FINAL ASSAULT ON THE RISING SUN - COMBAT DIARIES OF B-29 AIR CREWS OVER JAPAN. BY CHESTER W. MARSHALL & WARREN THOMPSON. 1st EDITION 1995. THIS BOOK WAS OWNED AND SIGNED BY; RICHARD LORD SERIAL #36528137, 39TH Sqd, 6TH BG (VH), 313 WING, 20TH AIR FORCE, TINIAN-NORTH FIELD (AS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK). ON PG.114 AT PIX OF "DAUNTLESS DOTTY" LAID IN BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY PILOT ROBERT K. MORGAN(ALSO PILOT OF THE "MEMPHIS BELLE". PG.155 AT HIS PIX LAID IN BOOKPLATE OF ACE COLONEL JAMES B. TAPP, 8 VICTORIES IN THE 15TH FIGHTER GROUP ON TINIAN. PG.201 AT HIS PIX LAID IN BOOKPLATE OF MAJOR CHARLES W. SWEENEY, JR., PILOT OF BOCKSCAR. $160.00 
FIGHTER UNITS & PILOTS OF THE 8TH AIR FORCE SEPTEMBER 1942 thru MAY 1945 VOLUME 2 AERIAL VICTORIES * ACE DATA, BY KENT D. MILLER. A SCHIFFER MILITARY HISTORY BOOK. 347 PAGES. THIS BOOK IS AN INVALUABLE AID TO THE RESEARCHER AND HISTORIAN. THIS 2ND VOLUME LISTS ALL SCORES AND ACE DETAILS, WHILE VOLUME 1(not included) COMBINES THE 8TH AIR FORCES DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS WITH INDIVIDUAL UNIT HISTORIES. THIS VOLUME 2 COMES WITH 78 ACE'S SIGNATURES, AND ONE SIGNATURE OF CLAIRE PAT CHENNAULT THE 4TH SON OF THE GREAT GENERAL CHENNAULT OF THE AVG. CLAIRE PAT WAS IN THE 361FG AND IS LISTED IN THIS BOOK. THERE ARE 79 INDIVIDUAL SIGNED BOOKPLATES LAID IN AT THE PAGE OF THE ACES WRITE-UP OF HIS SCORES & VICTORIES. THERE ARE A FEW PLATES THAT HAVE BEEN INSCRIBED TO ME BUT THE GREAT MAJORITY ARE JUST THE ACES SIGNATURE ALONG WITH ANY NOTATIONS THAT HE MADE.
MY ASKING PRICE, & YOU CAN DO THE MATH, COMES OUT TO $22.15 PER SIGNATURE AND MANY, MANY OF THESE GREAT ACES HAVE ALREADY BEEN ON THEIR LAST FLIGHT.
FOR SALE AT $1,750.00 TOTAL OF 79 SIGNATURES!!!!!!
THE LIST OF ACES ARE:
ROBERT ABERNATHY ALWIN JUCHEIM
WILLIAM ALLEN DALE KARGER
DUDLEY AMOSS BENJAMIN KING
CLARENCE ANDERSON JOHN KIRLA
RAYMOND BANK FRANK KLIBBE
ERNEST BANKEY JR BROOKS LILES
JOSEPH BENNETT WALKER MAHURIN
WILLIAM BEYER DONALD McGEE
WAYNE BLICKENSTAFF JOSEPH McKEON
ROBERT BOOTH SANFORD MOATS
GERALD BROWN JAMES MORRIS
HENRY W. BROWN JOSEPH MYERS JR
HARLEY L. BROWN ROBIN OLDS
DONALD S. BRYAN WILLIAM OVERSTREET
WILLIAM E. BRYAN JR RICHARD PETERSON
GEORGE CARPENTER JOSEPH PETERBURS
*CLAIRE PAT CHENNAULT SPIROS "STEVE" PISSANOS
FRED CHRISTENSEN JR LAWRENCE POWELL JR
HAROLD COMSTOCK JACK PRICE
CHARLES COLE JR ROBERT RANKIN
DARRELL CRAMER MICHAEL QUIRK
DONALD CUMMINGS ALDEN RIGBY
GLENDON DAVIS ARVAL ROBERSON
URBAN DREW EUGENE ROBERTS
BILLY EDENS ROBERT SCHIMANSKI
NORMAN FORTIER DUERR SCHUH
FRANCIS GABRESKI LESLIE SMITH
FRANK L. GAILER JR DALE SPENCER
KENNETH GALLUP WALTER STARCK
STEVEN GERICK JAMES STARNES
MICHAEL GLADYCH JAMES STEWART
GORDON GRAHAM DONALD STRAIT
CHARLES HAUVER WILLIAM TANNER
RUSSELL HAYWORTH DAVID THWAITES
THOMAS HAYES JR HARRISON TORDOFF
JACK ILFREY JOHN TRULUCK JR
MICHAEL JACKSON JOHN VOGT JR
GILBERT JAMISON ROBERT WINKS
ARTHUR JEFFREY ROBERT YORK
GERALD W. JOHNSON
MILITARY PILOT & AIRCREW BADGES OF THE WORLD (1870-PRESENT), BY DON CHALIF. 1ST ED 1982. SIGNED PHOTO LAID IN pg.97 AT HIS PICTURE OF FINNISH ACE EINO JUTTILAINEN, HIGHEST SCORING WWII FINNISH ACE 94 VICTORIES. $190.00
WINGS OF WORLD WAR II, THE MILITARY FLIGHT QUALIFICATION BADGES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR, BY RUSSELL HUFF. 1ST ED 1985. 2 LAID IN BP's IN THE POLISH AIR FORCE SECTION BY ACES; WITOLD A. URBANOWICZ & MICHAL GLADYCH. $160.00
HOME BY CHRISTMAS?, THE STORY OF US 8TH/15TH AIR FORCE AIRMEN AT WAR, BY MARTIN BOWMAN. 1ST ED 1987. SIGNED ON FRONT PAGES ARE ACES; FRANK KLIBBE, FRANCIS GABRESKI & MICHAL GLADYCH. SIGNED pg.131 BY ACE GERALD "JERRY" JOHNSON. LAID IN BP pg.132 ACE FREDERICK CHRISTENSEN JR. LAID IN PB pg.150 GALE "BUCK" CLEVEN 100TH BG PILOT. LAID IN BP pg.153 ROBERT ROSENTHAL 100TH BG PILOT. $240.00
THE AMERICAN BEAGLE SQUADRON, A CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORY OF THE 2ND FS, 52ND FG DURING WWII, BY LAWRENCE BURKE & ROBERT C. CURTIS(14 VICTORY ACE). 1ST ED 1987. THE CO-AUTHOR & ACE SIGNED ON THE BACK FREEPAGE ALONG WITH 43 OTHER 52ND FG ACES, PILOTS & OTHER PERSONNEL. (THERE ARE 13 ACES OF THE 52ND THAT SIGNED THE BOOK AND ON PB's LAID IN FRONT. THE ACES ARE; VICTOR CABAS, ROBERT CURTIS, JAMES EMPEY, DWAINE FRANKLIN, ARTHUR JOHNSON, ROBERT KARR, RICHARD LAMPE, JOHN LAWLER SR., NORMAN McDONALD, FRED OHR, JAMES O. TYLER, RALPH WATSON & DANIEL ZOERB. $460.00 (A TOTAL OF 44 SIGNATURES)
NOT AS BRIEFED - FROM THE DOOLITTLE RAID TO A GERMAN STALAG - COLONEL C. ROSS GREENING, COMPILED AND EDITED BY DOROTHY GREENING AND (SIGNED BY) KAREN MORGAN DRISCOLL. 2001 1ST PRINTING. KAREN M. DRISCOLL IS THE NIECE OF COLONEL C. ROSS GREENING & MAINLY RESPONCIBLE FOR COMPILIING ALL THE PICTURES THAT ROSS GREENING DREW THROUGHOUT THE WAR ALONG WITH ALL THE NOTES THAT ROSS HAD WRITTEN UP MANY YEARS AGO, KAREN'S ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TELLS THE WHOLE STORY. THIS IS THE STORY OF A DOOLITTLE RAIDER THAT WENT TO THE EUROPEAN THEATER FLYING B-26'S & BECAME A POW. A VERY EXCELLENT READ. 2 signed copies at $80.00ea
HALF A WING, THREE ENGINES AND A PRAYER, B-17's OVER GERMANY, BY
BRIAN O'NEILL. 1
ST ED 1989 WRAPPERS.
AFFIXED BP SIGNATURE OF THE AUTHOR. LAID IN BP pg.18 303
RD BG DEPUTY GROUP Cmdr.
EDGAR E. SNYDER JR. LAID IN BG pg.38 303
RD BG GROUP OPERATIONS OFFICER
GLYNN F. SHUMAKE. LAID IN BP pg.206 303
RD GROUP COMMANDER KERMIT STEVENS(LONGEST SERVERING Cmdr). SIGNED ON pg.254
MEMPHIS BELLE PILOT ROBERT K. MORGAN. LAID IN BP pg.260 AT HIS STORY 303
RD GROUP Cmdr. LEWIS E. LYLE, THAT SUCCEDED KERMIT STEVENS. LAID IN BP pg.280 303
RD BG, 360
TH SQUADRON COMMANDER
WILLIAM C. HELLER. $155.00
BOMBS AWAY!, YOUR AIR FORCE IN ACTION-PHOTOGRAPHIC EPIC OF AAF OPERATIONS OF WWII, PUB. WILLIAM H. WISE & CO. 1ST 1948. SIGNED IN FRONT BY ACES; BRUCE D. JAQUES, ROBERT P. WINKS & VICTOR N. CABAS. LAID IN BP pg.23 PHILIP M. RASMUSSEN 15TH PURSUIT GROUP, 46TH Sqd. (ONE OF FEW PILOTS AT PEARL HARBOR THAT SHOT DOWN A JAP PLANE IN HIS P-36). SIGNED ON pg.39 AVG ACE DICK ROSSI. 3 LAID IN BP's pg.43 ACES OF THE 51ST FG; ROBERT L. LILES, LYNDON O. MARSHALL & KEITH MAHON. LAID IN BP pg.70 ACE BRUCE K. HOLLOWAY. 3 LAID IN BP's pg.163 ACES OF THE 361ST FG; URBAN DREW, DALES SPENCER & WILLIAM R. BEYER. SIGNED ON pg.224 ACE STEVE PISANOS. SIGNED ON pg.269 ACES FRED GUTT & ROGER HABERMAN. LAID IN BP pg.355 PILOT OF "BOCKS CAR" CHARLES W. SWEENEY JR. LAID IN BP pg.370 CHIEF TEST PILOT ON THE B-36 PEACEMAKER BERYL A. ERICKSON. $395.00
PRELUDE TO OVERLORD, BY HUMPHREY WYNN & SUSAN YOUNG. 1ST ED 1983. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS ON AFFIXED PB's. 8 LAID IN BP's pg.35 OF 354TH FG ACES; CARL G. BICKEL, HENRY S. RUDOLPH, BRUCE W. CARR, KENNETH DAHLBERG, LOYD J. OVERFIELD, ANDREW RITCHEY, CARL M. FRANTZ & LOWELL K. BRUELAND. 5 LAID IN BP's pg.74 OF 31ST FG ACES; JAMES BROOKS, GEORGE G. LOVING JR., DAVID WILHELM, CHARLES McCORKLE & HARRY W. DORRIS JR. $310.00
FIGHTER PILOTS IN AERIAL COMBAT. 2 COPIES WRAPPERS. (1ST COPY) SUMMER 1983 #9. LAID IN BP pg.22 ACE RICHARD ASBURY 363RD FG. (2ND COPY) SPRING 1984 #12. SLIGHT WATER STAINS & WRINKELING. LAID IN BP pg.24 BY 3 ACES OF THE 363RD FG; BRUCE W. CARR, JACK A. WARNER & RICHARD ASBURY. $90.00
FIGHTER PILOTS IN AERIAL COMBAT. SUMMER 1983 #9. LAID IN BP pg.22 BY 363RD ACES; BRUCE W. CARR, JACK A. WARNER & RICHARD ASBURY. $60.00
THE FIFTEENTH AIR FORCE STORY, A HISTORY 1943-1985, TAYLOR PUB. 1986. SIGNED IN FRONT BY ACES OF THE 15TH AF; JAMES W. EMPEY, JACK ILFREY, ROBERT "BOB" GOEBEL & HERSCHEL GREEN. LAID IN PB AT HIS PIC. pg.112 ACE JAMES L. BROOKS. 15 LAID IN BP's IN FRONT OF ACES OF THE 15TH AF, 1ST FG; DARRELL WELCH, NEWELL O. ROBERTS, JAMES "JIM" MOREHEAD, JOEL OWENS JR. & EVERETT "BUD" MILLER. 14TH FG; W.L. "BILL" LEVERETTE, HERBERT E. ROSS, JACK LENOX JR. &MARLOW LEIKNESS. 31ST FG; JERRY COLLINSWORTH, FRANK A HILL, CHARLES R. FISCHETTE, GEORGE R. LOVING JR., DAVID WILHELM & CHARLES McCORKLE. $550.00
US AIR FORCE IN WORLD WAR II, BY THOMAS SIEFRING. 1ST ED 1977, CHIP IN UPPER LEFT CORNER AND SPINE ON DJ. SIGNED IN FRONT BY ACES WALKER MAHURIN & URBAN DREW. SIGNED pg.44 303RD BG CREWMAN CLIFFORD "BACKY BACHMAN & 92ND BG PILOT FRED KOGER. LAID IN BP pg.67 MEMPHIS BELLE RADIO OP. BOB HANSON. LAID IN BP pg. 92 15TH PURSUIT GROUP 46TH Sqd. P-36 PILOT PHILIP M. RASMUSSEN(ONE OF FEW PILOT TO SHOT DOWN A JAP PLANE DURING PEARL HARBOR RAID). SIGNED pg. 118 100TH BG PILOT COWBOY ROANE. SIGNED pg.126 ACES ROBERT "BOB" GOEBEL & HERSCHEL GREEN. LAID IN BP pg.138 ACE WILLIAM B. KING. LAID IN BP pg.143 MEMPHIS BELLE TAIL GUNNER JOHN P. QUINLAN. SIGNED pg.146 AVG ACE DICK ROSSI. $255.00
DEMOCRACY'S AIR ARSENAL, BY FRANK TAYLOR & LAWTON WRIGHT. 1ST ED 1947 NO DJ. LAID IN pg.36 A ADVERTISING FLYER FOR BOOK "THIRTY SECONDS OVER TOKYO" 16 PAGES SIGNED BY DOOLITTLE RAIDERS; JOE MANSKE, R.E. COLE & BERT JORDON. LAID IN BP & BIO pg.118 ACE RICHARD E. SMITH. LAID IN COLOR PHOTO OF THE ENOLA GAY SIGNED BY RICHARD H. NELSON-NAVIGATOR & THEODORE J. VAN KIRK-RADIO OP. $185.00
THE LADY, BOING B-17 FLYING FORTRESS, PHOTOS DAN PATTERSON, TEXT PAUL PERKINS. 2ND PRINTING 1993. SIGNED pg.26 100TH BG GROUP NAVIGATOR HARRY CROSBY. LAID IN pg.61 A MAGIZINE PICTURE SIGNED BY MEMPHIS BELLE PILOT ROBERT K. MORGAN & CO-PILOT JIM VERINIS. $100.00
NORTHROP, AN AERONAUTICAL HISTORY, BY FRED ANDERSON. 1ST ED 1976. A COMMEMORATIVE BOOK EDITION OF AIRPLANE DESIGNS AND CONCEPTS. LAID IN BP pg.54/55 ACE HERMAN E. ERNST 422 NFG FLYING THE NORTHROP P-61 BLACKWIDOW. $50.00
FIFTH AIR FORCE. TURNER PUB. 1994 LIMITED EDITION. 12 LAID IN BP's SIGNED BY ACES THAT SERVED IN THE 5TH AF. FROM THE 8TH FG ACE'S; LYNN E. WITT JR., KENNETH R. "BUD" POOL, PAUL C. MURPHEY JR. & WILLIAM A. GARDNER. FROM THE 27TH FG; MICHAEL T. RUSSO & DONALD M. CUMMINGS. FROM THE 35TH FG ACE LEE GROSSHUESCH & FROM THE 49TH FG ACES; RICHARD E. SMITH, CURRAN L. JONES, ROBERT ASCHENBRENER, ROBERT M. DEHAVEN & JAMES MOREHEAD. (13 ACE OF THE 5TH AF) $385.00
OVER-PAID, OVER-SEXED AND OVER HERE, BY JAMES GOODSON & NORMAN FRANKS. 1ST ED 1991. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS (JAMES GOODSON ALSO BEING AN ACE). SIGNED IN FRONT BY ACES; STEVE PISANOS & JOSEPH H. BENNETT. LAID IN BP AT HIS PIC ACE OSCAR COEN. LAID IN BP WITH 3 ACES AND AT HIS PIC ACE READE TILLEY JR. ALONG WITH JACKSON B. "BARRY" MAHON AND C.W. "RED" McCOLPIN. SIGNED ON HIS PIC ACE WALKER MAHURIN. SIGNED ON HIS PIC 71 EAGLE SQUADRON PILOT MICHAEL MILUCK & SIGNED ON HIS PIC ACE DON BLAKESLEE. $275.00
AMERICAN PILOTS IN THE R.A.F., THE WWII EAGLE SQUADRONS, BY BRIG. GENERAL PHILIP D. CAINE. 1ST BRASSEY'S EDITION 1993. AFFIXED PLATE SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 3 AFFIXED BP's IN FRONT SIGNED BY ACES; GEORGE CARPENTER, JAMES "JIM" GOODSON & HIS WINGMAN BOB WEHRMAN & C.W. "RED" McCOLPIN, WILLIAM R. DUNN & STEVE PISANOS. SIGNED ON pgs.51 & 288 BY 71 EAGLE SQUADRON PILOT MICHAEL MILUCK. LAID IN BP pg.165 AT HIS PIC ACE GREGORY A. "GUS" DAYMOND. $250.00
TUMULT IN THE CLOUDS, BY JAMES A. GOODSON (ACE). 1ST ED 1983. AFFIXED SIGNED PLATE BY AUTHOR/ACE JAMES A. GOODSON. LAID IN BP AT HIS PIC ACE OSCAR COEN. LAID IN BP AT HIS PIC ACE DON BLAKESLEE. SIGNED ON HIS PIC ACE STEVE PISANOS. $250.00
ESCORT TO BERLIN, THE 4TH FIGHTER GROUP IN WWII. BY GARRY FRY & JEFFREY ETHELL. 1ST ED 1980. THERE IS A LAID IN PROGRAM OF THE 4TH FG's 14TH REUNION, JUNE 16-20, 1993 IN NORFOLK, VA. SIGNED ON THE FRONT FREEPAGE BY 16 ACES, PILOTS & GROUND PERSONNEL. SIGNED BY HIS PIC ACE "RED" McCOLPIN. SIGNED ON 2 PIX ACE STEVE PISANOS. SIGNED ON 2 PIX ACE HERBERT BLANCHFIELD. SIGNED ON HIS PIC BOB WEHRMAN. SIGNED ON PIC OF HIS P-51 ACE JOSEPH H. BENNETT. SIGNED ON HIS PIC ACE JAMES GOODSON. SIGNED ON HIS COLOR PIC ACE DON BLAKESLEE. SIGNED pg. 198 ROBERT G. BRALEY. $400.00
