JAPANESE ONSLAUGHT
    WILLIAM TATE
    These are the firsthand memoirs of the late William Albert Tate (W.O, RAF Bomber Command) framed within the factual history of his service career in the Royal Air Force between the years 1938 and 1946, penned by his son. This gripping narrative relays William's firsthand recollections of his time spent as a Japanese Prisoner of War, when he was incarcerated for two years in Ran...

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  • ACES, AIRMEN AND THE BIGGIN HILL WING
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    ACES, AIRMEN AND THE BIGGIN HILL WING
    JON E. C. TAN / GEOFFREY WELLIUM
    During the Second World War, RAF Biggin Hill was one of Fighter Commands premier stations. Throughout the Battle of Britain and beyond, it became a hotbed of talent and expertise, home to many of the Commands most notable and successful squadrons. Both on the ground and in the air, Biggin Hill had a formidable reputation and its prowess was very much built on a partnership betw...

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  • SECRET DUTIES OF A SIGNALS INTERCEPTOR
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    SECRET DUTIES OF A SIGNALS INTERCEPTOR
    JENNY NATER
    This WWII memoir recounts a woman’s experience translating top-secret German communications for British intelligence. Like many British women on the homefront of World War II, Jenny Nater discovered an unexpected way to put her talents to use. She served as a bilingual wireless operator in the top-secret Special Duties service at Dover, intercepting traffic from German surface ...

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  • NIGHT DUEL OVER GERMANY
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    NIGHT DUEL OVER GERMANY
    PETER JACOBS
    Bomber Commands night offensive against Nazi Germany, which lasted for nearly six years, was one of Britains major contributions to the Allied effort during the Second World War. But the decision to conduct its main operations at night only came about following heavy losses by day, when its prewar medium bombers had been found lacking in modern air warfare. The Luftwaffe, too, ...

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  • DEATH WAS THEIR CO-PILOT
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    DEATH WAS THEIR CO-PILOT
    MICHAEL DORFLINGER
    It was in World War I that the skies first became a battlefield, with nations seeking to decide military outcomes off the ground. This volume introduces the fighter pilots of World War I, including the infamous Red Baron Manfred von Richthofen. In addition to this iconic flying ace, the author presents the thrilling biographies of numerous others and recounts their exploits and...

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  • CAMEL COMBAT ACE
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    CAMEL COMBAT ACE
    BARRY M. MARSDEN
    A thrilling account of a World War I airman’s service in the skies over the trenches: “Well detailed and illustrated. . . . highly recommended.” —Over the Front   This book follows the First World War career of Captain (later wing commander) Edwin Swale, CBE DFC and bar, who served with 210 Squadron RAF, piloting Sopwith Camel scouts between March and October 1918. During this ...

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  • THEIR FINEST HOUR
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    THEIR FINEST HOUR
    NICK THOMAS
    Their Finest Hour tells the fascinating stories of six of Churchills Few', each of whom played an important part in the Battle of Britain. Celebrated and much respected on their own squadrons, all have since faded into obscurity. Their achievements, against all odds, and the fortunes of their comrades-in-arms, many of whom died during the Battle, are told here in detail, some f...

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  • LIGHTER THAN AIR
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    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 ...

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  • STAR-SPANGLED SPITFIRES
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    STAR-SPANGLED SPITFIRES
    TONY HOLMES
    Through the medium of period photography, Star-Spangled Spitfires chronicles the combat operations of the USAAF units equipped with the iconic Supermarine fighter whilst employed in both the European and Mediterranean theaters of war, from the summer of 1942 right up to the end of the conflict.Only a handful of British combat aircraft wore the stars and bars of the USAAF during...

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  • FALLEN EAGLES
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    FALLEN EAGLES
    NORMAN FRANKS
    The 50 pilots featured in Fallen Eagles were all decorated for bravery during The Great War. All survived the conflict only to die flying in the postwar years.The causes of their deaths ranged from being casualties of small wars, then as now rife in the Middle East, mechanical failure or pilot error. The 1920s were still pioneering years for aviation and aviators and test flyin...

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  • THE DESERT AIR FORCE IN WORLD WAR II
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    THE DESERT AIR FORCE IN WORLD WAR II
    KEN DELVE
    This is a comprehensive reference to the structure, operation, aircraft and men of the 1st Tactical Air Force, or Desert Air Force as it became known. It was formed in North Africa to support the 8th Army and included squadrons from the RAF, SAAF, RAAF and eventually the USAAF. The book includes descriptions of many notable defensive and offensive campaigns, the many types of a...

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  • A DICTIONARY OF COASTAL COMMAND, 1939–1945
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    A DICTIONARY OF COASTAL COMMAND, 1939–1945
    GEOFF SIMPSON
    An alphabetical account of the part in the Second World War played by the Kipper Fleet as it was known in the RAF. Coastal Command often lacked resources compared with other home commands, giving it its other nickname of the Cinderella Service. Its main role was defensive that of protecting Britains vital sea borne supply lines in home waters as well as in the Mediterranean, th...

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