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| CAMEL DRIVERS, Reed & Roland, Schiffer, 1996, new, see photo,
17th Aero flew Sopwith Camels under British Command along Western Front, aerial warfare without parachutes,
field assignments, flight assignments, photos, 155 pgs.
| $45.00 |
| CAMBRAI, AIRFIELDS & AIRMEN, O'Connor, Mike, Pen & Sword, 2003, new, soft cover, see photo,
series of WW I airfields & pilots, photos & maps, 192 pgs.
| $16.95 |
| CANADA'S FIGHTING AIRMEN, Drew, Lt. Col. Geo., Maclean, 1930, vg/vg (inked name, minor water stain on dj),
see photo, exploits of
12 top aces, incl. wartime biographies of Bishop, Collishaw, Barker, MacLaren, McLeod, Rogers, McElroy, Claxton, McCall, Quigley, Carter and McKeever. Capt. Wendell W. Rogers (pp.237-246) "spent his youth at Alberton, Prince Edward Island..". Major Albert Desbrisay Carter's (pp.273-275) "home was in Pointe de Bute, New Brunswick." ,
photos, 305 pgs. | $85.00 |
| CANVAS FALCONS, THE , Longstreet, Steven, World Publishing, 1970, vg/vg,
personal look at many of the aces from both sides,
photos, 365 pgs. | $15.00 |
| CAPRONIs FARMANSs AND SIAs,
Hilliard, Jack, LoGisma, 2006, new, soft cover, see photo,
U.S. Army Aviatioon training and combat in Italy with Fiorello Laguardia, 1917-1918,
compiled from letters, log books & combat reports of Ameericans who flight trained with Italians and later flew
missions in the Caproni bomber, photographs, 615 pgs.
| $40.00 |
| CAPTAIN ALBERT BALL V.C. , Kiernan, R.H., John Hamiliton, 1933, vg/vg (lazer copy), see photo,
account of his brief but crowded life, a individual pilot who roved the skies in search of combat had really
ended before the close of the war, he was only 20 years of age when he fell, yet he was credited with 43 Victories,
photos, 223 pgs. | $50.00 |
| CAPT. ARTHUR RAY BROOKS,
Musciano, Walter, Hobby Helpers, 1963, as new, soft cover, see photo,
illustrations of his airplanes with color schemes for model builders; Brooks flew with the 139 th and 22nd Aero Squadrons in WWI, 72 pgs.
| $20.00 |
| CAPT. GEORGES GUYNEMER,
Musciano, Walter, Hobby Helpers, 1963, soft cover (spiral bound, inked name),
see photo, many photos & illustrations, 64 pgs.
| $15.00 |
| CASUALTIES OF THE GERMAN AIR SERVICE 1914-1920, Franks, Bailey & Duiven, Grub Street, 1999, new, see photo,
lists of German casualties was published in 1932 & gave the majority of known losses
suffered by the Luftatreitkrafte, now totally revised, re-arrange in chronological & alphabetical order
information on units, losses on operational sorties, training flights, air raids, illnesses, 384 pgs.
| $49.95 |
| CAVALRY OF THE CLOUDS, Bott, Alan Capt., Doubleday, Page & Co., 1918, vg (no dj, worn, bookplate),
in the introduction the author forsees the importance of mass bombing of enemy targets,
on the daily life of a Flying Officer in France in the early years of World War I, photo, 266 pgs.
| $20.00 |
| CHRONICLES OF 55 SQUADRON, Miller, L., Naval & Military Press, 2004, soft cover reprint, see photo,history of 55 Squadron in the RFC and RAF over the Western front in 1917 and 1918. Includes quirky details of flying life such as the full text of flier’s songs and a glossary of squadron slang,
illustrated with black and white drawings; the book also comes with some fascinating appendices, such as the texts of airmen’s song sung around the squadron’s piano in the intervals between ‘ ops’,
126 pgs.
| $28.95 |
| CINQUANTE-QUATRE,Bowes & Bowes, 1918, vg, English text, see photo, NO. 54 Squadron song book. 31pp. 7 page illustrations tipped in. Light blue boards with gold gilt lettering. The boards and contents are in very good condition.
| $125.00 |
| CLASSIC WW I AIRCRAFT PROFILES, VOLUME 2, Treadwell & Schacklady, Cerberus Publishing, 2002, new, see photo,
covers Bristol Fighter, Albatros Fighters, Nieuport Scouts, Pfalz Figters, Sopwith Snipe, Caproni Bombers,
LFG Roland, many photos, line drawings & color plates, example shown,, 160 pgs.
| $29.95 |
| COCKPIT PROFILE, No.1 Cohausz, Peter, Flugzeug, German text, English summary, vg (previous owner's name on cover),
soft cover, see photo, Pioneer, WW I & 1920 aircraft, photos & example ,drawings,
51 pgs. | $12.50 |
| COLOR PROFILES OF WORLD WAR 1 COMBAT PLANES, Apostolo & Begnozzi, Crescent, 1973, vg/vg, see photo,
color plates see example,& line drawings, 208 pgs. 1 copy available w/o dust jacket - $25.00
| $60.00 |
| COMBAT REPORT, Lambert, Bill, William Kimber, 1973, vg /vg (minor foxing, book plate removed, underlining),
see photo, author flew with RAF in July 1917 & March 1918,
posted to the Western Front, to Captain McElroy's 'C' Flight of the famous 24 Squadron,
Lambert became an oustanding fighter pilot & ended up as one of the three best American Flyers,
his score given in the Communiques was not far short of 20 enemy planes destroyed,
photos & illustrations, 223 pgs.
| $26.00 |
| CONCISE STORY OF THE DOVER PATROL, Bacon, R. H.,
Hutchinson & Co., 1932, vg(some foxing, moist curl), the
author, who commanded the operation, produced this book to
correct errors in the 1919 version, 1 chapter is devoted to air
operations, photos & maps, 320 pgs. |
$50.00 |
| CONTACT, Codman, Charles, Little, Brown & Co., 1937, vg (cover wear & spine fade, otherwise very good),
autobiography of a WWI pilot with the 96th USAS, who in Sept 1918 was shot down and taken prisoner, 248 pgs.
| $37.50 |
| CONTACT! NAVAL AVIATOR CAREERS, ASSIGNED NUMBERS 1 to 2000, Arthur, Reginald Wright, Naval Aviation Register, 1967, fine condition, see photo,
a listing (with biographies of the first 2000 Naval aviators & their aviator numbers, also listed are 17 aviators (with biographies) from the same time frame,
who did not receive offical Navial aviator numbers. There is a list of names & numbers from 2001 through 3000 without th biographical information. A chronology of Navial aviation history
from September 1919 through 1918 is included. Beyond that are 30 pages recording the deaths of the first 2000 aviators, 612 pgs.
| $100.00 |
| CURTISS HS FLYING BOATS, Molson & Shortt, Naval Institute, 1995, new, soft cover, see photo,
development & history of HS type flying boats from their beginning as a
maritime patrol aircraft through WW I, HS-2L flying boat's role in the development
of aviation in Canada is presented, as well as the Hx of the only HS-2L now in
existance, it's recovery & restoration at Canada's National Aviation Museum, photos & drawings, 147 pgs.
| $33.95 |
| COURAGE OF THE EARLY MORNING, THE, Bishop, William, McClelland & Stewart Limited, 1965, f/f see photo,
a son's biography of his famous father, Billy Bishop, photos, 211 pgs.
| $30.00 |
| CUXHAVEN RAID, THE, Layman, R.D., Conway, 1985, vg/vg (price clipped), see photo,
account of the planning, operation and aftermath of the world's first carrier borne air strike against the German
airship base at Cuxhaven, 1914, photos & maps, 160 pgs.
| $26.00 |
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