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MUSTANG AT WAR BY ROGER A. FREEMAN. 1st EDITION 1974. THERE ARE 33 SIGNATURES IN THIS BOOK, THAT WAS SIGNED AT A 355th FIGHTER GROUP REUNION IN 1981 AT THE VERY AIR BASE THE 355th FLEW OUT OF. THE BOOK WAS PURCHASED FROM MS. NICOLA TANDY IN ENGLAND. HER GRANDFATHER WAS GEORGE BLOWS. AT THE BACK OF THIS BOOK IS A NEWPAPER ARTICLE FROM THE "MIRROR" WRITTEN BY GEORGE W. BLOWS OF LETCHWORTH, ENGLAND IN WHICH HE WRITES ABOUT HIS JOB AT A ENGINEERING FIRM IN THE EARLY 1940's, MACHINING (AMOUNG OTHER THINGS) THE GUN CRADLES FOR 4.5 AND 3.7 ACK-ACK GUNS. WHEN NIGHT SHIFT WAS OVER HE WOULD CYCLE OVER TO STEEPLE MORDEN TO SIT ON A FENCE AND WATCH THE 355TH OPERATING. ON THE FIRST SIGNED PAGE, INSIDE FRONT COVER IS 355th CHAIRMAN- J.J. BROWN, TOWN MAYOR OF SAFFRON WALDEB - BOB EASTHAM, TOWN MAYOR - ALEC CEICL, UNABLE TO MAKE OUT NAME FROM STEEPLE MORDEN, 8th AIR FORCE HISTORICAL SOCIETY DIRECTOR 1979-1982 - JOHN F. NUTTER & ON THE BOTTOM, ON A CLIPPED PIECE OF PAPER IS BOB BEESON - 4th FIGHTER GROUP DEBDEN. ON THE SECOND SIGNED PAGE ARE 13 SIGNATURES OF THE 355th FIGHTER GROUP & TWO FROM THE 91st BOMB GROUP(THEY WERE THERE DURING THE REUNION). THE THIRD PAGE IS SIGNED BY 10 MEN FROM THE 355TH & THE FOURTH-"TITLE PAGE"- HAS THE SIGNATURE OF ROGER A. FREEMAN AND CAPT. STANLEY "STAN" SILVA 354th FS. AT THE BACK OF THE BOOK ARE 4 TAPED IN ARTICLE'S, THE ONE MENTIONED ABOVE ABOUT GEORGE BLOWS, ONE ON Lt. HARRISON T. "BING" PRICE 358th FS & SIGNED, A ARTICLE ON ACE JOHN D. LANDERS 78th FG & A ARTICLE & PICTURE OF THE FOKKER F.VIIa THAT BECAME THE DUCHESS OF BEDFORD'S PLANE, CALLED THE SPIDER. PLEASE E-MAIL ME FOR THE LISTING OF THE OTHER SIGNATORIES OF THE 355th FG & 91st BOMB GROUP. $145.00
 
  
AMERICAN FLIGHT JACKETS, AIRMEN & AIRCRAFT, BY JON MAGUIRE & JOHN CONWAY. 1ST ED 1994. SIGNED ON pg.26 BY AVG ACE CHARLES BOND. LAID IN BP AT HIS PIC BY ACE JACK ILFREY. SIGNED ON BP pg.46 AT HIS PIC BY ACE CHARLES E. WEAVER. SIGNED ON LAID IN BP pg.82 IS AVG ACE TEX HILL. SIGNED ON LAID IN BP pg.155 IS ACE FREDERICK J. CHRISTENSEN JR. SIGNED ON LAID IN BP IS ACE ROBERT S. JOHNSON. SIGNED ON LAID IN BP pg.187 IS ACE JAMES R. STARNES. $190.00
HELL-BENT FOR LEATHER, THE SAGA OF THE A-2 AND G-1 JACKETS, BY DEREK NELSON & DAVE PARSONS. 1ST ED 1990. SIGNED ON pg.31 BY ACE WALKER MAHURIN, SIGNED ON pg.49 ALONG WITH 2 LAID IN BP's ARE ACES FRANCIS GABRESKI, ROBIN OLDS & JOHN SUBLETT. SIGNED ON pg.74 ALONG WITH A BP BY AVG ACES DICK ROSSI & R.T. SMITH. SIGNED ON pg.118 & LAID IN ON pg.119 ARE ACES WALKER MAHURIN (2ND TIME) AND JACK ILFREY. SIGNED ON LAID IN BPpg.141 IS ACE JAMES GOODSON.SIGEND ON LAID IN BP pg.146 IS ACE DON LOPEZ. $275.00
BOMBER COMMAND, AMERICAN BOMBERS IN ORIGINAL WWII COLOR, BY JEFFREY ETHELL. 1ST ED 1994. SIGNED ON LAID IN BP AT pg.15 OF HIS STORY BY 303RD BG RADIO OPERATOR BEN SMITH JR. LAID IN BIO. SIGNED BY FLORENE MILLER WATSON WASP IN WWII ON pg.32. 2 LAID IN BP'S pg.162/173, 1 PLATE HAS 4 ACES, JACK C. PRICE, ALWIN JUCHHEIM, JOSEPH MYERS AND EUGENE P. ROBERTS ALL WITH THE 78TH FG. THE 2ND PB SIGNED BY CLARENCE E. ANDERSON. LAID IN ON pg.165 ARE 8 BP's ALL ACES FROM THE 14TH FG; W.L. LEVERETTE, MARLOW LEIKNESS, JOEL OWENS JR., JACK LENOX JR., HERBERT E. ROSS, JOSEPH MILLER JR., R.J. WATSON & RICHARD A. CAMPBELL. LAID IN BP pg.167 SIGNED BY ACE FRED F. OHR. SIGNED ON pg.169 BY ACES ROBERT RANKIN, FRANK KLIBBE, JERRY JOHNSON & WALKER MAHURIN. LAID IN BP ON pg.176 AT HIS STORY BY "MEMPHIS BELLE" PILOT ROBERT K. MORGAN. (18 ACES) $460.00
ROUND THE CLOCK, BY PHILIP KAPLAN & JACK CURRIE. 1ST ED 1993. SIGNED ON pg.53 BY MEMPHIS BELLE PILOT ROBERT K. MORGAN. LAID IN BP pg.70 OF MAJOR GALE "BUCK" CLEVEN 100TH BG PILOT AT HIS WRITEUP. LAID IN BP pg.162 AT HIS PIC IS ROBERT ROSENTHAL PILOT 100TH BG. $125.00
"BOMBARDIER" THE HISTORY OF THE WWII BOMBARDIERS. A LIMITED EDITION ,TURNER PUBLISHING CO. 1993. THE FRONT HAS A GOLD STAMPING: EARL W. FISHER (WHO IS LISTED & PICTURED IN THIS BOOK. HE WAS IN THE 38TH BOMB GROUP & FLEW AS SQUADRON & GROUP LEAD BOMBARDIER AND THIS WAS HIS PERSONNAL BOOK). THERE IS ALSO A LAID IN SIGNED BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY FRANK S. DIMIT AT HIS PICTURE AND BIO. WRITE-UP. HE SERVED IN THE 95TH BOMB GROUP, 412TH BOMB SQUADRON. THE BOOK ALSO INCLUDES A LARGE 22" X 33" MULTI-FOLD, CHART OF BOMBARDIER SCHOOLS THAT WERE ALL AROUND THE U.S. $110.00
 
THE 9TH AIR FORCE IN WWII, BY KENN RUST. 1ST ED 1967. NO DJ. SIGNED IN BOOK TWICE pgs.167 & 191 IS ACE BRUCE W. CARR. SIGNED IN BOOK pg.169 ACE CLAYTON KELLY GROSS. LAID IN pg.236 AT 9TH AF FIGHTER ACES PAGE ARE 16 ACES ON 9 BP'S; CARL BICKEL, MORT MAGOFFIN, JOSEPH MATTE, CLAYTON KELLY GROSS, RICHARD ASBURY, WILLIE Y. ANDERSON, I.S. HASEK, WARREN EMERSON, HENRY RUDOLPH, BILL KING, KEN DAHLBERG, LOYD OVERFIELD, FRANKLIN ROSE JR., ANDREW RITCHEY, CARL FRANTZ & LOWELL BRUELAND. $450.00
THE NINTH AIR FORCE IN COLOR, UK AND THE CONTINENT WWII, BY ROGER A. FREEMAN. 1ST ED 1995. SIGNED ON AFFIXED BP BY AUTHOR. BP'S LAID IN AT EACH FIGHTER GROUP SECTION AND SIGNED BY ACES ARE; 10TH PRG CLYDE B. EAST. 36TH FG ROBERT D, JOHNSTON. 354TH FG SIGNED IN BOOK IS CLAYTON GROSS, ON BP'S ARE BRUCE CARR, HARRY FISK, WARREN EMERSON, HENRY RUDOLPH, BILL KING, LOYD OVERFIELD, CARL FRANTZ, KEN DAHLBERG, CARL BICKEL, RICHARD ASBURY. 362ND FG MORT MAGOFFIN & JOSEPH MATTE. 363RD FG DONALD HILLMAN & JAMES HILL. 366TH FG MELVIN PAISLEY. 367TH FG JOSEPH GRIFFIN. 368TH FG PAUL DOUGLAS JR., 370TH FG MARION P. OWENS & RUDY AUGARTEN, 404TH FG C.W. McCOLPIN, 405TH FG BILL SHAFFER & GEORGE RUDDELL. AND 474TH FG ROBERT MILLIKEN & JOSEPH MILLER JR. (27 ACES) $630.00
THE U.S. AIR FORCE; A PICTORIAL HISTORY IN ART, BY JAMES HAGGERTY & WARREN SMITH. 1ST ED 1966. NO DJ. SIGEND IN FRONT BY ACES BOB GOEBEL & HERSCHEL GREEN. ON pg.55 BY CLIFF BACHMAN 303RD BG CREWMAN, CHICKS CREW. ON pg.73 BY ACE WALKER MAHURIN & 2 LAID IN BP'S BY ROBERT S. JOHNSON & FRANCIS GABRESKI AT THEIR ART. LAID IN BP'S pg.117 ARE 10 KOREAN WAR ACES; W.W."BONES" MARSHALL, GEORGE JONES, RALPH "HOOT" GIBSON, CLYDE CURTIN, STEPHEN BETTINGER, WILLIAM WESCOTT, GEORGE RUDDELL, HAROLD FISCHER, HENRY BUTTELMANN & JOHN BOLT JR. ON pg.141 LAID IN BP OF BERYL A. ERICKSON CHIEF TEST PILOT ON THE B-58 HUSTLER. $295.00
RAIDING THE REICH, THE ALLIED STRATEGIC BOMBING OFFENSIVE IN EUROPE, BY ROGER A. FREEMAN. 1ST ED 1997. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON AFFIXED BP. LAID IN pg.136 ARE 11 BP'S WITH 16 SIGNATURES OF ACES IN THE 357TH FG; DALE KARGER, ANDREW EVANS, RAYMOND BANK, ROBERT WINKS, JOHN KIRLA, FRANK GAILER JR., JOHN SUBLETT, ROBERT SCHIMANSKI, ARVAL ROBERSON, RICHARD PETERSON, DONALD McGEE, THOMAS HAYES JR., PAUL HATALA, GLENDON DAVIS, CLARENCE ANDERSON, WILLIAM "BILL" OVERSTREET. $495.00
FLIGHT TEST HISTORICAL FOUNDATION'S 1996 GATHERING OF EAGLES PROGRAM. SIGNED IN THIS PROGRAM AT THEIR PIC'S ARE; ACE/TEST PILOT C.E. ANDERSON, TEST PILOT HENRY CHOUTEAU, TEST PILOT JOSEPH COTTON, TEST PILOT BRIG. GENERAL FRANK EVEREST, TEST PILOT JERAULD GENTRY, TEST PILOT WILLIAM KNIGHT, TEST PILOT TONY LeVIER, RICHARD G. "DICK" RUTAN, TEST PILOT MAX STANLEY, TEST PILOT ALVIN WHITE, AND TEST PILOT FITZ FULTON. $125.00
AIRWAR, TERROR FROM THE SKY/TRAGIC VISCTORIS(2VOLS IN 1),BY EDWARD JABLONSKI. 1ST ED 1971. SIGNED pg.163 BY ACES CARROLL McCOLPIN & STEVE PISANOS WITH LAID IN BP SIGNED BY ACE GREGORY A. (GUS) DAYMOND. LAID IN BP & WRITEUP pg.19(2ND SECTION) SIGNED BY PHILIP M. RASMUSSEN(ONE OF FEW U.S. PILOTS TO GET AIRBORNE DURING JAP ATTACK AT PEARL HARBOR IN HIS P-36). SIGNED pg.28/29 BY AVG ACES R.T. SMITH, DICK ROSSI, KEN JERNSTEDT, & CHARLES BOND. SIGNED pg.33 AVG ACE ED RECTOR. SIGNED pg. 37 AVG ACE TEX HILL. SIGNED pg.39 ACE JIM MOREHEAD. LAID IN BP pg.47 AVG/23RD FG ACE ROBERT L. SCOTT JR. SIGNED pg.63 BY DOOLITTLE RAIDERS; JOE MANSKE CREW 5, BERT JORDON CREW 4 & R.E. COLE CREW 1. SIGNED pg.75 ACE FREDERICK PAYNE VMF-221. SIGNED pg.76 BY ACES BUCK GREGORY VF-82 & EUGENE HANKS VF-16. SIGNED pg.88 BY ACES; ROGER CONANT, BOB OWENS, MEDAL OF HONOR ACE JOE FOSS & ROGER HABERMAN. LAID IN SIGNED PICTURE pg.91 GEORGE H. GAY. LAID IN CLIPPED SIGNATURE & ENVELOPE pg.163 RAMSAY D. POTTS. SIGNED pg.185 FRED KAGER PILOT 92ND BG. SIGNED pg.186 CLIFFORD "BACKY" BACKMAN CREWMAN 303RD BG. SIGNED pg.188 MEMPHIS BELLE PILOT ROBERT K. MORGAN. $585.00
AMERICAN ACES, TWELVE ARMY AIR FORCE PILOTS: THEIR MOST EXCITING MISSIONS, BY EDWARD SIMS. BALLANTINE PAPERBACK 5TH ED.1963. SIGNED ON TITLE pg. BY ROBERT "BOB" WEHRMAN(JAMES GOODSON'S WINGMAN) 3 VIC's & ACE ED RODDY 348TH FG. SIGNED pg.43 ACE JIM MOREHEAD. BOB WEHRMAN ALSO SIGNED pg.80. SIGNED pg.110 AT HIS STORY ACE FRANCIS GABRESKI. $ 60.00
AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS OF WORLD WAR II, BY MAURER. 1ST ED 1961 NO DJ. SIGNED pg.120/121 BY BRIG.GENERAL ARTHUR E. EXON 57TH FG 2 VIC's & RICHARD B. PAULSEN 57TH FG. $35.00
THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE GENERAL HISTORIES, PLANNING AND ORGANIZING THE POSTWAR AIR FORCE 1943-1947, BY HERMAN S. WOLK. 1ST ED 1982. BOARDS & SILVER GILT. SIGNED TITLE PAGE BY BRIG. GENERAL ARTHUR E. EXON 57TH FG 2 VIC's. $30.00
YESTERDAY'S HEROES, 433 MEN OF WWII AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR 1941-1945, BY KENNETH JORDAN, SR. 1ST ED 1996. THIS BOOK HAS A TOTAL OF 18 MEDAL OF HONOR SIGNATURES; 13 ON AFFIXED BOOKPLATES IN FRONT OF BOOK(1 ACE), 3 SIGNED IN THE BOOK(THEY ARE ALSO ACES) & 2 LAID IN SIGNATURES. THE MOH RECIPENTS ARE; GEORGE EDWARD WAHLEN, ROBERT B. NETT, DESMOND T. DOSS, MITCHELL PAIGE, JEFFERSON JOSEPH DeBLANC, EUGENE BENNET FLUCKEY, MELVIN E. BIDDLE, JOHN D. HAWK, CHARLES H. COOLIDGE, NATHAN GREEN GORDON, MIKE COLALILLO, JACK C. MONTGOMERY, ERNEST CHILDERS, DAVID McCAMPBELL, GINO J. MERLI, ROBERT E. GALER, JAMES E. SWETT & KENNETH A WALSH $655.00
AERONAUTICS AIRCRAFT SPOTTERS HANDBOOK, BY ENSIGN L.C. GUTHMAN. 1943 EDITON WRAPPERS. SIGNED THROUHOUT BOOK ON PIC'S OF EITHER AIRCRAFT THEY FLEW OR SHOT DOWN. 12 ACES ARE; URBAN DREW, HERSCHEL GREEN, BRUCE D. JAQUES, CLYDE EAST, DICK ROSSI(TWICE), ROBERT OWENS, VICTOR CABAS, BOB GOEBEL, ROBERT WINKS, WALKER MAHURIN, STEVE PISANOS & FRED GUTT. AND A LAID IN BP & WRITEUP ON PHILIP M. RASMUSSEN(PEARL HARBOR SURVIVOR & PILOT THAT GOT AIRBORNE AND SHOT DOWN 1 JAP). $155.00
B-25 MITCHELL IN ACTION, BY ERNEST McDOWELL. 1978 WRAPPERS. SIGNED ON TITLE PAGE BY DOOLITTLE RAIDERS; JOE MANSKE CREW 5, BERT JORDAN CREW 4 & R.E. COLE CREW 1. $65.00
AIRCRAFT IDENTIFICATION, ELEMENTARY AND ADVANCED, BY MAJOR FREDERICK HAZARD. 1943 WRAPPERS. 13 ACES SIGNED IN BOOK AT PLANES EITHER THEY FLEW OR SHOT DOWN, ARE; HERSCHEL GREEN, BOB GOEBEL, WALKER MAHURIN, URBAN DREW, HAMILTON McWHORTER, BRUCE D. JAQUES, FRED GUTT, ROBERT OWENS, STEVE PISANOS, DICK ROSSI, VICTOR CABAS, ROBERT WINKS & CLYDE EAST. $145.00
SPOT-PHOTO No. 1, EDITE PAR LE CLUB DE L'AIR 1939-45, J.W. CALER PUB'S NO DATE, ENGLISH/FRENCH TEXT. WRAPPERS. SIGNED pg.15 BY ACE STEVE PISANOS. $25.00
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