WW II AIRCRAFT & WW 2 AIRPLANES

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AAF - OFFICIAL GUIDE TO THE ARMY AIR FORCES Simon & Schuster, 1944, vg/vg(chipped) official world war II guide to the Army Air Forces, directory, almanac and chronicle of achievement; 64 pgs. of photographs; 175 drawings; charts and maps; completely indexed, 380 pgs.

ABOVE AND BEYOND, Dunmore, Spencer, McClelland & Stewart, 1996, f/f, see photo, from 1939, Canadians served in RAF units, by 1945 there were 48 RCAF squadrons overseas, photos, 384 pgs.

ABOVE & BEYOND, Weiland, Charles, Pacifica Press, 1997, new, see photo, Marine fighter pilot flew F4F in Solomons, F4U against the Kamikazes, photos, 245 pgs.

ABOVE AN ANGRY SEA, Carey, Alan, Schiffer, 2001, new, soft cover, see photo, USN B-24 Liberator (PB4Y 1) and PB4Y-2 Privateer operations in the Pacific, personnel losses, operations, squadron records, many photos, 156 pgs.

ACE!, Porter & Hammel,Pacifica, 1985, as new, soft cover, see photo, author was F6F night fighter pilot with VMF, photos, 278 pgs.

ACE AND HIS ANGEL, AN, Hatch, Herbert "Stub", Turner, 2000, new, see photo, flew a P-38 with the 71st Fighter Squadron, 1st FG, out of Salsola, Italy, except for a brief deployment to Corsice to cover the invasion of Southern France, he flew his 59 missions out of Foggia #3, photos, 104 pgs.

ACE OF ACES, M T StJ PATTLE, Barker, E.C.R., Crecy, 1992, as new, see photo, Pat Pattle is believed to have shot down at least 40 enemy a/c in Egypt & Greece in 1941, photos, 228 pgs.

ACES AGAINST GERMANY, AMERICAN SPEAKS,, II, Hammel, Eric, Pacifica, 1993, new, see photo, 39 personal accounts of fighter pilots who fought agains Hitler in North Africia, Mediterranean, Nothern & Southern Europe, photos, 323 pgs.

ACES AGAINST JAPAN, AMERICAN SPEAKS,, I , Hammel, Eric, Presidio, 1992, see photo, new, 40 personal accounts of fighter pilots Dec.'41 thru May '45, 1st volume in series, photos, 302 pgs.

ACES AGAINST JAPAN, AMERICAN SPEAKS, II, Hammel, Eric, Presidio, 1996, see photo, new, 39 personal accounts of fighter pilots Dec.'41 thru May '45, 3rd volume in series, photos, 302 pgs.

ACES AND PILOTS OF THE US 8th/9th AIR FORCES, Scutts, Jerry, Ian Allan, 2001, new, see photo, development of the 8th & 9th Fighter Commands into World War II's most formidable offensive weapon in 1944 and 1945, 150 photos, 160 pgs.

ACES AND WINGMEN II, VOL.1 , Morris, Danny, Aviation Usk, 1989, new, see photo, 8th Fighter Command & 354th Fighter Group, 9th Air Force 1943-45, photos, 256 pgs.

ACES AND WINGMEN II, VOL.2 , Hess, Bill, Aviation Usk, 1999, new, see photo, much additional coverage of the 8th AF fighter squadrons plus the 354th FG, over 1100 photos, 256 pgs.

ACES AT WAR, AMERICAN SPEAKS, 4, Hammel, Eric, Pacifica, 1997, new, see photo, 38 accounts of American fighter aces who flew over Europe & the Pacific during WW II, North Korea, Israeli War of Independence and Vietnam, photos, 263 pgs.

ACES FULL, Grinsell, Robert, Sentry, 1974, vg, soft cover, see photo, 43 aces exploits, 11 Luftwaffe, 4 Japanese, the rest are Allied, photos + 32 pages of color plates, 110 pgs.

ACES HIGH, Shores, Christopher & Williams, Grub Street, 1994, new, includes over 1200 brief biographies of the operational careers of pilots who shot down five or more enemy aircraft during WWII including including Commonwealth personel, Europeans and Americans who served in the RAF, RAAF, RCAF, RNZAF, SAAF and the FAA, it also contains details of the aircraft, colours and markings, photos, 663 pgs.

ACES HIGH - VOL. 2 , Shores, Christopher, Grub Street, 1999, corrections & much supplemental information to Aces High on UK & Commonwealth WW 2 fighter pilots, photos, 256 pgs.

ACES IN COMBAT, AMERICAN SPEAKS, 5, Hammel, Eric, Pacifica, 1998, new, see photo, 39 first-person accounts by American fighter aces serving in World War II and the Korean war, photos, 226 pgs.

ACES OF THE MIGHTY EIGHTH, Scutts & Stanaway, Osprey, 2002, new, soft cover, see photo, combines three Osprey Aces Series: Mustang Aces of the 8th AF (#1); P-38 Lightening Aces of the ETO/MTO (#19) and P-47 Thunderbolt Aces of the 8th AF (#24), 286 pgs.

ACES OF THE RISING SUN 1937-1945, Sakaida, Henry, Osprey, 2002, new, soft cover, see photo, combined Osprey Aircraft of the Aces #13 & 22 into one volume, 208 pgs.

ADOLF HITLER'S HOME COUNTIES HOLIDAY SNAPS, Clarke, Nigel, self published, 1996, as new, soft cover, New, soft cover, mostly photos. German aerial photography - Luftwaffe target reconnaissance 1939-42, Berkshire, Essex, Kent, London, Surrey, Susex, 111 pgs.

AERIAL GUNNER FROM VIRGINIA, Hemphill, William, Virginia State Library, 1950, vg , Don Moddy's 1944 letters to his family, was a B-24 tail gunner, 307th BG, 13th AF, photos, 366 pgs.

AERIAL GUNNERS" THE UNKNOWN ACES OF WORLD WAR II, Watry & Hall, Aero Press, 1986, as new, soft cover, aerial gunners in the bombers and attack airplanes of the AAF and the patrol planes of the Navy and Marines whose deeds in World War II were seldom acknowledged, photos, 256 pgs.

AGAINST ALL ODDS, McAuley, Less, Hutchinson, 1989, as new with dust jacket, see photo, story of the small band of Australian fighter pilots who flew and fought in RAF fighter squadrons in the Battle for Malta in 1942, photos, 240 pgs.

AGAINST ALL ODDS, Worthen et al, self-published, 1996, as new, soft cover, "Rosacker" crew in 93rd BG, 8th AF, flew 24 missions, shot down over Holland and survived multiple POW experiences, photos, 192 pgs.

AIRACOBRA ADVANTAGE: THE FLYING CANNON, Mitchell, Rick, Pictorial Histories, fine, soft cover, see photo, complete story of the P-39, b&w photos, 118 pgs.

AIR BATTLE DUNKIRK, Franks, Norman,Grub Street, 2000, new, see photo, British & German air action above the evacuation beach, photos, 192 pgs.

AIR BATTLE FOR MALTA, Douglas-Hamilton, James, Wrens, vg/vg, see photo, diaries of a Spitfire pilot, photos, 150 pgs.

AIR BATTLE OF MALTA, HMOS, 1944, vg, soft cover, see photo, official acount of the RAF in Malta, June 1940 to Nov. 1942, many photographs, 95 pgs.

AIR BATTLE OF THE RUHR, Cooper, Alan, Wrens Park, 1992, as new, account of Bomber Command's offensive against German industry in The Ruhr, including the Dams Raid, aircrew & aircraft listing, photos, 228 pgs.

AIR COMMAND, FIGHTERS AND BOMBERS OF WORLD WAR II, Ethell, Jeffrey, MBI, 1998, as new, see photo, combines the book "BOMBER COMMAND" with the book "FIGHTER COMMAND" into one volume, over 200 photos taken of the Allied & Axis aircraft, 176 pgs.

AIR COMMANDO FIGHTERS OF WORLD WAR II, Young, Edwin, Speciality Press, 2000, new, soft cover, see photo,1st, 2nd & 3rd Air Commando Groups, active in Burma,Luzon & Formosa, photos, 128 pgs.

AIRCRAFT OF THE ACES - LEGENDS OF WORLD WAR 2 Holmes, Tony (compiled by), Osprey, 2000, new, soft cover, reproduced covers of the first 30 Aircraft of the Aces series with description of the action, the pilots & their planes, line drawings & many photos, 144 pgs.

AIRCRAFT OF THE LUFTWAFFE FIGHTER ACES,II , Barbas, Bernd, Schiffer, 1995, new, see photo, studies on the aircraft of the Luftwaffe figher aces. Volume II covers JG 53 Pik-As, JG 54 Grunherz, JG 77 Herz-As, JG 300, JG 301, JG 302 Wilde Sau and JG 400, photos, 207 pgs.

AIRFIELDS OF THE EIGHTH THEN AND NOW, Freeman, Roger, After the Battle, 1978, new, photos & maps of 8th AF fields in England 1944 and the present, 240 pgs.

AIR INTERDICTION IN CHINA IN WORLD WAR II, Taylor, Joe, G., Air University, Kansas State University, 1956, vg, soft cover, spiral bound, a photocopy of USAF Historical Studies No. 132, air war against river, rail & road traffic, 115 pgs.

AIRMEN IN EXILE, Brown, Alan, Sutton, 2000, new, see photo, Allied AF in WW II, close look at the organization and deployment of Allied forces, the circumstances surrounding their repatriation at the war's end, hypocritical British attidue toward their uninvited Allies, photos, 216 pgs.

AIR NEWS YEARBOOK, Volume 1, Andrews, Phillip (editor), Duell, Sloan & Pierce, 1943, vg/vg (chipped) see photo, aerial photographs, 355 in all with documentation, 221 pgs.

AIR POWER, Look Magazine (editors), Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1943, vg (cover wear), period photos of training, bomber, fighter, cargo, glider aircraft, silhouttes & insignias, 96 pgs.

AIR SPY, Babington-Smith, Constance, ASP Foundation, 1985, fine, soft cover, how aerial photography uncovered Nazi secrets, including the V-1 and V-2, photos, 266 pgs.

AIR WAR DIARY Scholes, David, Kangaroo, 1997, new, soft cover, Australian Bomber Command, author survived a tour of 35 raids piloting a Lancaster bomber during World War II, photos, 144 pgs.

AIR WAR EUROPA Hammel, Eric, Pacifica, 1994, new, soft cover, day by day log of the US air campaigns in No. Africa & Europe, Feb 1942 to May 1945, also indexed alphabetically, 571 pgs.

AIR WAR ITALY, 1944-45, Beal, D'Amico & Valentini, Airlife, 1996, new, see photo, Luftwaffe and their allies, the Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana from the liberation of Rome to the Axis surrender in Italy, camouflage & markings, aircraft found, photos & maps, 232 pgs.

AIR WAR NORMANDY, Bickers, Richard, Leo Cooper, 1994, new, gaining air control, then air/ground cooperation, photos, 174 pgs.

AIR WAR FOR YUGOSLAVIA, GREECE AND CRETE, 1940-41, Shores, Cull & Malizia, Grub St., 1987, f/f, see photo, records the air war over the Eastern Mediterranean from June 1940, the German blitzkrieg through the area resulted in loss of many official records, careful research of available records & interviews were responsible for this documentation, photos, charts, maps, 445 pgs.

AIR WAR OVER ITALY, Brooks, Andrew, Ian Allen, 2000, new, see photo, from the landings in Sicily to the surrender in 1945, photos & maps, 160 pgs.

AIR WAR OVER RUSSIA, Brookes, Andrew, Ian Allan, 2003, new, see photo, 1941, Hitler invaded Russia, Soviet tactics & equipment improved helping to decrease the potency of the Luftwaffe, photos, maps, 160 pgs.

ALASKA-SIBERIAN CONNECTION, Hays, Otis, Texas A & M, 1996, as new with dust jacket, the establishment of a route between the U.S. and the Soviet Union for lend-lease aircraft, photos, 184 pgs.

ALERT IN THE WEST, Heilmann, Willi, Cerberus, 2003, new, soft cover, see photo, reprint of the original 1955 Kimber edition, author was a Luftwaffe pilot in the "Green Hearts", memoir describes the closing year of the war from the German viewpoint, photos, 159 pgs.

ALLIED FIGHTER ACES OF WORLD WAR II, Spick, Mike, Greenhill, 1997, new, see photo, examines in detail every major theatre of the air war, compares the aircraft & operational conditions, and highlights individual tactics & methods of the best aces, photos, 239 pgs.

ALLIED vs AXIS AIRCRAFT, Block, G.D., WE inc. 1968, vg/vg, see photo, facts about military aircraft engaged in the Western Front, data on speed, horsepower, armament, weight load, photos & drawings, 165 pgs.

ALL THE FINE YOUNG EAGLES, Bashow, David, Stoddart, 1996, new, see photo, personal stories, Canadian fighter pilots in WW II, photos, 384 pgs.

ALWAYS FIGHTING THE ENEMY, Cox, Luther, Gateway, 1990, new, see photo, signed and dated by Cox on front endpaper, "The fiftieth commeration of the end of WW II in memory of all my fellow flyers who have gave their all , their lives for this great country, Luther C. Cox, 8th AF, Double Trouble shot down 19 Jan 1943, 21st mission, Europe & North Africa, POW #128", personal WW II chronicle of air combat and survival as a POW in Stalag Luft III, close look at the organization & deployment of Allied forces, circumstances surrounding their repatriation at the war's end, photos & maps, 363 pgs.

AMERICAN ACES, Sims, Edward, Harper & Brothers, 1958, vg/vg, documents most exciting missions flown by top twelve surviving USAAF pilots of WW II, photos, 258 pgs.

AMERICAN AIRCRAFT OF WORLD WAR 2 IN COLOUR, Munson, Kenneth, Blandford, 1982, f/f, descriptions and photos of 100 US aircraft of WW 2, plus 60 color plates, 160 pgs.

AMERICAN AIRMAN IN EUROPE, THE , Freeman, Roger, MBI, 1991, new, personal reminiscences of 8th & 9th AF personnel in UK and in the skies over Europe, photos, 158 pgs.

AMERICAN EAGLES, USAAF COLOURS 1, Holmes, Tony, Classic Publications, 2001, new, soft cover, see photo, American volunteers in the RAF 1937-1943, photos, color plates, 128 pgs.

AMERICAN EAGLES, USAAF COLOURS 2, Freeman, Roger, Classic Publictions, 2001, new, soft cover, see photo, P-38 Lightning Units of the Eighth and Ninth Air Forces, photos, color plates, 80 pgs.

AMERICAN PT BOATS IN WORLD WAR II, Chung, Victor, Schiffer, 1997, new, see photo, illustrated study of the development, construction, tactics & combat actions of PT boats, many drawings, diagrams, plans, profiles & photographs, 234 pgs.

AMERICA'S ACE OF ACES, Bong & O'Connor, Self-published, 1985, new, see photo, Dick Bong, top U.S. ace, 49th FG, by his brother, photos, 223 pgs.

AMERICA'S ACES IN A DAY, Hess, William, Speciality Press, 1996, new, see photo, Features figher pilots of USAAF, USN & USMC who scored five or more in one day, photos, 176 pgs.

AMERICA'S MIGHTY EIGHTH AIR FORCE, CONCEPTION TO D-DAY, Bodie & Macpherson, Widewing, 2002, new, see photo, buildup of the 8th Air Force proved to be the instrument that supplied a major portion of the initial aircraft committed to Operation TORCH, the invasion of North Africa, thereby contributing heavily to the initial military operations of the Twelfth Air Force in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations, many photos (including 75 color photos), 192 pgs.

AMERICA'S TOP WW II ACES IN THEIR OWN WORDS, Hess, William, MBI, 2001, new, soft cover, see photo, actual combat reports of 26 top 8th AF aces, detailed biographical profilles, photos, 191 pgs.

AMERICAN WAPLANES, Conger, Elizabeth, Henry Holt, 143, vg/vg (chipped), surveys US combat planes for young readers, many photos, 161 pgs.

AND THE WALLS CAME TUMBLING DOWN, Fishman, Jack, Macmillan, 1982, vg (embossed name)/vg, Bombing of Amiens prison by 464th RAAF sqdn, Mosquitoes, photos, 422 pgs.

ANGELS OF DEATH: GOERINGS LUFTWAFFE , Hoyt, Edwin, Tom Doherty, 1994, vg (some annotations by previous owner)/vg, see photo, the rise & the fall of the Luftwaffe, photos, 304 pgs.

ANGELS TWENTY, Park, Edwards, McGraw-Hill, 1997, new, flew P-39, P-47 with 41st F.G., New Guinea, 195 pgs.

ANGELS ZERO, Brulle, Robert, Smithsonian, 2000, new, see photo, author flew P-47 on 70 ground support missions in the battles of the Hurtgen Forest and the Bulge, photos, 208 pgs.

ARADO Ar 232, Myhra, David, Schiffer, 20002, new, soft cover, see photo, Luftwaffe's combat zone transport aircraft, photos, color plates & drawings, 144 pgs.

ARADO AR 234C, Myhra, David, Schiffer, 2000, new, see photo, four engine version of Arado's jet bomber, many photos, 188 pgs.

ARMED ROVERS, THE, Nesbit, Roy, Airlife, 1995, new, see photo, Beauforts & Beaufighters over Mediterranean, daylight attacks on Axis shipping, Sources from Official as well as German & Italian Sources, photos, maps, 224 pgs.

ARMY AIR FORCES IN WORLD WAR II (5 VOLUMES), Craven & Cates, Chicago University, 1953, very good/worn dust jackets Brodart protected), see photo, Vol 1 - Plans & Operations (Jan 1939-Aug 1942); Vol 2 - Europe-Torch to Pointblank (Aug 1942-Dec 1943); Vol 3 - Europe - argument to V-E Day (Jan 1944-May 1945); Vol 4 - The Pacific - Guadalcanal to Saipan (Aug 1942-July 1944); Vol 5 - The Pacific - Matter-horn to Nagasaki (June 1944-Aug 1945)

ARMY AIR FORCES IN WORLD WAR II - COMBAT CHRONOLOGY 1941-1945, Carter & Mueller, Office of Air Force History, 1973, vg (embossed name), a chronicle of the combat operations of the U.S. Army Air Forces from December 7,1941 to September 1945, provides a daily account, arranged by events occurring within each numbered air force's area of operations, 991 pgs.

ARTIC WAR BIRDS - ALASKA AVIATION OF WW II,Mills, Stephen, Superior, 1971, vg/vg, pictorial history of bush flying to protect Alaska & U.S., 191 pgs.

ASSAULT ON THE EMPIRE: STEMMING THE TIDE OF CONQUEST 1942-1943, Air Combat Photo Series - Assault on the Empire, Vol. 1(new series), see photo, Lambert, John, includes air war in orient, Australia, Solomons & aircraft carriers, many photos, 112 pgs.

ATLANTIC AIR WAR; SUB HUNTERS VS. U-BOATS, Lambert, John, Speciality Press, 1999, new, soft cover, photo study of USAAF and Britiah air units against the German U-Boats in WW 2 Atlantic Theater, over 200 photos, 111 pgs.

ATTACK, DEATH IN THE SKIES OVER THE MIDDLE EAST, Byers, Richard T/Sgt., Aardvark Press, fine, soft cover, signed by author, 9th Air Force operating in the Middle East during World War II, 376th Bomb Group, 513th Squadron, photos, 296 pgs.

ATTACK OF THE AIRACOBRAS SOVIET ACES AMERICAN P-39s & THE WAR AGAINST GERMANY, Loza, Dmitry, translated & edited by James Gebhardt, University Press of Kansas, 2001, new, see photo, Soviet Union received a major boost with the arrival and deployment of nearly 5,000 Bell P-39 Airacobra fighter planes--courtesy of America's Lend-Lease program, based on interviews with Soviet veterans & extensive access to squadron histories and logbooks, photos & maps, 392 pgs.

ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR, Cohen, Stan, Pictorial Histories, 2001, new, soft cover, see photo, pictorial history, 298 pgs.

ATTACK ON YAMAMOTO, Glines, Carroll, Schiffer, 1993, as new, see photo, planning and execution of the longest fighter interception mission of the Pacific War , the attack on the Japanese Admiral Yamamoto, April 18 , 1943 over Bougainville in the Soloman Islands, photos, 242 pgs.

AUGSBURG EAGLE, Green, William, Doubleday, 1971, f/f, see photo, Messerschmitt Bf-109 from drawing board, 1933, to final phase out in Spain, 1967, many photos, color plates, cut-aways, 128 pgs.

AUGSBURG'S LAST EAGLES, Green, Bret, illustrations by Tom Tullis, Eagles Ltd, 2001, see photo, Eagles File #3, colors, markings & variants, 79 pgs.

AUSTRALIANS AT WAR IN THE AIR :1939-1945 - Volume 1 Pearson, Ross, Kangaroo Press,1996, new, soft cover, photos, going to war, training, bomber command, photos,140 pgs.

AUSTRALIANS AT WAR IN THE AIR:1939-1945 - Volume 2 , Pearson, Ross, Kangaroo Press, 1996, new, soft cover, Middle East, Med, SW Pacific, TAC Europe, photos, photos, 157 pgs.

AVRO LANCASTER, Sweetman & Watanabe, Crown, 1982, f/f (overized), many photos, color plates, fold-out color plates, 56 pgs.

AVRO LANCASTER - THE DEFINITIVE RECORD, 2nd Edition, Holmes, Henry, Airlife, 2001, new, see photo, detailed work including operational and production records with losses due to enemy action or crashes and the order of battle, line drawings, cut-aways, many photos, 255 pgs.

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