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| DAY THE RED BARON DIED, Titler, Dale, Bonanza, 1978, vg/vg, see photo,
last 2 days of Von Richthofen's life & the day after, photos & maps, 320 pgs.
| $28.50 |
| DeHavilland DH-4, Boyne, Walter, Smithsonaian, 1984, Famous Aircraft of NASM series, vg, soft cover, see photo,
restoration, technical information, performance summaries, appendices, photos & drawings, 119 pgs.
| $15.00 |
| DIARY & LETTERS OF A WORLD WAR I FIGHTER PILOT,
Burgess, Christopher, Pen & Sword, 2008, see photo, a first-hand account of the author’s grandfather, Guy Mainwaring Knocker &
his experiences as a pilot in the R.F.C. in WW I written as a series of letters & diary entries.
He wrote letters virtually every day to his family, while he trained in England and was in service in France,
& often illustrated them with little sketches. Guy was a gifted artist, particularly pencil, pen & ink,
also an excellent photographer. He flew with No 65 (Fighter) Squadron that was formed in June, 1916 as a fighter squadron,
flew to France in March 1917 in time to play a prominent part in the air operations during the Battles of Arras. In June 1917, the
squadron moved to Calais for special patrol work in the Dover Straits area, to intercept enemy aircraft raiding England.
246 pgs.
| $39.95 |
| DISCIPLINES OF WAR, MEMORIES OF THE WAR OF 1914-18
Levyns, J.E.P., Vantage Press, 1984, f/vg (rubbed), see photo, memoirs of a South African infantrymen who served in the Ninth Division and later with the 102 Night Bombing Squadron of the RFC
| $25.00 |
| DECISIVE AIR BATTLES OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR,
Whitehouse, Arch, Duell, Sloan & Pierce, 1963, vg/vg (worn),
first air battles, first dogfights, first mass bombing raids, photos, 360 pgs.
| $22.50 |
| DeHAVILLAND AIRCRAFT OF WORLD WAR ONE, Bruce, J.M. Arms & Armour, 1991, f/f,
see photo, a definitive study of First World War aviation,
early De Havilland designs, technical detail, individual squadron deployment of each type
throughout the war years; and each aircraft is illustrated & reproductions of the original
De Havilland technical drawings, 96 pgs.
| $30.00 |
| DeHAVILLAND AIRCRAFT OF WORLD WAR I, Volume 1: D.H.1 - D.H.4
Owers, Colin, Flying Machines Press, 2001, new, soft cover, see photo,
color illustrations by Juanita Franzi, many photos, fold out drawings, color plates, see examples, 68 pgs.
| $34.95 |
| DeHAVILLAND AIRCRAFT OF WORLD WAR I, Volume 2: D.H.5 - D.H.15
Owers, Colin, Flying Machines Press, 2001, new, soft cover, see photo,
color illustrations by Juanita Franzi, many photos, fold out drawings, color plates, see examples, 84 pgs.
| $39.95 |
| D.H.4/D.H.9 FILE, THE, Sturtivant & Page, Air Britain, 2000, new (issued w/o dj), see photo,
comprehensive lisiting of all DH-4s & 9s produced in the UK & US, photographs, 3-view drawings & color plates, 316 pgs.
| $69.95 |
| DIARY OF A P.B.O., Shrive, Frank, Boston Mills Press, 1981, vg/vg (chipping & some rubbing), see photo,
observer in the second seat of a Royal Flying Corps 'machine'. An RA gunner wounded at Vimy Ridge, aged 19,
after recuperating in England he joined the RFC, eventually was posted to Archangel,
where he found himself participating in the Russian Civil War, photos, 88 pgs.
| $30.00 |
| DIARY OF A WWI PILOT, AMBULANCES, PLANES, FRIENDS, Conober-Church, Frances, Conover-Patterson Publishers, 2004, new, soft cover, see photo,
Harvey Conover's adventurers in France 1917-1918, a frontline ambulance driver who arrived in France
before the US entered WWI, later he enlisted in the US Aero Service, was trained in French flight schools,
& became a decorated combat pilot in the St.Mihiel and Verdun offensives, 288 pgs.
| $19.95 |
| DOG-FIGHT, Franks, Norman, Greenhill, 2003, new, see photo,
aerial tactics of the aces of WW I, strategy & planning of commanders & front-line
airmen, based on authors correspondence with a number of WW I fighter pilots & aces,
photos & illustrations, 256 pgs.
| $34.95 |
| DOUBLE DECKER C666, Heydemarck, Haupt, John Hamilton, 1934, vg (spine fade, minor foxing),
experiences as a member of a German observation squadron on the Western Front, begins in 1912 ends when his pilot
dies after combat and he transfers to the Macedonian Front, illustrations, map, 201 pgs.
| $45.00 |
| EAGLES HEIGHT, THE, Elliot, Robert, Air Review Limited, 1961, f/f, see photo,
fictionalized account of aviation & the men of the Royal flying Corp in WW1, Bw plates of various aircraft deployed in WW1
256 pgs. | $14.95 |
| EAGLES OF THE BLACK CROSS, Musciano, Walter, Ivan Obolensky, 1965, vg/g (worn, inked name), see photo,
comprehensive review of German Aces of World War I including over one hundred photographs and illustrations,
301 pgs. | $35.00 |
| EARLY AIRCRAFT ARMAMENT, Woodman, Harry, Smithsonian, 1989, f/f, see photo, covers an enormous range of armaments including those of Lewis, Vickers, Madsen, Colt, Browning, Bergmann, Spandua,
Marlin, Villa Perosa, the Russian Maxim and many more, detailed also are the technological developments that were
undertaken including gun mountings, various forms of ammunition, gunsights, the use of big guns & the frantic search
for crucial synchronization gear, photographs & line drawings, 254 pgs.
| $75.00 |
| EARLY BIRD, Moore, W. G. Major, Putnam, 1963, vg/ vg (lazer copy), see photo,
author received his pilot's certificate in 1914 after 2 1/2 hrs of flying, flew
Sopwith Scouts on seaplane patrol, later took part in deck-landing experiments, photos,
146 pgs. | $26.00 |
| EARLY BIRDS OF WAR, Funderburk, Thomas R.,Grosset & Dunlap,
1968, vg/vg (minor chipping), see photo, fighter pilots & their aircraft, photos, 3 views,
156 pgs. | $17.50 |
| ECHOES OF EAGLES, Woolley & Crawford, Dutton, 2003, new, see photo,
account of pilots in WW I, author's father flew in the 94th, 95th & 49th Aero Squadrons,
maps & photographs, 307 pgs.
| $24.95 |
| EISERNES KREUZ UND BALKEN KREUZ, Nowarra, Heinz, Hoffman, 1968, vg/vg see photo,
German & English text, markings & camouflage systems of Luftwaffe aircraft of WW I, photos and color plates, example,
159 pgs. | $85.00 |
| EN L'AIR, Hall, Bert Lt., New Library, 1918, fine copy (issued w/o dj), see photo,
Author recounts his days with the Foreign Legion, fighter pilot with the Lafayette Escadrille and his days in Russia,
Lieutenant Hall was awarded a total of seven decorations, including the Cross of St. George,
photos, 153 pgs.
| $60.00 |
| ELLINGTON 1918, Stack, Lt. Joe, Ellington, 1918, vg, flexible cloth cover, inked name, see photo,
#1181 of a limited edition, yearbook of the Texas airbase, photos, local ads, rosters, 319 pgs.
| $185.00 |
| E.T. BUSK, A PIONEER IN FLIGHT WITH A SHORT MEMOIR OF H.A. BUSK,
Busk, Mary, John Murray, 1925, vg (cover stain, foxing on edges of pages), see photo,E.T. Busk began experimental work on aircraft in 1911,
appointed to Royal Aircraft Factory and designed the B.E. 2c, he was killed in a flying accident in 1914. H.A. Busk (author's son) joined
the RNAS in 1914 and was missing in action in 1916. 92 pgs, illustrations.
| $100.00 |
| EYES OF THE ARMY AND NAVY, PRACTICAL AVIATION,
Munday, Albert, Harper & Brothers, 1917, vg, see photo,
a handbook on aeronautics geared to those contemplating pilot training, illustrations, appendix, 227 pgs, illustrations.
| $18.00 |
| EXTRACTS FROM THE LETTERS OF GEORGE
CLARK MOSELEY, Mosley, George Clark, privately printed, 1923, f, boxed,
enlisted first in the Aviation section of the New York Naval Militia on 6 April 1917,
In May 1917 he enlisted in the Lafayette Flying Corps; first flying Caudrons & later Nieuports &
Spads (from 10 October Dec. 1917 to 4 February 1918); On Feb. 4th,
he was transferred to U.S. Naval Aviation Service at the rank of ensign,
here he was stationed at the U.S. Naval Seaplane Station at Dunkirk where he flew Spads with
pontoons and protected seaplanes, after training at the Bombing School in Clermnont-Ferrand,
he was attached to the R.F.C.'s Day Bombing Squadron 218 on 25 July 1918 and flew D.H.9s,
he was finally attached to the French Escadrille de Saint-Pol from 25 September to 5 November 1918
where he flew Spads once again, he finished the war with the rank of Lieutenant J.G. and was awarded the
Navy Cross, photos, 239 pgs. | $185.00 |
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