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"Air Force Blue & Target Tirpitz" " by Patrick Bishop, hard back book with dust cover published 2018, both book and cover in very good condition (original published separately, Air Force Blue in 2017, Target Tirpitz in 2012)

"The RAF's epic role defending Britain in World War Two"

See photo of front flyleaf for full description.

This copy comes  with a total of 23 signatures of WW2 RAF Bomber Command + 1 Fleet Air Arm Pilot many of whom were "Tirpitz Raiders", as follows 

First page signed in the book - all Tirpitz Raiders 

  1. Flt Lt Sydney Grimes - 106/617 Sqd
  2. W/O Sam Thompson - 103/9 Sqd
First page matted signatures - all tirpitz Raiders
  1. F/O Ron Valentine - 617 Sqd (Annings Crew)
  2. W/O Frank Hawkins - 617 Sqd (Sayers Crew)
  3. Rear Admiral Ian George William Robertson CB DSC - RNVR Pilot, Fleet Air Arm Attack
Second page matted bookplate "Men of Bomber Command", including 4 Tirpitz Raiders 

1.    Flt Lt Boris Bressloff DFC – 635 Sqd

2.    Flt Lt Tommy Coles DFC – 158 Sqd

3.    W/O Ray Francis – 622 Sqd

4.    Sqd Ldr Benny Goodman – 617 Sqd - Tirpitz

5.    W/O Ray Grayston – 617 Sqd 

6.    W/O Fred Maltas – 35 Sqd

7.    Sqd Ldr Reg Manning DFC – 10/76 Sqd - Tirpitz

8.    W/O John Morrison – 35 Sqd - Tirpitz 

9.    W/O Peter O’Brien – 426 Sqd

10. Flt Lt Alan Payne DFC – 630 Sqd

11. W/O Dennis Slack – 158 Sqd

12. Flt Lt Dick Starkey – 106 Sqd

13. F/O Phil Tetlow – 9 Sqd - Tirpitz 

14. Flt Lt Wilfred Tunstall DFC – 158 Sqd

15. Flt Sgt Eric Varney – 207 Sqd

16. W/O Andrej Wesolowski – 304 Sqd


Third page matted signatures - all Tirpitz Raiders

1. W/O Jim Thompson - 617 Sqd - Rear Gunner Joplins Crew 

2. F/O Les Franks - 617 Sqd - Flight Engineer Carey's Crew

3. F/O Mervyn MacKay - 617 Sqd - Bomb Aimer Watts Crew