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FOR VALOUR: THE AIR VCs.

By: Bowyer, Chaz.

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: London, Grub Street: 1992

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 9350

ISBN: 0948817577

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

548 pp, 9 1/2" H. B&w photographs. Of the 1,350 Victoria Crosses awarded since 1856, only 51 have been conferred on airmen. "Here, for the first time, are the complete and accurate biographies of each of those 51 men. Though primarily regarded as a British honour, of those 51 airmen, 16 were not British-born; coming from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Eire willingly to pledge their lives in Britain's cause during the two major world wars of this century. Resulting from several decades of private research on an international scale, and profusely illustrated, this book has un...
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BOMBER BARONS.

By: Bowyer, Chaz.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Barnsley, South Yorkshire, Leo Cooper: 2001

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 27030

ISBN: 085052802X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

222 pp, large 8vo (9 7/16" H). B&w photographs. "By the end of the Second World War, a grim total of 55,000 air crew of Bomber Command has lost their lives. This figure comprised no less than seventy per cent of RAF fatalities. Yet, unlike their more glamorous fighter pilot colleagues, very few bomber pilots or crewmen were familiar household names to the general public. However, within the ranks of the RAF itself, some individuals stood out gaining high reputations for their courage and leadership, a respect achieved regardless of the decorations they had won or the number of sorties flo...
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FOR VALOUR: THE AIR VCs.

By: Bowyer, Chaz.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: London, Grub Street: 1992

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 29734

ISBN: 0948817577

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

2 GROUP R.A.F. A COMPLETE HISTORY, 1936-1945. (RAF)

By: Bowyer, Michael J.F.

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: Somerton, Somerset, Crecy: 1992

Seller ID: 15507

ISBN: 0947554254

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

532 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2' H). B&w photographs, maps. "No. 2 Group was formed in Bomber Command to support the Army. After equipping with Blenheims it specialized in daylight operations. It engaged in the first raid of the war. After taking part in the Norweigan campaign, it was thrown into the struggle to save France. Heavy losses ensued during operations demanding great courage. A hazardous anti-shipping campaign took the Group to Malta. Night intruder operations were made against airfields, and fighter-escorted attacks on Occupied Territory continued until the 1944 Allied landings in France...
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2 GROUP R.A.F. A COMPLETE HISTORY, 1936-1945. (RAF)

By: Bowyer, Michael J.F.

Price: $40.00 USD

Publisher: Somerton, Somerset, Crecy: 1992

Seller ID: 29700

ISBN: 0947554254

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

THE MOUCHOTTE DIARIES, 1940-1943.

By: Dezarrois, Andre, editor. Translated from the French by Philip John Stead. (Rene Mouchotte.)

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: London, Staples Press: 1956

Edition: First British Edition

Seller ID: 28626

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good -

221 pp, 8 3/4" H. Frontispiece. "This is the famous Rene who was transformed by three years of war from an unknown pilot of the Reserve into one of the great leaders of Free France in the air, Pierre Clostermann's hero and commanding officer. In 1940 Rene made his daring escape from Oran in an unserviceable plane seized from under the very noses of the authorities. This was a flight not away from danger, but into the thick of the Battle of Britain. He fought with the R.A.F. in Hurricanes and Spitfires, attacking enemy shipping, sweeping over France, giving air-cover to the Dieppe landing,...
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KENT AIRFIELDS IN THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN.

By: Kent Aviation Historical Research Society. (Roy S. Humphreys, Philip MacDougall, Len Pilkington, Robin J. Brooks, David G. Collyer, Ray Munday.)

Price: $17.50 USD

Publisher: Gillingham, Meresborough: 1981

Seller ID: 16762

ISBN: 0905270363

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good -

192 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H). B&w photographs (some German reconnaissance), drawings, profiles. "Biggin Hill, Manston, Hawkinge and West Malling are just a few of those historic Battle of Britain airfields covered in this book. Written by members of the Kent Aviation Historical Research Society, it contains much new material which will be of interest both to aviation enthusiasts and those living in Kent. As the title suggests, it is not an attempt at re-telling the Battle of Britain story for, unlike many previous publications, it concentrates entirely upon the airfields. An introductory chapter th...
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RAF FIGHTER SQUADRONS IN THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN.

By: Robinson, Anthony.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Brockhampton Press: 1999

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 5330

ISBN: 1860199070

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

287 pp, 8vo (9 1/2" H). B&w photographs. "Squadrons were the basic combat units in RAF Fighter Command; their combat effectiveness was a factor of crucial importance - transcending even the abilities of the brilliant individual pilots within the squadrons and the tactical and strategic skills of the senior commanders who deployed them. That the Battle of Britain was not won by courage alone emerges from the pages of this book, which examines the problems of tactics and leadership encountered by the RAF's fighter force when thrown into a battle for which it was less than adequately prepared....
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FLYING THROUGH FIRE: FIDO - THE FOGBUSTERS OF WORLD WAR TWO.

By: Williams, Geoffrey. Foreword by Sir Michael Beetham.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Grange: 1996

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 29191

ISBN: 1856279006

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

228 pp, 9 3/4" H. B&w photographs, drawings/plans. "In the early years of (World War II), RAF bomber crews, who frequently endured the opposition of German nightfighters and flak, returned home only to discover their airfields completely fog-bound. Desperately short of fuel and often disabled by severe battle damage, the many crashlandings that resulted took a savage toll in valuable aircraft and crews. Prompted by Winston Churchill, the challenge to overcome this deadly hazard was taken up by the government's Petroleum Warfare Department and the result was the development of FIDO - Fog In...
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