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Top-Scoring Allied Fighter Pilot of WW II researched and written by E C R Barker. First South African edition hardcover with dust jacket printed by Ashanti, 1992, as part of their Aviators of Africa series. 228 pages with index. Illustrated. Very good condition. The story of an outstanding fighter pilot and a great leader of men, the unknown ace of the Royal Air Force. Pattle was born in the Cape and raised on a lonely farm in Namibia. He discovered early in his life a keen desire within him to fly. He was rejected by the South African Air Force in 1933, but became more determined than ever to achieve his ambition. Pattle left South Africa to join the Royal Air Force before the war and achieved a success out of all proportion to expectations. He did much to help the hard-pressed troops on the ground. On 20 April 1941, a sick man, he led the remnants of his own and another squadron against an armada of over a hundred German aircraft. In the desperate fighting that followed, he shot down at least two enemy aircraft and then dived to the rescue of one of his pilots. The odds were too heavy and seconds later his aircraft, with Pattle slumped over the controls, crashed in the Bay of Eleusis. Tracked postage is R50.00.

Buy THE RED FLEET AND THE ROYAL NAVY BY MAIRIN MITCHELL 1ST EDITION 1942 for R55.00

Buy THE RED FLEET AND THE ROYAL NAVY BY MAIRIN MITCHELL 1ST EDITION 1942 for R45.00

Book and wrapper in very good condition - Previous owner's name inside -  1st edition.  220 pp. - Blue cloth with gilt titles on spine and front cover - Lots of black and white photo illustrations in text, also some maps and more - A list of biographies and anecdotes of some 2000 Canadians who joined the R.A.F. Mainly before W.W.II. It also contains 35 short stories of those from the Air Force who were involved in flying and combat.   *N.B.*   If you buy more than one book from me you only pay R 6 postage on each additional book – See what else I have to offer, it might be worth your while.

Bothalia. Vol. 10, Part 3 Codd, L. E. (Edited by) Book Description: Botanical Research Institute - Department of Agricultureal Technical Serrvices, . Paper Wrappers. Book Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Royal Octavo. pp. Some illustrations in black and white. An unread copy. Spine slightly browned. Top corner slightly bumped. Soft Cover. Bookseller Inventory # Tall  Stories  Price: R Ordinary  post  within  South  Africa: R

Bothalia. Vol. 10, Part 4 Codd, L. E. (Edited by) Book Description: Botanical Research Institute - Department of Agricultureal Technical Serrvices, . Paper Wrappers. Book Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Royal Octavo. pp. Some illustrations in black and white. An unread copy. One chapter on the Lala Palm. Soft Cover. Bookseller Inventory # Tall  Stories  Price: R Ordinary  post  within  South  Africa: R  

Discover Namibia Brittan, M   ISBN 10: ISBN 13:   Item Description: C. Struik, Cape Town and Johannesburg, . Brown Boards. Book Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. First Edition. 304 pp. Illustrated. Slight off-setting to the end-papers. One centimetre of fading along the foredge of the rear panel of the dust-jacket. Size: Royal Octavo. Hard Cover. Bookseller Inventory # Tall  Stories  Price: R Ordinary  post  within  South  Africa: R

  The War for Africa.Twelve Months That Transformed a Continent Bridgland, F   ISBN 10: 187480012X ISBN 13: 9781874800125   Item Description: Ashanti Publishing Limited, Gibraltar, 1990. Pale Brown Boards. Book Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition, Second Impression. viii + 403 pp. Maps to end-papers. Illustrated, primarily in black and white. Lamination of the dust-jacket rubbed. Slight spinal lean. Acid-tape marks to the free, end-papers. The final 12 months of the war in Angola in which South Africa fought Cuba's revolutionary armed forces and Angola's Marxist Army, was conceivably the most important combat in the history of the African continent since the end of World War II. It was, however, also a secret war and only now, in this account of the fighting, are many of the wraps removed from the cloak-and-dagger Angolan operations.;The deep crises within South African and Cuban ranks are laid bare. There were disagreements between South African battle-front commanders and their politicians and generals as to how the war should be fought. The war is seen mainly through the eyes of ordinary soldiers who fought it, not those of generals and politicians hundreds of kilometres from the blood, sweat and dust. Size: Royal Octavo. Hard Cover. Bookseller Inventory # 05561 Tall  Stories  Price: R 1250.00 Ordinary  postage within  South  Africa: R 40.00

 W illiam Kimber, London, 1956. First English edition. Hardcover. Book Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair, with edge-chipping and rubbing. 204 pp. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Pictorial dust wrapper, top has nibbles and two small splits repaired with sellotape, some shelf wear to the edges of spine. Printed pages in very good clean condition, this is a good sound book. The Luftwaffe was the aerial warfare branch of the German Wehrmacht during World War II. After the German Empire's World War I-era army air force, the Luftstreitkräfte, and the Kaiserliche Marine naval air units had been disbanded by May 1920 under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, the Luftwaffe was reformed on 26 February 1935 and grew to become one of the strongest, most doctrinally advanced, and most battle-experienced air forces in the world when World War II started in Europe in September 1939. After the defeat of the Third Reich, the Luftwaffe was disbanded in 1946. Luftwaffe is also the generic term in German speaking countries for any national military aviation service, and the names of air forces in other countries are usually translated into German as "Luftwaffe" (e.g. Royal Air Force is often translated as "britische Luftwaffe").

'The Rose & The Arrow' A Life Story Of 136Th (1St West Lancashire) Filed Regiment, Royal Artillery 1939 - 1946 By G.W. Robertson First Edition, Soft Cover, Published By Old Comrades Association 1986 Cover Boards Clean & Bright Is Slightly Faded. Binding Tight & Strong. Postage Within South Africa Will Be R40.00 Overseas Buyers Can Contact Us For A Postal Quote.