This book is based in part on a heavily illustrated published in
Linz in April 1938 to celebrate the political 'reunion' of Austria
with Germany. It focuses in great detail on the buildings, towns,
people and places connected with the birth and childhood of Adolf
Hitler. Hitler’s native land was an area in the west-central
shoulder of the present country of Austria - an area known as
Oberösterreich or Upper Austria. The rare 60-year old German
language booklet mentioned above, is reproduced in its entirety
and is followed by a thorough and accurate translation plus many
current photos of these historic places and buildings look today.
New in card cover - A4 format, 94pp,
140 + b/w photos & maps
The illustrated
history of 230 Squadron, RAF, 1939-45. The Squadron started the war
in the Far East but in the course of its service it saw action in
North Africa, the Mediterranean, the Aegean, Greece, Crete, East
Africa, Ceylon, Madagascar and Burma before completing the circle
and returning to RAF Seletar in Singapore. The crews of the Squadron
engaged in dogfights with Italian and German fighters, made the
sighting which resulted in the Battle of Cape Matapan, sank Italian
submarines in the Mediterranean, worked behind Japanese lines with
the Chindits and attacked Japanese shipping off Burma, all using
Sunderland Flying Boats in a role more commonly expected of a
fighter-bomber!
New in card cover - A4 format,
192pp,
100 + b/w photos
The story of RAF
Seletar, originally known as RAF Singapore. First suggested in
1921, only three years after the birth of the Royal Air Force, it
was 1928 before the base opened for business. As Seletar was the
only airfield on the island during the golden age of flying, it
played host to the likes of Kingsford-Smith, Amy Johnson, record
breakers, film stars, princes and kings and later, in the dark
days of World War II, the Japanese Navy. The story begins back in
the 1800s and takes us all the way through to the closure of the
RAF base in July 1971.
New in card cover - A4 format,
133 b/w photos & illustrations
This book traces the development of RAF Police and describes in
detail their wide ranging operations within Europe since 1918.
During World War II the RAF Police supported war operations
forming part of the British Expedtionary Force into France. They
were later deployed onto the Normandy beaches on D-Day to help
liberate Europe from the Nazi regime and, in late 1944, they were
present during the Greek civil war. In 1949 RAF Police
successfully concluded an investigation into the murder, by the
Gestapo in 1944, of 50 RAF officers who took part in the Great
Escape from Stalag Luft III. Throughout the period of the Cold War
RAF Police were responsible for safeguarding deployed nuclear
weapons, and they have supported operations in Northern Ireland,
plus NATO and UN operations in the Balkans.
New in card cover - A4 format, 264pp, numerous b/w photos & illustrations
This informative and entertaining book details the wide ranging
operations undertaken by RAF Police from Cape Town through Africa,
Malta, Cyprus, the Middle East and Persia to Afghanistan between
1918 and 2006. After the outbreak of World War II RAF deployments
throughout Africa, Malta, Cyprus, the Middle East and Iraq were
supported by RAF Police units. Postwar, anti-colonial unrest
within Palestine and in Egypt saw them protecting RAF units from
the daily threat of terrorism. Similar operations during the
Mau-Mau uprising in Kenya, the Cypriot EOKA terrorist campaign and
the Yemeni-backed guerrilla conflicts in Aden and Oman were
extremely effective. They maintained a presence on the troubled
island of Cyprus and, in more recent times, RAF Police units have
served in both Gulf wars against Saddam Hussein and during
operations in Afghanistan.
New in card cover - A4 format, 248pp, numerous b/w photos & illustrations
