Fair Dinkum
London, Cassell, 1960.
New Arrivals
The Maru Special. Japanese Naval Operations in WWII. Number 94 [and] Number 95
[Tokyo, Maruzen, 1980s]. Text in Japanese. A few related pieces of ephemera are loosely inserted.
A-20 Boston at War
London, Ian Allan Ltd, 1979. The Boston was later renamed the Havoc in the USAAF.
The World by Sextant. The Experiences of a WW2 RAAF Navigator
Brisbane, Gerald Reid Godschall Johnson, 1991. 53 Squadron, flying Lockheed Hudsons. Two small sheets of related ephemera are loosely inserted.
A Piece of Cake in the Middle East
Bega, The Authors, 1994. 454 Squadron RAAF; Baltimore bombers in the Middle East.
Can You Hear Me? RAAF Radio Risibility
Box Hill North, Bonall Publishing, 1980. By the author of 'A Saga of Achievement. A Story of the Men and Women who maintained and operated Radio and Radar Systems of the RAAF over 50 Years'.
A Woman at War
Greenslopes, McCANN Publications, 1985. Signed by the author, with her address label, on the verso of the front cover. The first page bears a few tiny emphases... An ex-WAAAF Sergeant's story.
A Pale Blue Handkerchief
Noble Park, The Author, 1992. 'A Tasmanian Royal Australian Air Force Serviceman's World War II letters'.
Handley Page Hampden & Hereford Crash Log
Earl Shilton, Midland Counties Publications, 1980. Comprehensive; includes a date cross-reference, and a location map of the UK.
Aircraft of the Royal Australian Air Force
[Canberra, Royal Australian Air Force, 1971].
Camouflage and Markings No. 13. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, USAAC & AAF, 1937-1945 [cover title; together with] Camouflage and Markings No. 20. Douglas A-20 Havoc, USAAF, 1940-1945
London, Ducimus Books, 1971. Excellent modeller's references.
Lockheed PV-1 Ventura in Action
Carollton, Squadron/ Signal Publications, 1981. Illustrated by Don Greer.
U.S. Army Air Forces in the Pacific
Fallbrook, Aero Publishers, 1969. Aero Pictorials 2.
The Royal Australian Air Force & Royal New Zealand Air Force in the Pacific
Fallbrook, Aero Publishers, 1970. Aero Pictorials 3.
Bud. A Life
Sydney, Pan Macmillan, 2004. Among many, many other things, during WW2 Bud flew in Hurricanes, Spitfires, and Mosquitoes.
Aircraft for the Few. The RAF's Fighters and Bombers of 1940
Sparkford, Patrick Stephens Limited, 1991. A comprehensive reference invaluable to any student of the air war, especially the Battle of Britain and the bombing of Britain. A related magazine article is loosely inserted.
The Mosquito Log
London, Souvenir Press, 1988. The first major work on the DeHavilland Mosquito.
Behind Bamboo. An Inside Story of the Japanese Prison Camps
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1946.
Box Kites and Beyond
Melbourne, Hawthorn, 1976. Two related magazine articles are loosely inserted.
These Things Happened. Unrecorded History 1895 - 1946
Melbourne, Hawthorn, 1975.
Air War Diary. An Australian in Bomber Command
Kenthurst, Kangaroo Press, 1997.
May Your Luck be Phenomenal. The Diary of a Spitfire Pilot .. from the diaries of Pilot Officer G.G. Thomas, RAAF
Berri, The Author, 1999.
Battle Order 204. A Bomber Pilot's Story
Crows Nest, Allen & Unwin, 2007. Signed on the title page by the bomber pilot, David Mattingley. Also warmly inscribed, dated (26 October 2007) and signed the author to aviation historian David Vincent. Loosely inserted is the publisher's advertising flyer.
The Rest of My Life with 50 Squadron. From the Diaries and Letters of F/O P.W. Rowling
Northbridge, Access Press, 1997. One of only 500 copies.
Bombs and Barbed Wire
Attadale, Neville Hodgson, 2000. 'A faithful reproduction of notes made by my father on board the SS 'Orion' while returning to Australia after surviving being shot at, shot down, captured by the Gestapo and ending the war at the age of 21 as a POW in enemy territory'. Not least...