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GREAT AIR BATTLES, Gurnwym Gene,e Wattw, 1963, vg/vg,see scan, A collection of 34 air combats by various authors. While concentrating on WW II, there are stories from WW I & Korea. photos, 291 pgs. $12.50
HEROIC AUSTRALIAN AIR STORIES, Gynn-Jones, Terry, Rigby, 1981, f/f, see scan, 10 Australian aviation adventures from WWI air aces to the flights 0f Charles Ulm & Kingsford Smith, a Sunderland Flying Boat takes on 8 Ju-88s to a 1975 flight around the world in a light plane, photos, 192 pages. $20.00
HISTORICAL BRITISH AIRCRAFT - HAWKER SIDDELEY AVIATION 1909-1972, Tapper, Oliver, Historical Publishers, 1973, Very good (soft cover), see scan, Aviation history, covering Arvo- Armstrong- Whitworth- Airspeed- De Havilland- Blackburn- Folland- Sopwith- Gloster- Hawker Siddeley Aviation. Many photos, includes 1/36th scale plans of Hawker Hurricane. 52 pages
$25.00
HISTORIES OF AMERICAN ARMY UNITS - WORLD WAR I & II, AND KOREAN CONFLICT, compiled by C.E. Dornbusch, Deptl of Army, 1956, vg (soft cover), see scan, 310 pgs. $7.00
HISTORY OF AVIATION, Taylor & Munson, Crown, 1977, vg/vg, see photo, compiled by the editors of Jane's All the World's Aircraft, full story of flight, 1500 illustrations, color, 511 pgs. $10.00
HISTORY OF THE POLISH AIR FORCE 1918-1968, Cynk, Jerzy, Osprey, 1972, f/f, see photo, account of the Polish Air Force - its birth in revolution, its brief but heroic period as the air arm of an independent nation, to its statis as one of the principal weapons in the armoury of the former Soviet block, appendices, photos, 307 pgs. $27.00
IMAGES OF FLIGHT - AVIATION PHOTOGRAPHY OF RUDY ARNOLD, Wooldrige, E. T., Smithsonian, 1986, vg (soft cover), see scan, Virtually all photos from aviation history taken by Rudy Arnold in the museum's archives, many full page photos, 160 pgs, $15.00
IN CANADIAN SKIES, Ellis, Frank, Ryerson Press, 1959, f/f, see scan, The first 50 years of flight in Canada, photos, 230 pgs.
$10.00
I WAS A P-51 FIGHTER PILOT IN WW II, White, James Neel, iUniverse, 2003, soft cover (as new), see scan, The author not only covers his career as a fighter pilot (352nd FG), but relates 150 short stories on the history of aviation from 1903 to 1945. The first 20% of his book covers to 1939, the rest is WW II air war, photos, 507 pgs. $17.50
KNIGHTS OF THE SKY, Valencia, Jerry, Reed Enterprises, 1980, vg/vg, see scan, signed by author, stories of 14 aces, WW I, WW II & Korea. One of the aces Gene Valencia was the author's father. Book is signed by 2 of the aces - Beede & Thyng, who got 5 in WW II and 2 more in Korea, photos, 216 pgs. $15.00
LOST TO THE ISLES - 1914 - 1941 Earl & Dobson, self-published, 2013, fine (soft cover), as new, see scan, accounts of military aircraft accidents around the Scottish Isles from 1914 to 1941, photos, maps, drawings, 244 pgs. $10.00
MAN'S FIGHT TO FLY, - SIGNED, Heinmuller, Funk & Wagnalls, 1944, g/vg see scan, (Copy No. 407 of a limited 1st edition.see scan, dj has a wear, book is very good). History making flights with photos of the planes, people & flight mementotes. Covers 15 major stories + short biographies of over 200, 366 pgs. $45.00
MILESTONES OF THE AIR, Taylor & King, McGraw-Hill, 1969, f/f, see photo, JWR Taylor's 100 significant aircraft, from Wright flyer to Concorde, many photos, 158 pgs. $10.00
9 SQUADRON, Mason, Timothy, Lincolnshire Chronicle, 1965, vg/vg (rubbed), see scan, The squadron was formed in 1914 using the Be.2c. In WW II, they began on Wellingtons & switched to Lancasters. The history is continued to 1964 and their Avro Vulcans, photos, 113 pgs. $20.00

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