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| GATCHINA DAYS, Riaboff, Alexander, Smithsonian, 1986, new, see photo,
rare look at the early days of Imperial Russian military aviation, author
graduated from the Gatchina flying school at St Petersburg in 1917, his career
covers the Russian Revolution, transfer to the anti-Bolshevik White Russian armies,
2 years of operational flying, ending with a retreat across Siberia and eventual
escape to China in 1920, photos & maps, 183 pgs.
| $19.95 |
| GERMAN AIR FORCE IN THE GREAT WAR, Neuman, Georg Major, Naval & Military Press, new, soft cover, see photo,
technical details of the German aircraft, Zeppelin airships & balloons,
training of its personnel, an historical account of its wartime actions,
day and night-time bombing, anti-aircraft defences & seaplanes, air war over the western front, 36 b&w photographs, 297 pgs.
| $32.50 |
| GERMAN AIRMAN REMEMBERS, Schroder, Hans, Greenhill, 1986, Vintage Aviation Library reprint, vg, soft cover,
see photo,contents divided into 1914, Soldier, 1915, Infantry Officer, 1916,Airman, 1917, Air defense
& liaison officer, 1918, Air Intelligence Officer & final reflections, he served in Flying Section
58 on Eastern Front, the section was renumbered to 284A in 1917 & transferred to Western Front, photos, 214 pgs.
| $25.00 |
| GERMAN AIR RAIDS ON BRITAIN 1914-1918, Morris, Joseph, Naval & Military Press, 2004, soft cover, see photo,
full history of German airship and aircraft bombing raids on Britain in the Great War. The 103 attacks left 1,413 dead. Written with access to offical records and from both sides of the campaign,
record of then fifty-one German airship and fifty-two aircraft bombing raids on England during the Great War in which 280 tons of bombs were dropped,
casualties amounted to 1,413 killed & 3,408 wounded,5 maps & 16 pages b/w illustrations, 306 pgs.
| $29.95 |
| GERMAN AIRSHIPS, Nowarra, Heinz, Schiffer, 1990, new, soft cover, see photo,
full history development of non-rigid, semi-rigid and rigid airships from pre-WWI, photos, line drawings, 48 pgs.
| $9.95 |
GERMAN AND AUSTRIAN AVIATION OF WORLD WAR I, Cowin, Hugh, Osprrey Aviation Pioneer Series, 2000, new, soft cover,
see photo, all photos, German & Austrian aircraft with descriptive captions, 96 pgs.
| $16.95
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| GERMAN FIGHTER ACES OF WORLD WAR ONE, Treadwell & Wood, Tempus, 2003, new, soft cover, see photo,
airmen who fought in the war, aircraft manufacturers & their aircraft, specifications, photos, 320 pgs.
| $29.95 |
GERMAN GIANTS, THE GERMAN R-PLANES 1914-1918, Haddow & Grosz, Putnam , 1988, f/f
see photo,
story of the huge German R-Planes of 1914-1919 which succeeded in bombing targets in the UK. These aircraft were the largest to bomb England in either World War & this study details the construction & the service careers of each aircraft. There are details of their operations both on the Eastern Front & in the West against France & Britain. Projects included arming them with a 5 inch gun & a guided missile,
photos, line drawings, 310 pgs.
1963 edition available (no dust jacket, inked name) - $20.00
| $85.00 |
| GERMAN KNIGHTS OF THE AIR, Treadwell & Wood,
Brassey's, 1997, new, see photo, the 81 German airmen who were awarded
the Pour le Merite, photos, 208 pgs. |
$29.95 |
| GERMAN WAR BIRDS, Vigilant (Claude Sykes), John Hamilton, 1931, vg (some spine wear, foxing),
German aces, most of the famos ones plus Pluschow, Eschwege, Roth & others, photos, 264 pgs.
| $40.00 |
| GERMANY'S FIRST AIR FORCE, 1914-1918, Kilduff, Peter, MBI, 1991, f/f (as new),
see photo, wide ranging history based on east and west German archives and interviews with more than 100 German aviators,
photos, references, 160 pgs. | $34.95 |
| GERMANY'S LAST KNIGHT OF THE AIR, Kilduff, Peter (translated & edited), Kimber, 1979, vg/vg, see photo, (previous owner underlined text),
memoirs of Major Carl Degelow, includes air victories, photos, 218 pgs.
| $38.50 |
| GLINT IN THE SKY,
Easdown & Genth, Pen & Sword, 2004, new, soft cover, see photo,
account of the German air raid on Folkestone in 1917 & its appalling aftermath is the first
comprehensive history of an episode to be published, description of the event, relying heavily
on the eyewitness testimony from the townspeople who were there on that fateful day,
records the experiences of the German airmen who carried out the raid & pioneered a new method of warfare,
recounts in graphic detail similar attacks by bombers, seaplanes & Zepplins on other Kentish towns, including
Dover, Ramsgate, Margate & Sheerness, photos, 160 pgs.
| $25.95 |
| GREAT AIR WAR, Norman, Aaron, Macmillan,1968, f/f, see photo,
looks at development of fighter planes and tactics and the
personalities of many of the "stars", photos, 558 pgs. | $36.00 |
| GREAT BATTLES OF WORLD WAR 1 IN THE AIR, Platt, Frank (compiled by), Weathervane Books, 1966, vg/vg (small tear on dj),
firsthand accounts of air combat by Eddie Rickenbacker, Billy Mitchell, Alan Hynd, A.Roy Brown & William Bishop, maps, 206 pgs.
| $8.50 |
| GREAT WAR IN THE AIR, Morrow, John, Smithsonian, 1993, new,
see photo, military aviation from 1909 to 1921,
advancements in aircraft, engine technoogy & production within a decade of its origins, photos,
458 pgs. | $37.50 |
| GREEN BALLS, Bewsher, Paul, Greenhill, 1986, f/f, Vintage Aviation Library reprint,
pioneer strategic bombing in 1917-18: RNAS Hampden Page night bombers & observer's viewpoint, 287 pgs.
| $25.00 |
| GUNNING FOR THE RED BARON, Bennett, Leon, Texas A&M University Press, 2006, new, see photo, analyzes combat sequences,
the arts of aerial gunnery & the weapons themselves, detailed insight into the mechanics
of air warfare allows the author to reach some startling conclusions about one of the enduring
controversies of World War I, photos & illustrations, 207 pgs.
| $29.95 |
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