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These books are largely unsigned and marked although all are form Johnnie Johnson's collection and purchased at auction in Sheffield in 2004. They are being sold here with a certificate of authenticity and a photocopy of the auction catalogue. |
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JJ Archive Stock No:
0862/7
The Illustrated History Of The RAF A large and profusely illustrated book produced in 1990 with a forward by Johnnie Johnson. £40 (pounds sterling) plus p&p |
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JJ Archive Stock No:
0866/2
Normandie Album Memorial 6 Juin - 22 Aout 1944 |
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JJ Archive Stock No:
0871/1
Fighter Tactics and Strategy 1914 -1970 Written by Edwards Sims, an American fighter pilot during WW2, this acclaimed book is an authoritative study. The forward is by Johnnie Johnson but there is no hand written note from the author. £45 (pounds sterling) plus p&p |
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JJ Archive Stock No:
0871/5
Drawing The RAF, a book of portraits by Eric Kennington, an official artist to the RAF, of members of the RAF, including several well known people such as Bader, Cunningham and Portal. Published in 1941 with a forward by ACM Sir Charles Portal. The book is ex-RAF Cottesmore station library and in commensurate condition. £100 (pounds sterling) plus p&p |
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JJ Archive Stock No:
0871/8
Through The Overcast An American illustrated text book for the aviator on flying in overcast conditions printed in 1943, the inside cover bearing the note: "124 Wing RAF, Education Office, Reference Library". £10 (pounds sterling) plus p&p |
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JJ Archive Stock No:
0871/9
Hawk The Battle Of Britain 50th anniversary issue of the RAF Staff College at Bracknell. £10 (pounds sterling) plus p&p |
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JJ Archive Stock No:
0872/2
Vaista Sininen Parvi by AVM JE Johnson First Edition published in Helsinki 1958. Finnish edition of "Wing Leader" (the title translates as Blue Flock). Johnnie Johnson's own copy. Dustcover torn; book very good. £5 (pounds sterling) plus p&p |
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JJ Archive Stock No:
0872/5
An Illustrated Guide To The Israeli Air Force by Bill Gunston. Handbook 220 x 122 mm. £5 (pounds sterling) plus p&p |
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JJ Archive Stock No:
0872/7
Shield of David by Rubenstein & Goldman An illustrated history of the Israeli Air Force published in New Jersey in 1978. Johnnie Johnson’s own copy. Dustcover rubbed. Book in good condition, probably unread £5 (pounds sterling) plus p&p |
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JJ Archive Stock No:
0872/11
The Israeli Air Force In The Yom Kippur War An account of the 1973 air war published by the Israeli Ministry of Defence in February 1975. A4 size paperback of 119 pages with many aerial combat photographs. £20 (pounds sterling) plus p&p |
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JJ Archive Stock No:
0874/9 ON HOLD
Briefed To Attack AM Sir Hugh Lloyd was AOC Mediterranean in Malta in1941 and 1942. This is his account, published in 1949, of the crucial air war over Malta, which resulted in much of the Axis shipping taking supplies to Rommel in the desert being sunk. From the collection of Johnnie Johnson and acquired from the Station library of HQ 3 Group, then based at RAF Mildenhall. The boards are well rubbed and dirty although the pages themselves are in good condition. £25 (pounds sterling) plus p&p |
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JJ Archive Stock No:
0881/2
Little Friends An account published in 1991 of the fighter pilot experience in escort work in WWII Great Britain, by Philip Kaplan and Andy Saunders. A large and lavish book, well researched and written from a late twentieth century point of view, many of the interviews recounting the present day feelings of eighty year old pilots. £40 (pounds sterling) plus p&p |
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JJ Archive Stock No:
0881/5
The Battle OF Britain Edited by Richard Townshend Bickers, the authors include AM Sir Denis Crowley-Milling, Bill Gunston, and AVM Johnnie Johnson, whilst contributors include Ginger Lacey, Paddy Barthropp, Bobby Oxspring, Al Deere, Pete Brothers, and Adolf Galland. The book was published in 1990 to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Battle Britain. It has three-dimensional diagrams illustrating the major day’s events of the battle. £40 (pounds sterling) plus p&p |
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JJ Archive Stock No:
0872/14
The complete 11 volume bound set (166 parts) of The Encyclopaedia of Aviation "Wings", a weekly aviation magazine published between 1977 - 1980. £30 (pounds sterling) plus p&p |
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