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AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS OF WORLD WAR II: HISTORY AND INSIGNIA
Written by Maurer Maurer.
Stock no. 1828805
Published by Zenger Publishing Co. Inc.. 1980. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The United States Air Force Combat Groups in World War II. For each organisation there is information about insignia, lineage, operations, assignments, aircraft, components, stations, commanders, campaigns and decorations.Blue cloth boards, silvertitle to spine and vignettes to front. 506 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0892010924. Reprint. Light mottling to boards. Spine is concave (reading wear). Text block browned. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and chipped, lightly faded to spine, browned and scuffed. A good reading copy.

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THE BOMBER COMMAND WAR DIARIES: AN OPERATIONAL REFERENCE BOOK 1939-1945
Written by Martin Middlebrook; Chris Everitt.
Stock no. 1828803
Published by Viking. 1985. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Bomber Command's campaign started on the very first day of the Second World War and ended within a few hours of the final victory in Europe five and a half years later. It was an attempt to win a war in Europe by strategic bombing on such an enormous scale that historians are only now piecing together the finer details of the individual raids. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 804 pages includes index. ISBN: 0670801372. Reprint in same year as first publication. Light vertical crease to spine (reading wear). Else boards clean. Text block lightly browned and a little grubby, a few foxspots. Contents clean. Grey pictorial dustwrapper with red titlesis ligthly browned, lightly faded to spine, lightly edge-rubbed.

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6 GROUP BOMBER COMMAND: AN OPERATIONAL RECORD
Written by Chris. Ward.
Stock no. 1828802
Published by Pen & Sword Aviation. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. IX and 260 pages. ISBN: 9781848841550. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel.

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GRUMMAN AIRCRAFT SINCE 1929
Written by Rene J. Francillon.
Stock no. 1828801
Published by Putnam Aeronautical Books. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The development and service histories of all Grumman's aircraft from the earliest FF and SF biplanes up to the F-14 Tomcat and the experimental X-29 with its forward swept wing. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and drawings. viii and 584 pages. ISBN: 0851778356. Remains of old bookseller's address label to lower edge of front pastedown with some surface paper loss (hidden by the front flap of the dustwrapper). Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper has some creasing to laminate and is a little scuffed.

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MCDONNELL DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT SINCE 1920: VOLUME I
Written by Rene J. Francillon.
Stock no. 1828800
Published by Putnam. 1st thus 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Edition, revised, updated and expanded. Originally published in one volume in 1979. This first volume covers the history of Douglas and its associate companies, and details all of its aircraft up to the 1967 merger with McDonnell. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 617 pages. ISBN: 0851778275. Board edges lightly rubbed. Text block lightly browned. Endpapers lightly imprinted with printers ink from dustwrapper flaps. Else contetns clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and has some creasing of the laminate, corners lightly rubbed.

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LOCKHEED HUDSON IN WORLD WAR II
Written by Andrew Hendrie.
Stock no. 1828799
Published by Airlife Publishing Ltd. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 192 pages including index. ISBN: 1840370939. Light rubbing to base of spine. Contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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ERKS ON HERCS
Written by Andy Muniandy.
Stock no. 1828798
Published by Hercules Publishing House. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The workings of the Engineering Wing and Mechanical Transport Squadron at RAF Lyneham. Beginning with the very body of the Hercules, the author covers everything from the tip of the air-to-air refuelling probe to the end of the ramp. What makes an Engineering Groundcrew (ERKS) of the RAF a uinique breed within the Aviation Industry. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to front. B/w photos and drawings. Limited edition of 2000 copies numbered and signed by the author. 176 pages. ISBN: 0952260816. SIGNED by the author. This is copy 468 of 2000 copies. A lovely copy. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is a bit scuffed.

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THE ARMED ROVERS: BEAUFORTS & BEAUFIGHTERS OVER THE MEDITERRANEAN
Written by Roy Conyers Nesbit.
Stock no. 1828793
Published by Pen & Sword Aviation. 1st thus 2012. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

By far the most dangerous of the RAF activities during the Second World War were daylight attacks on enemy shipping... Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 224 pages including index. ISBN: 9781848848955. Spine cocked with definite lean. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel and is lightly rubbed to lower front edge.

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RAAF CAMOUFLAGE & MARKINGS 1939-45 VOL 1
Written by Geoffrey Pentland. Illustrated by Geoffrey Pentland.
Stock no. 1828790
Published by Kookaburra Technical Publications. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Visual presentation of dozens of aircraft in a variety of conditions raising from the slick new machine in factory finish to the mud-stained often bullet-ridden combat veteran. Large format. Light blue cloth boards, white title to spine. B/w photos. Colour illustrations. 144 pages. ISBN: 0858800365. Light rubbing to lower board edges. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. A few pencil erasure marks to front endpaper. Text block lightly browned. Contents otherwise clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine, lightly rubbed at corners and lightly scuffed/scratched.

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BELL AIRCRAFT SINCE 1935
Written by Alain Pelletier.
Stock no. 1828789
Published by Putnam Aeronautical Books. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The history of the company and all the Bell products. It covers the development of the P-39 Airacobra and P-63 Kingcobra fighters as well as the outstandingly successful family of Bell helicopters, including the Bell 47, Cobra, HueyCobra and SeaRanger. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. 255 pages including index. ISBN: 0851778518. Light shelf-wear to top & tail of spine. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is rubbed and lightly worn at corners, a little scuffed, lightly faded to spine.

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NORTH AMERICAN F-86 SABRE (CROWOOD AVIATION SERIES)
Written by Duncan Curtis.
Stock no. 1828781
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Crowood Aviation Series. The full story of the North American F-86 Sabre its design and development, covering both the F-86 and its close relative, the US Navy's FJ Fury. Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and a few colour. 192 pages including index. ISBN: 1861263589. A lovely copy. Orange pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scratched and a little scuffed, slightly faded to spine.

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BOEING B-29 SUPERFORTRESS (CROWOOD AVIATION SERIES)
Written by Steve Pace.
Stock no. 1828780
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Crowood Aviation Series. A complete history of the aircraft, including full details of its design, manufacture and service with the American air forces during World War Two, the Korean War and after, and with the British Royal Air Force during the 1950s. Also includes information on the Soviet-built B-29 copy - the TU-4 'Bull'. Large format. Colour and b/w photos. 208 pages including index. ISBN: 1861265816. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed.

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