8vo. xi, 430 pp., [1] / ix, 415 pp., [1] / ix, 441 pp., [1], 3 frontispieces, plates & maps some in colour and folding, cloth in slightly worn d/w, set inside clean & in very good condition, Her Majesty’s Stationary Office, London, 1953-54.

Synopsis

A Scarce Work, it is the history of the Royal Air Force during the second world war which was officially commissioned in 1947. A large part of it deals with military operations in the Middle East, from North Africa to Syria and Iraq.