Always ready history raaf (11 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. A detailed history of RAAF Base East Sale in Victoria, documenting the development of the base and its role in the Royal Australian Air Force. Covering its personnel, aircraft, operations and training activities, the book provides an important record of one of Australia's significant military aviation establishments. Soft covers, pages are clean, tight and unmarked.…

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. Very minor wear. 169 pages.

Pictorial Card Cover. Condición: Near Fine. 2nd Edition. B&W photographs throughout. 25 x 17.5 cm. 195 pp.

4to. [viii]+170pp. B/w illustrations. Original wrappers, previous owner's name, a very good copy. . First edition.

1st edition stiff wrappers As New tall octavo. 169pp., b/w plates, appends., Well-researched history of RAAF East Sale.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. 2nd Edition. 195 p. Includes: illustrations, index. 0.0.

2nd edition stiff wrappers Very Nice Copy lge. octavo (8) + 196pp., b/w plates, appends., index, Well-researched history of RAAF East Sale. Very scarce.

2nd edition stiff wrappers As New lge. octavo (8) + 196pp., b/w plates, appends., index, Well-researched history of RAAF East Sale. Very scarce.

1st edition stiff wrappers As New lge. octavo 169pp., b/w plates, appends., Well-researched history of RAAF East Sale. Scarce.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. There is a very light ownership inscription writen in pencil on the head of the front cover, else a clean, unmarked and solid copy. 169 pages, illustrated. The publishing date has been taken from Trove. "RAAF Base East Sale opened as a training base on 22 April 1943. Initially, the base was home to No.1 Operational Training Unit (1 OTU) equipped with Bristol Beaufort light bomber aircraft, relocated from airfields at West Sale and Bairnsdale. The base was primarily responsible for training air crew, but units from East Sale also operated in some convoy protection and maritime surveillance roles. Over 3,000 aircrew were trained at the base between its opening and the end of World War II. In addition to the Beauforts, a variety of different aircraft types were operated from the base during this time, including the Lockheed Hudson on which future Prime Minister of Australia Edward Gough Whitlam undertook training as a navigator. Other types used by 1 OTU included Airspeed Oxfords and Fairey Battles.": (Wikipedia).…

Card Cover. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Jacket as Issued. First Edition. Very Good with light handling wear to the covers PP 169, illustrated throughout , undated circa 1993 Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.