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| DAY THE RED BARON DIED, Titler, Dale, Bonanza, 1978, vg/vg, see photo,
last 2 days of Von Richthofen's life & the day after, photos & maps, 320 pgs.
| $28.50 |
| DAYS ON THE WING,
Coppens, Willy, John Hamiton, 1932, g, some edge wear at top & bottom of spine, cover wear & staining/lazer dust jacket,see photo,
provides information concerning Belgian aerial activity, Coppens shot down 37 aircraft to
become the leading Belgian fighter pilot of WW I, illustrated by Leonard Bridgeman, 290 pgs.
| $45.00 |
| DEATH IN THE AIR,
Archer, Wesley, Greenhill, 1985, f (as new), soft cover, Vintage Aviation Library reprint of the original 1933 edition, see photo,
Cockburn, novelised account of a pilot, originally written anonomously, actually written by
a former pilot drawing from his memories, staged or not this still offers an insight of what a
pilot of the time thought of his surroundings, large photos, 166 pgs.
| $20.00 |
| DISCIPLINES OF WAR, MEMORIES OF THE WAR OF 1914-18
Levyns, J.E.P., Vantage Press, 1984, f/vg (rubbed), see photo, memoirs of a South African infantrymen who served in the Ninth Division and later with the 102 Night Bombing Squadron of the RFC
| $25.00 |
| DECISIVE AIR BATTLES OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR,
Whitehouse, Arch, Duell, Sloan & Pierce, 1963, vg/vg (worn),
first air battles, first dogfights, first mass bombing raids, photos, 360 pgs.
| $22.50 |
| DeHAVILLAND AIRCRAFT OF WORLD WAR ONE, Bruce, J.M. Arms & Armour, 1991, f/f,
see photo, a definitive study of First World War aviation,
early De Havilland designs, technical detail, individual squadron deployment of each type
throughout the war years; and each aircraft is illustrated & reproductions of the original
De Havilland technical drawings, 96 pgs.
| $30.00 |
| DeHAVILLAND AIRCRAFT OF WORLD WAR I, Volume 1: D.H.1 - D.H.4
Owers, Colin, Flying Machines Press, 2001, new, soft cover, see photo,
color illustrations by Juanita Franzi, many photos, fold out drawings, color plates, see examples, 68 pgs.
| $34.95 |
| DeHAVILLAND AIRCRAFT OF WORLD WAR I, Volume 2: D.H.5 - D.H.15
Owers, Colin, Flying Machines Press, 2001, new, soft cover, see photo,
color illustrations by Juanita Franzi, many photos, fold out drawings, color plates, see examples, 84 pgs.
| $39.95 |
| D.H.4/D.H.9 FILE, THE, Sturtivant & Page, Air Britain, 2000, new (issued w/o dj), see photo,
comprehensive lisiting of all DH-4s & 9s produced in the UK & US, photographs, 3-view drawings & color plates, 316 pgs.
| $69.95 |
| DIARY OF A P.B.O., Shrive, Frank, Boston Mills Press, 1981, f/f, see photo,
observer in the second seat of a Royal Flying Corps 'machine'. An RA gunner wounded at Vimy Ridge, aged 19,
after recuperating in England he joined the RFC, eventually was posted to Archangel,
where he found himself participating in the Russian Civil War, photos, 88 pgs.
| $30.00 |
| DIARY OF A WWI PILOT, AMBULANCES, PLANES, FRIENDS, Conober-Church, Frances, Conover-Patterson Publishers, 2004, new, soft cover, see photo,
Harvey Conover's adventurers in France 1917-1918, a frontline ambulance driver who arrived in France
before the US entered WWI, later he enlisted in the US Aero Service, was trained in French flight schools,
& became a decorated combat pilot in the St.Mihiel and Verdun offensives, 288 pgs.
| $19.95 |
| DOG-FIGHT, Franks, Norman, Greenhill, 2003, new, see photo,
aerial tactics of the aces of WW I, strategy & planning of commanders & front-line
airmen, based on authors correspondence with a number of WW I fighter pilots & aces,
photos & illustrations, 256 pgs.
| $34.95 |
| DOUBLE DECKER C666, Heydemarck, Haupt, John Hamilton, 1934, vg (spine fade, minor foxing),
experiences as a member of a German observation squadron on the Western Front, begins in 1912 ends when his pilot
dies after combat and he transfers to the Macedonian Front, illustrations, map, 201 pgs.
| $45.00 |
| EAGLES HEIGHT, THE, Elliot, Robert, Air Review Limited, 1961, f/f, see photo,
fictionalized account of aviation & the men of the Royal flying Corp in WW1, Bw plates of various aircraft deployed in WW1
256 pgs. | $14.95 |
| EAGLES OF THE BLACK CROSS, Musciano, Walter, Ivan Obolensky, 1965, vg/g (worn, inked name), see photo,
comprehensive review of German Aces of World War I including over one hundred photographs and illustrations,
301 pgs. | $35.00 |
| EARLY BIRD, Moore, W. G. Major, Putnam, 1963, vg/ vg , see photo,
author received his pilot's certificate in 1914 after 2 1/2 hrs of flying, flew
Sopwith Scouts on seaplane patrol, later took part in deck-landing experiments, photos,
146 pgs. | $36.00 |
| ECHOES OF EAGLES, Woolley & Crawford, Dutton, 2003, new, see photo,
account of pilots in WW I, author's father flew in the 94th, 95th & 49th Aero Squadrons,
maps & photographs, 307 pgs.
| $24.95 |
| ELLINGTON 1918, Stack, Lt. Joe, Ellington, 1918, vg, flexible cloth cover, inked name, see photo,
#1181 of a limited edition, yearbook of the Texas airbase, photos, local ads, rosters, 319 pgs.
| $185.00 |
| E.T. BUSK, A PIONEER IN FLIGHT WITH A SHORT MEMOIR OF H.A. BUSK,
Busk, Mary, John Murray, 1925, vg (cover stain, foxing on edges of pages), see photo,E.T. Busk began experimental work on aircraft in 1911,
appointed to Royal Aircraft Factory and designed the B.E. 2c, he was killed in a flying accident in 1914. H.A. Busk (author's son) joined
the RNAS in 1914 and was missing in action in 1916. 92 pgs, illustrations.
| $100.00 |
| EYES OF THE ARMY AND NAVY, PRACTICAL AVIATION,
Munday, Albert, Harper, 1918, vg (cover stain),
handbook on aeronautics geared to those contemplating pilot training, information
on aero engines and wireless, photos & illustrations, 243 pgs.
| $38.50 |
| EXTRACTS FROM THE LETTERS OF GEORGE
CLARK MOSELEY, Mosley, George Clark, privately printed, 1923, f, boxed,
enlisted first in the Aviation section of the New York Naval Militia on 6 April 1917,
In May 1917 he enlisted in the Lafayette Flying Corps; first flying Caudrons & later Nieuports &
Spads (from 10 October Dec. 1917 to 4 February 1918); On Feb. 4th,
he was transferred to U.S. Naval Aviation Service at the rank of ensign,
here he was stationed at the U.S. Naval Seaplane Station at Dunkirk where he flew Spads with
pontoons and protected seaplanes, after training at the Bombing School in Clermnont-Ferrand,
he was attached to the R.F.C.'s Day Bombing Squadron 218 on 25 July 1918 and flew D.H.9s,
he was finally attached to the French Escadrille de Saint-Pol from 25 September to 5 November 1918
where he flew Spads once again, he finished the war with the rank of Lieutenant J.G. and was awarded the
Navy Cross, photos, 239 pgs. | $185.00 |
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