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Representative Enemy & Allied Aircraft: Comparative Performance & Characteristics. TAIC [Technical Air Intelligence Center] Manual No. 2.
1st Ed., orig. printed wraps., [iii]+47pp., silhouettes of aircraft throughout. Anacostia, DC: Issued by the Division of Naval Intelligence by Combined Personnel of United States & British Services for the Use of Allied Forces. Oct.
1944
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CONFIDENTIAL (& next to this ink stamped RESTRICTED) contemp. intelligence report contains technical spec. of around 120 types of British, German, American & Japanese aircraft, i.e. presumably just about all then in service (from fighters such as the Spitfire to heaviest bombers like the Superfortress), with details such as Speed-Climb-Ceiling, Range, Take-Off, Engines, Dimensions, Armament, Protection (armour), Fuel, &c, plus front, side & top silhouettes of each aircraft. Staples somewhat rusted o/w VG. See illustration on our website.
£50
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Royal Air Force Escaping Society: Report on Activities in 1959 & Catalogue of 'Escape' Books.
Orig. dec. wraps., 32pp., several photos. For the Society.
1959
#64831
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Details of the Society's events, &c. VG. See illustration on our website.
£20
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Sea Survival.
Interim Reprint pending 3rd Ed., 41pp., sketches throughout. HMSO.
1969
#51963
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Official Air Ministry pocketbook, PAM (AIR) 224, on survival after ditching at sea. First printed in 1957, 2nd Ed. in 1966 & this printing in 1969. Attractive orig. dec. wraps., VG. See illustration on our website.
£10
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The Air Force List, October 1940.
Reprint of Battle of Britain era RAF List. VG in dw. Hayward.
1990
#64782
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Good quality hardback reprint, VG in dw. See illustration on our website.
£25
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The Air Force List: Sptember, 1938.
Orig. wraps., VG. Containing details of officers' postings to Squadrons, various HQs., Commands &c., also retired list & reserve lists. Fully indexed. Scarce. See illustration on our website.
#61236
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£90
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"NIGHTHAWK" MC [Pseud. of HARVEY (W.J., MC)]
Rovers of the Night Sky.
1st Ed., viii+204pp. Cassell.
1919
#65350
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Personal account of service in France 1917-18 as an Observer with a night-bomber squadron, having previously been a footslogger (or 'gravel-crasher') in the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Atmospheric account of various sorties over the Ypres Salient &c. Orig. dec. blue cloth, litle rubbed & worn, about VG. See illustration on our website.
£45
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"SPIN" [Pseud. of G.E. Thomson, Recording Officer, 46 Sqdrn. RFC]
Short Flights with the Cloud Cavalry.
1st Ed., 218pp. H&S. nd (c.1918)
#62178
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Sketches of service with the RFC/RAF, Western Front, by an Observer. Orig. blue dec. cloth, rather worn but sound. See illustration on our website.
£20
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BRETTINGHAM (Laurie)
Royal Air Force Beam Benders: 80 (Signals) Wing 1940-1945.
1st Ed., laminated card covs., 192pp., illus. Earl Shilton: Midland Pubg.
1997
#66636
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Specialist unit "involved in the delicate art of deception; charting & calibrating German navigational beams, & without raising suspicions, 'bending' them - sending bombers off course away from cities & strategic points." See illustration on our website.
£15
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BURGE (Maj. C. Gordon, OBE)
The Annals of 100 Squadron: Being a Record of the War Activities of the Pioneer Night Bombing Squadron in France during the period March 1917 to November 11th 1918, including its operations against German Towns whilst serving in the Independent Force of the R.A.F.
1st Ed., [x]+211pp., 4to, num. photos. Herbert Reiach Ltd.
1919
#66423
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Rare original history of night bombing sqdrn. inc. formation & services, lists of aircrew participating in each of hundreds of ops., Roll of Hon. (43 officers & men, 20 portraits), awards, roll of officers & other ranks. Superior edition, orig. qtr. black morocco, blue cloth boards, gilt to sp. & front, neat repairs to sp., covers somewhat marked, generally VG. See illustration on our website.
£100
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CONTACT [Pseud. of BOTT (Alan)]
Eastern Nights - and Flights: A Record of Oriental Adventure.
1st Ed., viii+315pp., frontis. Blackwood.
1920
#65862
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Nieuport scout pilot based in Palestine, operating there & in Syria + experiences in Consantinople &c. at the end of the war. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, minor wear, generally VG. See illustration on our website.
£45
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