The reasons why the Japanese Armed forces resorted to the Kamikaze tactics, when and how the recruits were located, enlisted and trained, why the trainers of these men were not allowed to take part in the operations, their successes and failures, how they were viewed by the Japanese people, and by the Allied fighting men facing them.

2000, Cassell, , 9780304352005,< M-01>,192pp illustrations, Small bump at the top of the spine. Very good in card covers, , CARD
Subject...Aviation - General
Web No. 26931-02..............................£4.00 

Bruce Lewis brings this book together to tell the story of the men who flew the bombers. The different roles within the aircraft are covered and each of their unique experiences discussed through first hand accounts.

1994, Orion Books, , 1857974824,< M-01>,187pp illustrations, Good in card covers, , CARD
Subject...Aviation - General
Web No. 1381-02..............................£3.00 

A Book Club edition of one of the famous Putnam's series. A fascinating history of the evolution of British bombers from such types as the WWI Avro 504 and Vickers Vimy, via the Hawker Hart, Westland Wapiti and Handley Page Heyford between the wars, to famous WWII types such as the Halifax, Lancaster, Stirling and Wellington. Post war the book looks at the development of the Valiant, Victor and Vulcan V-Bombers, the Canberra, and the disgraceful, politically motivated cancellation of what would have become one of the world's finest strike aircraft - the TSR-2.

1975, Purnell, , ,< M-01>,420pp, photos, drawings, index, very good in good d/w, ,
Subject...Aviation - General
Web No. 13425-02..............................£10.00 

Mass market paperback. Very good. Traces the history of these machines from their development in Germany, their use in Hitler's conquest of Europe, the role envisaged for them in the projected invasion of Britain and their use in the Normandy, Crete and Arnhem campaigns.

1989, Arrow Books, , 0099574608,< M-01>,208pp illustrations, very good in card covers, , CARD
Subject...Aviation - General
Web No. 11583-02..............................£3.00 

Second edition. Pitman's Simply Explained series.A simple explanation of the general procedure of flying a light aircraft undated but c1950's

, Pitman, , ,< M-01>,47pp illustrations, Good in marked card covers, , CARD
Subject...Aviation - General
Web No. 26610-01..............................£3.00 

Five hundred of the significant personalities in the world of aviation. The pilots, designers, inventors etc from Ben L. Abruzzo to Charles Yeager and Count von Zeppelin.

1994, Airlife Publishing, , 1853102725,< M-01>,208pp, very good in d/w, ,
Subject...Aviation - General
Web No. 10860-01..............................£6.00 

In December 1931 Douglas Bader crashed in a Bristol Bulldog Fighter and lost both legs. The story of his fight back to life, his arguments with authority to regain his flying status. his eventual command of a Hurricane Squadron. When he was brought down over enemy territory he starteed his escape attempts straight away and was eventually sent to Colditz. This book written following many interviews with Douglas Bader is his story and sets the record straight on many of the rumours regarding his fighting tactics abd political wrangling during the Battle of Britain.

1983, Granada Publishing, , 0586057684,< M-01>,381pp ills, spine creases, page edges browning. Good, , CARD
Subject...Aviation - General
Web No. 6119-01..............................£3.00 

One of the outstanding fighter pilots of WWII, the author has compiled this astonishing collection of first-hand stories about the part played by luck in air warfare. Beginning in 1917 with Lord Balfour's astonishing escape from his crashing Sopwith biplane on the Western Front, it charts numerous incidents culminating in Col. Kenneth W. Cordier's miraculous survival following a direct hit on his F-4C Phantom by a North Vietnamese SA-11 surface to air missile.

1985, Hutchinson, , 009162410X,< M-01>,315pp, numerous b/w ills, Good in d/w prev owner gift dedication on endpaper., ,
Subject...Aviation - General
Web No. 31055-01..............................£8.00 

mass market paperback creases on cover ow good. An anthology of of aviation fighting in World War II by those who fought in the sky - both Allied and Axis. Over 300 selections.

1985, Grafton (Paperbacks), , 0586064753,< M-01>,560pp ills, , , CARD
Subject...Aviation - General
Web No. 21777-02..............................£3.00 

From the disarming of the RAF in 1918 to rearming in 1935, when a new air programme was announced by the Marquess of Londonderry for the provision of 49 squadrons of 588 first line aircraft to add to the 1020 air strength of the time. Contents include Aftermath of War: Prelude to the Blitzkrieg: the Campaign in Norway: Bomber Command: Fighter Command: Leadership and organization: the Battle of France

1942, Harrap & Co Ltd, , ,< M-01>,240pp ills, Endpaper missing, Blue boards rubbed. Good, 0,
Subject...Aviation - General
Web No. 33251-01..............................£6.00