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MILES AIRCRAFT: THE WARTIME YEARS 1939-1945

by Peter Amos

Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 1st. 2012

Nearly fine condition. The Appendices - containing individual aircraft histories of 1939-1945 production of Magister, Master, Martinet, Monitor and Messenger I types together with additional activities and background information. Large, heavy format. Cardwraps. B/w photos. 400 pages.

Minimal rubbing to spine and corners.

ISBN: 9780851304304
Stock no. 1325300

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Contents

  • Appendix 1 Phillips & Powis Aircraft Limited - Shadow Factory and Aerodrome, South Marston
  • Appendix 2 Phillips & Powis Aircraft Ltd - Scheme for Underground Bomb-proof Workshop
  • Appendix 3 Phillips & Powis Aircraft Ltd - Repair & Service Department, Woodley 1940
  • Appendix 4 Phillips & Powis Aircraft Ltd/Miles Aircraft Ltd - Wartime Dispersal Units and Storage Capacity - 1940 to 1944
  • Appendix 5 A Brief History of Phillips & Powis Aircraft Ltd/Miles Aircraft Ltd
  • Appendix 6 The Phillips & Powis and Miles Aeronautical Technical Schools
  • Appendix 7 Miles "Rammer" Fighter
  • Appendix 8 Miles M.9B Master Mk.1 and Miles M.9C Master Mk.1A built by Phillips & Powis Aircraft Ltd, Woodley - Summary of Production and Individual Aircraft Histories
  • Appendix 9 Miles M.14A Magister - Production Continues, from 3rd September 1939 to January 1941 - Individual Aircraft Histories
  • Appendix 10 RAE Reports and Notes on the Handling of the Miles Magister fitted with the Trailer Wing
  • Appendix 11 The Miles M.14A Magister in Turkey
  • Appendix 12 Miles M.19 Master Mk.II and Miles M.27 Master Mk.III - Summary of Production at all Factories between March 1941 and February 1943
  • Appendix 13 Miles M.19 Master Mk.II built by Phillips & Powis Aircraft Ltd at Woodley - Individual Aircraft Histories
  • Appendix 14 Miles M.19 Master Mk.II built by Phillips & Powis Aircraft Ltd at South Marston, Sheffield & Doncaster and Miles M.27 Master Mk.III built by Phillips & Powis Aircraft Ltd at South Marston - Individual Aircraft Histories
  • Appendix 15 Miles M.19 Master GT Mk.II - Summary of Modified and New-Build Aircraft
  • Appendix 16 Miles M.19 Master Mk.II supplied to the South African Air Force under the joint Air Training Scheme/Plan
  • Appendix 17 Miles M.19 Master Mk.II supplied to the South African Air Force - Individual Aircraft Histories
  • Appendix 18 Miles M.19 Master Mk.II and Miles M.27 Master Mk.III supplies to Portugal
  • Appendix 19 Miles M.19 Master Mk.II supplied to Egypt
  • Appendix 20 Miles M.9B Master Mk.I, Miles M.19 Master Mk.II and Miles M.27 Master Mk.III acquired by, diverted to and sold to the Irish Air Corps
  • Appendix 21 Miles M.19 Master Mk.II supplied to Turkey
  • Appendix 22 Miles M.19 Master Mk.II and Miles M.27 Master Mk.III loaned tot he Eighth and Ninth US Army Air Corps/US Army Air Forces in the United Kingdom
  • Appendix 23 Miles M.25 Martinet TT Mk.I - Summary of Production
  • Appendix 24 Miles M.25 Martinet TT Mk.I - Individual Aircraft Histories
  • Appendix 25 Miles M.25 Martinet TT Mk.I supplied to Portugal
  • Appendix 26 Miles M.26 X.II - The 'Case for the Plaintiff'
  • Appendix 27 Miles M.28 - Summary of Prodcution and Individual Aircraft Histories
  • Appendix 28 Miles M.33 Monitor TT Mk.I and TT Mk.II - Summary of production and Individual Aircraft Histories
  • Appendix 29 Miles M.38/28 Messenger, M.38 Messenger Mk.I, Mk.2B, Mk.2C and Mk.IIIB (later re-designated M.48) - Summary of Production and Individual Aircraft Histories
  • Appendix 30 Miles M.50 Queen Martinet Pilot-less Aicraft - Summary of Production and Individual Aircraft Histories
  • Appendix 31 The Miles M.52 High Speed Research Aircraft by Dennis S Bancroft
  • Appendix 32 Ministry of Aircraft Production Scientific War Records - October 1947 - Development of Supersonic Aircraft and Miles M.52 Constructional Details
  • Appendix 33 Miles M.3/52 'Gillette' Falcon - Record of Flights carried out by Miles Aircraft
  • Appendix 34 The Problems of Supersonic Flight - 1943 to 1946
  • Appendix 35 Experimental Aeroplane No's allotted to Phillips & Powis Aircraft Ltd/Miles Aircraft Ltd
  • Appendix 36 Phillips and Powis Aircraft Ltd/Miles Aircraft Ltd and the Airspeed Oxford
  • Appendix 37 Under 'B' Conditions - 'B' Marks used on Private Venture Aircraft produced by Phillips & Powis Aircraft Ltd between 17th October 1940 and 5th October 1943 and then by Miles Aircraft Ltd from 5th October 1943 to 29th January 1946
  • Appendix 38 Supermarine Spitfire work undertaken by Phillips & Powis Aircraft Ltd/Miles Aircraft Ltd, Woodley and Phillips and Powis Aircraft Ltd/Vickers Armstrong Ltd, South Marston between 1942 and 1945
  • Appendix 39 The Story of the Handley Page Halifax Bomb Doors
  • Appendix 40 Units based at Woodley, operated by Phillips & Powis Aircraft Ltd/Miles Aircraft Ltd on behalf of the RAF from November 1935
  • Appendix 41 Experiences with Messenger VP-KJL by Martin Barraclough
  • Appendix 42 The Miles M.25 Martinet TT Mk.I in Iceland
  • Appendix 43 Power Jets Ltd
  • Appendix 44 The Miles Engine
  • Appendix 45 The Miles Co-Pilot
  • Appendix 46 The Miles Electric Actuator
  • Appendix 47 The Miles Anti-'G' Device

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