WW II AIRCRAFT & WW 2 AIRPLANES

World War II Titles - pg. 16

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RAAF OVER EUROPE, Johnson, Frank (editor), Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1946, vg (cover wear), commemoration of the service rendered by the Royal Australian Air Force in the European campaigns from 1939 to 1946, 54 pgs of photos, 187 pgs of text,

RAAF SAGA, Australian War Memorial, 1944, vg (boards slightly warped), a broad outline of the developments of the war in the air in which the RAAF participated during the past year, includes art, articles and stories and an Honour Roll. Artists include Ivor Hele, Frank Norton and Kenneth Jack, photos, some color, 200 pgs.

RADAR A WARTIME MIRACLE, Latham & Stobbs, Sutton, 1997, new, see photo, interviewed more than 70 RAF radar personnel who were involved, the Boffins who developed, adapted & perfected it, as well as the pilots who used it as tools , the opertion of each system, is explained, photos, illustrations, 238 pgs.

RADAR REFLECTIONS, Cummings, Michael, Radar Association, 2000, new, see photo, untold story of those who installed, maintined & operated radar, photos,246 pgs.

RAF & RCAF AIRCRAFT NOSE ART IN WORLD WAR II, Simonsen, Clarence, Hikoki, 2001, new, see photo, collection of nose and tail art of RAF & RCAF, many in color, 256 pgs.

RAF BIGGIN HILL, Wallace, Graham, Putnam, 1959, vg/vg (lazer), see photo, experimental base in WW I, but a key base in the defense of London during WW II, photos, 288 pgs.

RAF BOMBER COMMAND AND ITS AIRCRAFT 1936-1940, Goulding & Moyes, Ian Allan, 2002, new, see photo, aircraft Bomber Command went to war with Whitleys, Wellingtons, Harrows & many that were not successful, many photos, drawings & color plates, 144 pgs.

RAF BOMBER COMMAND AND ITS AIRCRAFT 1941-1945, Goulding & Moyes, Ian Allan, 2002, new, see photo, aircraft Bomber Command went to war with Vickers Wellington, Short Stirling, Halifax, Lancaster, B-17, Mosquito, successful, many photos, drawings & color plates, 128 pgs.

RAF BOMBER COMMAND IN FACT, FILM AND FICTION, Falconer, Jonathan, Sutton, 1996, new, see photo, unique reference work which lists all fiction & non-fiction books, all movies , TV and Radio scripts, film archives that deal with RAF Bomber Command during WW II, photos, 152 pgs.

RAF BOMBER COMMAND LOSSES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR

RAF BOMBER STORIES, Bowman, Martin, PSL, 1998, new, see photo, based on firs-hand interviews with the pilots & crews, anthology of 23 accounts of bomber missions, photos, 192 pgs.

RAF FIGHTER AIRFIELDS OF WORLD WAR 2, Falconer, Jonathan, Ian Allan, 1993, vg/vg (small tear in upper left hand corner), see photo, examines the history of the various Fighter Command bases occupied by the RAF, from the famous to the less well-known, information given includes data on the squadrons based at the individual airfields, maps, drawings, & photos, 128 pgs.

RAF FIGHTER COMMAND VICTORY CLAIMS OF WORLD WAR TWO, 1939-1940, Foreman, John, Red Kite, 2003, new, soft cover, see photo, a list of all the combat claims from September 1939 to December 1940, nearly 5,000 claims of enemy aircraft destroyed or damaged, photos, 311 pgs.

RAF FIGHTER COMMAND LOSSES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR

RAF FIGHTER SQUADRONS IN THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN, Robinson, Anthony, Arms & Armour Press, 1987, vg (small tear on fly page)/f, follows Nos. 19, 41, 56, 74, 85, 92, 111, & 303 Sqdns. thru the Battle of Britain, photos, 287 pgs.

RAF IN ACTION, Black, Adam & Charles (editors), Macmillan, 1941, vg (yellowing)/g (worn, chipped), see photo, 22 pgs. of text and 100 photos.

RAF IN CAMERA 1939-1945, Nesbit, Roy Conyers, Sutton, 1996, new, soft cover, see photo, archive photos from the Public Record Office & Ministry of Defense, 182 pgs.

R.A.F. THE STORY OF A BRITISH FIGHTER PILOT, Ayling, Keith, Henry Holt, 1941, vg (cover wear), follows a young man through training and becoming a fighter pilot, photos, 332 pgs.

RAIDERS OF THE REICH, Bowman & Boiten, MBI, 1996, new, see photo, story of the air battle over Western Europe, much of it in the words of the pilots and air crew who took part in it, from both sides of the conflict, photos, 223 pgs.

RAIDING THE REICH, Freeman, Roger, Arms & Armour, 1997, new, see photo, comprehensive pictorial record of the Allied air assault against Germany in WWII taken from official & private photographic archives, 160 pgs.

RAIN OF RUIN, A PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY OF HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI, Goldstein, Dillon & Wenger, Brassey, 1995, new, see photo, comprehensive photographic record of the bombings with selection of over four hundred photographs of U.S. preparations for the attack & of the two cities & their people, before, during, & after the attack, 175 pgs.

REACH FOR THE SKY, Brickhill, Paul, Naval Institute, 2002, new, soft cover, see photo, biography of Douglas Bader who was discharged from the R.A.F. after losing both legs in an air crash in 1931, he fought his way back to become one of the great heroes of the Battle of Britain, photos, 384 pgs.

REAR GUNNER PATHFINDERS, Smith, Ron, Goodhall, 1997, new, soft cover, air war over Germany as seen from the small perspex bubble of a "Tail-End Charlie" rear gunner in a Lancaster, flying with 626 Squadron, 156 Pathfinder Squadron, the author flew 65 operations & recorded them with the intesity brought on by the isolation of being cocooned in his lonely gun turret, photos, 152 pgs.

REAP THE WHIRLWIND, Dunmore & Carter, McCalland & Stewart, 1992, vg/vg, history of No. 6 Group, Canada's bomber force, photos, 437 pgs.

RECCE TIGERS, Ivie, Tom, Aviation USK, 2002, new, soft cover, see photo, 15th Tactical Recon Squadron in WW II, photos, 110 pgs.

RED BEAUTY, Stockton, Harold, Snow Leopard, 1997, new, soft cover, see photo, Yak-1 and Yak-7, development & technical description, line drawings, 120 pgs.

RED BEAUTY,2, Stockton, Harold, Snow Leopard, 1997, new, soft cover, Yak-1 and Yak-7, combat operations, photos, color plates, 130 pgs.

RED PHOENIX, Hardesty, Von, Smithsonian, 1982, f/f, see photo, rise of Soviet air power in their conflict with the Luftwaffe, 1941-45, maps, photos, 288 pgs.

RED STARS 3, Geust & Petrov, Apaili Oy, 1999, new (issued w/o dj), see photo, camouflage & markings of Russian and Soviet aircraft until 1941, many photos, color plates & markings, 184 pgs.

RED SUN SETTING, Y'Bood, William, Naval Institute Press, 1981, vg (book plate)/vg, Battle of the Philippine Sea, list of U.S. Units engaged in Battle, Japanese Units engaged in Battle, Interceptions, Bombing Missions, Search & Rescue, photos, 271 pgs.

RED TAIL ANGELS, McKissack, Patricia & Fredrick, Walker & Co., 1995, new, see photo, Tuskegee Airmen, based on pilot interviews & photos, 136 pgs.

REFUGE FROM THE REICH, Tanner, Stephen, Sarpedon, 2000, new, see photo, American airmen & Switzerland during World War II, photos, 262 pgs.

REICH INTRUDERS, THE, Bowman, Martin, PSL, 1997, new, see photo, chronicles 2 Group and 2 TAF bomber operations from the outbreak of the war to the final sorties just before VE Day, photos, 192 pgs.

RELUCTANT RAIDERS, THE, Carey, Alan, Schiffer, 1999, new, see photo, Navy land-based squadron flying the PB4Y-1 Liberator & PB4Y-2 Privateer, five years of research, the book traces the squadron's history from its commissioning,1943 to the final days of World War II, combat and nose art photography, squadron's tactical organization, chronology of each comabt crew's mission record, personnel killed in action, appendix containing Japanese shipping & aircraft destroyed or damaged, 236 pgs.

REMORSELESS ROAD, THE, McEwan, James, Airlife, 2001, new, soft cover, see photo, Singapore to Nagasaki, RAF officer’s account of capture and the Japanesed prison camps, photos & map, 298 pgs.

RETURN OF THE ENOLA GAY, Tibbits, Paul, Mid Coast Marketing, 1998, reprinted in hardback with dust jacket, see photo, signed by Paul Tibbits, photos, 339 pgs.

THE RIGHT OF THE LINE, Terraine, John, Wordsworth Military, 1997, new, soft cover, see photo, role of the RAF during European War, 1939-1945, beginnings were small & inadequate, but by the end of the war, the RAF had taken up a position of honour, photos & maps, 841 pgs.

RISE AND FALL OF THE GERMAN AIR FORCE 1933-1945, Public Record Office of War Histories, 2001, new, see photo, a reprint of air ministry pamphlet no. 248, photos, illustrations & maps, 244 pgs.

RIVENHALL, Stait, B.A., Sutton, 1984, vg, soft cover, airfield was home to 363rd FG & 397th BG (AAF) & 295 & 570 Sqdns (RAF), photos, 109 pgs.

ROYAL AIR FOCE COASTAL COMMAND LOSSES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR, Vol. 1 McNeill, Ross, Midland Counties, 2003, new, soft cover, see photo, aircraft & crew losses 1939-1941, maps & photos, 205 pgs.

ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE AT WAR 1939-1945, Milberry & Halliday, CANAV, 1990, new (oversized), see photo, detailed coverage to the RCAF both at Home & overease, cover every aspect of the RCAF's involvement in training & combat, day & night fighters, bombers, coastal operations, air transport, many photos, 480 pgs.

RUNWAYS TO VICTORY, Celis, Peter, MARHEV, new, see photo, Belgian Airfields & Allied Tactical Fighter Operations 1944-1945, an in-depth insight of wartime operations at seven Belgian fighter airfields, which were 'typical' fighter bases that have a significant story: A-78 Florennes; A-84 Chièvres; A-92 St. Trond; Y-10 Le Culot/East; Y-29 Asch; B-67 Ursel; B-90 Petit Brogel. Appendix includes nubered Allied Airfields in North-West Europe 1944-45; 2nd TAF & 9th AF Air Order of Battle, Allied Figter Aces that operated from Belgium, many photos (including color), 362 pgs.

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