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COMBAT READY!
Written by Alastair Goodrum.
Stock no. 1823003
Published by GMS Enterprises. 1st 1997. Slightly better than very good condition.

Much has been written about battles in the air, airmen who fought them, and the aeroplanes and airfields involved. Little is known about how those airmen learned their deadly trade and the organisations that tried to make them ready for combat. This book redresses that balance. Yellow pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 1870384601. Spine lightly faded. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean.

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THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN: PORTRAITS OF THE FEW
Written by Christopher Yeoman; David Pritchard.
Stock no. 1822908
Published by Fighting High Ltd. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A tribute to the small group of legendary pilots that served with the Royal Air Force through one of the most critical periods of the Second World War. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour portraits. ISBN: 9780956269645. SIGNED by the authors (no dedication) to title page. Previous owner's name in ink to front endpaper. Pictorial dustwrapper is very slightly grubby to rear panel.

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WINGS IN THE SUN: A HISTORY OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN 1945-1986
Written by David Lee.
Stock no. 1822863
Published by HMSO. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Wings in the Sun was the motto of the men and women of the RAF in the Mediterranean theatre. This is their story... Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Maps & b/w photos. ISBN: 0117726206. Text block dusty. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby and has a very large price sticker stuck to the verso of the front flap (not visible unless the dustwrapper is turned over).

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ABOVE ALL UNSEEN: THE ROYAL AIR FORCE'S PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE UNITS 1939-1945
Written by Edward Leaf.
Stock no. 1822809
Published by Patrick Stephens Limited. 1st 1997. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The full story of the RAF's PRUs from their birth, amidst inter-departmental wrangling, as the Secret Intelligence Service Flight in November 1938, right up to 1945. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1852605286. Blue dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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CAN ANYONE SEE BERMUDA? MEMORIES OF AN AIRLINE PILOT (1941-1976)
Written by Archie Jackson.
Stock no. 1820539
Published by Cirrus Associates. 1st 1997. Slightly better than very good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0951559850. Pale foxing to text block else contents clean.

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FIGHTERS OF WORLD WAR II VOLUME 1
Written by Peter G. Cooksley; et al.
Stock no. 1820140
Published by Aerodata International. 1st 1981. Very good condition.

An Aerodata International monograph. Some famous single-seat fighter aircraft of World War Two. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0905469062. Fading to spine. Rear cover a little grubby. Text block grubby. Contents clean.

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THE BRITISH BOMBER SINCE 1914
Written by Francis K. Mason.
Stock no. 1819834
Published by Putnam Aeronautical Books. 1st 1994. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A type by type survey of more than 350 types of bomber. B/w photos. 416 pages. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0851778615. Pictorial dustwrapper lightly scuffed.

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RED ARROWS IN CAMERA
Written by Keith Wilson.
Stock no. 1819166
Published by Haynes. 1st 2012. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A stunning tribute to the world's premier acrobatic display team giving insight into the world of the Reds as author Keith Wilson goes behind the scenes to meet and photograph the pilots and their Hawk aircraft. Black boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. ISBN: 9780857331540. Dustwrapper spine slightly faded.

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ROYAL AIR FORCE GERMANY SINCE 1945
Written by Bill Taylor.
Stock no. 1819146
Published by Midland Publishing. 1st 2003. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A detailed survey of RAF operations within Germany and a detailed valediction of its exploits from the formation of the British Air Forces of Occupation in July 1945 to the tense days of the Berlin Airlift and the Cold War. Grey boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos & a few in colour. ISBN: 1857800346. Minor pen mark to top rear corner of dustwrapper.

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BATTLE OF BRITAIN MEMORIAL FLIGHT IN CAMERA
Written by Keith Wilson.
Stock no. 1819127
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1st 2013. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Colour photos. 192 pages. ISBN: 9780857333032. Small marks to front panel of dustwrapper from removed label.

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ACE OF ACES M ST J PATTLE: TOP SCORING ALLIED FIGHTER PILOT OF WORLD WAR II
Written by E.C.R Baker.
Stock no. 1818431
Published by Crecy. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Cream boards, white title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 094755436X. Light browning to text block. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel with a few closed tears to top edge.

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AVIATION IN LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND
Written by Roy Bonser.
Stock no. 2131222
Published by Midland Publishing. 1ST 2001. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. B/w photos. From the earliest balloon ascents in 1813 to modern day. ISBN: 1857800893. Wrapper has some light edge creasing. Small amount of fading to spine.

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