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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. 1829980
Published by Classic Publications. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine 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. Minor mark to front board. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel. A lovely copy.

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TWELVE DAYS IN MAY
Written by Brian Cull; Bruce Lander; Heinrich Weiss.
Stock no. 1329479
Published by Grub Street. 1st 1995. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

The Air Battle for Northern France and The Low Countries, 10-21 May 1940, As Seen Through the Eyes of The Fighter Pilots Involved. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1898697205. A super copy, looks unread.

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TEN MINUTES TO BUFFALO: THE STORY OF GERMANY'S GREAT ESCAPER
Written by Ulrich Steinhilper; Peter Osborne.
Stock no. 1829543
Published by Independent Books. 1st 1991. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Having fought throughout the Battle of Britain, Ulrich Steinhilper was shot down as he flew his Messerschmitt Bf 109E-4 on a bomber escort duty. So it was in late October 1940 Ulrich was to begin a phase of his life which would stretch him to the limit of physical endurance and to the edge of insanity. He was to become a prisoner of war, but he was not a man to embrace something as alien as imprisonment lightly and so he was to dedicate himself to the idea of escape... Blaqck cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. 432 pages. ISBN: 1872836011. SIGNED by the author to bookplate on front endpaper. Lower corners of boards bumped. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is ligthly scuffed to rear panel.

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WINGS OF FAME VOLUME 4
No author listed.
Stock no. 1824528
Published by Aerospace. Nearly fine condition.

The Journal of Classic Combat Aircraft. Large format. Beige spine with gold title, red illustrated boards. Contents include: Coastal Command Strike; 94th Fighter squadron; Messerschmitt Bf 109 early variants; Air War over Korea Part 4; A-4 Skyhawk Variants Part 1; Commonwealth CA-15; BAC TSR.2; USAFE 1970-1979. Still in original shrinkwrap which has a couple of small holes and is scuffed.

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WINGS OF FAME VOLUME 11
No author listed.
Stock no. 1824517
Published by Aerospace. 1998. Very good condition.

The Journal of Classic Combat Aircraft. Large format. Beige spine with gold title, red illustrated boards. Contents include: F-86 in Korea; USAF Airlift and Rescue in the 1950s; Fairey Deltas; Messerschmitt bf 109 later variants; MiG-19 in Vietnam; P-80 Shooting Star variant briefing; MiG Ye-150/152; No II (AC) Squadron. ISBN: 1861840187. Boards clean and bright. Light damp stain across top horizontal edge of title page and last few pages. Page 152 & 153 have slight surface paper transfer to top of page from prising open. Else a clean copy.

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FLYING LEGENDS - A PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDY OF THE GREAT PISTON COMBAT AIRCRAFT OF WWII
Written by Tony Holmes. Illustrated by John M. Dibbs.
Stock no. 1323630
Published by The Plane Picture Co. Publishing. 1st 1996. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large oblong format. Blue cloth. Colour photographs throughout by Dibbs. ISBN: 0952958805. Dustwrapper is browned to spine.

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BRITISH CIVIL AIRCRAFT SINCE 1919 VOLUME THREE
Written by A.J. Jackson.
Stock no. 2139139
Published by Putnam. 2nd 1974. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

2nd edition. Blue cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. 636 pages. ISBN: 037010014X. Wrapper is price-cut with some browning.

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INFAMOUS AIRCRAFT: DANGEROUS DESIGNS AND THEIR VICES
Written by Robert Jackson.
Stock no. 2139102
Published by Pen & Sword Aviation. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

This book looks at some of the worst culprits over a period spanning World War One to the age of supersonic flight. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 170 pages. ISBN: 1844151727.

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GERMAN SECRET WEAPONS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Written by Ian V. Hogg.
Stock no. 2138827
Published by Greenhill Books. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Missiles, Rockets, Weapons and New Technology of the Third Reich. Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w diagrams and photos. ISBN: 1853673250. Gold name and address label stuck to front pastedown, underneath front wrapper flap. A few light marks to outer page edges.

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MESSERSCHMITT ME 209 V1
Written by David Myhra.
Stock no. 2138701
Published by Schiffer Military History. Circa 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

Oblong format. Card wraps. An Illustrated Series On Germany's Experimental Aircraft of World War II. B/w photos and diagrams. Planes of the Third Reich Series. ISBN: 0764311077.

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LUFTWAFFE ADVANCED AIRCRAFT PROJECTS TO 1945 VOLUME 2
Written by Ingolf Meyer.
Stock no. 2138577
Published by Midland Publishing. 1st 2006. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour and b/w illustrations. Fighters and ground-attack aircraft, Lippisch to Zeppelin. ISBN: 9781857802429. Bump to top of spine. Some light edge-creasing to wrapper.

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BIG WINGS: THE LARGEST AEROPLANES EVER BUILT
Written by Philip Kaplan.
Stock no. 2138472
Published by Pen & Sword Aviation. 1st 2005. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Considering the sometimes brief but always fascinating careers of aviation's behemoths. Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 1844151786. Foxing to prelim pages and outer page edges.

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