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RAF UNIT HISTORIES

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011227

RAF BEAM BENDERS; The History of 80 (Signals) Wing RAF 1940-45 by Laurie Brettingham. 192pp, 28 b/w photos, 29 diagrams, maps. 

5 £14.95
011230 ROYAL AIR FORCE FIGHTER COMMAND LOSSES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR Volume One : Operational Loses: Acft & Crews 1939-41 by N L R Franks 160pp b/w photos. NEW EDITION NOW REVISED AND UPDATED 5 £12.99
011231 ROYAL AIR FORCE FIGHTER COMMAND LOSSES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR Vol 2: 158pp, illustrated.  5 12.95
011232 RAF FIGHTER COMMAND LOSSES Vol 3 1944-45. 2,450 acft losses. 192pp, 90 b/w photos  5 14..95
 

RAF BOMBER COMMAND LOSSES OF WWII by W R Chorley

011213  Volume Two : 1941  224pp   £12.95                           011215  Volume Three : 1942  £15.95                           011216   Volume Four: 1943 496pp   £18-95                011217   Volume Five: 1944  576pp   £19.95                011218   Volume Six : 1945 224pp     £14.95                 011241  Volume Seven : Operational Training Units          1940-47  384pp    18.99                                                    011242  Volume Eight : Heavy Conversion Units & Miscellaneous Units 1939-1947 269pp  £16.99 269pp          011245 Volume Nine : Roll of Honour 1939-46               55,000 entries               19.99

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011244 RAF BOMBER LOSSES : MIDDLE EAST AND MED VOLE 1: by Gundy/Temple. Includes SAAF, Free French & USAAF Aircraft Operating under direct RAF Control. 224pp 5 14.99
011248 EVEN WHEN THE SPARROWS ARE WALKING by Laurie Brettingham.  The Origin & Effect of No 100 (Bomber Support) Group RAF, 1943-45.  336 pages, b/w photos. 5 £14.99
011249 FIGHTER COMMAND 1939-45 by Ian Carter.  Includes photos from the Imperial War Museum. 2 £19.99
011250 RAF FIGHTER COMMAND VICTORY CLAIMS OF WWII Volume One: 1939-40 by John Foreman.  Lists day-by-day, date, location, type of aircraft shot down, claiming pilot and his unit.  Unique reference work, the first of three volumes.  235 x 135mm, c300pp, illustrated throughout.   5 £19.95
011304 IN BRAVE COMPANY - 1258 SQUADRON OPERATIONS by W R Chorley.  Fully revised & much enlarged edition 2 £15.95
011321 RAF SQUADRONS - 2nd Edition by WC C G Jefford.  A Comprehensive Record of the Movement & Equipment of all RAF Squadrons & their Antecedents Since 1912.  296pp, 295 photos, 53 maps, 11 line drawings. 2 39.99
011332

SHARK SQUADRON; History of 112 Squadron 1917-1975 by R Brown. Over 150 photos. 

2 24.99
011339 SCORPIONS STING by Don Neate. Story of No 84 Squadron RAF Operated in France, Belgium, Germany, Middle East & Far East and now Cyprus. 160pp, b/w photos.  1 16.50
910165

SPECIAL EDITION VIDEO
THE STORY OF 218 SQUADRON
Also includes the story of the last fully surviving crew of Bomber Command
Full history of 218 Squadron from its beginnings in the Great War to when it was disbanded in 1945.  Also profiles other squadrons that were based at RAF Chedburgh during WWII including 214, 620 & 1653 heavy conversion unit.  Contributions from 218 Sqdn members & others.
Running Time Approx' 48 minutes.

  £14.95
incl'
VAT
011340 SOME OF OUR VICTORIES; Life With a Desert Air Force Fighter/Bomber Wing by Lionel J Sheppard DFC. 260 Sqdn operating in Italy & Malta. 100pp, illustrations. Out of print 5 9.95
011348

A MOST SECRET SQUADRON; Des Curtis. Story of No 618 Squadron RAF and its special detachment formed for 'Operation Servant'. 

2 15.99
011349

 IT'S SUICIDE BUT IT'S FUN; Story of 102 Squadron by Chris Goss. History of an RAF Bomber Sqdn as told by the aircrew who flew with it on Halifax Bombers WWII. 224pp, illustrated.   Out of Print

2 19.99
011350 TO SEE THE DAWN BREAKING; Chorley. 76 Squadron Operations. 272pp, b/w photos.  5 9.95
011352 RISE FROM THE EAST; Story of No 247 (China-British) Squadron RAF; David John Marchant. 176pp, b/w photos throughout, maps.  1 16.50
011356 UNITED IN EFFORT; Story of No 53 Sqdn RAF 1916-1976. Jock Manson. 144pp, b/w photos.  1 19.00
011358

GENTLEMEN IN BLUE; 600 Sqdn; Hans Onderwater. Story of 600, City Of London Sqdn formed 1925, became a nightfighter sqdn during WWII. 512pp, illustrated. 

2 25.00
011362

83 SQUADRON RAF 1917-1969; Ronald G Low & Frank E Harper. Sftbk, 288pp, b/w photos. 5 16.0

5 16.00
011363 HISTORY OF 73 SQUADRON Pt 2 Nov 1940 - Sept 1943 by Don Minterne. Approx 300pp, ill'. 5 15.00 5 15.00
011364 HISTORY OF 73 SQUADRON Pt 3:  Sept 1943 - March 1969.  389pp, plus glossary & roll of honour. 5 17.00
011368

HISTORY OF NO 640 (HALIFAX) SQDN: A Diary of Wartime Bombing Operations by Bill Norman. 280pp, 114 photos. NOW OUT OF PRINT

5 16.00
011369 THE HORNET STRIKES: History of No 213 Squadron by Frank M Leeson. A detailed account of the life & times of a fighter squadron. 224pp, 221 photos & maps, index.  1 25.00
011370 ALWAYS PREPARED: Story of 207 Squadron RAF: John Hamlin. 232pp, b/w photos.  1 27.50
011371 BEWARE OF THE DOG AT WAR: An Operational Diary of 49 Squadron Spanning 49 Years 1916-1965 by John Ward. 558pp, illustrated.  5 22.95
011372

OXFORD'S OWN: The Men and Machines of No 15/XV Squadron RFC/RAF: Martyn R & Valerie A Ford-Jones. Begins with the formation in 1915 at South Farnborough, Hampshire & follows the fates & fortunes of the men & machines who served during the Great War. In April 1939, the Squadron was adopted by the City of Oxford & was unofficially known as "Oxford's Own". Flew Battles, Wellingtons, Stirlings & Lancasters, then Avro Lincolns, B-29's & in the jet age, the Canberra, Victor, Buccaneer & Panavia Tornado. Size 9" x 12", over 800 b/w & colour photos, 376pp. 

2 £49.95
011373

ESPIONAGE IN THE ETHER: Wartime Story of electronic intelligence & radio countermeasures carried out by 192 (Bomber Support) Squadron by W J & J E Rees. 216pp, b/w photos throughout, 210 x 300mm. 

5 16.00
011375 SWIFT AND SURE: Eighty Years of No 51 Sqdn RAF (York's Own Squadron) by Keith S Ford. Includes personal experiences from ex-squadron members, lighthearted anecdotes, over 130 illustrations & over 100 photos, several appendices full of information on losses, operations, POW's, awards & transport command route flying.  1 21.95
011376 SOPWITHS TO SUNDERLANDS: 210 Sqdn 1917 to 1941 by John Evans. A4 size, 80pp, profusely illustrated with b/w photos.  5 13.95
011377 NUMBER ONE IN WAR AND PEACE: The History of No 1 Squadron 1912-2000 by Norman Franks & Mike O'Connor. 336pp, over 200 b/w & colour photos, size 246 x 153mm.  2 25.00
011379 59 SQUADRON REMEMBERED: A Millenium Celebration to commemorate the formation of 59 Squadron at Narborough Aerodrome in 1916.  32 pages, landscape format, b/w photos. 6 4.50
011381 BASED AT BURN MK II: After 50 Years, the Biography of an outstanding Airman & a diary of the bomber squadron he founded & commanded with recollections of those involved by Hugh Cawdron.  Centred on RAF 578 Sqdn of 4 Group, Bomber Command.  Contains biographies of WC D S Wilkerson, DSO, DFC, founder & First Commanding Officer & Cyril Barton VC, flying officer plus recollections of over 120 airmen & women & wartime residents of Burn.  Describes each of the 161 operations in detail.  512pp, 68 photos, 24 original drawings, 10 maps & two fold-out, full colour reproductions of paintings by Keith Woodcock. 2 37.50
011382 HAWKS RISING: The Story of 25 Squadron Royal Air Force by Francis K Mason.  278 pages, b/w photos throughout. 1 £32.00
011383 FLAT OUT: The Story of 30 Squadron RAF by John F Hamlin.  320 pages, 20 colour profiles, photos. 1 £34.00
011385 STRONG BY NIGHT: History & Memories of No 149 (East India) Squadron RAF, 1918/19 - 1937/56 by Johnson & Carter.  A famous WWII Squadron, flew Wellingtons, Stirlings & Lancasters.  Based at the well known Mildenhall & later Lakenheath & Methwold airfields; post-war, equipped with Lincolns, Washingtons & Canberras.  Many photos, appendices, 142pp. 1 £19.00
011391 HALIFAX SQUADRON. Bill Norman.  The wartime bombing operations of No. 640 Squadron, Leconfield.  301pp b.w photos 5 £27.50
011392 619 THE HISTORY OF A FORGOTTEN SQUADRON. Bryan Clark.  The story of  the remains of a Lancaster Bomber found in a river in Hannover in 1977 and its seven crewmen 343pp 19 pages b/w photos. 5 £15.00
011393 LIGHTNING FORCE RAF Units 1960-1988:  Fred Martin.  A photographic appreciation of the English Electric Lightning.  112pp  many colour photos. 5 £19-95
011394 185 : THE MALTA SQUADRON : Anthony Rogers.  Unofficial diary providing a unique account about life in Malta's longest serving fighter squadron.  292pp  b/w photos 2 £25.00
011396 617 SQUADRON : THE DAMBUSTERS IN WW2 by Chris Ward, Andy Lee & Andreas Wachtel. The book pays particular attention to timings of the Dam Raid, it also covers the circumstances of thelosses, by examining testimony of eyewitnesses on both sides & presenting arguments to help readers decide for themselves what actually happened 320pp, illustrated 2 £25.00
011397 DINGHY DROP 279 SQUADRON RAF 1941-46 by Tom Docherty.  Detailing the formation of two long range Air Sea Rescue Squadrons. 279 Squadron was the first to employ the airborne lifeboat.  By the end of the war some 5,721 RAF & US Aircrew had been saved in the waters around the UK. 256pp 2 £19.99
011398 BOMBER SQUADRON NO 7 : The World War 2 Record  by Tom Docherty.  Story of one of the RAF's oldest & most distinguished heavy bomber squadrons in WW2, including outline history of the unit since it was formed in WW1 and its Post War History 2 £19.99





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AVIATION ELITE SERIES Close-up look at the world's elite bomber & fighter units in action. Include contemporary photos, specially commissioned artworks, first-hand accounts & full appendices. Each has 128pp, 40 colour & 100 b/w photos/profiles.

JAGDGESCHWADER 2 "RICHTHOFEN"  
56th FIGHTER GROUP
: Roger Freeman.  
NO 91 'NIGERIA' SQUADRON by Peter Hall
LENTOLAIVUE 24
by Karl Stenham

B-29 HUNTERS OF THE JAAF
JAGDESCHWADER 54 "GRUNHERZ"
by Andy Saunders . 
354th FIGHTER GROUP: William Hess
352nd FIGHTER GROUP: Tom Ivie
43 SQUADRON (Fighting Cocks) by Andy Saunders

359th FIGHTER GROUP by Jack Smith .... 
303rd BOMB GROUP "HELLS ANGELS
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011607

FRONT LINE AVENGER SQUADRONS OF THE FAA by R G Fletcher. Recounts the history of the 15 sqdns of Grumman Avengers in WWII. 204pp, 4 maps, 28 photos, 7 cartoons, 2 drawings. 

2 15.95
011610

FLEET AIR ARM AIRCRAFT, UNITS AND SHIPS 1920 TO 1939: Ray Sturtivant with Dick Cronin. 432pp, b/w photos throughout, colour side-views. 

1 32.50
011611 HISTORY OF THE FLEET AIR ARM: From Kites to Carriers by Bill Finnis.  176 pages, illustrated. 2 24.95
011612 FLEET AIR ARM : British Carrier Aviation 1939-45 by Ron McKay (Squadron Signal). 64pp, colour & b/w illustrations throughout 5 £12.99
011800 RAF BOMBER COMMAND SQUADRON PROFILES: A series of profiles researched by Chris Ward.  Over 60 Squadrons are available.  Please ask for full listing. 6 £12.00
 

 

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