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More than 10,000 Australians served with Bomber Command, a highly trained band of elite fliers who undertook some of the most dangerous operations of World War 2. Their bravery in extreme circumstances has barely been recognised. Only 2% of Australian forces were involved but they took 20% of the casulties. 424 pages with 16 pages of illustrations. Book in very… Read more about this item

An Air Ministry Account of the Great Days from 8th August - 31st October 1940. 32 pages . Book in Good condition with some wear back cover, light tanning and has been folded ? probably to carry.

An intended mercy flight by the RAAF in 1942 turned into 33 days battle for survival in far north Australia - a story of courage and endurance. 140 pages with 19 black and white illustrations. Book in very good+ condition.

Signed by the author and presented to the previous owner by the Assistant Defence Attache to the Republic of the Philippines. The author enlisted in the RAAF in 1942 wanting to fly aircraft but found himself in top secret wireless units working to intercept radio transmissions sent in Japanese katakana code which when analysed produced highly reliable intelligence that drastically… Read more about this item

Shot down in 1942, young Australian fighter pilot John Williams became a POW in the notorious Stalag Luft 111 camp in Germany. John and his best mate Rusty Kierath were among the 76 POWs who tunnelled their way out of the camp. The author, John's niece, tells his story. 284 pages with 16 pages of black and white illustrations. Book… Read more about this item

When eight airmen baled out over Yugoslavia in July 1944 they thought they would be in Italy in a couple of weeks at most - they remained until the end of the war. This is the story as recorded in the author's diary. 162 pages with a map. Book in good+ condition with previous owners name and some marks on… Read more about this item

A remarkable story of grit, guts and heroism reveals how command of the South Pacific and the outcome of the Pacific War depended on control of a single dirt airstrip and the small group of aviators sent to protect it with their lives. 498 pages with 16 pages of black and white illustrations and 8 maps. Book in near fine… Read more about this item

Britain's most daring special operations in World War 2 - six raids that changed the course of history. 294 pages with 16 pages of black and white illustrations. Book and dust jacket in near fine condition.

For four and a half years RAF Bomber Command was the only British force to strike directly at the enemy homeland - the lives of the crews drawn from letters, diaries, reflections, and interviews, showing the wartime experiences of these young men. 280 pages with 16 pages of black and white photographs. Book in near fine condition.

The winter of 1944 was the most dangerous time to be a combat airman in RAF Bomber Command - the chances of survival were as low as one in five. The extraordinary story of young men coping with the constant pressure of flying, loss of colleagues, and the threat of death or capture. 435 pages with 35 black and white… Read more about this item

Having proved its basic capabilities in the Korean War, the helicopter came into its own in the Vietnam War as a gunship and further development has seen it adopted by the navy as a potent anti-ship and anti-submarine weapon. 143 pages with colour and black and white illustrations throughout. Book and dust jacket in near fine condition.

A lavishly illustrated record of the greatest propeller-driven aircraft to have flown since 1914. Each aircraft featured is accompanied by a full specifications table giving dimensions, performance, armament and powerplant, with weights and measures given in both metric and imperial. 111 pages with over 150 colour artworks of 53 aircraft. Book in near fine condition. Dust jacket in very… Read more about this item

The story of how a few hundred Allied pilots, navigators and gunners challenged the might of the Luftwaffe and won one of the most decisive battles in the annuals of war. 332 pages with 21 black and white photographs and 2 maps. Book in good condition with tanning and cover some wear (see photo).

The author was a Royal Air Force Public Relations Officer and gives an account of the fighter squadrons of the Empire Air Forces, their combats, their adventures and their daily lives. 103 pages with 32 black and white photographs. Book in very good condition with light tanning. Cover has some fading, wear and white mark on front (see photo).

The Second World War saw the arrival of aircraft as a powerful, flexible and long range weapon - no more so than at sea. The art of flying was constantly refined as new aircraft, new weapons, and new techniques were developed and it gave rise to a new sea captain, one that fully understood the power of aircraft at sea.… Read more about this item

Flung into battle as a fighter pilot in 1943 when Hitler's reverses had begun to grow more serious, the author was sent to Italy and tracked by defeat on all sides he goes from disaster to disaster and finishes in Czechoslovakia as a Russian prisoner where he returns to Germany seriously disabled in 1947. 214 pages with 9 black and… Read more about this item

Military aviation history of the RAAF. 242 pages with 16 pages of black and white photographs. Book in very good condition ex library with stamps on first and last pages, light tanning, cover in clear wrapper with sticker on spine and back.

In 1940 Germany's invasion of Great Britain was decided on in principle and a provisional date of 15 September was made. However from the top down it never really existed except with Goring and the Luftwaffe who launched Eagle Attack in August 1940. The Battle of Britain put Great Britain back in the war. 261 pages with 62 black and… Read more about this item

An all-action history of the increasing power and versatility of air arms over the years from 1911-1999. Twenty two air actions with technical data for each aircraft type involved in the narrative. 237 pages with 37 black and white photographs and 7 maps. Book and dust jacket in as new condition.

A story of the aircraft and the men who flew them in the First World War 1914-1918. In 1913 aircraft were little more than toys but by 1918 they were potent war machines and the men who flew them international heroes. 298 pages with 51 black and white photographs. Book in good+ condition with a small amount of ?insect damage… Read more about this item