WW II AIRCRAFT & WW 2 AIRPLANES

World War II Titles - pg. 12

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MAD REBEL..A YOUTH AT WAR, Oliphint, John Houston, self-published, 1998, new (issued w/o dj), see photo, Signed by author, "Freedom is Not free! John Oliphint", personal account of air combat with the 359th Fighter Group, capture, torture, escape, and survival in World War II Europe, photos & maps, 476 pgs.

MAG-24, Sredl, Katherine (editor), Turner, 1997, new (issued w/o dj), see photo, accounts of Marine Air Group 24, participated in the air war in the Pacific, & was stationed in China afterwards, stories, history, bios, photos, maps & charts, 96 pgs.

MAGNIFICENT FIGHT, A, Cressman, Robert, Naval Institute, 1995, new , the battle for Wake Island, photos, 325 pgs.

MAJOR HANS "ASSI" HAHN, THE MAN AND HIS MACHINES, Crandall, Jerry, Eagles Editions, 2002, new, see photo, illustrations by Tom Tullis, personal interviews from those who knew Assi, from private correspondence & articles about one of the first Knight's Cross holders, 175 photos plus original stills from color film, maps, emblems, color plates, 166 pgs.

MALTA SPITFIRE, Beurling & Roberts, Greenhill, 2001, new, soft cover, see photo, reprint of the orginal diary, Beurling flew Spitfire, 249 Sqdn, Malta, 30+ victories, photos, 240 pgs.

MALTA: THE HURRICANE YEARS, 1940 -1941, Shores, Cull & Malizia, Squadron/Signal, 1987, vg/vg, see photo, day by day account of air battles, history of the 261 Sqdn, victories, Roll of Honor, aircraft delivered, Regia Aeronautic Orders of Battle, many photographs, 457 pgs.

MALTA: THE SPITFIRE YEARS, 1942, Shores, Cull & Malizia, Grub St., 1991, f/f, as new see photo, sums up the battle for the Island of Malta, based on official records & eyewitness accounts, over 250 photographs, 704 pgs.

MAN WHO FLEW THE MEMPHIS BELLE, Morgan & Powers, Dutton, 2001, new , see photo, bio of Col Robert Morgan, USAFR, survived 25 daylight missions over the flak, his plane was made famous by the 1944 film "The Memphis Belle", photos, 388 pgs.

MARAUDER, Rehr, Louis & Carlton, McFarland, 2004, new (issued w/o dj), see photo, memoir begins with Captain Rehr’s arrival in pre-invasion England in May 1944, ends with the completion of Major Rehr’s aircraft disarmament duties in postwar Germany, a squadron commander with the 323rd Bombardment Group, earned 12 air medals, five battle stars, two Distinguished Flying Crosses, and the Croix de Guerre with Silver Star, describes his experiences as well as other men in the unit, photos, 220 pgs.

MARAUDER MAN, Brown, Kenneth, Pacifica, 2001, new, see photo, author was a bombardier & navigator, assigned to the 9th AF, 391st BG, flew B-26, describes the development, deployment to the Pacific, role in England, photos, 236 pgs.

MARINE CORPS MONOGRAPH: MARINE AVIATION IN THE PHILIPPINES, Boggs, Charles, Maj., Historical Section Division of Public Hdqs, 1951, vg (spine wear), cover, see photo, little known operations in the close support role of the 1st Marine Air Wing in the Philippines 1944-45, played a key role at Leyte & went on to provide support for th Army on Luzon, Zamboanaga, Jolo, Malabang, the Southern Visayas and the Sulu Archipeligo, photos, fold-out maps, 166 pgs.

MARSEILLE STAR OF AFRICA, Nowarra, Heinz, Caler, 1968, vg, soft cover, see photo, many photos, color plates, 36 pgs.

MARTIN B-26 MARAUDER, Havener, J. K., Southern Heritage Press, 1998, new, soft cover, see photo, conception, construction, problems, combat, photos, 264 pgs. + 14 pgs of color photos,

MARTIN MARAUDER B-26, Tannehill, Victor, Boomerang Publishers, 1997, new, soft cover, see photo, development, manufacturing, testing, in Pacific, Mediterranean, European, survivors, variants, photos, drawings, 132 pgs.

MARTIN MARAUDER AND THE FRANKLIN ALLENS: A WARTIME LOVE STORY, Mrozek et al, Sunflower Press, 1980, f, soft cover, see photo, based on letters between Franklin Allen & his wife, Allen flew B-26s with the 22nd BG, Pacific, later with 397th BF in Europe, photos 544 pgs.

MAVERICK WAR, Schultz, Duane, St. Martin's Press,1987, f/f, as new, see photo, Chennault & the Flying Tigers, history of the Air Volunteer Group in China flying P-40's against the Japanese, photos, 335 pgs.

McINDOE'S ARMY, Bishop, Edward, Grub Street, new, 2001, see photo, Guinea Pig Club, Sir Archibald McIndoe treated badly burned airmen of WW II, pioneering new surgical techniques, photos, 180 pgs.

MEDITERRANEAN AIR POWER AND THE SECOND FRONT, Glenny, A.W.F., Air-Commodore, Conrad Press, 1944, vg (ex-library, spine fade, unusual book with original photographs, 62 pgs.

MEN BEHIND THE MEDALS, Pitchfork, Graham, Sutton, 2004, new, see photo, tribute to the bravery of twenty Allied airmen who flew combat operations during the WW II, includes charles Patterson, John Neale, Bernard Evans, Guy Lawrence, 'Del' Wright, Doug Nicholls, Freddie Deeks, Roy Marlow, Fred Fray, John Harris, Bob Large, Jack Strain, Deryck Grainger, 'Binder' Yates, Arthur Hall, Arthur Brett, Frank Baylis, Aubrey Young, Ken Brain, Sandy Webb, photos, 274 pgs.

MEN OF THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN, Wynn, Kenneth, Gliddon, 1989, fine, as new, see photo, deals individually with the 2,927 men awareded the Battle of Britain clasp, photos & biography of each man, 470 pgs.

MEN WHO BOMBED THE REICH, Nalty & Berger, Elsevier-Dutton, 1978, vg/vg, see photo, daylight precision bombing campaign in Europe that was waged by the 8th AF, beginning in 1942, battles over heavily defended Axis sites that included Regensburg, Schweinfurt,Ploesti, Romania, photos, 184 pgs.

MEN WHO BREACHED THE DAMS, Cooper, Alan, Airlife, 1993, f, soft cover, see photo, 617 Squadron, "The Dambusters", list of aircraft, list of men, tours of duty, promotions & awards, photos & illustrations, 204 pgs.

MEN WHO FLEW THE MOSQUITO, Bowman, Martin, Leo Cooper, 2003, 1995, new, see photo, pilots & navigators give their own personal acounts of what it was to fly the "Wooden Wonder", illustrated with photographs not previously published, 192 pgs.

MESSERSCHMITT , Pritchard, Anthony, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1975, f/f, see photo, history and development of Messerschitt's aircraft designs fr om his early glider projects to the successful Bf 109 fighter & Me 262 jet fighter, photos, cut-aways, 192 pgs.

MESSERSCHMITT ACES, Musciano, Walter, Aero, 1989, f, soft cover, see photo, extensive information about the planes and missions, as well as photos and stories from the pilots themselves, photos & maps, 217 pgs.

MESSERSCHMIT Bf-109, Grinsell & Watanabe, Crown, 1980, f/f (overized), many photos, color plates, fold-out color plates, 48 pgs.

MESSERSCHMITT 109, Lande, D.A.,MBI, Warbird History, new, soft cover, see photo, development, color gallery, specifications, surviving aircraft, photos, 128 pgs.

MESSERSCHMITT Bf 109 A-E, Radinger & Schick, Schiffer, new w/dj, development, testing & production, photos & drawings, 136 pgs.

MESSERSCHMITT Bf 109 F, G & K SERIES, Prien & Rodeike, Schiffer, 1995, new w/dj, see photo, illustrated study, many photos & line drawings, 208 pgs.

MESSERSCHMITT 109-A FAMOUS GERMAN FIGHTER, Nowarra, Heinz J., Harleyford, 1963, vg/vg, see photo, all variants plus a little on Czech & Spanish builts, many photos, 3-views, 184 pgs.

MESSERSCHMITT Bf 109 RECOGNITION MANUAL, Frenandez-Sommerau, Marco, Classic Publications, 2004, new, see photo, using operational photographs and aircraft handbook drawings, this book sets out to describe & portray the differences of all known production variants, Bf 109 A, B, C, D, E, T, F, G & K area ll illustrated here, the aim of this book is to give an insight into the mass-produced and ‘little-known’ variants of the Bf 109, drawings & photos, 224 pgs.

MESSERSCHMITT 109, THE OPERATIONAL RECORD, Scutts, Jerry, MBI, 1996, f/f, as new, see photo, pre-war prototype development & flight testing, first combat missions in the Spanish Civil War, traces the evolution of the different models from the 109B through to the 109K & considers the different roles that the aircraft played throughout WW II, photos, 146 pgs.

MESSERSCHMITT Bf 110 OVER ALL FRONTS 1939-1945, Nauroth & Held, Schiffer, 1991, new, see photo, pictorial history of Bf 110, over 6,000 were built during WW II, service over England, France, North Africa, Balkans & Russian Front, maps, 247 pgs.

MESSERSCHMITT Bf 110/Me 210/Me 410, AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY, Mankau & Petrick, Schiffer, 2003, new, see photo, translated from the original German publication, a comprehensive & detailed study of these aircraft, tactical guidelines, prototypes, engines & powerplants,conversion kits, many photos & line drawings, 360 pgs.

MESSERSCHMITT Bf 110 BOMBSIGHTS OVER ENGLAND, Vasco, John, Schiffer, 2002, new, see photo, Erprobungsgruppe 210 over southern England, formed on July 1, 1940 given the task of operationally testing the standard fighters, their main role was the use of the Messerschmitt 109 and 110 as fighter-bombers, lacking both the level flight of the conventional bomber & steep dive of the Stuka. the mode of attack was the shallow dive, using only the standard Revi gunsight as a bombsight to line-up the target, only unit to operate the Messerschmitt Bf 110C-6, the version that carried a 30 mm. MG 101 Kanone, color profiles & many photos, 191 pgs.

Me 163 - Volume One, Ransom & Cammann, Classic Publications 2002, new, see photo, detailed research of the Me 163 rocket-powered interceptor, evolution, design & development of tailless & rocket powered aircraft, study of production and introduction to operational use by JG 400, color artwork by Tom Tullis, unpublished photographs & technical illustrations, 224 pgs.

Me 163 ROCKET INTERCEPTOR - VOLUME TWO, Ransom & Cammann, Classic Publishers, 2003, new, see photo, includes a detailed diary of point-defense combat operations conducted against the Allied air forces over Northern Europe in 1944-45 using the Me 163 by JG 400, also a study of late-war training by the Ergänzungsstaffel/JG 400 and IV./EJG 2, the story of the little-known Italian involvement with the German rocket fighter, a detailed overview of Me 163-based design projects & planned swept-wing and ultra-high speed development as well as the story of Allied, Japanese (the MXY8 Akikusa and J8M1 Shusui), French & Soviet testing, photos, color plates, line drawings, 448 pgs.

MESSERSCHMITT Me 262, Myhra, David, Schiffer, 2003, new, see photo, first book in a series of four, variations, proposed versions & project design series, design concept, prototypes, V series, flight tests, many photos, drawings & color plates, 246 pgs.

Me 262 - VOLUME 1, Smith & Creek, Classic Publications, 1998, new, design & development of the 262, 300 photos, 50 detail drawings, 224 pgs.

Me 262 - VOLUME 3, Smith and Creek, Classic Publications, 2000, new,day operations, Jan - March, 1945 and night fighter variants, many photos, cut-aways, color plates, 223 pgs.

Me 262 - VOLUME 4, Smith and Creek, Classic Publications, 2000, new, see photo,focus on last days of combat operations during April & May, 1945, photos, drawings & color plates, 202 pgs.

MESSERSCHMITT Me.262, Radinger & Schick, Schiffer, 1993, new, see photo, development, testing, production, drawings, cutaway, photos (including color), 111 pgs.

MESSERSCHMITT Me.262, Baker, David, Crowood, 1997, new, see photo, first turbojet-powered combat aircraft to see action, sheer luck that Hitler designated it a bomber rather than a fighter, diminished its use against the Allied heavy, its origin in a 1938, technical specification, operational use , photos & drawings, 160 pgs.

MESSERSCHMITT Me.262, ARROW TO THE FUTURE, Boyne, Walter, Schiffer, 1994, new, soft cover, see photo, Me 262's combat career, pilots who flew them , design, production & operations, restoration of the Smithsonian Me 262 documented, photos & drawings, 188 pgs.

MESSERSCHMITT Me.262 COMBAT DIARY, Foreman & Harvey, Air Research, 1995, new, daily log of 262 operations, 262 victories & losses, 7 appendices & photos, 405 pgs.

Me.262 STORMBIRD RISING Morgan, Hugh, MBI, 1994, f/f, as new, see photo, look at Me 262, includes a German pilot's perspective of the aircraft, included is a review of the historical re-manufacturing process underway in Texas under the directioon of Herbert Tischler, many photos & line drawings, color plates, 261 pgs.

MESSERSCHMITT ROULETTE, Morley-Mower, Wg Cdr. Geoffrey, Phalanx, 1993, new, author flew Hurricanes, 451 Sqdn., RAAF, Egypt & Libya, 1941-2, photos, 201 pgs.

MESSERSCHMITT Me 321/323, Dabrowski, Hans-Peter, Schiffer, 2002, new, see photo, Me 321 appeared at the front during World War II, it produced tremendous astonishment a huge glider with a wingspan of fifty-five meters was towed by three Bf 110s, or a five-engined He 111Z then aircraft could carry up to twenty-two metric tons of freight: fuel; ammunition; trucks; tanks; 100 fully equipped troops and more. Me 323D version, powered by six radial engines, was capable of carrying thirteen metric tons of freight to the front, over 650 photos, 240 pgs.

MESSERSCHMITTS OVER SICILY, Steinhoff, Johannes, Stackpole, 2004, new, soft cover, see photo, originally published under the title "Straits of Messina", account of unusual power, Luftwaffe ace Johannes Steinhoff recounts the final days of the German air force on Sicily in June and July 1943, Johannes Steinhoff shot down 176 Allied aircraft during WW II, after the war, he served as Chief of Staff of the West German Air Force & later as Chairman of NATO's Military Committee, photos, 271 pgs.

MIDWAY, Fuchida & Okumiya, Naval Institute Press, 1976, f/f, Japanese Navy's story about the battle that doomed Japan, photos, 266 pgs.

MIGHTY FORTRESS, A, Alling, Charles, Casemate, 2002, new, see photo, personal account of the Captain & crew of lead B-17 bombers in the last few months of the war, flew a total of 27 missions, photos, 186 pgs.

MIGHTY EIGHTH, Freeman, Roger, Cassell, 2000, new, see photo, reprinted in soft cover, history of the units, men & machines of the 8th air force, photos, 311 pgs.Doubleday,

MIGHTY EIGHTH IN COLOR, Freeman, Roger, Speciality Press, 1992, vg/vg, see photo, photographs are detailled in original color, aircraft & crews from every 8th Air Force Base in Britain, backed by descriptions, 385 color photos, 20 color unit insignia, 160 pgs.

MIGHTY EIGHTH - THE COLOUR RECORD, Freeman, Roger, Cassell, 2001, new, see photo, originally published as Mighty Eighth in Colour, this edition has 200 new color photos, 224 pgs.

MIGHTY MEN OF THE 381st: HEROES ALL, Brown, James, Publishers Press, 1994, new, see photo, 381st BG, 8th AF, B-17s, photos, 765 pgs.

MILITARY AIRCRAFT 1939 1945, Cross, Roy, New York Graffic Socieity, 1971, vg/vg, see example of color plate, role of each of these 16 illustrations provides detailed scale paintings, plus some cutaway views & photos, as well a chart of aeronautical data on each aircraft type, 43 pgs + color plates,

MIRACLE AT MIDWAY Prange, Gordon, McGraw-Hill, 1982, vg/vg, Battle of Midway, June 1942, photos, 469 pgs

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED, Rickson & Holliday, Purnell Book Svcs, 1974, vg/vg, analysis of air operations: channel dash, Ruhr dams & Amiens, photos, 244 pgs.

MISSION 376, de Jong, Ivo, Classic Publications, 2004, new, see photo, Mission 376 on May 28, 1944, when ordinary men on both sides revealed extraordinary courage as they experienced the confusion & terror, the day had one unusual characteristic, however, when it saw the first combat use of remote-controlled glide bombs by the USAAF, describes in unprecedented detail the events, experience and aircraft of the men on both sides that day during the course of ‘an ordinary mission’, many photos, 16 color profiles, 218 pgs.

MISSIONS OF SHEHASTA, Clark, Lyman "Ace", Headline Books, 1992m f/f, as new, see photo, B-24 turret gunner, witnessed bomb runs over the now infamous battlefields of Kahili, Bougainville, Ballale and Rabaul, photos, 292 pgs.

MISSIONS REMEMBERED, McGraw-Hill, 1998, new, see photo, over 80 personal experiences as related by men of Middle Tennessee WW II Fighter Pilots Association, 320 pgs.

MISTEL, Forsyth, Robert, Classic Publications, 2001, new, see photo, 300 photos & 30 scale line illustrations, 288 pgs.

MISTER, Fletcher, Eugene, U of Washington, 1992, new, bomber pilot training, author went on to fly B-17 w/91st BG, photos, 207 pgs.

MOON SQUADRON, Tickell, Jerrard, Doubleday, 1958, vg/vg, men who became known as the Scarlet Pimpernels of WW II, 138 Squadron, night time deliveries of people & supplies to France in their Lysanders, 204 pgs.

MOROTAI, A MEMOIR OF WAR, Boeman, John, Doubleday, 1981, f/f, flew over 20 missions in a Liberator, 307th BG, 278 pgs.

MOSQUITO, Sweetman & Watanabe, Crown, 1981, f/f (overized), many photos, color plates, fold-out color plates, 52 pgs.

MOSQUITO, Sharp & Bowyer, Crecy, 1997, new, development & varied uses of the aircraft by RAF & AAF, photos, 540 pgs.

MOSQUITOPANIK!, Bowman, Martin, Penn & Sword, 2004, new, see photo, two-engined Mosquito, or Mossie as it was affectionately called, was truly the most versatile & feared by the Germans, fast & manoeuvrable, night-fighter, low level bomber, fighter interceptor, successful war career, air to air victories, Fighter/Fighter/Bomber Squadrons Order of Battle, photos, 241 pgs.

MOSQUITO SQUADRONS OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE, Bowyer, Chaz, Ian Allan, 1984, vg/vg, see photo, traces the operational career through condensed histories of every RAF-controlled squadron to fly the design, detailing bases, commanders, personalities, outstanding sorties, aircraft serials, markings, many photos illustrate the diverse variants in squadron use, individual liveries & air ground crews, 144 pgs.

MOST SECRET PLACE, A, Johnson & Heffernan, Janes, 1981, f/f, Boscombe Down, top secret British aircraft test site, 1939-45, photos, 193 pgs.

MUSTANG ACE, Goebel, Robert, Pacifica Press, 1991, as new, see photo, signed by author, scored 11 victories with the 31st FG in Italy, photos, 228 pgs.

MUSTANG MONIKERS, Brizzard, David, Self-published, 1994, f, soft covered, spiral bound, complliation of aircraft names for the P-52 mustang, 48 pgs.

MUSTANG ACE, THE STORY OF DON S. GENTILE, Spagnuolog, Mark, Cerberus, 2001, new, soft cover, see photo, reprint of "Don S. Gentile: Soldier of God and Country", he was a 4th FG ace, 22 victories, photos, 336 pgs.

MUSTANG - THE OPERATIONAL RECORD, Jackson, Robert, Airlife, 1992, f/f, as new, see photo, development, operations, many photos, 176 pgs.

MUSTANG - THE STORY OF THE P-51 FIGHTER, Gruenhagen, Robert, Arco, 1976, vg, soft cover, revised edition, see photo, photos & drawings, 252 pgs.

MUNSTER RAID: BEFORE AND AFTER, Hawkins, Ian, FNP Military Division, 1999, new (issued w/o dj), reprint of Munster: the Way It Was, with commentary added, raids of Oct. 8, 9, 10, 1943, Bremen, Marienburg & Munster, photos, 446 pgs.

MYNARSKI'S LANC, Page, Bette (compiled & edited), Boston Mills Press, 1989, new, see photo, the KB726 was the Lancaster bomber which P/O Mynarski eared his Victoria Cross, history of aircraft, documentation of it's 9 year restoration & first flight after 24 years in retirment, appendix of Lancaster Mark X register Squadron & Service, maps & photos, 192 pgs.

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