| TARGET OF OPPORTUNITY, Hewitt, Richard, self-published, 2001, new (soft cover), , see photo, inscribed by author, author flew P-47s and P-51s with the 78th FG, 8th AF in 1944 and 1945. He was officialy credited with 4 aerial victories, photos, 171 pgs.
| $40.00 |
| TERROR IN THE STARBOARD SEAT, McIntosh, Dave, Stoddart,
1998, new, see photo, author did 41 intruder missions as Mosquito navigator,
418 Sqdn., 176 pgs. | $17.50 |
| THEADBARE BUZZARD, Tomlinson, Thomas, Zenith, 2004, new with dj, see photo, author joined the RCAF in 1939, following Pearl Harbor he was repatriated into the U.S. military, he chose the Marine Corps, fought with the VMF 214 known as the Swashbucklers, later the Black Sheep Sqdn., photos, 304 pgs.
| $12.00 |
| THEIR FINEST HOUR, Kaplan & Collier, 1989, f/f, see photo,
Battle of Britain remembered, a photographic journal, through the
memories of people who were there, 224 pgs.
| $15.00 |
| 1,000 DAY BATTLE, Hoseason, James, Gillingham Publications, f/f,
see photo,
8th AF's and Air Division (B-24s) and the 448th BG in particular, photos, maps, 256 pgs.
| $40.00 |
| 391st BOMBARDMENT GROUP HISTORY , Walker, Hugh, 391st BG Assoc., 1990, fine, soft cover, see photo,
January 1943 - October 1945, B-26 Group, 9th AF, entered combat in Feb. 1944., moved to bases in France in September, operations, mission reports, photos, 132 pgs.
| $100.00 |
| THREE YEARS WITH THE 23rd FG, Office of the Historical Officer, photostat copy of the three years (July 1942 through May 1945) documentation of their activities. see photo, 23rd FG fought a guerrilla war against the Japanese, steadily moving pilots and aircraft from one remote air base in China to another to keep the enemy off balance. Because China could only be supplied by air from India, there were constant shortages of aircraft, fuel and ammunition with which to contend. The 23rd FG met these challenges head-on, and by the end of the war its pilots had compiled a score of 594 aerial victories and nearly 400 ground kills. The human cost was high, however – 126 pilots lost their lives in China while serving in the 23rd. 13 pages
| $12.50 |
| 1,000 DAY BATTLE, Hoseason, James, Gillingham Publications, f/f, see photo,
8th AF's and Air Division (B-24s) and the 448th BG in particular, photos, maps, 256 pgs.
| $40.00 |
| THOUSAND MILE WAR, Garfield, Brian, Doubleday, 1969, f/f, see photo,
WW II in Alaska & the Aleutians, 82 photos, 351 pgs.
| $13.50 |
| THOUSAND SHALL FALL, A, Peden, Murray, Canada's Wings, 1982, f/f, see photo,
author joined 214th Sqdn (Stirlings) as a pilot in Sept. 1943. The squadron converted to B-17s in early 1944.
photos, 490 pgs.
| $15.00 |
| THUNDERBOLT ODYSSEY, Saied, Kemal, Stonewood Press, 1989, fine (soft cover), see photo,
author flew a P-47 fighter-bomber with 404th FG based in France, signed by author, photos, 151 pgs.
| $20.00 |
| THUNDER MONSTERS OVER EUROPE, Nolte, Reginald, Sunflower University Press, 1989, vg (soft cover, embossed name), see photo, history of the 405th Ftr. Grp., (P-47s) in Northern France and Belgium, photos, 160 pgs.
| $25.00 |
| TO FLY AND FIGHT, Anderson, Clarence Col., St. Martin's Press, 1990, fine (as new),
see photo, autobiography of Col. Clarence Anderson, a decorated aerial ace who flew 116 missions during WWII, served as a military test pilot, commanded a suadron of F-86 fighters in post-war Korea, and even served as a combat wing commander in Vietnam in 1970,
photos, 302 pgs.
| $25.00 |
| TO THE LIMIT OF THEIR ENDURANCE, Farnol, Lynn Lt. Col, Sunflower Press, 1986, f, soft cover,
see photo, USAAF VIII Fighter Command,
formed in the UK in 1942, fought over N.W. Europe escorting bombers, battles over Berlin, role in
invasion, flying bombs, missions to Russia, explains the establishment, tactics & goals of the 8th Fighter
Command & the effects of the war on enlisted men & officers, 99 pgs.
| $12.50 |
| TO WAR WITH THE YOXFORD BOYS, Olmsted, Merle, Eagles Editions, 2004, new, oversized, see photo,
complete story of the 357th Fighter Group, 8th Air Force, the official historian for the 357th &
dedicated history buff, author Merle Olmsted, included are listings from the official documents
tallying the group’s accomplishments, utilizing mission reports, monthly statistical &
operational reports, the pilot’s individual encounter reports, the Missing Air Crew Reports, USAAF
accident reports & the British police reports, personal notes, books, and articles,
plus the original 357th Group records on file at the Air Force Historical Archives,
the book also features 43 full color profiles by Tom Tullis, 376 pgs.
| $64.95 |
| TUSKEGEE AIRMEN, Francis, Charles, Bruce Humphries, 1955, vg/vg (some edge wear & minor rubbing),
see photo,
first printing of this story (the men who became the 332nd Fighter Group in WW II,
photos, 225 pgs.
| $25.00 |
| UNARMED WARRIOR, Wisong, Joe, Vangage Press, 1973, vg/vg, inscribed by author,
written as a novel but based on events that happened to the 71st Liaison Sqdn in the CBI, 319 pgs.
| $17.50 |
|
UNITED STATES ARMY & NAVY DIRECTORY OF AIRFIELDS, fine, soft cover, a reprint (ca 1990s?) of the Dec., 1944
edition of the directory, see photo, It has an alphabetical listed and a listing by state, showing elevation, runway length,
class of airfield and remarks, 166 pgs.
| $30.00 |
| UNITED STATES MOSQUITO FLEET, Ferrell, Bob, P.T. Boat Museum & Library, 1977, vg, soft cover,
PT boat operations, photos, maps, illustrations & 3-view drawings, 63 pgs.
| $15.00 |
| US NAVY AIRCRAFT CAMOUFLAGE & MARKINGS 1940-1945, Doll, Thomas, Squadrn/Signal 6087, new, soft cover, see photo, many photos, color plates, 64 pgs.
| $12.95 |
| U.S. NAVY FLYING BOATS AND AMPHIBIANS IN WORLD WAR II, Adcock, Al, Squadron/Signal, 2008,
new, soft cover, see photo, photos, color plates, 80 pgs.
| $16.95 |
| USS RANGER 1934-1946, Cressman, Robert, Brassey, 2003, new, see photo,
official records & photographs to examine the life on board of the Navy's first aircraft carrier, used in Vichy French positions in North Africa in 1942 and against German shipping in 1943, many photos, 451 pgs.
129 pgs. | $25.00 |
| VACATION WITH PAY, Newcomb, Alan
Destiny Publisher, 1947, vg/vg, see photo, day-by-day account of life in a German prison camp, written by the late WBT television announcer (Charlotte, N.C.) and Delaware, Ohio native. Second Lieutenant Alan H. Newcomb was a co-pilot on a B-17 crew and was attached to the 401st Bombardment Group, 612th Squadron, 8th Air Force. On his seventh mission, September 30, 1944, Newcomb and his crew were forced to bail out from their burning airplane and he became a POW. He was taken through Germany to Stalag Luft 1, one of the largest Air Force detention camps, and was held there until the camp was liberated by Russian soldiers in May 1945,
photos & drawings, 187 pgs.
| $40.00 |
| VAMPIRE SQUADRON, Starke, William, Robinson, 1985, vg/vg,
see photo, 44th FS, based in Hawaii, Dec. 1941, flew P-40s in the Solomons, re-equipped with P-38s, Nov. 1943, moved to New Guinea & the Philippines, photos, 209 pgs.
| $125.00 |
| VIEW FROM THE TAIL - LAST MISSION, Hoffman, Marion, Self-published, 1986,
fine (as new, soft cover), see photo, author's experiences with the 323rd B.S,
91st BG, also as a prisoner of war, 145 pgs.
| $40.00 |
| WAR EAGLES, Childers, James Col., D. Appleton-Century, 1943, f (no dj),
history of the American pilots in the famous Eagle Squadron of the RAF at the onset of
the war, before U.S. entered, illustrations, photos, 350 pgs.
| $18.50 |
| WAR IN THE AIR, Lyall, Gavin, Morrow, 1969, vg/vg, see photo,
RAF anthology done chronologically, photos, 422 pgs.
| $8.00 |
| WAR IN THE BLUE - A REMEMBRANCE, Lind, Les, Rose Printing, 1995,
fine copy (issued w/o dj), see photo, inscribed by author,
he was a B-17 ball turret gunner in the 379th BG ut of Kimbolton, photos, 139 pgs.
| $50.00 |
| WARLORDS, Volume 1, Money, Barry & Ann, Flight Recorder Publications, 2004, new, soft cover, see photo,
covers the 4th, 20th & 55th Fighter Groups, over 500 color profiles, photos, 160 pgs.
| $29.95 |
| WARPATH ACROSS THE PACIFIC, Hickey, Lawrence J., International Research & Publishing Corporation, 1996,
new w/dj, see photo, chronicles the air operations of the 345th , the " AIR APACHES ", formed in 1942, and who served in the South West Pacific and Philippines to 1945,
flying the B-25 Mitchell twin engine bomber, they fought through the New Guinea campaign, Dutch East Indies, Philippines to the end of the war,
incl raids thru the South China Sea, Chinese Coast & Japan, photos,448 pgs., | $79.95 |
| WAR PILOT OF ORANGE, Vanderstok, Bob, Pictorial Histories, as new (soft cover), see photo,
author excaped Holland and became a pitfire pilot in the RAF (41st Sqdn). Shot down, July 1942. He helped organize
"The Great Esca[e" from Stalag Luft III. He becmae the C.O. of the 322 (Dutch) Sqdn., photos, 208 pgs.
| $30.00 |
| WARRIORS WHO RIDE THE WIND, Band, William, Castle, 1993, vg (embossed name, issued w/o dj), see photo, author flew P-40s & P-51s in China w/23rd FG,
photos, 267 pgs. | $25.00 |
| WAY OF A FIGHTER, Chennault, Clare, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1949, vg/vg (chipping), see photo, memoirs of the outstanding leader of the AVG Flying Tigers and USAF commander in China,
photos, 375 pgs. | $100.00 |
| WAY OF A PILOT, Sutton, Barry, Macmillan 1942, vg (some foxing inside front & rear covers,
front fly page missing, author was a spitfire pilot with 56th Sqdn during the Battle of France, credited with
4 1/2 victories, 117 pgs. | $15.00 |
| WE BAND OF BROTHERS, Blount, Peppy, Eakin Press,
1984, f/f, see photo, 10 college age kids that flew B-25 in the South
Pacific. 9 didn't make it back from the 345th BG., photos, 393 pgs.
| $40.00 |
| WELL DONE!, Markey, Morris, Appleton-Century, 1945, vg/vg (edgewear), see photo,
author was a correspondent aboard the Essex (CV-9) during the invasion of Saipan and the Mariana's "Turkey Shoot",
223 pgs.
| $25.00 |
| WE'LL SAY GOODBYE, F.H. Johnson Publishng, 1947, vg/g (chipped, tears & repaired - see scan),
see photo, unit history of the 307th Bombardment Group & the 13th Army Air Force - South & South-West Pacific, many photos
| $145.00 |
| WHITE ROSE BASE, Rapier, Brian, Aero Litho Co., 1972, vg (soft cover), see photo,
histories of the airfields of Yorkshire (NE Coast of Britain) in WW I with emphasis on WW II, photos 103 pgs.
| $15.00 |
| WILD BLUE YONDER, Tyler, Leslie, Crystal Publishing, 1992, fine (soft cover), see photo,
author is a B-17 navigator (301st BG), was shot down & captured on his 18th mission. The mission was to Germany
form their base in Italy,photos, 135 pgs.
| $10.00 |
| WILDCAT STORY, THE, Greene, Frank, AAHS, 1961, fine (soft cover), inscribed by author,
orignally published in Winter 1961 issue of AAHS, reprinted, design & development, photos & 3-views,
42 pgs.
| $27.50 |
| WINGS OF FREEDOM, Franks, Norman, William Kimber, 1980, as new with dust jacket, see photo,
Battle of Britain exploits of 12 RAF pilots, none of whom survived the war. Included are John Dundas, Bictor Beamish, Richard Hillary and 9 more,
photos, 205 pgs.
| $20.00 |
| WINGS OF MORNING, Childers, Thomas, Addison-Wesley,
1995, new, see photo, B-24 of 366th BG, last bomber shot down over Germany,
April 21, 1945, photos, 276 pgs. | $10.00 |
| WINGS OF THE MORNING , Cameron, Ian, Wm. Marrow, 1963, f/f, see photo,
Fleet Air Arm in WW II, from early oerations in Norway to Taranto, the sinking of the Bismark and Tirpitz to the oil refineries at Polemburg, photos, 288 pgs.
| $18.50 |
| WING TO WING, Molesworth, Carl, Orion, 1990, as new, see photo, air combat in China 1943-45, photos, 207 pgs.
| $14.95 |
| WITH COURAGE, Beck, Alfred (editor, Air Force History & Museum Programs, 1994, fine (soft cover), see photo,
USAAF in WW II, many photos, fold-out maps of the European & Pacific Theatres, 318 pgs.
| $7.50 |
| WITH THE FIFTH ARMY AIR FORCE, Gallagher, James, John Hopkins University Press, 2001, new,
see photo,
personal photographic record of America's war in the Pacific, photos reveal a different side
of the war, showing everyday life, routine activities & raw experiences of war, 170 pgs.
| $24.00 |
| WITH WINGS LIKE EAGLES, Korda, Michael, Harper, 2009, new, see photo,
men & women on both sides of the WW II conflict, Generals, pilots, airmen & ground crews, photos, 219 pgs.
| $10.00 |
| WORLD WAR II IN THE AIR - EUROPE, Sunderman, James Maj. (editor), Bramhall House, 1962,
vg/vg (some wear, rubbed), account of the air-war over Europe during World War II,
numerous on-the-spot photographs, beginning with RAF, then the build-up of Allied strength,
& the strikes against Hitler's Germany, extensive index covering Allied & Axis aircraft involved, photos, 341 pgs.
| $10.00 |
| WORLD WAR II FIGHTERS, Ethell & Sand, Motorbooks, 2002, new (soft cover),
see photo, all color photos, 176 pgs.
| $15.00 |
| WREAKING HAVOC - A YEAR IN AN A-20,
Rutter, Joseph, Texas A & M, 2004, new, see photo,
author flew with the 312th Bomb Group from Hollandia, New Guinea, over Japanese
targets and across “unexplored” areas. Rutter
relates hijinks and daredevilry, his training stateside, his first
mission, large-scale raids on the Philippines and Formosa, routine
low-level attacks on Japanese positions, crashes, mishaps, and the
deaths of friends. With a wonderful eye for detail, Rutter gives the
reader a glimpse into not only the air war in the Pacific but also the culture of the 1940s and the minds of the young men who found
themselves far from home on the front lines, photos, maps & illustrations, 258 pgs.
| $24.95 |
| WW II AMERICAN WAR EAGLES 1937-1942, Bodie, Warren, Widewing, 2001, new, see photo,
early WW II American aircraft photos (all color), 192 pgs.
| $29.95 |
| YOXFORD BOYS, Olmsted, Merle, Aero, 1971, fine (soft cover), see photo,
357th FG on escort over Europe & Russia, photos & drawings, 103 pgs.
| $30.00 |
| ZERSTORER, Vasco & Cornwell, JAC Publications, 1995, fine (issued w/o dj, as new),
see photo, signed by both authors & 4 pilots (Wolfgang Falck, Ernst Matthes, Hans-Joachim Jabs & Victor Molders),
#106 of a limited edition of 250, Messerschmitt 110 and its units in 1940,
Loss Tables from 7 September to December 1940, color plates & photos, 260 pgs.
| $125.00 |
