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1 Legg  Rodney   DORSET AVIATION ENCYCLOPAEDIA   Pub Dorset Publishing 1996. 1st Ed. Bk v.g. Soft illustrated covers.  pp 200. Drawings. An A to Z self - indexing format with separate entries for aerodromes, codes, crashes, flyers,squadrons etc with succinct potted histories. £8
2 Brooks  Robin   SUSSEX AIRFIELDS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR   Pub Countryside 1993. 1st Wd. Bk v.g. Soft illustrated covers.  pp 188. Page plates. Good Appendices. App. 'A' Squadrons based there. App. 'C' Luftwaffe Units involved. £8
3 Smith  Graham   DORSET AIRFIELDS AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR   Pub Countryside 1999. 1st Ed. Bk v.g.  pp 223. Page plates. The book describes the history of each airfield and highlights the Operations carried out from them. Gives the effects of war on the population. £8
4 Johnston  Tim DFC   TATTERED BATTLEMENTS : A Fighter Pilot's Diary   Pub Kimber 1985. 1st Ed. Bk v.g. DW v.g. pp 220. Page plates. A Fighter Pilot's Malta Diary D - Day and After. This is considered a classic of its type.A nice copy. £10
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6 Bowyer  Michael   ACTION STATIONS 1 : Wartime Military Airfields of East Anglia 1939 - 1945   Pub Stephens 1979. 2nd Ed. Bk v.g. DW v.g.  pp 230. Plates.  East Anglia was the centre for the aerial defence and later offence during WW 2. Contains plenty of hard historical fact for those interested in the history. £12
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8 Bingham Victor   HALIFAX : Second to None   Pub Airlife 1986. 1st Ed. Bk v.g. DW v.g.  pp 182.  Plates. Gives full Halifax data and includes list of Civil registered aircaft.  There a number of newspaper cutting referring to its Operational work. £15
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10 Wood  Derek   TARGET ENGLAND : The illustrated history of the Battle of Britain  Pub Jane's 1980. 1st ed. Bk v.g. DW v.g.  pp 192.  Plates.  Page 5 has extra details of planes shown on plate added in ink. Also extra details on paper with the names of personnel in one of the plates. £16
11 Raymond  Robert   A YANK IN BOMBER COMMAND   Pub Charles 1977. 1st Ed. Bk v.g. DW v.g.  pp156.  Plates.  An American volunteer in Bomber Command. Gives a preface by Frankland of the Imperial War Museum £8
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15 Hillings  John B.   STRIKE HARD :  A Bomber Airfield At War   Pub Budding 1997. 2nd Ed. Bk v.g. Dw v.g. pp 139. Page plates.  R.A.F. DOWNHAM MARKET AND ITS SQUADRONS 1942 - 46. fOREWORD BY GROUUP CAPTAIN T.G.                 ' HAMISH ' MAHADDIE.  This is not a definative history of the Airfield but it contains much information. £9
16 Hamilton Lord James Douglas   THE AIR BATTLE FOR MALTA : The Diaries of a Fighter Pilot   Pub Mainstream 1981. 1st Ed. Bk v.g. DW v.g.  pp 204. Plates.  Douglas  - Hamilton was leader of the Edinburgh Fighter Squadron and Commanded   it .The Diaries were extensive and the book gives good detail.  
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