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Military History - Aviation - General Section
Aviation - General Section
Includes pictorial & technical studies of major & lesser known aircraft from the earliest types to present day Stealth technology plus accounts of major air campaigns from WWI to the present day

Listed by Author & Title - 10 Titles per page
THE ROLE OF THE BOMBER
by Ronald W Clark

An examination of the changing role of bombing in strategic and tactical operations from the days of ballooning to the 1970s.

1977, Sidgwick and Jackson, , 0283983949,< M-01>,160pp, numerous illustrations inc col, bibliography, index, Good, no d/w, ,
Subject...Aviation - General
Web No. 29162-02..............................£6.00 

THE ROLE OF THE BOMBER
by Ronald W Clark

An examination of the changing role of bombing in strategic and tactical operations from the days of ballooning to the 1970s.

1977, Sidgwick and Jackson, , 0283983949,< M-01>,160pp, numerous illustrations inc col, bibliography, index, very good in good dw, ,
Subject...Aviation - General
Web No. 29162-01..............................£8.00 

HANDLEY PAGE: AN AIRCRAFT ALBUM
by Donald C Clayton

Handley Page was one of the oldest aircraft producers of the United Kingdom. This is a record of their aircraft from 1910 to the 1970s including such legendary types as the Hampden, Halifax and the Victor.

1970, Ian Allan, , 0711000948,< M-01>,126pp, 110 photos, Good in d/w, ,
Subject...Aviation - General
Web No. 21942-01..............................£8.00 

THE ARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPHS SERIES: AIR TRANSPORT THE FIRST FIFTY YEARS
by Editor John Cook

a pictorial representation of all those types of aircraft that have been important to the overall story of commercial air transport. The photographs not only show all the different aircraft and air companies from all over the world but also the contemporary culture of the period in dress and transport.

1997, Chalford Pub.Co., , 0752407902,< M-01>,128pp, numerous illustrations, Very good in card covers, , CARD
Subject...Aviation - General
Web No. 21872-01..............................£5.00 

ACTION STATIONS SPECIAL: AVIATION ENTHUSIASTS GUIDE TO LONDON & THE SOUTH-EAST
by Peter G Cooksley

A guided tour of the aviation related buildings, statues and memorials of the region. The author also gives an insight into the aviation of several ages as reflected in London, and also interviewed many witnesses to wartime occurences.

1982, Patrick Stephens, , 0850595339,< M-01>,184pp photos, Good with faded spine on d/w, ,
Subject...Aviation - General
Web No. 37249-01..............................£8.00 

THE MEN WHO BREACHED THE DAMS
by Alan Cooper

A detailed study on 617 Squadron RAF and the raid on the Möhne, Eder and Sorpe Dams in Germany's Ruhr Valley. The author provides details of the development of Barnes Wallis's bouncing bomb, the selection and training of the crews and the raid itself as seen from the British and German view points.

1993, Airlife Publishing, , 1853103969,< M-01>,224pp, 50 photos, Very good in card cover, , CARD
Subject...Aviation - General
Web No. 14070-01..............................£4.00 

THE BOMBERS: THE ILLUSTRATED STORY OF OFFENSIVE STRATEGY AND TACTICS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
by Robin Cross

The history of the bomber from the first World War to the 1980s. An account of the men who designed and flew them, the fighter pilots whose job was to shoot them down and the civilians who were on the receiving end. Detailed analysis of design breakthroughs and flaws, armaments and tactics, crucial operations and notable disasters are placed in the wider context of the moral and practical arguments on the proper use of strategic bombing, not only in the World Wars but in the inter-war and post 1945 years through to Vietnam.

1987, Guild Publishing, , ,< M-01>,Large Format. 224pp.illustrations and drawings., Good in d/w , ,
Subject...Aviation - General
Web No. 16561-01..............................£8.00 

HOW HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF: AIR WARS OVER IRAQ SINCE 1914
by Peter G. Dancey

An interesting monograph tracing the use of airpower over Iraq, or Mesopotamia as it was previously known, since it was first employed by The Royal Flying Corp to harass the Turks of the Ottoman Empire in World War I. Via anti-insurgency operations in the 1920s and '30s, World War II, the Arab/Israeli wars of the 1960s and '70s and the Iran/Iraq War, the story comes right up to date with Operation Desert Storm in 1991, and enforcement of the UN 'No Fly' zones in the '90s, to Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003.

2005, Galago Books, , 0946995680,< M-01>,A4 format, 73pp, 50 b/w photos, illustrations & maps, colour profiles, New in card cover, , CARD
Subject...Aviation - General
Web No. 34080-01..............................£6.00 

SOUTH AFRICAN AIR FORCE
by Peter G. Dancey

An illustrated history of the South African Air Force from its origins as the South African Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps in the First World War to the SAAF's operations at the beginning of the 21st century. Includes accounts of the Bush Wars in Angola and Namibia, the "new" post-apartheid SAAF and its 75th Anniversary in 1995. There are two pages of illustrations of Squadron Badges and the appendices include details of the SAAF Museum Airplane inventory and the SAAF Order of Battle in 2003.

2004, Galago Books, , 0946995664,< M-01>,A4 format. 110pp, numerous b/w photos & ilustrations, New in card cover , , CARD
Subject...Aviation - General
Web No. 34090-01..............................£6.00 

THE MODERN RAF: THE ROYAL AIRFORCE INTO THE 21ST CENTURY
by Peter G. Dancey

This extensively researched book describes the Royal Air Force as it entered the 21st century. It covers the history of all squadrons, their official (and unofficial) unit badges, and mottos and the aircraft with which they are equipped, as well as those flown in the past.

2003, Galago Books, , 0946995702,< M-01>,A4 format. 192pp, numerous photos and illustrations, new in card cover, , CARD
Subject...Aviation - General
Web No. 34091-01..............................£12.00 

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THE END OF THE RUSSIAN IMPERIAL ARMY: VOLUME II

by Alan K. Wildman


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