| AMERICAN FIGHTER, THE, Angelucci & Bowers, Orion, 1987, f/f, oversized, see photo,
comprehensive reference on fighter aircraft used by all branches of the American military beginning in World War I,
arranged alphabetically by manufacturer & includes photographs, technical details, specifications, armament & scale drawings, 480 pgs.
| $40.00 |
| FLIGHT PLAN FOR TOMORROW , Maynard, Crosby, Douglas Aircraft Co, 1966, f/f,
see photo,
condensed history of the Douglas Aircraft Company, photos & drawings, 92 pgs.
| $12.50 |
FORTY YEARS ON......... published by Handley Page Ltd., 1949, good condition (worn), history of Handly Page with photos of all the aircraft they manufactured in their first 40 years, 94 pgs.
$20.00 |
| FROM CUB TO NAVAJO - STORY OF PIPER AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, soft cover booklet published in 1970, address delivered at a National Meeting of the Newcomen Society on April 23, 1970. W.T. Piper Jr. was the guest of honor & speaker, photos, 31 pgs.
| $12.50 |
| GOLDEN AGE OF NEW ZEALAND FLYING BOATS, Harrison, Lockstone & Anderson, Random House, 1997, f/f (as new), see photo,
, since the first flight in 1915, seaplanes & flying boats have been important in New Zealand history, many photos, 320 pgs.
| $75.00 |
| HIGHWAYS TO THE EMPIRE, Cruddas, Colin, Air Britain, 2006, f/f, see photo, inscribed by author,, covers Sir Alan Cobham's diverse activities in Britain, survey & record breaking flights across the Atlantic and to the extremities of the Empire by such legends as the Mollisons, CWA Scott and Alex Henshaw, photos, 256 pgs.
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$49.95
| INCREDIBLE T-6 PILOT MAKER, THE, Ethell & Ohlrich, Speciality Press, 1983, f/f, see photo, Signed by Ohlrich, documents one of the most important aircraft to emerge from the 1930's, excellent training
aircraft, photos, 144 pgs.
| $40.00 |
| ITALIAN CIVIL AND MILITARY AIRCRAFT, 1930-1945 , Thompson, Jonathan, Aero, 1963, f/f (lazer copy)
see photo, discussion of all the Regia Aeronautica Service
& experimental types, commercial and private planes, over 500 photographs, 160 three-view
& side view scale line drawings, 304 pgs.
| $60.00 |
| MOTION PICTURE STUNT PILOTS , Wynne, H. Hugh, Pictorial Histories, 1993, new, soft cover, see photo,
covers Hollywood classic avation movies, exhibition aviators, wing walkers, feature films listed, many photos, 184 pgs.
| $15.00 |
| NOUVELLE HISTOIRE MONDIALE DE L'AVIATION, Petit, Edmond, Albin Michel, 1997, f/f (oversized), French text, see photo, "New History of World Aviation" , 14,000 photos (1,600 in color), 496 pgs.
| $21.95 |
| OF MONOCOUPES AND MEN, Underwood, John, Heritage Press, 1969, very good, soft cover, see photo, Don Luscombe and Clayton Folkerts combined their talents to manufacture the original Monocoupe, many photos, specifications and performances, 60 pgs.
| $75.00 |
| PIONEERING AVIATION IN THE WEST, Bungey, Lloyd, Hancock House, 1992, new, soft cover, see photo, aviation in British Columbia, Canada, based on interviews with flyers, in cooperation with Canadian Museum of Flight & Transportation, photos, 328 pgs.
| $17.50 |
| STEARMAN AIRCRAFT - A DETAILED HISTORY,
Phillips, Edward, Speciality Press, 2006, new, see photo,
history of the Stearman Aircraft Company is about American entrepreneurship, aeronautical innovation, and the sheer determination to design and manufacture custom-built airplanes that set a standard for the competition to follow. Follows the career of Lloyd Carlton Stearman from his work on the New Swallow biplane to the expansion of Stearman facilities into Boeing Airplane Company plants. In between was the Travel Air years, out of which came the Model A, B, CH, CW, BW, and Type 5000. The book also pays special attention to Stearman’s rare C1 and C2 biplanes, as well as later upgraded C2s, the C3 series, the M-2, the LT-1, the luxurious CAB-1, the Model 6 Cloudboy, and others.
385 photos, nearly 100 in color, 216 pgs.
| $39.95 |
| STINSONS, THE , Underwood, John, Heritage Press, 1969, fine, soft cover, see photo,
photographs of most models, as well as the specifications, performance and production figures of all Stinson models produced from the SB-1 to the 108-3, 80 pgs.
| $75.00 |
| TWICE VERTICAL, Shaw, Michael, Macdonald, 1971, vg (fly page removed)/vg (chipped), see photo,
history of the No. 1 Squadron, RAF, covers both WWI & WWII.
WW I, they destroyed over 200 enemy aircraft in 9 months & in WW II
they shot down over 100 enemy aircraft in France 1940 in 9 days, photo section, 256 pgs.
| $17.50 |
| WRONG STUFF?
Scott, Phil, Hylas Publishing, as new, see photo, photo history of flying machines that are odd & unusal. A look at the hopes, dreams and failures of those would-be inventors, 219 pgs.
| $24.95 |
| YESTERDAY'S WINGS, Bowers, Peter, AOPA, 1974, vg (issued w/o dj), see photo,
an insight into the many aircraft of general aviation from its very beginnings through the post-war era,
descriptions & photographs of more than seventy great aircraft. 160 pgs.
| $30.00 |
| ACES OVER THE OCEANS, Sims, Edward, Aero, 1987, vg, soft cover (ex-college library), see photo,
this account gives you detailed & colorful coverage of the most dramatic air battles that took place over the seas during WW II, photos, 181 pgs
| $10.00 |
| AIR COMMAND, FIGHTERS AND BOMBERS OF WORLD WAR II, Ethell, Jeffrey, Lowe & B. Hould, 1997, as new, see photo,
combines the book "BOMBER COMMAND" with the book "FIGHTER COMMAND" into one volume,
over 200 photos taken of the Allied & Axis aircraft, all color, 176 pgs.
| $17.50 |
| AIR RAID: PEARL HARBOR!, Stillwell, Paul (editor), Naval Institue, 1988,
f/f, see photo, a collection of first-person narratives of 47 participants in Hawaii, Washington, the Philippine Islands and at sea, photos, 299 pgs.
| $19.95 |
| ALLIED ACES OF WORLD WAR II, Hess, William, Arco, 1966, vg, soft cover (bent corner),
see photo, covers successful pilots serving with the RAF (including Americans
in that service), as well as Belgians, South Africans, Czechoslovakians, French, Norwegian, Polish & Russian aces,
63 pgs. | $4.50 |
| AMERICAN ACES IN GREAT FIGHTER BATTLES OF WW II, Sims, Edward, Harper & Brothers, 1958,
vg (front end paper missing)/vg (tape repair), see photo,
Collection of interviews with America’s top twelve surviving aces of WW II, photos, 256 pgs.
| $12.50 |
| BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP, Boyington, "Pappy", G.P. Putnam, 1958, vg/vg (edge wear), see photo,
Boyington's story and the Black Sheep Squadron, 384 pgs.
| 15.00 |
| BEAUFIGHTER ACE
Pike, Richard, Pen & Sword, 2004, as new, see photo, night fighter career of Marshall of the RAF, Sir Thomas Pike. He joined the RAF in 1924 as a flight cadet, an account of his leadership of No 219 NIght-Fighter Squadren based in Tangmere. The book is based on log books & family conversations, photo section, 200 pgs.
| $29.95 |
| BOMBS ON TARGET, Holzapple, Joseph (Editor), self-publlished, soft cover, zerox pages,
319th BG operational history, 130 pgs.
| $25.00 |
| B-29 44-70113, Evans, Alton, So. University Press, 1999, soft cover, as new, see photo,
book is dedicated to the men who flew, maintained, recovered and restored B-29 Superfortress S.N. 44-70113,
photos, 116 pgs.
| $18.50 |
| CHIANTI RAIDERS, THE ,
Haining, Peter, Robson, 2005, as new, see photo, Italian Air Force in the Battle of Britain, photo section, 221 pgs.
| $24.95 |
| CONDOR LEGION - WEHRMACHT'S TRAINING GROUND, Westwell, Ian, Ian Allan, 2004, new, soft cover, see photo,
In October 1936 Hitler gave permission for the Condor Legion to be formed. An autonomous unit responsible only to Franco, the legion participated in all the major engagements of the war-including Brunete, Teruel, Aragon and the Ebro-but possibly its best-remembered participation was the carpet-bombing of the market town of Guernica, immortalized by Picasso. The Condor Legion returned to Germany in 1938,
photos, 96 pgs.
| $19.95 |
| CORSAIR KD431, Morris, David, Sutton, 2006, new with dust jacket, see photo, restoration of a Corsair by the Fleet Air Arm Museum, men who flew her and the team that restored her to the original wartime condition, many photos, 207 pgs.
| $29.95 |
| FEW, THE, Kershaw, Alex, Da Capo Press, 2006, f/f, as new, see photo,
Americans who defied their country's neutrality laws to fly side-by-side with England's finest pilots. They flew the lethal and elegant Spitfire, and became "knights of the air."
photo section, 301 pgs.
| $25.00 |
| FIGHTER PILOT, Richey, Paul, Cassell & Co., 2001, f/f as new,
see photo, author flew Hurricanes, No. 1 Sqdn., Battle
of France, photos, 145 pgs. | $20.00 |
| FIGHTER PILOT'S SUMMER, Franks & Richey, Grub St., 1993, soft cover, as new,
see photo, 609 Squadron's offensive war during the summer of 1941,
when the RAF started to take the war to the enemy over Northern France, but also in part of Richey's
squadron commander, Michael Robinson DSO DFC, who also happened to be his brother-in-law,
Richey's exploits to the end of the war. This is a sequel Richey's book Fighter Pilot, photos, 248 pgs.
| $9.95 |
| FILMING THE DAM BUSTERS, Falconer, Jonathan, Sutton, 2005, new with dust jacket, see photo, exclusive interviews with fill production team & RAF flying personnel, over 100 official film stills & photographs, 160 pgs.
| $29.95 |
| FIRST BLUE, Wilcox, Robert, St. Martin's Press, 2004, new,
see photo, Butch Voris, WW II Navy ace, may be best know for his efforts in the creation of the Blue Angels.
Also instrumental in the development of the F-14 Tomcat and NASA"s Lunar Excursion Module for Grumman, photos,
337 pgs.
| $25.95 |
| FLIGHT TO BLACK HAMMER, Withington, Ted, Biddle Publishing, 1993, fine, soft cover (as new), see photo, author's letters & experiences as a B-24 pilot in the 15th Air Force in WWII, photos, 159 pgs.
| $15.00 |
| FLIGHTS INTO HISTORY, Mclachlan, Ian, Sutton, 2007, new with dust jacket, see photo, author, an aviation archaeologisht has reconstructed the last flights of WW II airmen, events, often from wreckage recovered, new lines of research and eyewitness accounts. photos, 204 pgs.
| $29.95 |
| FLYING HEADGEAR OF THE WORLD 1934-1945, Weld, Jim, Self-published, 1980, vg, soft cover, see photo, detailed documentation of the flying head gear used by the major powers that participated in WW II, helmets & goggles, photographs of each type with explanation, 50 pgs.
| $30.00 |
| FORTRESSES OF THE BIG TRIANGLE FIRST Bishop, Cliff, East Anglia Books, 1986, f/f (as new), see photo,
history of the Aircraft Assigned to the First Bombardment Wing and First Bombardment Division of the Eighth Air Force from August 1942 to 31st March 1944, photos, 320 pgs. | $29.95 |
| FRENCH EAGLES - SOVIET HEROES, Clarke, John, Sutton, 2005, f/f, as new,
see photo, 3rd FG "Normandie-Niemen" became the second highest scoring fighter unit in the Red AF and the most highly decorated to fly for France, photos, squadron patches, line drawings, 276 pgs. | $29.95 |
| GLORIOUS SUMMER, Johnson, Johnnie & Lucas, Laddy, Stanley Paul, 1990, f/f (as new) see photo,
anthology by two of the most distinguished fighter pilots of WW II, describe the account of Battle of Britain, diagrams, photo section,
213 pgs. | $27.95 |
| HELLCAT, Tillman, Barrett, Naval Institute, 2000, fine, soft cover
see photo, F6F in WW II, official records & combat reports, photos, 265 pgs.
| $18.00 |
| HEROES HAVE WINGS, Firkins, Peter, Hesperian Press, 1993, vg (soft cover), see photo,
account of operations of the RAAf ranging over all geographical theaters of WW II, documentation of triumphs & defeats,
photos, 212 pgs.
| $30.00 |
| HISTORY OF US ELECTRONIC WARFARE, Price, Alfred, Assoc. of Old Crows, 1984, fine condition with dust jacket, see photo, covers the years of innovation-beginnings to 1946, photos, charts & graphs, 312 pgs.
| $17.50 |
| HORNET STRIKES, Leeson, Frank, Air Britain, 1998, fine (issued with pictorial cover), see photo,
213 Squadron formed in 1916, took part in air offensive against Zeebrugh and Ostend, re-formed in 1937, re-equipped with hurricanes
for the Battle of Britain. In 1942, they transfereed to North Afric and then Italy. The squadron disbanded
in 1969 , index, photos & maps, 224 pgs.
| $37.50 |
| INDEPENDENT COMPANY , Callinan, Bernard, William Heinemann, 1953, vg/vg,
see photo, records the exploits of the Australian 2/2 & 2/4 Independent Companies in Timor. These few Australians with the help of the Timor natives immobilized over 30,000 Japanese troups, photos, illustrations & maps, 235 pgs
| $25.00 |
| INVASIONS WITHOUT TEARS, Berger, Monty & Street, Brian, Random House, 1994, f/f (as new), see photo,
Canada's top scoring spitfire wing (No. 126) in Northern Europe, photos, 240 pgs.
| $28.00 |
| JANE'S FIGHTING AIRCRAFT OF WORLD WAR II, Tayor, John W.R. (editor), Crescent Books, 1989, vg/vg (oversized),
see photo, comprehensive encyclopedia with more than 1000 illustrations, reprint of 1945/46 Jane's All The World Aircraft,
318 pgs.
| $20.00 |
| JOLLY ROGERS - HX OF THE 90th BOMB GROUP, Alcorn, John, Historic Aviation, 1981, fine condition, embossed cover, see photo,unit history of the 90th BG during WW II, lists Group & Squadron commanders, operational losses, maps & photographs, 212 pgs.
| $75.00 |
| LAST RAID, Hand, Robert, Self-published, 1996, fine, soft cover, as new, signed by author,
see photo, Author flew B-17 w/303rd BG, describes the 1,000 plane raid on Berlin, 2/3/45, photos, 87 pgs.
| $19.95 |
| LEXINGTON GOES DOWN, Hoehling, A.A., Stackpole, 1993, fine, soft cover, as new,
see photo, first hand account of the survivors , depicts the carrier's last hours in the Coral Sea, photos, 208 pgs.
| $10.00 |
| LOSS OF THE PRINCE OF WALES & REPULSE, Bennett, Geoffrey, Naval Insitute, 1973, vg/vg, see photo, Sea-Battles in Close-up 7, detailed account of the loss of these two British Battleships at the start of the Pacific War in 1941, photos, 95 pgs.
| $18.00 |
| LONEY VIGIL, Lord, Walter, Viking Press, 1977, vg/vg (book club), see photo,
account of the Coastwatchers of the Solomons, the author traveled 40,000 miles checking archives, examining letters & diaries, interviewing participants,
maps on endpages, photos, 272 pgs.
| $3.00 |
| LOOKING BACKWARD, Banks, Stephen, Self-published, 2008, new, soft cover, see photo, biography of Don Banks who enlisted in the Navy during WW Ii and became a TBF torpedo bomber turret gunner, traces the three deployments in the South Pacific, using his memoirs, letters, notes, photos and interviews of Banks and other surviving members of VC-66, 225 pgs.
| $12.00 |
| LUFTWAFFE SQUADRONS 1939-45 , Bishop, Chris, Amber Books, 2006, f/f (as new), see photo,
500 artworks & 10 photos, index (illustrator),detailed artworks of German aircraft & their markings with exhaustive captions,
specifications,Luftwaffe's combat units, includes orders of battle, unit commanders and formation badges, 192 pgs.
| $34.95 |
| LUFTWAFFE WAR DIARIES, Bekker, Cajus, Macdonald, 1964, vg/g (tape repair), see photo,
first account of the air war of 1939-1945 to come from a German source, evaluation of a mass of German documentary material, his study of the official war histories of other countries, and his interrogation of numerous wartime Luftwaffe leaders, photos, 399 pgs.
| $24.95 |
| MARSEILLE STAR OF AFRICA, Nowarra, Heinz, Caler, 1968, vg , soft cover, see photo,
many photos, color plates, 36 pgs.
| $15.00 |
| OPERATION PLUM,
Martin & Stephenson, Texas A & M, 2008, new, see photo,
ill-fated 27th BG and the fight for the Western Pacific, the 27th and other such units were pivotal in delaying the Japanese
timetable for conquest. If not for these units, some have suggested,
the Allied offensive in the Pacific might have started in Hawaii or even California instead of New Guinea and the surrounding islands.
Based largely on primary materials, including a fifty-nine-page report written by the surviving unit members in September 1942, Operation PLUM (from the code name for the U.S. Army in the Philippines) gives an account of the 27th Bombardment Group and, through it, the opening months of the Pacific theater, photos, 364 pgs.
| $29.95 |
| PACIFIC AIR COMBAT WW II, Sakaida, Henry, Phalanx, 1993, vg, soft cover,
see photo, based on actual interviews with servicemen that participated
in the South Pacific battles, photos, maps, 93 pgs.
| $20.00 |
| PACIFIC SWEEP, Wistrad, R.B., F.H. Johnston Publishing, 1946, vg (book plate), 5th Fighter Command Unit History,
many photos, 112 pgs.,
| $145.00 |
| PATTLE: SUPREME FIGHTER IN THE AIR, Baker, E.C.R., William Kimber, 1965, vg (inked name & address on fly page)/vg, see photo,
Squadron Leader M.T. St. John Pattle, D.F.C. was in the opinion of many the most successful RAF fighter pilot during the war.
Pattle was known to have destroyed a large number of German & Italian aircraft during the few weeks he commanded 33 Squadron.
He evolved a technique in dealing with Savoia 79's which all his colleagues copied with success, photos, 207 pgs. | $35.00 |
| PLOESTI, Dugan & Stewart, Random House, 1962, vg (no dust jacket), inscribed by Stewart,
a reconstruction of the controversial mission in which an armada of American B-24 Liberator bombers roared at nearly treetop level across the peaceful farms and villages of Romania. Their mission: to destroy the giant oil refineries at Ploesti
| $30.00 |
| PUTT-PUTT AIR FORCE, Strickland, Patricia,
very good condition, soft cover, see photo, printed by the GPO, 1975, story of the Civilian Pilot Training Program & the War Training Service 1939-1944, photos, 116 pgs.
| $40.00 |
| QUEENS DIE PROUDLY, White, W. L., Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1943, vg (no dust jacket),
flying fortress in the Southwest Pacific, interviewed survivors of all the 19th & 7th Bombardment
Groups, maps on end pages, 273 pgs.
| $10.00 |
| REPUBLIC P-47 THUNDERBOLT, Scutts, Jerry, Airlife, 1999, f/f as new,,
see photo, operational record, color plates, many photos, 167 pgs.
| $22.50 |
| SALVATION FOR A DOOMED ZOOMIE, Galvin, John, Allnut Publishing, 1983, vg/vg,
see photo, Autobiography of John Galvin, WW2, WWII, USN, Aviation, Submarine USS Harder, USS Bunker Hill, F6F Hellcat, photos, 272 pgs.
| $8.50 |
| SIXTH FLOOR, THE, Reilly, Robin, Leslie Frewin, 1969, vg/vg (edge wear), see photo,
21st March 1945, 18 RAF Mosquito aircraft carried out a daring low-level bombing raid on the Gestapo HQ at Shell House, Copenhagen. Most of the Danish prisoners, held captive on the sixth floor, managed to escape, however a school was accidently bombed with the death of nearly 100 children, photos, 224 pgs. | $20.00 |
| SPIRIT OF THE BLUE, Thomas, Hugh, Sutton, 2004, as new, see photo, Peter Ayerst (WW II Fighter Pilot) moined the RAF in 1938, first RAF pilot to engage a Bf 109 in combat and survived a confrontation with 27 enemy aircrat, later posted to Africa, by the end of the war he had flown every operational mark of Spitfire & Hurricane in the RAFs inventory, photos, 245 pgs.
| $29.95 |
| SPITFIRE PILOT, Crook, D.M., Faber & Faber, 1943, vg (inked name, no dj),
Personal Account of the Battle of Britain, a memoir of an airman in the legendary 609 Squadron - one of the most successful
RAF units in the Battle of Britain, goes on to recount in thrilling detail the dogfights, remarkable victories,
& tragic losses which formed the daily routine of Britain's heroic aerial defenders in that long summer of 1940, photos, 1o4 pgs.
| $18.50 |
| STIRLING IN COMBAT, Falconer, Jonathan, Sutton, 2006, new with dust jacket, see photo, Stirling was introduced into RAF service in August 1940 and by July 1946 a total of 2,371 had been built, author has interviewed dozens of former Stirling 'people' whose detailed eyewitness accounts tell the story of the aircraft in RAF service, many photos, 266 pgs.
| $37.50 |
| THEIR FINEST HOUR, Kaplan & Collier, 1989, f/f, see photo,
Battle of Britain remembered, a photographic journal, through the
memories of people who were there, 224 pgs.
| $22.50 |
| THREE YEARS WITH THE 23rd FG, Office of the Historical Officer, photostat copy of the three years (July 1942 through May 1945) documentation of their activities. see photo, 23rd FG fought a guerrilla war against the Japanese, steadily moving pilots and aircraft from one remote air base in China to another to keep the enemy off balance. Because China could only be supplied by air from India, there were constant shortages of aircraft, fuel and ammunition with which to contend. The 23rd FG met these challenges head-on, and by the end of the war its pilots had compiled a score of 594 aerial victories and nearly 400 ground kills. The human cost was high, however – 126 pilots lost their lives in China while serving in the 23rd. 13 pages
| $12.50 |
| U.S. NAVY DIVE AND TORPEDO BOMBERS OF WW II, Tillman & Lawson, MBI, 2002, new, soft cover, see photo,
scout bombers, torpedo planes, SBD Dauntless, SB2C Helldiver, TBD Devastator, TBF Avenger, Patrol Bombers, many photos (including color),
129 pgs. | $19.95 |
| WORLD WAR II IN THE AIR - EUROPE, Sunderman, James Maj. (editor), Bramhall House, 1962,
vg/vg (some wear), account of the air-war over Europe during World War II,
numerous on-the-spot photographs, beginning with RAF, then the build-up of Allied strength,
& the strikes against Hitler's Germany, extensive index covering Allied & Axis aircraft involved, photos, 341 pgs.
| $12.50 |
| WREAKING HAVOC - A YEAR IN AN A-20,
Rutter, Joseph, Texas A & M, 2004, new, see photo,
author flew with the 312th Bomb Group from Hollandia, New Guinea, over Japanese
targets and across “unexplored” areas. Rutter
relates hijinks and daredevilry, his training stateside, his first
mission, large-scale raids on the Philippines and Formosa, routine
low-level attacks on Japanese positions, crashes, mishaps, and the
deaths of friends. With a wonderful eye for detail, Rutter gives the
reader a glimpse into not only the air war in the Pacific but also the culture of the 1940s and the minds of the young men who found
themselves far from home on the front lines, photos, maps & illustrations, 258 pgs.
| $29.95 |
| ZERSTORER, Vasco & Cornwell, JAC Publications, 1995, fine (issued w/o dj, as new),
see photo, Messerschmitt 110 and its units in 1940,
Loss Tables from 7 September to December 1940, color plates & photos, 260 pgs.
| $29.95 |
