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LIGHTNINGS LIVE ON!
Written by Hugh Trevor.
Stock no. 1823209
Published by Lightning Preservation Group. 1st 1996. Very good condition.

Large format. Cardwraps. Supersonic fighter aircraft of the Cold War period. B/w photos. ISBN: 0952882906. This is copy 412. Spine and front spine edge is faded. Rear panel lightly scuffed. Previous bookseller's price label inside front cover. Contents clean.

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THE LOST SQUADRON
Written by David Hayes.
Stock no. 1823200
Published by Hyperion; Madison Press Books. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour photos. 223 pages including index. A fleet of warplanes locked in ice for 50 years... Can they be freed to fly again? A true story by David Hayes. ISBN: 0786860480. A few minor dints to lower edge of boards. Tiny patch of surface paper loss to lower gutter edge of front endpapers. Light browning to text block else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine.

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STEEPLE MORDEN STRAFERS 1943-45
Written by Ken Wells.
Stock no. 1322194
Published by Egon Publishers. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A remarkable story of courage and dedicaton, with many individual combat reports, the stories of escape and evasion also show the courage of Resistance fighters who helped downed airmen. A fascinating social documentary on the impact of war on a handful of tiny rural viallages, their inhabitants and of a lifestyle which has now almost vanished. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos. Fold out site plan of Steeple Morden at rear. ISBN: 0905858913. Slight bumping to spine. Dustwrapper is just a little creased at top and tail of wrapper.

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A VILLAGE AIRFIELD AT WAR
Written by Ken Wells.
Stock no. 1322188
Published by Egon Publishers. 1st 1993. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

RAF Steeple Morden 1939-1943. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos throughout, fold-out map at rear pastedown. ISBN: 0905858875. Spine and corners bumped. Dustwrapper is slightly creased and rubbed at spine and corners.

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RAF WOODVALE: THE FIRST FIFTY YEARS
Written by Aldon P. Ferguson.
Stock no. 1823195
Published by Airfield Publications. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition.

1941-1991. RAF Woodvale was built as a Temporary Royal Air Force Station in 1941 for the defence of Merseyside during WWII. Large format. Blue cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0951111329. SIGNED by the author to title page (no dedication). Spine faded. Text block lightly browned, contents clean.

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HISTORY OF BENTWATERS & WOODBRIDGE: TWIN BASES REMEMBERED
Written by Norman Rose.
Stock no. 2136210
Published by Mr. Norman Rose. Circa 2004. Very good condition.

Card wraps. B/w and colour photos. Memories of the author's life, from his schooling days, continuing through to his working life at the Twin Bases spanning 40 years. The United States Air Force operated out of the Twin Bases from 1951 to 1993. SIGNED by author to title page. Some fading to spine.

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BATTLE OVER BAVARIA: THE B-26 MARAUDER VERSUS THE GERMAN JETS - APRIL 1945
Written by Robert Forsyth; Jerry Scutts.
Stock no. 2136203
Published by Classic Publications. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of the Martin B-26 Maruader, a much-maligned yet capable aircraft and its performance against one of the most controversial, mysterious and enigmatic units of the Luftwaffe. A story which aims to set the record straight about the Marauder's combat performance as well as the desperate efforts of young German airmen to shoot it down in the final days of the war. Large format. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. 200 pages. B/w photos, colour illustrations. ISBN: 0952686740. Wrapper has some light edge-creasing with a few small nicks to corners.

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ROYAL AIR FORCE STRADISHALL 1938-1970
Written by Spencer Adams; Jock Whitehouse.
Stock no. 2136117
Published by Square One Publications. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1872017940. SIGNED by authors to title page. Light knocks to spine and a couple of cover edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small edge-nicks; some scuffing to front panel.

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MILITARY AIRCRAFT OF THE 1970S
Written by Gerry Manning.
Stock no. 1823091
Published by Midland. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition.

Capturing the fantastic array of aircraft types, variants and camouflage to be seen during the 1970s. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9781857802634. A nice, clean copy.

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MERCHANTMEN-AT-ARMS: THE BRITISH MERCHANTS' SERVICE IN THE WAR
Written by David W. Bone. Illustrated by Muirhead Bone.
Stock no. 1823053
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1919. Very good condition.

Large format. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Lower edges deckle edged. Spine and corners lightly rubbed & bumped. Light browning to endpapers and text block. A few scattered foxspots and grubby finger marks (minor).

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THE GERMAN FIGHTER SINCE 1915
Written by Rudiger Kosin.
Stock no. 1322052
Published by Putnam. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A unique, inside view of the German aircraft industry, its struggles & triumphs in this most innovative area of aircraft design. B/w photos. B/w diagrams. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0851778224. Minimal bumping to spine. Dustwrapper spine sunned.

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THE BRITISH BOMBER SINCE 1914
Written by Francis K. Mason.
Stock no. 1322047
Published by Putnam Aeronautical Books. 1st 1994. Very good condition in a very good 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. Spine slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is slightly sunned to spine and a little creased at edges.

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