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WAY to pricey for me, but someday I WILL own a copy! $55.00

OPEN COCKPIT Arthur Gould Lee WW1 Royal Flying Corps HC
London: Jarrolds, 1969. First edition.
Hardcover book size is 5 1/2" x 8 1/4"
Condition of this book is very good+ with jacket. Jacket
has some edge wear, some wear to jacket top and bottom
of spine, some wear to jacket corners, jacket has
been price clipped, jacket has been taped to book
at both top and bottom of the front and rear jacket flaps.
184 pages with index and photos.

Autobiography of a pilot of the Royal Flying Corps
during World War 1.

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This looks great too. GREAT cover: GDP 5.99

W.W.1. -- Royal Flying Corps -- ESSEX AIRMEN
Tempus, 2006 (cover price£16.99) card covers, 25 x 17cm., 192 pages,
numerous contemporary archive photographs NEW BOOK
"Essex Airmen, 1910 - 1918 is a tribute to the airmen of the county leading up to and during the first world war
...............colourful characers such as "Peter the Painter" and "Peter the Monk", as well as the Essex men who
joined up with the Royal Flying Corps, the Royal Air Force and the Royal Naval Air Service ( one of whom
pioneered deck landing on aircraft carriers and another who shot down a Zeppelin)......................."

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By the late, great Chaz Bowyer... GDP 14.50

SOPWITH CAMEL KING OF COMBAT RFC RAF BIPLANE HISTORY
THIS IS A MEDIUM FORMAT HARDCOVER BOOK WITH DUSTWRAPPER:
'SOPWITH CAMEL - KING OF COMBAT'
WRITTEN BY CHAZ BOWYER AND PUBLISHED BY ASTON PUBLICATIONSIN 1988.
A WELL ILLUSTRATED AND DETAILED HISTORY OF THIS CLASSIC AIRCRAFT.
BOTH BOOK AND D/W ARE IN VERY NICE VG CONDITION.

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These books are very fine too. GDP 22.50

RFC & RAF COMMUNIQUES 1915-16 & 1918
A two volume set of books. ROYAL FLYING CORPS COMMUNIQUES 1915-1916 and ROYAL AIR FORCE COMMUNIQUES 1918. Edited by Christopher Cole. Originally published by William Kimber in 1969, these are 1990 Reprints by Tom Donovan. They comprise of the entire texts of the Weekly Communiques, which were produced for internal consumption in the Air Arm, from June 1915 until the end of 1916, and for 1918. The comphrehensive coverage includes observation and bombing sorties, damage inflicted and incurred in clashes with enemy machines, intelligence gathered, etc. Aircrew are frequently mentioned by name and there is an Index of Names. 160mmx240mm. RFC Communiques 352 pages. RAF Communiques 256 pages. New old stock. Slight marks on dustwrappers due to storage.

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Ahhhh... will the Von Richthofen books ever stop coming? $11.50

Manfred Von Richthofen (Famous Flyers) by Earle Rice
A biography of the World War I German aviator whose prowess as a fighter pilot made him a legendary figure.

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At Naval and Military Press, at discount prices


FRENCH AIR SERVICE WAR CHRONOLOGY 1914-1918: Day-to-day Claims and Losses by French Fighter, Bomber and Two-Seat Pilots on the Western Front


Fighting in the Air, April 1918
Published in April 1918, the month that the Royal Flying Corps became the Royal Air Force, this little official booklet issued by the General Staff...

Germany’s First Fighter Pilots & the Fokker Eindecker Period :SHARKS AMONG MINNOWS.


At eBay, Battery press



HANDBOOK OF GERMAN MILITARY AND NAVAL AVIATION 1918


The only reason I am posting this is because I just purchased them all already

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Originally Posted by Romani

The only reason I am posting this is because I just purchased them all already

Thanks Romani. It's good to share the cool sources as we find them. (I freely admit though, that I don't post the auctions I am bidding in, heh heh)

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He we go: Guynemer! I know this is newly in reprint, but here's the real thing. This is about the cheapest I've seen one of these offered at too.... $17.99

Guynemer Knight of Air WWI French Aviator Bordeaux
Georges Guynemer, Knight of the Air, by Henry Bordeaux, published in the US by Yale University Press in 1918. Translated from the French by Louise Morgan Sill and with an Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt. 1st US printing. 256 pp., with five illustrations. Life of French aviator and World War I flying ace, published during the war. Hardcover book in good/very good condition; slight wear on edges, corners. top and bottom of spine. No dust jacket. Interior contents clean and tight. See my other military and aviation listings!

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I just read this book; it's very very good Frandsen's story of the US 1st Pursuit Group achieves a great balance between historical narrative and anecdotal material. I can't recommend this book enoungh. It has a "buy it now" price of only $5.67. Grab this; you won't be dissapointed.

Hat in the Ring by Frandsen B (2003)
A stunningly original account of America's first cadre of fighter pilots: the 1st Pursuit Group.

When Congress declared war in April 1917, the Europeans had already deployed their third generation of fighters, equipped with machine guns and capable of speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour, while the American Air Service consisted of only a handful of aviators in unarmed trainers. In this first in-depth study of America's first air warriors, Frandsen shows how in just two years the 1st Pursuit Group organized, absorbed French and British technology and experience, and became a well-led, respected, and lethal force over the trenches of the Western Front.

Fascinating portraits of America's first aviation leaders and legends, including Eddie Rickenbacker, Billy Mitchell, Frank Luke, Benjamin Foulouis, Bert Atkinson, and James Meissner, provide new and controversial perspective on one of America's least-understood wars and on the origins of the most powerful air force in history. Toxic personalities, competing French-British tactics and aircraft, and an experienced, aggressive enemy forced the Americans into a tactical crucible with deadly results, including seventy three casualties in the Meuse-Argonne campaign alone. 38 b/w photographs, 4 b/w illustrations, 4 maps.

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Some very interesting signed books on ebay right now....

1917 signed pilot LAFAYETTE ESCADRILLE rare book
RARE 1917 LAFAYETTE ESCADRILLE PILOT MEMORIAL BOOK SIGNED BY LAFAYETTE ESCADRILLE PILOT FREDERICK PRINCE
NORMAN PRINCE
A VOLUNTEER WHO DIED FOR THE CAUSE
HE LOVED
By George Babbitt
Published in 1917
Starting Bid: $800.00

1919 signed RICKENBACKER 94TH AERO SQUADRON air service
Published in 1919
SIGNED TWICE BY RICKENBACKER!
371 Pages-Hardcover
Classic World War I
This one is really nice and unusual. Rickenbacker signed this book circa 1920 and again in 1961. The 1920 signature is large and has a nice patina to it. The later signature is dated 1961.
Starting Bid: $800.00

signed ace 94TH AERO SQUADRON rare book air service
ACE AUTOBIOGRAPHY BOOK SIGNED BY 94TH AERO SQUADRON ACE DOUGLAS CAMPBELL
LET'S GO WHERE THE ACTION IS!
The Wartime Experiences of Dougals Campbell
Edited by Jack R. Eder
Published in 1984
97 Pages-Large Softcover
Important WW1 ace memoirs. LOADED with rare WW1 photos.
Starting Bid: $249.99