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I have a large number of aviation books, paperback & hardback, for which I am looking for good homes. In various categories they cover WWI, WWI, Korea, Vietnam, The Falklands and various other minor conflicts.

Whilst I would rather those who want some to collect, I will post if they donate the equivalent amount to a suitable charity such as SSAFA, Hope for Heroes etc.

Rather than list them all here I will leave those interested in various periods to contact me.

As a starter, I have a copy of "Pinpoint the Bomber" by Francis Chichester, published by George Allen & Unwin , in 1942. A hardback in blue cloth ( 1st ed.), the paper cover is in very poor condition and the cover itself is discoloured and distorted. However, it is totally intact with all pages and maps still bound.

The subject is aerial navigation in the form of games, with the reader/player having to navigate a bomber from Kent to the Rhineland and back based on the text, photos and DR.

Edited to add that I live in Uxbridge, west London.

PM sent for Pinpoint The Bomber.

please send me one to [email protected]

WWI books:

The Spider Web - Romance of a Flying Boat Flight in WWI.

Germany's Last Knight of the Air - The Memoirs of Major Carl Degelow.

The Fall of an Eagle - The Life of Fighter Ace Ernst Udet.

For the Sake of Example - Capital Courts Martial 1914-1918.

The Cuxhaven Raid - The World's First Air Strike.

1918 - The Last Act.

The Enemy is Listening - The Story of the Y Service.

The Day We Almost Bombed Moscow - The Allied War in Russia 1918-1920.

Room 40 - British Naval Intelligence 1914-1918.

An Airman's Outings with the RFC June - December 1916.

Hi Orac
Could I have Green Balls please !!!
Happy to donate to charity of your choice if you could send it to me.
pm sent

rgds baz

WWII Books

The Nuremburg Raid (by Martin Middlebrook).

Dresden 1945 - The Devil's Tinderbox.

The Fall of Fortresses (personal experiences by Elmer Bendiner)

Soldier's of Destruction - The SS Death's Head Division 1933-1945.

And the Walls Came Tumbling Down (Amien's prison air strike).

Operational Gomorrah - The Hamburg Firestorm Raids.

Commandos and Rangers of WWII (by James Ladd).

Howard Hughes and His Hercules (story of the Spruce Goose).

First Blood - The Battle of the Kasserine Pass 1943.

America Attacks Japan - the Invasion that Never Was (by Tim Maga).

Das Reich - Resistance and the March of the 2nd SS Panzer Division through France - June 1944.

Focke-Wulf Condor - Scourge of the Atlantic

Phantom (by Philip Warner)

Dilemmas of the Desert War - A New Look at the Libyan Campaign 1940-1942 (Michael Carver).

The Pacific War 1941-1945 (John Costello).

Korea & Vietnam.

Korea

Air War over Korea (Robert Jackson)

Air War over Korea (Jerry Scutts)

The Korean War (Max Hastings)

Vietnam

Air Power and the Fight for Khe Sanh (USAF SE Asia Monograph series)

Wolfpack - Hunting Migs over Vietnam - Jerry Scutts.

Sailors to the End - The Deadly Fire on the Forrestal and the Heroes Who Fought It - Gregory Freeman.

Life on the Line - Stories of Vietnam Air Combat (Philip Chinnery)

Phantom Over Vietnam - John Trotti, Fighter Pilot USMC.

Hunter Killer Squadron - Vietnam 1965-1972.

Once a Warrior King (David Donovan).

A Rumour of War (Philip Caputo).

Eyewitness Vietnam - War Reports from Indochina 1945-1979 (Peter Scholl-Latour).

Vietnam - The ten Thousand Day War (Michael Maclear)

The Unholy Hymnal (Albert E. Kahn).

Arab/Israeli

Israel's Best defense - The first Full History of the Israeli Air Force (Col. Eliezer "Cheetah" Cohen).

Fighters over Israel - The Story of the IAF from the War of Independence to the Bekaa Valley (Lon Nordeen).

By Blood & Fire - The Attack on the King David Hotel.

The Arab-Israeli Wars (Chaim Herzog).

Falklands War

Merchant Ships at War - The Falklands Experience (Captain Roger Villar).

Military Lessons of the Falkland Islands War - Views from the USA (Bruce watson, Defense Intelligence School).

Harrier - Ski Jump to Victory (John Godden).

Air War South Atlantic (Jeffrey Ethell & Alfred Price).

2 Para Falklands - The Battalion at War (Maj Gen John Frost).

No Picnic - 3 Commando Brigade, South Atlantic 1982 (Julian Thompson).

74 Days - An Islander's Diary of the Falklands Occupation.

The Red and Green Life Machine - A Diary of the the Falklands Field Hospital.

The Fight for the Malvinas - The Argentine Forces in the Falklands War (Michael Bilton & Peter Kominsky)

Los Chicos de la Guerra - The Argentine Conscripts own Harrowing Accounts of Their Falklands War (Daniel Kon).

Speaking Out - Untold Stories from the Falklands War.

Other Wars & Conflicts

Withdrawal from Empire - A Military View (Gen. Sir William Jackson).

The Berlin Airlift (Robert Jackson).

SAS - The Jungle Frontier - 22 SAS in the Borneo Campaign 1963-1966.

October Fury - (stand-off between US & Russian nuclear armed submarines during the Cuban Missile Crisis) (Peter Huchthausen).

Jet Fighter Performance Korea to Vietnam (Mike Spick).

Strike Force - The USAF in Britain Since 1948.

British Combat Aircraft in Action Since 1945 (David Oliver - 1980s).

Air War and Aircraft - A Detailed Record of Air Combat 1945-1989.

Crusade - The Untold Story of the Gulf War (GWI) (Rick Atkinson).

The Aardvark is Ready for War (James Blinn).

Expert Witness - A Defence Correspondence's Gulf War 1990-1991 (Christopher Bellamy).

Delta Force - The US Counter-Terrorist Unit & The Iranian Hostage Rescue Mission.

War Since 1945 (Michael Carver 1980s).

Operation Vantage - British Military Intervention in Kuwait - 1961 (Mustafa Alani).

British Service Helicopters - A Pictorial History (1985).

The Jet Age - True Tales of the Air Since 1945 (1980s).

Set by Bill Gunston 1976:

Early Supersonic Fighters of the West.
Attack Aircraft of the West.
Bombers of the West.

Hi there ORAC. I'm the one that sent you the private message. Unfortunately I would not be able to pick up any of the books, although there are several that I am interested in. I realise that posting them across the country is a hassle, and if you'd rather not bother then I understand completely. However I have had a quick look at Royal Mail's parcel delivery options (http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/j...mediaId=400031) and it seems postage would be in the region of £7-£10, assuming the books were all placed in a box together.

If you were willing to post the books, I will happily send you a cheque to cover the cost of postage - this will allow you to make the charitable donation of your own accord (or to put it into pints if you wish).

I have listed the books that I would like;

Once again I understand if you'd rather not post the books. In the case that you accept, we'll exchange addresses via private message.

Thank you very much.

PM sent :ok:

Hi Orac
What a super library that you have and many thanks for your most
generous offer .
Should they be still available I am interested in the following books;

The Berlin Airlift
The Sea Hunters
To Shatter the Sky
Military Errors WW2
Suicide Squads
Bury me Upside Down
The Invisible AirForce.

Please let me know the cost and and your charity of choice and I will send you a cheque by return.

I live close to EGCC and the Pony Express will be required for means of delivery !!

Many Thanks

Midnight Retired.

Paperbacks

Some of these are very old, so caution must be taken in case they come apart.

Richard Bach:

Biplane
Nothing By Chance
Stranger to the Ground

The Divine Wind - Japan's Kamikaze Force in WWII by Capt Rikihei Inoguchi & Cmr Tadashi Nakajima, former Imperial Japanese Navy.

Stuka Pilot (memoirs) by Hans Ulrich Rudel.

Horrido! - Fighter Aces of the Luftwaffe, by Raymond Tolliver & Trevor Constable.

Samurai! - memoirs of Saburo Sakai by Sakai with Martin Caidin & Fred Saito.

Night Witches - story of Russia's women pilots in WWII by Bruce Myles.

The Midnighters - Story of the pilots who smuggled/flew in supplies to Israel during the War of Independence by Rowland Barber.

Jet - The Story of a Pioneer, by Sir Frank Whittle.

Sigh for a Merlin - by Alex Henshaw.

Test Pilot - by Neville Duke.

Winged Victory - by V M Yeates.

Ruin From the Air - the Atomic Mission to Horoshima, by Gordon Thomas & Max Morgan-Witts.

The Friendless Sky - Story of the War in the Air 1914-18, by Alexander McKee.

Into the Silk - Stories of Airmen whp Baled out and Lived, by Ian Mackersey.

CW2 - Helicopter novel of Vietnam war, by Layne Heath.

The Search for Johnny Nicholas - by Hugh Wray McCann, David Smith & David Matthews.

Don't Cry for Me, Sergeant Major - Stories from the Falklands War, by Robert McGowan & Jeremy Hands.

Entebbe Rescue - by Yeshayahu Ben-Porat, Eitan Haber & Zeev Schiff.

Battleship Bismark - a Survivor's Story, by Baron Burkard von Mullenheim-Rechberg.

The Deadly Stroke - the Destruction of the French Atlantic Fleet by the Royal Navy 1940, by Warren Tute.

Sink the Haguro! - Story of last RN last Destroyer Action of WWII, by John Winton.

The Dieppe Raid by John Mellor.

Ghost Cruiser HK33 by J H Brennecke.

Ride Out the Storm - the Savagery & Valour of Dunkirk by John Harris.

Edge of the Sword - story of the Gloucestershire Regiment in Korea, by Gen. Anthony Farrar-Hockley.

Sittang - the Last Battle by Louis Allen.

A Bridge Too Far - by Cornelius Ryan.

Delcorso's Gallery - by Philip Caputo.

Hello ORAC,

Book arrived safely Would like Horrido please.

Hi ORAC
I would be interested in " Sigh for a Merlin " if it is available.

Regards

Midnight retired

Orac,
Happy to donate to H4H again for:

Elusive Victory, Over the Beach and The naval Air War in Vietnam.

I'm on a course in a few weeks and will be staying in Uxbridge so we can donate the postage straight to a good cause too!

E8, put to one side, let me know when you are in Uxbridge.

pjac
 

"Longer Ron"-I shall wave my wand and your wish will be granted-would you like purple ears while I'm at it?

dear orac-i have long been trying to get a copy of "The enemy is listening" by Aileen Claydon and would be grateful for it. As I live fairly local I could collect in person- shall I e-mail you privately?