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WW I AIRCRAFT & WW 1 AIRPLANES

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ABOVE FLANDERS' FIELDS, Pieters, Walter, Grub St., 1998, new, complete records of all 78 Belgian fighter pilots and their units, photos, 160 pgs.

ABOVE THE LINES , Franks, Bailey & Guest, Grub Street, 1993, new, see photo,complete record of German air aces w/detailed logs of the their victories, photos, 259 pgs.

ABOVE THE TRENCHES, Shores, Franks & Guest, Grub Street, 1996, new, complete record of British & Commonwealth aces w/detailed logs of their victories, photos, 397 pgs.

ABOVE THE TRENCHES, SUPPLEMENT Shores, Franks & Guest, Grub Street, 1996, new, additonal information to accompany the first book, 62 pgs.

ACES, THE, Oughton, Frederick, G. P. Putnam, 1960, vg/vg, see photo, story of 'Mick' Mannock, VC, who officially shot down 73 enemy planes & exploits of the aces of all countries, extensive appendices covering aircraft specs., zeppelin raids, casualties, Aces & scores photos, 384 pgs.

ACES AND AIRCRAFT OF WORLD WAR I, Campbell, Christopher, Blandford Press, 1981, f/f, see photo, photos & color plates, 144 pgs.

ACES AND AIRMEN OF WORLD WAR I, Wood, Alan, Brassey, 2002, new, see photo, biographical sketches of aces from all the major nations, photos, 176 pgs.

ACES HIGH, Clark, Alan, Barnes & Noble, 1999, f/f, see photo, illustrated chronicle of aerial warfare during five turbulent years, study of the tatics & strategies of the combat 'Aces' that led to Allied victory, photos, 192 pgs.

AEROPLANES OF THE ROYAL AIRCRAFT FACTORY, Hare, Paul, Crowood, 1999, new, in detail on the BE.2, RE.8, FE.2 and SE.5, many photos, 144 pgs

AIR ACES OF THE 1914-1918 WAR, Robertson, Bruce, ed., Harleyford, 1959, vg (some foxing)/vg (chipping), brief AF histories of the 8 major belligerents, bios. of major aces & ace lists, many photos, 212 pgs.

AIR BATTLE OF THE RUHR , Cooper, Alan, Wrens Park, 2001, new, full account of this major offensive by the RAF's Bomber command against German industry in the Ruhr, appendix 2 lists the squadron, aircraft and crew members who went missing during the battle, photos, 228 pgs.

AIRCO, Davis, Mick, Crowood, 2001, new, see photo, aircraft manufacturing company, covers Farmans, blimps, flying boats, D.H. 1 thru 11, serial list, photos, 192 pgs.

AIR FIGHTER'S SCRAPBOOK, Jones, Ira, Greenhill, 1990, vg (soft cover), Vintage Aviation Library reprint, autobiography of a pilot with No 40 Squadron, with which he scored 40 victories; many chapters were originally printed in newspapers & magazines; other chapters on women in aviation, RAF in Russia, rugby, the future of military aviation, photos, 338 pgs.

AIRPLANES, WOMEN AND SONG, Forsyth, Allan & Hochschild, Adam, Syracuse Univ. Press, 1999, new, biography of Boris Sergievsky, W I Russian fighter pilot, chief test pilot for Sikorsky and ladies man, photos, 256 pgs.

AIRSHIPS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR, Treadwell & Wood (compilers), Tempus, 1999, new, soft cover, Images of Aviation series, German & British airships, all photos, 128 pgs.

AIR VCs, THE, Cooksley, Peter, Sutton, 1996, new, see photo, describes the actions that led the the awarding of all 19 air VCs during WW I, photos, 204 pgs.

AIR WAR FLANDERS-1918, Jackson, Robert, Airlife, 1998, new, though alive with fighters, this area really saw ground attack & bombing develop, many photos, 160 pgs.

ALBATROS D-II, Hofling, Rudolf, Schiffer, 2002, new, soft cover, see photo, history, registration numbers, many photos, line drawings, color plates, 53 pgs.

ALBERT BALL, VC, Bowyer, Chaz, Crecy, 2001, new, soft cover, credited with 44 combat victories in a period of 15 months of active service, photos, 197 pgs.

AMERICA'S FIRST AIR WAR, Treadwell, Terry, MBI, 2000, new, see photo, reasons why the US entered the war, development of the US Air Service & Naval Air Service, early uses of aircraft in a combat situation, detail specific battles & units of the war, highlight key personalities & ordinary pilots, included are escape reports from pilots photos, 176 pgs.

AMERICA'S FIRST EAGLES, Thayer, Lucien, Bender, 1983, f/f, see photo, official history of the U.S. Air Service 1917-1918, photos & illustrations, 360 pgs.

AN AMERICAN PURSUIT PILOT IN FRANCE 1917-1919, Thomas & Becker (editors), White Mane Publishing, 1994, vg/vg (rubbed), see photo, collection of letters & diaries from Roland W. Richardson, a pilot who flew in France with the 203rd Aero Squadron, from training to deployment overseas & combat, he flew a variety of aircraft incl Spads, Caudrons, Nieuports, Sopwiths & Avro's, photos, 198 pgs.

ARRAS: AIRFIELDS & AIRMEN, see photo, O'Connor, Mike, Penn & Sword, 2004, new, soft cover, covers the Arras area, includes a visit to the grave of Albert Ball VC, graves of Waterfall & Bayly, the first British fliers killed in action, a visit to the aerodrome from which Alan McLeod took off from to earn his VC, the grave of Viscount Glentworth, killed while flying with 32 Squadron, the German side is well covered also, photos, drawings, map, 192 pgs.

AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN ARMY AIRCRAFT OF WORLD WAR ONE, Grosz, Haddow, Schiemer, Flying Machine Press, 2002, new (issued w/o dj), see photo, covers all manufacturers & their aircraft, foreign aircraft & helicopter development 12 appendices summarize important information on aircraft projects, armament, flying units, projected aircraft deliveries in 1919, illustrated with 925 photographs & 100 three-view aircraft drawings, 544 pgs.

AVIATION AWARDS IMPERIAL GERMANY - VOL. 5, O'Connor, Neal, Flying Machine Press, 1998, new, soft cover, awards of Thuringen states & Anhalt, many photos of the recipients, 364 pgs.

AVIATION AWARDS OF IMPERIAL GERMANY IN WORLD WAR I AND THE MEN WHO EARNED THEM - VOLUME 7, O'Connor, Neal, Schiffer, 2002, new, hardback, see photo, eight German states appear first in alphabetical order: thus we find the Duchy of Brunswick leading off the discussion; Grand Duchy of Hesse; Principality of Hohenzollern; Principalities of Lippe and Schaumburg-Lippe; Grand Duchies of Mecklenburg-Schwerin & Mecklenburg-Strelitz; Principality of Waldeck; & three Free Hanse Cities of Bremen, Hamburg and LŸbeck. Among the forty-three biographies included in this volume are: Oblt. Ernst Freiherr von Althaus, Lt. Erwin Bšhme, Oblt. Maximilian von Cossel, Lt. Ludwig Fritz Dornheim, Lt. Emil Flšrke, Offz.-Stv. Ludwig Friedewald, Rittm. Hans-Achim von Grone, Major Wilhelm Haehnelt, Lt. Franz von Kerssenbrock, Lt. GŸnther Ludeke, Lt. Friedrich Niederhšfer, Lt. Otto Parschau, Rittm. Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen, Lt. Karl-Emil SchŠfer, Lt. Carl-August von Schoenebeck, Lt. GŸnther Schroth, Lt. Otto-Martin Graf von Schwerin, Offz.-Stv. Gottlieb Vothknecht, Lt. Friedrich-Wilhelm Wichard, & Oblt. Heinz-Hellmuth von WŸhlisch, 700 photos, 514 pgs.


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