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Second World War Including regimental and divisional histories, personal accounts, general histories and works of reference   207 Books
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German Airforce & Aircraft Research: A selection of contemp. material c.1942-45 Official correspondence, translations of articles, reports &c., several hundred pp. in all, original or carbon typescript &c.  #45149
[HLMainPic] Including several German translations of articles which appeared in 'Flight' magazine in 1940 & 1941 (one of them prepared by Messerchmidt A.G., Augsburg, duplicated on their stationary); various technical studies &c. in German language, one or two translations of German documents (e.g. Physiological Problems Which Occur When Firing Aircraft Guns - i.e. the effect on air gunners); several photo. plates of German fighter formations; list of documents evacuated from Messerschmidt A.G. by US Military Analysis Division (carbon ts. on Messerchmidt letterhead); report on US interrogation of German physicist Albrecht Maass, &c., large file. See illustration on our website.   £75
The Causes of Bombing Errors as Determined from Analysis of Eighth Air Force Combat Operations. Comp. by Thomas I. Edwards & Murray A. Geisler. Orig. printed card wraps., wirestitched, [i]+105pp. dup. typescript (rectos. only), diagrams. HQ Army Air Forces. 1947.  #45132
[HLMainPic] CONFIDENTIAL (later regraded Unclassified) Report No. 3 of Operations Analysis, HQ, AAF, examining the various factors affecting bombing accuracy - e.g. smoke screen & ground haze, anti-aircraft fire, target types, drift, order over target, bomb smoke &c. - with recommendations & technical appendices. Includes first-hand evidence gathered from USAAF bombardiers &c. VG & rare. See illustration on our website.   £75
An Appraisal of Wartime Training of Individual Specialists in Army Air Forces. 1st Ed., orig. printed wraps., 51pp. Washington: Headquarters Army Air Forces, Training Division. June 1946.  #45134
[HLMainPic] Aircrew selection & training in the USAAF in WW2. Staples rusted o/w VG. See illustration on our website.   £25
The German Police. Reprint, approx. 400pp., 4to, photos. & sketches. Bayside, NY: Axis Europa. 1997.  #38495
Reprint of "exhaustive & very detailed study of the entire Nazi police command & control structure" compiled by British & American intelligence services in 1945, which included the SS Security Police & Sercurity Service. Selection of further notes & photops. added to this edition. Orig. laminated wraps., VG.   £35
Representative Enemy & Allied Aircraft: Comparative Performance & Characteristics. TAIC [Technical Air Intelligence Center] Manual No. 2. 1st Ed., orig. printed wraps., [iii]+47pp., silhouettes of aircraft throughout. Anacostia, DC: Issued by the Division of Naval Intelligence by Combined Personnel of United States & British Services for the Use of Allied Forces. Oct. 1944.  #45136
CONFIDENTIAL (& next to this ink stamped RESTRICTED) contemp. intelligence report contains technical spec. of around 120 types of British, German, American & Japanese aircraft, i.e. presumably just about all then in service (from fighters such as the Spitfire to heaviest bombers like the Superfortress), with details such as Speed-Climb-Ceiling, Range, Take-Off, Engines, Dimensions, Armament, Protection (armour), Fuel, &c, plus front, side & top silhouettes of each aircraft. Staples somewhat rusted o/w VG. See illustration on our website.   £50
Geographical Handbook Series, For Official Use Only. Palestine & Transjordan. December 1943. B.R. 514. 1st Ed., xvi+621pp., frontis., 154 illus., 61 maps & diagrams (+ fldg. map in endpocket). Naval Intelligence Division. 1943.  #46114
Detailed & extensively illustrated work compiled by the NID. Orig. cloth, minor wear, VG.   £35
Articles & Extracts from the M.T.E. Journal: A Symposium of the work of the Medical Services, Royal Air Force, in the Second World War, selected from the war-time Journal of the Medical Training Establishment & Depot. 1st Ed., xvii+510pp., num. photos. & diagrams. MTE & Depot RAF. 1946.  #35906
A single-volume reissue of the five volumes of MTE Journal published between June 1941-August 1945, containing reports from the various theatres on operational experiences of RAF medics, articles on medical developments &c. Several related typescript notes loosely insrted.   £10
A Record of Events in the War That Have Concerned Me Personally as a First-Aid Worker, 19 Oct. 1939 to 10 May 1945 [signed:] Reginald Ridge [of the Berkeley Square A.R.P. Service]. Postcard album, approx. 29x23cm, neatly covered in pale blue striped paper (now chipped & faded) with two items of cloth insignia from the compiler's uniform overalls neatly mounted to front, viz. printed "Light Rescue" shoulder flash & embroidered oval "ARP" arm badge. Largely comprising newspaper clippings (neatly mounted in chronological order with pencilled borders & the compiler's own captions), also approx. 15 printed or dup. typescript programmes for ARP/Civil Defence social/theatrical events (featuring the compiler in the lists of performers), several official testimonials & related certificates, photos. of ARP workers (Berkeley Sq. Stretcher Party &c.), wartime Christmas greetings cards &c., concluding with a typed list of "My Amateur Stage Appearances during the War."  #46888
[HLMainPic] An unusual & scarce record of ARP work in Central London 1939-45, from the 1940 Blitz through to the flying bomb attacks of 1944, compiled by a member of a stretcher party, who was also a mainstay, as performer & producer, in numerous Civil Defence amateur theatricals/revue performances during the war years. Compiled by Reginald Nelson Ridge of 2 Derby Street, Mayfair, medical dresser & cross-dresser (his speciality in the various amateur theatricals being Female Impersonator). The newspaper cuttings (many with photos.) describe the raids & consequent damage to buildings in Mayfair, Holborn, Westminster, &c., & although such material is not in of itself rare, the assemblage of them together by one involved in events is an uncommon survival of much interest. Programmes & handbills for Civil Defence social (& fundraising events) give another angle, demonstrating that normal life (of a kind) continued & that some Civil Defence workers in London, when not actually involved in rescue operations &c., put great effort into off-duty pursuits. Appealing collection. See illustrations on our website.   £225
German Order of Battle 1944: The Regiments, Formations & Units of the German Ground Forces. Intro. by Ian V. Hogg & photographic section by Brian L. Davis. 496pp., 25 photos., fldg. map. VG in dw. A&AP. 1975.  #31679
  £10
On the Attack of a Gun-Defended Bomber By A Rocket-Bearing Fighter. 1st Ed., orig. printed wraps., [ii]+45pp., diagrams/graphs. Aberdeen, MD: Ordnance Dept. Ballistic Research Labs. 1946.  #45138
[HLMainPic] RESTRICTED contemp. intelligence report: "examines some aspects of the problem of attack of a gun-defended bomber by a rocket-bearing fighter in a stern attack... the bomber is assumed to be able to fire continuously during the fighter's attack, while the fighter releases a given load of rockets in one or two salvoes, or at a constant rate of fire. For various assumed levels of fire-power for bomber & fighter, the optimum release ranges for the fighter's rockets are determined..." (the reporters having concluded that the most important factor in the fighter hitting its mark was the fighter releasing its rockets at optimum range: "If the rockets are released too soon, the chance of hitting is small. If release is delayed too long, the chance that the fighter will be itself destroyed before it can destroy the bomber is large.") Typed & signed letter from Ord Dept Director at Aberdeen Proving Ground to Commandant, Air War College, Maxwell Field, Alabama, forwarding this report, stapled inside front wrap.. Staples somewhat rusted o/w VG. See illustration on our website.   £65

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