WORLD WAR II

Despatch by Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory… Air Commander-in-Chief, Allied Expeditionary Air Force to the Supreme Allied Commander, Allied Expeditionary Forces, 109pp. typescript, 8 folding photographic or blueprint maps (of which 6 partly hand-coloured with colour code table), 4 folding tables, [November 1944]–Allied Expeditionary Air Force. Report on Air Operations Prior to and in Support of Operation “Neptune”, 84pp. typescript, 6 folding blueprint maps (of which 5 partly hand-coloured), one folding table, [1945]–Air Staff Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force. Report on Allied Air Operations 1st October 1944 to 9th May 1945, 98pp. typescript, 2 large folding colour-printed maps, 4 uncoloured maps and tables, [1945]–Secret. Report on Air Operations in Western Europe 17th to 27th December 1944 [and 2 related reports on troop carrier aircraft; and Operations “Plunder” and “Varsity”], approximately 40pp. typescript, 2 large folding colour-printed maps, [1944-45], punch-bound, contemporary wrappers, covers with titles etc. (“Prepared by OPS.7 (Records) Air Staff H.Q. A.E.A.F.”) in ink by the early owner [see below], small folio(4)