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  | | The Schneider Trophy Races The Extraordinary True Story of Aviation's Greatest Competition by Ralph Barker Paperback, 290 Pages, Published 2019 by Silvertail Books ISBN-13: 978-1-909269-87-3, ISBN: 1-909269-87-5 "THE EXTRAORDINARY TRUE STORY OF AVIATION’S GREATEST COMPETITION‘Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines meets Le Mans. Hugely entertaining. And deadly serious’ Rowland WhiteIt was the greatest international competition of its day – a thrilling, globe-trotting, high speed air racing series that married cutting-edge technology with astonishing skill, bravery and danger. Duelling at 400 mph just a few feet from sea surface left pilo ..." |
 | | The Hurricats The Incredible True Story of Britain's 'Kamikaze' Pilots of World War Two by Ralph Barker Paperback, 220 Pages, Published 2019 by Silvertail Books ISBN-13: 978-1-909269-86-6, ISBN: 1-909269-86-7 "The Incredible True Story of Britain's 'Kamikaze' Pilots of World War Two'An unforgettable tale of high-stakes action, ingenuity and raw courage. This war story's got it all' Rowland White, Author of Vulcan 607'IF WE FAIL IN THIS, THEN WE LOSE THE WAR'With the Battle of Britain won, Winston Churchill and his military chiefs faced an even more fearsome challenge in the Battle of the Atlantic.Thwarted in his plans to invade, Hitler decide ..." |
 | | A Brief History of the Royal Flying Corps in World War One (Brief Histories) by Ralph Barker Paperback, 560 Pages, Published 2002 by Constable & Robinson Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-84119-470-7, ISBN: 1-84119-470-0 "This accessible text tells the story of the most star-studded of fighter squadrons, the RFC, and its part in all the major battles of World War I, from Bloody April 1917, when the squadrons suffered enormous casualties, through Third Ypres and Passchendaele to the chaotic retreat from Ludendorff's offensive. Drawing extensively from letters and diaries of the men who took part, Ralph Barker creates a bird's eye view of the battleground ..." |
 | | Ship-Busters British Torpedo-Bombers in World War II (Stackpole Military History Series) by Ralph Barker Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2010 by Stackpole Books ISBN-13: 978-0-8117-0644-5, ISBN: 0-8117-0644-3 "Epic story of low-level strikes on Axis navies in World War II One of the most dangerous forms of air attack used during the war Written by a participant This stirring book recounts how British torpedo-bombers took the war to enemy naval fleets and shipping vessels during World War II. Episodes covered include the attack by a single plane on a German battleship, the torpedoing of the Gneisenau in Brest harbor, and the vital blows agains ..." |
 | | The Raf at War(2nd Edition) (Epic of Flight) by Ralph Barker, Time Life Books Hardcover, 176 Pages, Published 1981 by Time Life Books ISBN-13: 978-0-8094-3291-2, ISBN: 0-8094-3291-9 "176 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in As new condition throughout." |
 | | The Thousand Plan(Updated) by Ralph Barker Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 1972 by Macmillan Import ISBN-13: 978-0-330-20205-3, ISBN: 0-330-20205-7 "Older paperback. RAF bombing raid in WWII using a thousand planes." |
 | | Bill Lancaster The Final Verdict: The Life and Death of an Aviation Pioneer by Ralph Barker Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 2016 by Pen And Sword Aviation ISBN-13: 978-1-4738-5583-0, ISBN: 1-4738-5583-7 "Captain 'Bill' Lancaster, pioneer flyer of the twenties and thirties, disappeared on a flight over the Sahara in 1933. It was twenty-nine years before his body was found beside the wrecked plane; a logbook tied to the wing, contained the calm yet moving record of his wait for death. Bill Lancaster's dramatic end was in keeping with his adventurous and colorful life. His service career established his reputation as a man without fear, an ..." |
 | | 'R.A.F AT WAR(Updated) (PART OF THE ''EPIC OF FLIGHT'' SERIES''' by Ralph Barker Hardcover, 176 Pages, Published 2003 by Time Life Books Import ISBN-13: 978-1-84447-033-4, ISBN: 1-84447-033-4 "The RAF at War is a Time-Life aviation book included in the Epic of Flight series. When Britain went to war in 1939, its air force had quadrupled to a strength of 118,000 regulars. However it had not maintained parity with Germany. The Luftwaffe, by now an aerial armada with more than 500,000, outnumbered the RAF several times over in both pilots and planes. A year later German bombers would demolish the parliamentary debating chamber ..." |
 | | Children of the Benares(1st Edition) A War Crime and Its Victims by Ralph Barker Paperback, 268 Pages, Published 2003 by Avid Publications Import ISBN-13: 978-1-902964-07-2, ISBN: 1-902964-07-1 "SS City of Benares was a steam passenger ship built for Ellerman Lines by Barclay, Curle & Co of Glasgow in 1936. During the Second World War, the City of Benares was used as an evacuee ship to evacuate 90 children from Britain to Canada. The ship was torpedoed in 1940 by the German submarine U-48 with heavy loss of life, including the death of 77 children. The sinking resulted in the total cancellation of the Children's Overseas Recept ..." |
 | | Purple Patches Foreward bu Sir Leonard Hutton by Ralph Barker Hardcover, 208 Pages, Published 1987 by Harpercollins Publishers Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0-00-211869-9, ISBN: 0-00-211869-6 |
 | | The RAF at War(1st Edition) (The Epic of Flight) by Ralph Barker, Jim Hicks, Time-Life Books Hardcover, 176 Pages, Published 1981 by Time-Life Books, Inc. ISBN-13: 978-0-8094-3293-6, ISBN: 0-8094-3293-5 "The RAF At War : - Ralph Barker - Time Life" |
 | | Strike Hard, Strike Sure by Ralph Barker Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 1965 by Pan Books ISBN-13: 978-0-330-02513-3, ISBN: 0-330-02513-9 "WW2, new edition paperback, vg In stock shipped from our UK warehouse" |
 | | Ship Busters! A Classic Account of RAF Torpedo-Bombers in WWII by Ralph Barker Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2009 by Casemate Publishers ISBN-13: 978-1-906502-29-4, ISBN: 1-906502-29-3 "Low-level strikes against enemy shipping by torpedo-carrying aircraft were perhaps the most dangerous forms of air attack developed during WWII, and few isolated actions had such a direct impact on naval and military actions. This book tells the story of the RAF men involved, from the early attacks by single Beauforts off the Dutch and Norwegian coasts to the massed assaults of later years by the famous 'strike-wings'. The author, who ..." |
 | | Down in the Drink Their Deadliest Enemy Was the Sea by Ralph Barker Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2008 by Headline Review ISBN-13: 978-0-7553-1752-3, ISBN: 0-7553-1752-1 "Among those who fought in the ferocious battles for the skies during the Second World War, some - shot down, or forced to ditch - had to confront an exceptionally pitiless enemy: the sea. DOWN IN THE DRINK tells the astonishing stories of nine aircrews who suffered this horrifying plight, from the captured Beaufort crew being flown to prison in Italy, who wrested control of the plane and set a new course for freedom while dangerously lo ..." |
 | | Men of the Bombers(Illustrated) Remarkable Incidents in World War II by Ralph Barker Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 2005 by Pen And Sword ISBN-13: 978-1-84415-157-8, ISBN: 1-84415-157-3 "This is a selection of ten remarkable true accounts of unusual incidents and happenings to Bomber Command aircrew during World War Two. It covers operations of varying natures, such as one of the first leaflet dropping raids during the 'Phoney War' when the elderly Whitley bomber proved to be a nightmare on long flights and when the crews suffered more from lack of oxygen and heating than from enemy action. The fascinating story of a fa ..." |
 | | Blockade Busters by Ralph Barker Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 2005 by Pen & Sword ISBN-13: 978-1-84415-282-7, ISBN: 1-84415-282-0 "Recounts one of the greatest sea stories of World War II. It is the story of how George Binney, a 39 year-old civilian working in neutral Sweden when Norway was overrun by the Germans in 1940, set about running vital cargoes of Swedish ball-bearings and special steels to Britain through the blockaded Skagerrak, where German air strength was dominant and where the Royal Navy dare not trespass. Despite Admiralty gloom and in the face of ..." |
 | | Strike Hard, Strike Sure(Updated) (Pen and Sword Military Classics) by Ralph Barker Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2003 by Pen And Sword ISBN-13: 978-0-85052-963-0, ISBN: 0-85052-963-8 "SURE. Many thousands of words have been written, and many more uttered, about the conception of the bomber offensive in World War II, the strategy and tactics of Bomber Command, the choice of target systems, the methods of attack, the evaluation of bombing results and the implications for the national war effort, both Allied and enemy. Surprisingly little has been told of the men who flew these bombers, who faced and sustained a lo ..." |
 | | The Royal Flying Corps in France(Reprint) From Mons to the Somme: From Mons to the Somme (History and Politics) (History & Politics) by Ralph Barker Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 1995 by Constable ISBN-13: 978-0-09-475190-3, ISBN: 0-09-475190-0 "An account of the Royal Flying Corps in France during the First World War, which focuses on the low flying offensive of 25 March 1918 - a rapid onslaught designed to halt the German advance. Features first-hand accounts of the attacks by British pilots." |
 | | The Thousand Plane Raid(Updated) by Ralph Barker Paperback, 260 Pages, Published 1992 by Voyageur Press ISBN-13: 978-1-85310-200-4, ISBN: 1-85310-200-8 "History - World War 2" |
 | | Great Mysteries of the Air(Updated) by Ralph Barker Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 1988 by Cassell Illustrated Import ISBN-13: 978-0-7137-2063-1, ISBN: 0-7137-2063-8 ""Fourteen incredible-but-true accounts of airplanes and men whose fate was not in the flight plan"--Jacket subtitle." |
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