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BADER'S TANGMERE SPITFIRES - THE UNTOLD STORY, 1941 - BY DILIP SARKAR. 1st BRITISH EDITION 1996.  19 SIGNATURES:

1. DILIP SARKAR THE AUTHOR
2. *JOHNNIE JOHNSON 616 SQD IN B.O.B. RAF TOP ACE, 38 VICTORIES
3. RICHARD JONES 64 & 19 SQD IN B.O.B.
4. *LIONEL "BUCK" CASSON 616 SQD IN B.O.B. SHOT DOWN 1941
5. WILLIAM WALKER 616 SQD IN B.O.B. SHOT DOWN BY WERNER MOLDERS
6. ALAN BALDWIN 81 SQD 1940-1943 RUSSIA
7. GERRY EDGE 605 & 253 SQD, 5 VICTORIES
8. *PETER H. FOX 56 SQD IN B.O.B. SHOT DOWN 1940
9. *TONY MINCHIN 122 SQUADRON (MUSTANGS)
10. *ARCHIE WINSKILL 603 SQD IN B.O.B. ACE with 4 VICTORIES & 2 shared destroyed
11. *RON RAYNER 41 SQD
12. GEOFF STEVENS 213 SQD IN B.O.B.
13. *JACK YOUNIE 41 SQD GROUND CREW
14. *ALAN SMITH 616 SQD FLEW WITH DOUGLAS BADER
15. *HAROLD A. CLOWES INSTRUCTOR AT TANGMERE
16. *PETER BROWN 41 SQD IN B.O.B.
17. FRED ROBERTS 19 & 151 SQD GROUND CREW-WORKED ON DOUGLAS BADERS SPITFIRE, GEORGE "GRUMPY" UNWIN's SPITFIRE & BERNARD JENNING'S SPITFIRE IN B.O.B.
18. *FRANK TWITCHETT 229 & 145 SQD (SIGNED BY HIS PHOTO pg.103)
19. *CLIFF AIREY 610 SQD GROUND CREW

THE ASTERISK BEFORE THE NAME DENOTES THAT THE PERSON IS EITHER PICTURED/HAS A WRITE-UP IN THIS BOOK. MANY OF THESE GREAT GENTLEMEN HAVE TAKIN THEIR LAST FLIGHT. INCLUDED WITH THIS BOOK ARE 12 PHOTO'S OF THE GENTLEMAN THAT SIGNED THE BOOK, PLUS COPIED PAGES OF THE SIGNATURES WHERE I WROTE IN RED INK ABOVE THIER NAMES FOR EASY IDENTIFICATION.   $475.00

3 BOOK SET - ROYAL AIR FORCE 1039-1945. VOLUME I - "THE FIGHT AT ODDS" BY DENIS RICHARDS,  VOLUME II - "THE FIGHT AVAILS" BY DENIS RICHARDS & HILARY ST. F. SAUNDERS,  &  VOLUME III - "THE FIGHT IS WON" BY HILARY ST. G. SAUNDERS.  THESE 3 VOLUMES ARE FULL OF PICTURES, MAPS, COLOR MAPS & TRI-FOLD MAPS.   TO FIND THIS SET ALL TOGETHER IS NOT EASY.  THIS SET WAS PRINTED IN LONDON BY "HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE", (FIRST PUBLISHED IN DECEMBER 1953),  VOL. I IS A 6TH IMPRESSION PRINTED IN NOVEMBER 1955. VOL. II (FIRST PUBLISHED IN APRIL 1954),  THIS EDITION IS THE 3RD IMPRESSION PRINTED IN MARCH 1955.  VOL III (FIRST PUBLISHED IN SEPTEMBER 1954),  THIS EDIITION IS THE 3RD IMPRESSION PRINTED IN NOVEMBER 1959.  $135.00 

DOUGLAS BADER FIGHT FOR THE SKY-THE STORY OF THE SPITFIRE AND HURRICANE. AUTHOR DOUGLAS BADER, PRINTED IN GREAT BRITIAN, 1^ST EDITION 1973. THERE ARE 2 PAPER CLIPPINGS OF BADERS? OBITUARY ONE FROM 1982. LAID IN FLYER OF ROBERT TAYLORS ARTWORK, "ST. CROIX-SUR-SUR" SIGNED BY JOHNNIE JOHNSON, SIGNED WITH INDELIABLE INK (NON FADING). $95.00

BIGGIN ON THE BUMP, BY BOB OGLEY. (2 COPIES) (1^ST COPY) HARDBOUND 1998 AND SIGNED ON LAID IN BOOKPLATES AT pg. 114 BY ACES DON BLAKESLEE & C.W."RED" McCOLPIN. $85.00

(2^ND COPY) IS WRAPPER-BOUND 1993 AND SIGNED ON LAID IN BOOKPLATE BY ACE DON BLAKESLEE. $45.00

FIGHTERS OVER THE DESERT, BY CHRISTOPHER SHORES & HANS RING. 1^ST EDITION 1969. SIGNED ON AFFIXED PLATES ON TITLE PAGES BY AUTHOR CHRISTIPHER SHORES & BY CANADIAN ACE JAMES F. EDWARDS, EDWARDS ALSO SIGNED IN BOOK ON pg. 240 AT HIS NAME. SIGNED ON HIS PICTURE BY CANADIAN ACE RODERICK I.A. SMITH. THIS BOOK ALSO HAS A NICE FOLDOUT MAP. $145.00SOLD

FIGHTERS OVER TUNISIA, BY CHRISTOPHER SHORES, HANS RING & WILLIAM HESS. 1^ST EDITION 1975. SIGNED ON AFFIXED BOOKPLATE BY AUTHOR CHRISTOPHER SHORES & SIGNED ON AFFIXED BOOKPLATES BY CANADIAN ACE JAMES F. EDWARDS & BRITISH ACE HUGH K. O'BRIEN ON THE FIRST FREEPAGE. ON 2^ND FREEPAGE IS AFFIXED BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY ITALIAN ACE LUIGI FORRINI (PICTURED ON pg.128). SIGNED ON pg.19 BY ACE GEORGE LOVING JR., SIGNED ON pg.114 BY ACE JACK ILFREY. SIGNED ON pg.122 BY ACE JAMES F. EDWARDS. SIGNED ON LAID IN BOOKPLATE BY ACE WILLIAM W. MOMYER pg.277 HIS PIX. SIGNED ON LAID IN BOOKPLATE BY ACE HERBERT E. ROSS pg.357 HIS PIX. SIGNED IN BOOK AT HIS WRITE UP pg.416 ACE JERRY COLLINGSWORTH. SIGNED IN BOOK BY ACE NEWELL O. ROBERTS pg.440. THERE ARE 3 FOLDOUT MAPS AND CHARTS. $275.00

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REACH FOR THE SKY, BY PAUL BRICKHILL. (2 COPIES) (1^ST COPY), 1^ST EDITION 1954. SIGNED ON AFFIXED BOOKPLATE BY ACE JOHNNIE JOHNSON ON FREE FRONTPAGE. $55.00

(2^ND COPY), 1^ST EDITION 1954, X-LIBRARY COPY,TAPE MARKS, RUBBERSTAMPS, LACKS REAR FREE ENDPAPER, SLIGHT SEP.OF RIB. (DIFFERENT DJ FROM ABOVE) SIGNED ON CLIPPED PAPER INSIDE AFFIXED PAPER CORNERS IS ACE JOHNNIE JOHNSON ON FIRST TITLE PAGE. $40.00

WING LEADER, BY GROUP CAPTAIN J.E. JOHNSON. 1^ST AMERICAN EDITION 1957, NO DJ. SIGNED BY AUTHOR/ACE JOHNNIE JOHNSON ON AFFIXED BOOKPLATE $30.00

SKY WARRIORS,  CLASSIC AIR WAR BATTLES, BY ALFRED PRICE (2 COPIES). (1^ST COPY) 1998 WRAPPER-BOUND. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON AFFIXED BOOKPLATE PLUS SIGNED ON A PIX OF HUB ZEMKE BY FOUR 56^TH FG ACES, ROBERT RANKIN, FRANK KLIBBE, JERRY JOHNSON & WALKER M. MAHURIN. $60.00

(2^ND COPY) IS HARDBOUND 1^ST EDITION 1994 AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON AFFIXED BOOKPLATE. SIGNED ON PIX OF HUB ZEMKE ARE 5 56^TH FG ACES, RANKIN, KLIBBE, JOHNSON, MAHURIN & FRANCIS GABRESKI.$80.00SOLD

SKY BATTLES/ SKY WARRIORS,  STORIES OF EXCITING AIR COMBAT, BY ALFRED PRICE. 1^ST WRAPPER BOUND EDITION 1994 SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON AFFIXED BOOKPLATE. SIGNED IN BOOK BY ACE URBAN DREW BY PIX OF HIS P-51, SIGNED ON PIX OF HUB ZEMKE BY ACE WALKER M. MAHURIN, SIGNED ON pg. 98 BY LUFTWAFFE PILOT KURT SCHULZE ALONG WITH HIS BIO. 2 PAGES IN BACK OF BOOK HAVE SMALL HOLES. $35.00

OVER THE BEACHES 1944,  THE AIR WAR OVER EUROPE..., BY JOHN FOREMAN. WRAPPERS 1994 1^ST ED. SIGNED ON pg.14 BY GERMAN ACE GUNTHER RALL, pg.17 LAID IN BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY ACE JACK ILFREY BY HIS PIX, SIGNED IN BOOK pg.61& pg.209 BY ACE URBAN DREW, SIGNED IN BOOK pg.80 BY ACE WALKER MAHURIN, SIGNED IN BOOK AT HIS PIX pg.157 ACE FRANCIS GABRESKI, SIGNED ON LAID IN BOOKPLATE AT HIS PIX pg. 233 BY ACE JIM GOODSON & ON pg. 314 A LAID IN BOOKPLATE AT HIS PIX BY ACE CLARENCE E. ANDERSON. $95.00SOLD

THE GREATEST AIR BATTLE,  DIEPPE 19^TH AUGUST 1942, BY NORMAN FRANKS (50^TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) 1992. SIGNED ON TITLE PAGE BY AUTHOR AND 2 ACES STEVE PISANOS AND VICTOR N. CABAS, SIGNED ON pg.91 BY ACE MICHAEL GLADYCH WHO ALSO SERVED IN THE POLISH 303 Sqd. $95.00

BATTLE OF THE AIRFIELDS,  OPERATION BODENPLATTE 1 JANUARY 1945, BY NORMAN FRANKS (50^TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) 1994. SIGNED IN BOOK BY AUTHOR. LAID IN SIGNED COLOR PICTURE OF GERMAN ACE HERBERT IHLEFELD OF JG-1 pg.97. $125.00

SQUADRONS-UP!,  A FIRST HAND STORY OF THE R.A.F., BY NOEL MONKS. (3 COPIES) 1^ST COPY, 2^ND ENGLISH PRINTING NOV.1940. SIGNED IN BOOK BY BATTLE OF BRITIAN PILOT & ACE AND C.O. OF THE POLISH 303 Sqd WITOLD URBANOWICZ. $75.00SOLD

2^ND COPY, 2^ND AMERICAN EDITION FEB. 1941 DJ TORN ON RIB AND WORN. SIGNED ON LAID IN BOOKPLATE BY ACE WITOLD URBANOWICZ. $55.00SOLD

(3^RD COPY), 2^ND PRINTING BY TOWERS BOOKS NOV.1942 NO DJ. SIGNED ON LAID IN BOOKPLATE BY ACE WITOLD URBANOWICZ. $35.00SOLD

75 EVENTFUL YEARS,  A TRIBUTE TO THE ROYAL AIR FORCE 1981-1993, BY TONY ROSS. 1^ST EDITION 1993. SIGNED ON TITLE PAGE BY POLISH ACE WITHOLD URBANOWICZ ALONG WITH 8 OTHER RAF ACES/PILOTS/CREWMEN & SIGNED ON PIX #64 BY ACE STEVE PISANOS. $115.00

NIGHTFIGHTER,  A CONCISE HISTORY OF NIGHTFIGHTING SINCE 1914, BY ANTHONY ROBINSON. 1^ST ED. 1988. SIGNED BY 2 NIGHTFIGHTING ACES, 1 ON AFFIXED BOOKPLATE BY R.BRUCE PORTER AND BY JOHN "CATEYES" CUNNINGHAM ON CLIPPED PAPER INSIDE ATTACHED PAPER CORNERS. ALSO SIGNED ON LAID IN COLOR PIX IS GERMAN ACE WERNER STREIB OF NJG-1 AT HIS PIX ON pg.62. $125.00

HURRICANES OVER TOBRUK, BY BRIAN CULL. 1^ST ED. 1999. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON AFFIXED BOOKPLATE. $35.00

FIGHTER PILOT,  A SELF-PORTRAIT BY GEORGE BARCLAY, EDITED FROM THE DIARIES OF BARCLAY BY HUMPHREY WYNN. REV. ED. 1994 AND SIGNED BY HUMPHREY WYNN ON AFFIXED BOOKPLATE. (PREVIOUS OWNER DID A HAND DRAWING OF A HURRICANE ON THE BACK FREE ENDPAPER. LAID IN ON pg.200 IS A 1^ST DAY COVER WITH THE SIGNATURE OF GERMAN ACE WERNER SCHROER, 114 VICTORIES, WHO WAS CREDITED WITH THE SHOOT DOWN OF GEORGE BARCLAY. THE COVER IS ALSO SIGNED BY 2 OTHER KNIGHTS CROSS W/OAKLEAVES & SWORD RECIEPIENTS , GEN.MAJOR DIETER PELTZ & OBERST. JOACHIM HELBIG. ALSO SIGNED BY 2 KNIGHTS CROSS RECIP'S OBERST VICTOR Von LOSSBERG & LT. RUDOLF NACKE, ALL LUFTWAFFE. THE ENVELOPE ALSO HAS WAR PICTURES OF ALL SIGNEES EXCEPT FOR PELTZ. 1^ST DAY COVER IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. $245.00

AIR WAR FOR YUGOSLAVIA, GREECE AND CRETE 1940-41, BY CHRISTOPHER SHORES AND BRIAN CULL. 1^ST ED. 1987, NO DJ. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS ON AFFIXED BOOKPLATES. SIGNATURE OF GERMAN ACE GUSTAV-SIEGFRIED RODEL (98 VICTORIES) CLIPPED FROM A LETTER DATED 8-13-85 AND LAID IN ON pg.209 AT HIS PICTURE. $90.00SOLD

SPITFIRE FIGHTER SUPREME, BY ALFRED PRICE. 1^ST ED. 1991 WRAPPERS. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON AFFIXED BOOKPLATE. SIGNED IN BOOK BY 4 SPITFIRE ACES, ON FRONT PIX PAGE IS RODERICK I.A. SMITH, VICTOR CABAS & JAMES F. EDWARDS & ON PIX #46 BY MICHAEL GLADYCH. $65.00

THERE'S FREEDOM IN THE AIR,  THE OFFICIAL STORY OF THE ALLIED AIR FORCES FROM THE OCCUPIED COUNTRIES, BY HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE 1944. WRAPPERS, COVERS DETACHED JUST NEEDS RESTAPELING. SIGNED ON LAID IN BOOKPLATES BY ACE MICHAEL GLADYCH pg.16 & ON pg.25 BY POLISH ACE WITOLD URBANOWICZ. SIGNED IN BOOK BY GREEK/AMERICAN ACE STEVE PISANOS. $75.00

KITTYHAWK PILOT, BY WING CDR. JAMES F. EDWARDS. 1^ST ED. 1983. SIGNED IN BOOK AT TITLE PAGE BY AUTHOR AND ACE JAMES F. EDWARDS & ON pg. xxii . $50.00 SOLD

THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE AT WAR 1939-1945, BY LARRY MILBERRY & HUGH HALLIDAY. 1^ST ED. 1990. SIGNED ON pg.374 AT HIS PIX ACE JAMES F. EDWARDS AND ON pg.375 AT HIS PIX ACE RODERICK I.A. SMITH. $100.00

MOSQUITO AT WAR, BY CHAZ BOWYER. 1^ST ED. 1973. SIGNED ON LAID IN BOOKPLATE BY AMERICAN/R.C.A.F. ACE JAMES E."LOU" LUMA AT HIS PIC ON pg. 125. $45.00

KITTYHAWKS OVER THE SANDS,  THE CANADIANS & THE RCAF AMERICANS, BY MICHEL LAVIGNE & JAMES F. EDWARDS. LIMITED ED. #201/1000, 1^ST ED. 2002. SIGNED IN BOOK BY BOTH AUTHORS (JAMES F. EDWARDS ALSO AN ACE). SIGNED ON AFFIXED BOOKPLATE IS EAGLE SQUADRON AND 250 Sqd. PILOT MICHAEL EDWARD MILUCK PIX ON pgs. 273/274. PLUS A WAR TIME PICTURE LAID IN ON pg.211 SIGNED BY GERMAN ACE MAJOR JOACHIM MUNCHEBERG 135 VICORIES IN JG26 & 77 SHOWING HIS KNIGHTS CROSS WITH OAKLEAVES & SWORDS. $395.00

MOSQUITO, TYPHOON, TEMPEST AT WAR, BY CHAZ BOWYER, ARTHUR REED AND ROLAND BEAMONT. 1^ST COLLECTED ED. 1995. SIGNED ON LAID IN BOOKPLATE pg. 124 BY ACE JAMES E. "LOU" LUMA & SIGNED ON pg. 297 BY CANADIAN ACE JAMES F. EDWARDS IN 274 Sqd. $55.00

WINGS OVER THE SEA, BY DAVID R. FOSTER(D.S.O.,D.S.C. & BAR). 1^ST ED 1990. SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND PILOT IN 821 & 849 SQUADRONS FLEET AIR ARM IN WWII, DAIVD R. FOSTER. $50.00