Aircraft of the Royal Air Force since 1918

Engineering & Transportation

Thetford, Owen.

Engineering

The Bodley Head, Ltd.

Shipped from UK, please allow 10 to 21 business days for arrival. Good, A good, clean and sound copy in blue cloth boards,and good dust jacket. EX LIBRARY - covered with clear plastic protective cover and has white library sticker on base of spine, Library stamps inside on ffep. Otherwise, a clean, tight copy, copiously illustrated with b/w photos and diagrams.

British naval aircraft since 1912

PUTNAM

First published in 1957, this revised edition with new photographs and expanded text also features a a revised and augmented collection of three-view drawings. This book provides a comprehensive guide to every aircraft ever used by the RAF since the establishment in April 1918 to the present day, ranging from the Snipe and Bristol Fighter of World War I and the 1920s, to the Tornado and Eurofighter 2000 of modern times. All aspects are covered, including general evolution, service history, the personalities involved, allocation to squadrons, technical and performance data, serial number details and production statistics. The major RAF aircraft are supplemented by a lengthy appendix covering all miscellaneous types, from the Airspeed Courier to the EH 101 helicopter. The book also encompasses other significant subjects, such as civil aircraft impressed for wartime service, RAF gliders, nuclear weapons and missiles, Orders of Battle, and inventories of RAF aircraft on strength at key dates in its history.

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force Since 1918

Nautical & Aviation Pub Co of Amer

<p>First published in 1957, this revised edition with new photographs and expanded text also features a a revised and augmented collection of three-view drawings. This book provides a comprehensive guide to every aircraft ever used by the RAF since the establishment in April 1918 to the present day, ranging from the Snipe and Bristol Fighter of World War I and the 1920s, to the Tornado and Eurofighter 2000 of modern times. All aspects are covered, including general evolution, service history, the personalities involved, allocation to squadrons, technical and performance data, serial number details and production statistics. The major RAF aircraft are supplemented by a lengthy appendix covering all miscellaneous types, from the Airspeed Courier to the EH 101 helicopter. The book also encompasses other significant subjects, such as civil aircraft impressed for wartime service, RAF gliders, nuclear weapons and missiles, Orders of Battle, and inventories of RAF aircraft on strength at key dates in its history.</p>

History

Military

Not our Pub / Old Publisher

. with dustjacket, large format, clean bright copy

Aircraft of the Fighting Powers 1946 Volume 6

Argus

The first edition of this book, by Peter Gray and Owen Thetford, when published in 1962 earned world-wide acclaim as the most comprehensive reference on German combat aircraft of the First World War. The second revised edition incorporated a large proportion of new photographs, most of them never previously published. This new impression is a reprint of that edition. The entire text has been checked against original German sources, and over 500 aricraft are described and illustrated, covering two-seater fighters, multi-engined bombers, triplane and monoplane fighters, and seaplanes.

German Aircraft of the First World War

GRAY, Peter

British Naval Aircraft since 1912

British Naval Aircraft since 1912 (Putnam Aeronautical Books)

Naval_Institute_Press

<p>This book will gladden the eye and delight the heart of all military biplane enthusiasts. It fills the long-standing gap in aviation literature, providing a lavishly illustrated account of the romatic era of RAF fighter squadrons in the 1920s and 1930s.</p>

On Silver Wings: RAF Biplane Fighters Between the Wars (Osprey classic aircraft)

Lumsden, Alec

Osprey Aerospace / Motorbooks International

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