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GATES BURST OPEN , Col. Livry-Level & Remy, Arco, 1955, good (cover wear), 2 French aviators describe the activites of 140 Wing (2nd Tactical Air Force and the Amins Raid, photos, 192 pgs. $15.00
GET YAMAMOTO, Davis, Burke, Random House, 1969, f/f, see photo, interception of Admiral Yamamoto's flight by P-38s of the 347th FG, April, 1943, photos, 231 pgs. $12.00
G. I. JOURNEY, Clausen, Walt, Self-Published, 1970, vg (issued w/o dj), see photo, author recounts the activities of his 96th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group, 12th and later 15th Air Force, photos, 101 pgs. $25.00
GLORIOUS SUMMER, Johnson, Johnnie & Lucas, Laddy, Stanley Paul, 1990, f/f (as new) see photo, anthology by two of the most distinguished fighter pilots of WW II, describe the account of Battle of Britain, diagrams, photo section, 213 pgs. $25.00
GOLDEN LEAVES, Dye III, John Thomas, Ward Ritchie Press, vg/vg, see photo, Inscribed by his Mother, author was a B-17 navigator in Italy (483rd BG), killed on a raid in Feb 1945. This book is an autobiography through his letters home, 227 pgs. photos, 231 pgs. $10.00
GREAT AMERICAN FIGHTER ACES, Bauer. Dan, MBI, 1992, vg, soft cover, see photo, bios of 12 aces: John Alison, Tom Blackburn, Marion Carl, Jerry Collinsworth, Perry Dahl, Joe Foss, Jim Goodson, Tex Hill, Jim Howard, Charles MacDoonald, Tom McGuire & Butch O'Hare, photos, 192 pgs. $12.00
GREAT RAIDS - PEENEMUNDE, Searby, Air Commodore, Nutshell Press, 1978, vg (soft cover), see photo, complete description of RAF raid on Peenemonde, August 17, 1943, the author flew a Lancaster with 83 Sqdn on this raid, photos, 84 pgs. $25.00
GREAT RAIDS - ESSEN, Searby, Air Commodore, Nutshell Press, 1978, vg (soft cover. corner bend), see photo, signed by author, complete description of RAF raid on Essen, March 5, 1943, the author flew a Lancaster with 101 Sqdn on this raid, photos, 94 pgs. $25.00
GRIM REAPERS, Johnston, Stanley, E. P. Dutton, 1943, vg (cover wear, binding tight), VF-10 at Midway and the Solomons, photos, 221 pgs. $15.00
HANS-EKKEHARD BOB, Bergstrom & Sundin, AirPower Editions 1, 2007, new (soft cover), see photo, he the few who had flown in one of Germany’s pre-war bi-plane fighter units through to the Me 262 jet fighter in 1945, fought in some of the most intense air combats of the Battle of Britain shooting down 14 Spitfires & Hurricanes, following which he was awarded the coveted Ritterkreuz – the Knight’s Cross – before being posted to the Balkans. Then came Russia, he survived, and when he finally left the Eastern Front in early 1943 he had 56 confirmed victories to his credit – all scored flying the Messerschmitt Bf 109, 11 color artwork profiles see example, , photos, 72 pgs. $29.95
HANS-JOACHIM MARSEILLE, Kitchens & Beaman, AirPower Editions, 2007, new (soft cover), see photo, His accomplishments over the deserts of North Africa during the SecondWorld War earned him the sobriquet ‘The Star of Africa’. On one day in September 1942, he accounted for no fewer than seventeen Allied aircraft shot down in three missions. His final score of 158 enemy aircraft would be the highest such achievement against the Western Allies throughout the war. color artwork profiles see example, , photos, 64 pgs. $27.95
HAWKER HURRICANE, Caruana, Richard, Squadron/Signal, 2007, new, soft cover, see photo, history, detailed photos, color profiles, scale drawings, 90 pgs. $24.95
HEAVEN NEXT STOP, Bloemertz, Gunther, Howell Press, 1997, new (with dj), see photo, personal story of a German fighter Pilot, flew Fw 190 day fighters, photos, 189 pgs. $10.00
HELLCAT, THE F6F IN WORLD WAR II, Tillman, Barrett, Naval Institute, 1979, f/f, as new, see photo, signed by author, development & operational study on the F6F used in the Pacific, prototypes, survivors, specifications, top aces, night scores, squadrons, photos, 265 pgs. $30.00
HELL IN THE HEAVENS, Foster, John, Putnam, 1961, vg/vg (minor chipping), see photo, author flew w/VMF-222 out of Vell Lavella & Bogainville, participated in the first figter sweep of Rabaul, photos, 320 pgs. $20.00
HEROES HAVE WINGS, Firkins, Peter, Hesperian Press, 1993, vg (soft cover), see photo, account of operations of the RAAF ranging over all geographical theaters of WW II, documentation of triumphs & defeats, photos, 212 pgs. $25.00
HISTORY IN THE SKY, 354th PIONEER MUSTANG GROUP, Brown, Arthur, Newsfoto, 1946, vg (original unit history), 354th FG, illustrations, fold-out map, photos (some color), 166 pgs.$350.00
HISTORY OF THE "FAMOUS " 34th INFANTRY DIVISION , Hougen, Lt. Col. John, 1949, vg, original see photo, The 133rd, 135th, and 168th Infantry Regiments.Sevice in North Africa and Italy. With 279 illustrations & 33 maps $150.00
HISTORY OF US ELECTRONIC WARFARE, Price, Alfred, Assoc. of Old Crows, 1984, fine condition with dust jacket, see photo, covers the years of innovation-beginnings to 1946, photos, charts & graphs, 312 pgs. $17.50
HISTORY OF MARINE FIGHTER ATTACK SQUADRON 312, Sambito, William Maj., U.S.M.C., 1978, vg (soft cover), Checkerboard squadron, photos, maps, 3-views, 24 pgs. $10.00
HISTORY OF THE 31st FIGHTER GROUP, Lamensdorf, Rolland, illustrations, fold-out map, list of aces, roster of officers and enlisted men, list of Group and Squadron commanding officers photos, 79 pgs. $200.00
HISTORY OF 64th FIGHTER WING 1942-1945 original unit history, 1945, cover wear with some foxing, inked names on fly page, this wing saw continuous duty from North Africa to Sicily, Italy, France, & into Germany, received 8 campaign & 1 invasion credit (Anzio),t conducted over 12,970 sorties, over 31,000 hours in the air, credited with destruction of: 157 aircraft on the ground, 40 locomotives, 654 railway cars, 23 tanks, 1,000 motor transport vehicles, 5 bridges, 12 barges, photos, 199 pgs. $175.00
HORNETS, THE, AND THEIR HEROIC MEN, Glass & Buell (eds), Hornet Club, 1992, soft cover, f, see photo, first person accounts of action on CV-8 & CV-12, photos, 128 pgs. $18.50
HORNET STRIKES, Leeson, Frank, Air Britain, 1998, fine (issued with pictorial cover), see photo, 213 Squadron formed in 1916, took part in air offensive against Zeebrugge and Ostend, re-formed in 1937, re-equipped with Hurricanes for the Battle of Britain. In 1942, they transfereed to North Africa and then Italy. The squadron disbanded in 1969 , index, photos & maps, 224 pgs. $37.50
HOSTILE SKY, Woerpel, Don, Andon Press, 1977, f/vg, see photo, 79th FG, pilots logged over 4,000 missions and 38,000 sorties in Africa, Sicily and Italy mostly in support of the British Eigth Army but also Mark Clark's Fifth Army in capture of Rome and 7th Army in invasion of southern France. Over 200 Photos and Maps, Lists of Victories and Losses, Bibliography, Index, 260 pgs. $45.00
HURRICANE SQUADRON, Adams, Perry, Air Research, 1988, fine, soft cover, see photo, No. 87 Squadron at war 1939-1941, photos, color plates, 48 pgs. $12.50
I COULD NEVER BE SO LUCKY AGAIN, Doolittle & Glines, Schiffer, 1995, new, see photo, biography of General "Jimmy" Doolittle, photos, 574 pgs. $29.95
I FLEW FOR THE FUHRER, Knoke, Heinz, Henry Holt, 1954, vg/vg, see photo, German fighter pilot who logged over 2,000 flights, over 400 in combat, shooting down 52 enemy aircraft, list of victories, photos, 213 pgs. $18.00
IMPACT! Smith, Peter, Kimber, 1981, vg/vg, see photo, documents & inteviews from dive-bomber pilots of World War II the author paints a vivid picture of what it was like to be involved in these missions, photos, 153 pgs. $13.50
IN A NOW FORGOTTEN SKY, Kucera, Dennis, Flying Machine Press, 1997, new, issued w/o dj, see photo, 31st FG, author flew Spitfires & Mustangs, Med. Theatre, many photos, 418 pgs.$44.95
IN THE SKIES OF EUROPE, Neulen, Hans Werner, Crowood, 2000, new (with dj), see photo, the air forces and pilots of the countries allied to Germany: Italy, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovakia, includes most succesful fighter pilots, training of foreign personnel, photos, 383 pgs. $21.00
INVASIONS WITHOUT TEARS, Berger, Monty & Street, Brian, Random House, 1994, f/f (as new), see photo, Canada's top scoring spitfire wing (No. 126) in Northern Europe, photos, 240 pgs. $28.00
I TOOK THE SKY ROAD , Miller, Cdr. Norman with Hugh Cave, Dodd Mead, 1945, vg (tight binding, yellowing of pages, no dust jacket), Commander Miller lays out in considerable detail his experiences as the skipper of the Navy's Bombing Squadron 109, his personal account gives first-hand information on VB-109's tactics, operations and losses, photo section, 212 pgs. $45.00
I WAS CHAPLAIN ON THE FRANKLIN, O'Callahan, Frank, Macmillan, 1956, vg (tape marks on fly page)/vg, see photo, on March 19, 1945, the Franklin (CV-13) was hit by bombers. Despite over 1,400 casualties, the ship made it back to Hawaii, author was awarded theCongressional Medal of Honor, 153 pgs. $15.00
JAPANESE ARMY FIGHTERS, PT. 1, Green & Swanborough, WW2 Fact Files, vg (soft cover), see photo, photos, drawings, cut-away, 58 pgs.$10.00
JAPANESE AT LEYTE GULF, Field, James, Princeton University Press, 1947, vg (no dj), Battle of Leyte Gulf from the Japanese point of view, photos, 162 pgs. $12.50
JAPANESE NAVAL ACES AND FIGHTER UNITS IN WORLD WAR II, Hata & Izawa, Naval Institute, 1989, vg (embossed name)/vg, see photo, comprehensive history of Japan's fighter pilots & their air groups as well as brief descriptions of the principal Japanese aircraft & summaries of important battles, illustrated with nearly 350 B&W photographs of aces & aircraft & 100 line drawings of aircraft showing unit markings & paint colors, 442 pgs. $25.00
JOLLY ROGERS, THE, Alcorn, John S., Historical Aviation Album, 1981, fine condition, hardback embossed cover , see photo, original edition, activated April 1942, assigned to 5th AF in September 1942, flying B-24s, they operated from Australia, New Guinea & Biak, photos & maps, 212 pgs. $80.00
KING'S CLIFFE, Steiner, Ed (editor) , 20th Fighter Group, 1983, as new, reprint of the original unit history, roster, crew photos & operational stories, 284 pgs. $150.00
KRIEGIE, Simmons, Kenneth, Thomas Nelson, 1960, vg/vg, see photo, author (B-24 bombardier) with the 389th BG, was shot down October 19, 1943 and spent the rest of the war at Stalag Luft III, 256 pgs. $10.00
KRIEGIES, CATERPILLARS AND LUCKY BASTARDS, see photo, Stephens, Glenn A., Robinson Typographics, 1987, f/f, author presents the stories of 42 American bomber crew members in the air war against Germany, 64 pgs. of photos, 354 pgs. $25.00

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