Aviation - Military Aircraft

abc Aircraft Of World War One Lloyd, John 64 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; card covers; fine copy, near mint; Ian Allan; 1958. (40 aircraft of the allied and German military described in detail.) MiA05093 $18.00

abc Royal Air Force Taylor, John W R 38 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; adverts; card covers; fine copy, near mint; Ian Allan; 1957. (Details of all aircraft in the RAF in 1957.) MiA05112 $15.00

Biggles Of The Special Air Police Johns, Capt W E 184 pages; hard covers; average copy, some wear; Dean; no publication date given; 1950s. (Another great novel about Biggles.) MiA05091 $12.00

Camera Above The Clouds Harold, Anthony (Compiled & Edited) 164 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; original dust cover; name or signature; fine copy, near mint; Mallinson; 1984. (A superb photography book of British military aircraft over a 40 year period from the camera of Charles Brown.) MiA05087 $45.00

Camera Above The Clouds – Volume 2 Harold, Anthony (Compiled & Edited) 176 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; original dust cover; name or signature; fine copy, near mint; Airlife; 1985. (Another magnificent collection of photos from the camera of Charles Brown covering British military aircraft.) MiA05088 $45.00

Combat Aircraft Of The World From 1909 To The Present by J W R Taylor 648 pages; black and white photographs and drawings; title page missing; no original dust jacket; from and institutional library otherwise average copy, some wear; Pitnam; 1969. (An authoritative guide to every combat aircraft in the world from 1909 to the present. Some 800 types of combat aircraft are described and illustrated.) MiA05113 $25.00

Confederate Air Force by Peter R March 128 pages; coloured photographs; card covers; from an institutional library but average copy, some wear; Osprey Aerospace; 1991. (Lovely colour photograph book of the military aircraft of the Confederate Air Force collection, based in Texas.) MiA05095 $10.00

Everyman To His Post by Allan Michie 108 pages; black and white photographs; original dust jacket; average copy, some wear; Allen Unwin; 1943. (First hand account of air raids during World War II in Crete, Malta, Libya, Europe and Burma.) MiA05098 $12.00

Fair Stood The Wind For France by H E Bates 240 pages; original dust jacket; Michael Joseph; 1982. (A novel by noted author concerning a RAF bomber that crash lands in France and how the crew were cared for by the locals, particularly one local girl!) MiA05071 $15.00

Famous Bombers Of The Second World War Green, William 134 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; plans; original dust cover; name or signature; fine copy, near mint; MacDonald; 1959. (Details of 12 bombers from UK, USA, Germany and Italy.) MiA05085 $32.00

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Fighter Pilot Richey, Squadron Leader Paul 166 pages; black and white photographs; hard covers; average copy, some wear; A&R; 1942. (An account of the author’s flying missions over France from 8 September 1939 to 13 June 1940.) MiA05106 $12.00

Fighter Squadrons Monks, Noel 242 pages; black and white photograph; no original dust cover; worn but complete; A&R; 1942. (The story of two Hurricane Squadrons in France in the early years of World War II. Recalls the author’s friendship with ‘Cobber” Kain of Marton.) MiA05099 $10.00

Flights Of Passage by Samuel Hynes 272 pages; card cover; fine copy, near mint; Bloomsbury; 1989. (A paper back of the author’s recollections as a World War II aviator in the U. S. Air force. He flew over 100 missions against the Japanese at Okinawa and Ulithi.) MiA05090 $12.00

Fly For Your Life by Larry Forrester 368 pages; black and white photographs; card cover; fine copy, near mint; Arrow Books; 1990. (The story of one of Britain’s legendary fighter pilots of World War II – Stanford Tuck who shot down 29 enemy aircraft before being taken prisoner of war – and then escaped.) MiA05083 $12.00

Focke-Wulf Fw190 – Described - Part 1 by Geoffrey Pentland and Anthony Shennan 28 pages; black and white photographs; coloured and black and white drawings; card covers; fine copy, near mint; Kookaburra; 1970. (Describes these German aircraft of World War II. A good modellers book.) MiA05104 $15.00

Forgotten Voices Of The Blitz And The Battle Of Britain Levine, Joshua 486 pages; black and white photographs; card covers; Mint copy; Ebury; 2006. (Sub-titled ‘A new history in the words of men and women on both sides’, it is an account of how people banded together to prevent a German invasion of Britain) MiA05092 $32.00

German Monoplanes – Aircraft Identification Anon 66 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; card covers; average copy, some wear; Temple Press; 1942. (Details of 32 German military aircraft with drawings, photographs, and specifications. Produced in England, presumably for British aircraft spotters during air raids!) MiA05068 $22.00

Ghost Squadron Anon 52 pages; coloured photographs; drawings; card covers; mint copy; Confederate Airforce; 1970’s. (A guide book to the Confederate Air Force Museum in Harlingen, Texas and its collections of World War II aircraft, most of which can be flown. The Warbirds of USA.) MiA05069 $12.00

Hawker Hurricane – Described Mason, Francis K 24 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; drawings; plans; card covers; fine copy, near mint; Kookaburra; 1971. (Describes the Hurricane fighter of World War II.  A good modellers book.) MiA05097 $15.00

Lockheed P-38 Lightning Cross, Roy 24 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; plans; card cover; fine copy, near mint; Kookaburra Technical Publications; 1968; 3rd impression. (A history of the Lockheed Lightning with much technical detail.) MiA05081 $18.00

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Markings Of The Aces – 8th US Air Force – Book 1 Bennett, Theodore R 24 pages; black and white photographs; coloured drawings; card cover; average copy, some wear; Kookaburra Technical Publications; 1970. (Details of the markings of aircraft of the 8th USAAF during World War II.) MiA05072 $12.00

Pictorial History Of Japanese Military Aviation by Eiichiro Sekigawa 126 pages; black and white photographs; original dust jacket; name or signature; fine copy, near mint; Ian Allan; 1974. (An excellent account of the Japanese airborne military might from the 1930s until 1945.) MiA05109 $38.00

Sky Spy – From Six Miles High to Hitler’s Bunker Holmes, Ray 326 pages; black and white photographs; original dust jacket; mint copy; Airlife; 1989, (The autobiography of Ray Holmes who joined the RAF in 1936 and saw much action during World War II including being the first pilot to shoot down a German bomber over London and flights to Germany as the King’s Messenger.) MiA05089 $20.00

Spitfire – A Complete Fighting History Price, Alfred 302 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; original dust cover; Mint copy; Promotional Reprint; 1994. (Originally published as two works – ‘Spitfire at War’ and ‘Spitfire at War2’, is a good history of the RAF’s most famous fighter aircraft in World War II.) MiA05105 $35.00

Tales Of Two Air Wars by Norman MacMillan 272 pages; maps; original dust jacket; name or signature; mint copy; G Bell and Sons; 1963. (An account of life as an airman during both World Wars. The contrasts are noticeable!) MiA05094 $22.00

The Hawker Fury by Francis K Mason 12 pages; black and white photographs; coloured drawings; paper covers; fine copy, near mint; Profile Publications; 1965. (Detailed account of the Hawker Fury.) MiA05096 $12.00

The Historic Civil Aircraft Registers Of Papua New Guinea And The Pacific Islands Arbon, Tony and Sparrow, David 36 pages; black and white photographs; lists; coloured photographs on card covers; mint copy; AustAirData; no publication date given; late 1980s. (Details of all aircraft and owners IN Papua New Guinea, Fiji and Solomon Islands.) MiA05070 $12.00

The Pocket Encyclopaedia Of World Aircraft In Colour – Bombers 1939-45 Patrol And Transport Aircraft by Kenneth Munson 164 pages; coloured drawings; original dust jacket; name or signature; fine copy, near mint; Blandford Press; 1969. (Details of 80 bombers, patrol and transport aircraft used by all air forces during World War II.) MiA05101 $12.00

The Pocket Encyclopaedia Of World Aircraft In Colour – Fighters – Attack And Training Aircraft by Kenneth Munson 148 pages; coloured drawings; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; Blandford Press; 1966. (Details of 80 fighting aircraft of all nations used since World War II.) MiA05102 $12.00

The Pocket Encyclopaedia Of World Aircraft In Colour – Bombers 1914-19 Patrol And Reconnaissance Aircraft Munson, Kenneth 180 pages; coloured drawings; original dust jacket; name or signature; fine copy, near mint; Blandford Press; 1968. (Details of 66 bombers used during the World War I.) MiA05100 $12.00

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The Pocket Encyclopaedia Of World Aircraft In Colour – Fighters 1939-45 Attack And Training Aircraft Munson, Kenneth 164 pages; coloured drawings; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; Blandford Press; 1969. (Full details of 80 fighting aircraft of all nations used in World War II.) MiA05103 $12.00

The Queen’s Flight – Fifty Years of Royal Flying Edited by Michael Burns 160 pages; black and white photographs; maps; original dust jacket; mint copy; Blandford; 1986. (Since 1917 the British Royal family have flown with the RAF, and this book is a history of the service and the behind-the-scenes planning of Royal flights.) MiA05078 $30.00

The Royal Air Force – The First Fifty Years Sims, Charles 184 pages; black and white photographs; original dust cover; name or signature; fine copy, near mint; Adam & Charles Black; 1968. (A history of the Royal Air Force from 1918 to 1965 and how the force developed.) MiA05111 $38.00

The Story Of The Bomber 1914–1945 by Bryan Cooper 124 pages; black and white photographs; coloured drawings; original dust jacket; average copy, some wear; Octopus; 1974. (Traces the development of the bomber from beginnings to production of jet bombers and their destructive power.) MiA05080 $12.00

The Vickers F. B. 27 Vimy by J M Bruce 12 pages; black and white photographs; coloured drawings; paper covers; fine copy, near mint; Profile Publications; 1965. (Detailed account of the Vickers Vimy.) MiA05077 $12.00

The World’s Fighting Planes Green, William 216 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; small tears in original dust cover otherwise average copy, some wear; name or signature; MacDonald; 1964; 4th edition. (A comprehensive survey of all combat aircraft serving, or under development in the 1960s with all air forces.) MiA05086 $35.00

US Army Air Forces – World War Two – Volume I – Warbirds Illustrated No 38 by Jeffrey Ethell 72 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; card covers; average copy, some wear; Arms and Armour Press; 1986. (A pictorial review of the development of the US Air Force from 1934 to 1945.) MiA05082 $18.00

USAAF Fighter Units – MTO 1942-45 Aircam / Airwar 12 Shores, Christopher 48 pages; black and white photographs; coloured drawings; card covers; fine copy, near mint; Osprey Publishing; 1978. (Details of US Air Force aircraft that served in the Mediterranean and Italy from 1942 to 1945, together with detailsof their markings.) MiA05110 $18.00

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