Air power development centre 2005 (13 résultats)

Soft cover. Etat : New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. private library liquidation new.

8vo. vi+166pp. Colour and b/w illustrations. Original wrappers, a fine copy. . First edition.

8vo. 252pp. Original boards in dustwrapper. Numerous colour and black and white illustrations; previous owner's name, a near fine copy. . First edition.

1st edition stiff wrappers Nice Copy lge. octavo xiv + 169pp., b/w plates, Neat ownership signature o/w a nice copy.

Paperback. Condition very good. Examines important figures in air power history eg. General Carl A. Spaatz; Sir Arthur Harris; Sir Hugh Dowding; Dr Ing Freiherr Wolfram von Richthofen; Shigeo Nango; Yaako Nevo etc. 156pp. ISBN 1920800069.

1st edition stiff wrappers Nice Copy tall octavo. vi + 139pp., b/w plates, Author flew with the RAAF 1942-1945. He flew with 512 Squadron; took part in the evacuation of casualties from Normandy, towed a glider to Arnhem & parachuted ammunition to troops. In 1945, the squadron led a great armada of about 1400 tugs and gliders at the airborne crossing of the Rhine.…

"Sales/posting to the USA suspended". Hard cover dust wrapper, 251pp, b&w and colour photos. A bit of shelf wear on dw edges else very good+ For nine years from 1975, Neville McNamara operated at the pinnacle of Australia's defence organisation: as deputy chief of the Royal Australian Air Force, then chief, and finally as uniformed head of all three of Australia's defence services. Here he traces his rise from a small Queensland country town to sergeant pilot in the wartime RAAF in 1942, and eventually four-star rank - the second Australian air force officer to achieve that level. Over the course of his 42 1/2-year air force career, he served in three wars: flying fighters on operations in the South-West Pacific and Korea, and helicopters and transports in South Vietnam where he also held overall command of the RAAF units committed to that conflict. Although dubbed the "Quiet Man" for his unostentatious an unassuming style, he finally breaks his silence and writes about many of the events, projects and issues that were the centre of contention within the Department of Defence during the 1980s. …

"Sales/posting to the USA suspended". Card covers, xxvi/216pp. Light wear to card edges; a very good copy. Topics from the Conference include: Perspectivbes from thee United Kingdom; the Value of Network Centric Warfare (NCW) to Air Power; NCW and the ADF - Criticisms and Potential Pitfalls; Seven Propositions about Close Air Attack on the Future Battlefield; etc.…

"Sales/posting to the USA suspended". Card covers 156p. Light wear to card edges/corners; a near fine copy. These 10 papers look at 15 major figures drawn from over a 100 years of international air power history: Chris Clark - First Masters of Air Power. Douhet, Trenchard and Mitchell; John McCarthy - Master Bombers. Carl A Spaatz and Arthur Harris; Sal Sidoti - Hugh Dowding. Fighter Command and the Battle of Britain; Hans Roser - Richthofen; Vincent Orange - Coningham and Tedder; Hiroyuki Shindo - Shigeo Nango. The Fellow Who Sustained Japan's War in New Guinea; Alex Post - Kenney and Bostock; Peter Nicholson - Yaakov Nevo and the Master Air Plan for the Six Day War; Sanu Kainikara - Pratap Chandra Lal. Architect of the Modern Indian Air Force; Gary Walters - General Buster Glosson.…

"Sales/posting to the USA suspended". Card covers, 169pp some b&w photos, colour maps. Some wear on edges, book exchange stamp on title page (stained inside cover). Signed with best wishes by Robert Chester-Master, a rear-gunner with 514 Squadron RAF, who describes his 'Belgian Interlude', Originally published by the Executive Committee of the Royal Air Forces Escaping Society Australia Branch, 1995. A collection of 31 mostly first person accounts by mainly Australian airmen (serving both with the RAF and RAAF) of evasions or escapes during WWII. Some are simple tales of unaided walking through the enemy's lines while others are narratives of well-planned and clever deceptions that led to freedom. Includes Bob Whittle (250 Squadron RAF); Nicky Barr (3 Squadron RAAF); Allan McSweyn (115 Squadron RAF); Geoff Chinchen (3 Squadron RAAF) and David McClymont (22 Squadron RAAF). …

"Sales/posting to the USA suspended". Card covers 139pp b&w photos. Very good+ Winner of the 2003 RAAF Heritage Awards. The author enlisted in the RAAF in January 1942, volunteering for training as an Air Observer. He graduated at Nhill, with further training in Canada, Northern Ireland and Scotland, and was finally transferred to Ferry Command as navigator of a three-man crew delivering new Wellingtons to Rabat in French Morocco. After 6 of these flights over a 5 month period, he was posted to 512 Squadron Transport Command where his squadron's main task was to provide close air support to the army. The author took part in the evacuation of casualties from Normandy, towed a glider to Arnhem amd parachuted ammunition to troops. In 1945, the squadron led a great armada of about 1400 tugs and gliders at the airborne crossing of the Rhine.…

1st edition dust jacket As New octavo vi + 252pp., b/w plates, 'For nine years from 1975, Neville McNamara operated at the pinnacle of Australia's defence organisation: as deputy chief of the Royal Australian Air Force, then chief, and finally as uniformed head of all three of Australia's defence services. Here he traces his rise from a small Queensland country town to sergeant pilot in the wartime RAAF in 1942, and eventually four-star rank - the second Australian air force officer to achieve that level. Over the course of his 42 1/2-year air force career, he served in three wars: flying fighters on operations in the South-West Pacific and Korea, and helicopters and transports in South Vietnam where he also held overall command of the RAAF units committed to that conflict.'.…

1st ed. thus comb-binding As New tall octavo. vi + 139pp., b/w plates, Author flew with the RAAF 1942-1945. He flew with 512 Squadron; took part in the evacuation of casualties from Normandy, towed a glider to Arnhem & parachuted ammunition to troops. In 1945, the squadron led a great armada of about 1400 tugs and gliders at the airborne crossing of the Rhine. Signed by Roy Shawcross on the first page.…