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SPITFIRES AND YELLOW TAIL MUSTANGS: THE 52ND FIGHTER GROUP IN WORLD WAR TWO
Written by Tom Ivie; Paul Ludwig.
Stock no. 1825668
Published by Hikoki Publications. 1st 2005. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

During it's long campaign the Group destroyed more than 425 enemy aircraft in aerial combat and damaged 135 plus many more on the ground. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Yellow endpapers. B/w photos and a few colour illustrations. ISBN: 1902109430. Edges of boards rubbed. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and scuffed to the rear panel.

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FIGHTERS OF THE 8TH AIR FORCE
Written by Gerard Paloque.
Stock no. 1825655
Published by Histoire & Collections. 1st 2013. Nearly fine condition.

Air Stories series. The 8th Air Force was the first US Army Air Force (USAAF) strategic air force to be formed in WWII. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. Colour illustrations of aircraft. ISBN: 9782352503286. A lovely copy.

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WAR PRIZES: THE ALBUM
Written by Phil Butler.
Stock no. 1325308
Published by Midland Publishing. 1st thus 2006. Nearly fine condition.

A pictorial compendium of Axis Aircraft operated by the allies during and after the Second World War. B/w photos. Card wraps. ISBN: 9781857802443. Spine and front spine edge sunned. Else fine.

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THE WORLD'S GREATEST AIR DEPOT
Written by Harry Holmes.
Stock no. 1325307
Published by Airlife. 1st 1998. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The US 8th Air Force at Warton 1942-1945. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 185310969X. Dustwrapper is price-cut and ever so slightly edge creased.

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MILES AIRCRAFT: THE WARTIME YEARS 1939-1945
Written by Peter Amos.
Stock no. 1325300
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 1st 2012. Nearly fine condition.

The Appendices - containing individual aircraft histories of 1939-1945 production of Magister, Master, Martinet, Monitor and Messenger I types together with additional activities and background information. Large, heavy format. Cardwraps. B/w photos. 400 pages. ISBN: 9780851304304. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners.

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THE BRITISH AIR COMMISSION AND LEND-LEASE
Written by K.J. Meekcoms.
Stock no. 1825600
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. The role, organisation and work of the BAC (and its Antecedents) in the United States and Canada, 1938-1945. ISBN: 0851302912. Couple of small indentation marks to free front endpaper and next couple of pages (minor). Else a clean copy. Boards nice and bright, rear board slightly scuffed.

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ON LAUGHTER-SILVERED WINGS
Written by Gail Strever-Morkel.
Stock no. 1825581
Published by Pen & Sword Aviation. 1st 2013. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The Story of Lt. Col. E.T. (Ted) Strever DFC (who, in 1942, with his air crew carried out the first mid-air skyjack in history). Thoroughly researched account of the life and times of a South African WW2 pilot, the author's father. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781781591048. Bump to base of spine and corresponding area of dustwrapper. Else fine.

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PATTON'S EYES IN THE SKY
Written by Tom Ivie.
Stock no. 1825524
Published by Classic Publications. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

USAAF Combat Reconnaissance Missions North-West Europe 1944-1945. Large format. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos, colour illustrations. ISBN: 1903223261. Top of spine creased as is the corresponding area of the dustwrapper (not major). Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper has previous bookseller's price label to front panel.

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WAR PRIZES
Written by Phil Butler.
Stock no. 1825521
Published by Midland Counties Publications. 1st 1994. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An illustrated survey of German, Italian and Japanese aircraft brought to Allied countries during and after the Second World War. Large format. B/w and some colour photos. ISBN: 0904597865. Lower edge of front board is stained at spine and scuffed. Lower edge of text block is grubby (not affecting interior contents). Contents block is placed a little low in the binding (binding error). Contents clean. Pictorial dust wrapper is slightly faded to spine.

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GERMAN AIRCRAFT OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR (INCLUDING HELICOPTERS AND MISSILES)
Written by Antony L. Kay; J.R. Smith. Illustrated by E.J. Creek.
Stock no. 1825481
Published by Putnam. 1st thus 2002. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Revised Edition incorporating new information and illustrations. Tracing the development of the German aircraft industry from the restrictions imposed by the 1919 Treaty of Versailles through to the rebirth of German military aviation in 1935, when the Nazi government renounced its treaty obligations. B/w photos. B/w diagrams. 400 pages including index. ISBN: 0851779204. Very light bumping to top & tail of spine. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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WIMPYS TO MUSTANGS: A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF STEEPLE MORDEN AIRFIELD 1940-45
Written by Ken Wells.
Stock no. 1825475
Published by East Anglia Books. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Life and times of a small village airfield in Cambridgeshire called Steeple Morden. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 186998708X. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and front spine edge, tiny split to top front corner.

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BEWARE THE THUNDEBOLT! THE 56TH FIGHTER GROUP IN WORLD WAR II
Written by David R. McLaren.
Stock no. 1825470
Published by Schiffer Publishing Ltd.. 1st 1994. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The story of the 56th Fighter Group in a chronological narrative of their combat missions, coupled with their post-war history of innovative Mustang missions to Alaska, and the first trans-Atlantic jet fighter missions in the Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star. Navy blue cloth boards, light blue titles. Marbled endpapers. B/w photos and a few colour photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0887406602. Picotrial dustwrapper is faded to spine else a very nice copy.

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