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FIRST OF THE MANY, A JOURNAL OF ACTION WITH THE MEN OF THE 8TH AF, BY CAPT. JOHN McCRARY & DAVID SCHERMAN. 1ST ED 1944 NO DJ. STAMPED ON FRONT INSIDE BOARD; HEADQUARTERS 439TH TROOP CARRIER GROUP. AFFIXED TO FRONT BOARD SIGNED BP BY CAPT. GEORGE BIRDSONG JR. PILOT OF DELTA REBEL 2, 91ST BG WHICH IS PICTURED ON PIC#72. AFFIXED ON FRONT FREEPAGE WITH PAPER CORNERS IS A CUT SIGNATURE OF ACTOR & PILOT JAMES STEWART SEE PIC #176. SIGNED ON 2ND FREEPAGE ARE R.C.A.F. ACES RODERICK SMITH, JAMES EDWARDS & VICTOR CABAS WITH A LAID IN BIO. ON ALL THREE. 3RD FREEPAGE IS SIGNED BY BRITISH ACE GEOFFREY PAGE. ON THE NEXT FREEPAGE IS ONE AFFIXED BP SIGNED BY MAJOR GENERAL RAMSEY D. POTTS, GROUP CMDR. OF 453RD BG & WAS ON THE PLOESTI RAID. SIGNED JUST BELOW HIS BP IN BOOK ARE ACES; URBAN DREW, HERSCHEL GREEN, BOB GOEBEL, HAMILTON McWHORTER(NAVY), DICK ROSSI, CLYDE EAST, BRUCE D. JAQUES(NAVY) ROBERT WINKS. SIGNED ON PIC #9 IS CLIFFORD "BACHEY" BACHMAN 303RD BG. SIGNED ON PIC #51 IS MEMPHIS BELLE PILOT ROBERT K. MORGAN, PLUS LAID IN ON THIS PAGE ARE 5 ADDITIONAL BELLE CREWMAN; JAMES VERINIS CO-PILOT, HAROLD LOCH ENGINEER & TOP GUNNER, ROBERT HANSON RADIO OP., CASIMER NASTAL R. WAIST GUNNER & JOHN QUINLAN TAIL GUNNER. SIGNED ON PIC #81 3 100TH BG CREWMEN; BOB WOLFF, HARRY CROSBY & ROBERT ROSENTHAL. SIGNED ON PIC #87 BY 100TH BG PILOT GALE "BUCK" CLEVEN. SIGNED ON PIC #91 BY 2 100TH BG PILOT JOHN BRADY AND JACK KIDD OPERATIONS OFFICER. SIGNED ON PIC #94 BOTTOM BY COWBOY ROANE 100TH BG PILOT. SIGNED ON HIS PIC #118 BY ACE HUB ZEMKE & ACE WALKER MAHURIN AND SIGNED ON PIC #185 BOTTOM PILOT BOB WINGFIELD 464TH BG ALSO IN PLOESTI RAID. TOTAL OF 32 SIGNATURES $795.00
THEY STILL CALL ME JUNIOR, BY FRANK COGHLAN, JR. 1ST ED 1993. SIGNED IN BOOKS 4 TIMES BY THE AUTHOR WHO MADE 425 ON CAMERA APPEARANCES, OVER A 73 YEAR MOVIE CAREER AND ALSO HAD TIME TO BECOME A NAVAL AVIATIOR IN WWII ACCUMULATING 4500 FLIGHT HOURS DURING HIS 23 YEARS OF ACTIVE DUTY, BECOMING A Lt.Cmdr. $60.00
THE HISTORY OF BEECH, BY WILLIAM H. McDANIEL. 1ST ED 1976. THIS IS A SPECIAL PRESENTATION COPY PRESENTED TO DAVID F. LEATHERWOOD AND SIGNED ON A SPECIAL BEECH AIRCRAFT CORP. BOOKPLATE BY; CHAIRWOMAN-OLIVE ANN BEECH, VICE CHAIRMAN-FRANK E. HEDRICK & PRESIDENT-ED C. BURNS, DATED JUNE 11, 1981. $95.00
WINGS OF WAR, FIGHTING WWII IN THE AIR, BY JEFFREY ETHELL.1ST ED 1994. SIGNED IN FRONT AT TITLE HALF PAGE ARE ACES; HERSCHEL GREEN, ARTHUR FIEDLER, WALKER MAHURIN, BOB GOEBEL, ROBERT WINKS. SIGNED ON FIRST PIC. PAGE ARE THREE DOOLITTLE RAIDERS; BERT JORDON CREW 4, R.E. COLE CREW 1 & JOE MANSKE CREW 5. LAID IN BP's pg.25 AT THEIR WRITEUPS ARE ACES R.T. SMITH & DON LOPEZ. SIGNED ON pg.33 ACE DICK ROSSI. LAID IN BP pg.43 ACE R.J. "DOC" WATSON. SIGNED ON pg.57 ACE STEPHEN BETTINGER. LAID IN BP pg.81 AT THEIR STORIES ARE NAVY ACES WILLIAM LEONARD & SCOTT McCUSKY. LAID IN pg.83 AT HIS STORY IS NAVY ACE DAVID McCAMPBELL. SIGNED ON pg.88 MARINE ACE JEFFERSON D. DORROH. SIGNED ON pg.90 NAVY ACE BRUCE D. JAQUES. SIGNED ON pg.100 ARE MARINE ACES ROGER HABERMAN & FRED GUTT. SIGNED ON pg.120 ARE CREW OF ENOLA GAY; RICHARD H. NELSON, RADIO OP. & THEODORE J. VAN KIRK, NAVIGATOR. 22 SIGNATURES $495.00
WORLD WAR II COMBAT SQUADRONS OF THE U.S. AIR FORCE, THE OFFICIAL MILITARY RECORD OF EVERY ACTIVE SQUADRON, BY MAURER. 2ND PRINTING 1992. SIGNED ON pg.244 BY BRIG.GENERAL ARTHAR E. EXON 57TH FG 2 VIC's & ON pg. 249 BY Lt.COL RICHARD B. PAULSON 57TH FG. $60.00
MARKING OF THE ACES, PART 1 8TH U.S. AIR FORCE, BY THEODORE R. BENNETT. 1966. WRAPPERS. SIGNED AT PIC OF HIS P-51 ACE LESLIE MINCHEW pg.1, SIGNED ON PIC OF HIS P-47 ACE STEVE PISANOS, LAID IN BP AT PIC OF HIS P-47 ACE MICHAEL JACKSON, SIGNED ON PIC OF HIS P-51 ACE ARVAL ROBERSON, SIGEND AT PIC OF HIS P-51 ACE ROYCE PRIEST, SIGNED ON PIC OF HIS P-47 ACE FRANK KLIBBE, AND SIGNED ON PIC OF HIS P-51 ACE C.E. BUD ANDERSON ALONG WITH FELLOW ACE ROBERT WINKS. $145.00
SPITFIRES OVER ISRAEL, THE FIRST AUTHORITATIVE ACCOUNT OF THE AIR CONFLICT DURING THE ISRAELI WAR OF INDEPENDENCE 1948-49, BY BRIAN CULL, ALONI & NICOLLE. NOT DATED. SIGNED ON AFFIXED BP BY AUTHOR BRIAN CULL. SIGNED ON 2 PAGES IS ACE RUDY AUGARTEN pg.170 &234. $70.00
THE PLANES THE ACES FLEW - VOL 1, BY LEN MORGAN & R.P. SHANNON. 1st EDITION 1964. LAID IN SIGNED BOOKPLATE OF EAGLE SQUADRON & 4TH FG ACE OSCAR COEN. LAID IN BOOKPLATE AT HIS PIC & WRITEUP, KOREAN ACE RALPH S. PARR, JR. LAID IN BOOKPLATE AT HIS PIC & WRITEUP KOREAN ACE CECIL G. FOSTER. $90.00
   
WING TO WING - AIR COMBAT IN CHINA, 1943-45 BY CARL MOLESWORTH. 1st EDITION 1990. LAID IN BOOKPLATE AT PAGE TITLED, FIGHTER ACES OF THE CACW, BY THREE 3rd FIGHTER GROUP ACES OF THE CACW; HEYWARD A. PAXTON JR., RAYMOND L. CALLAWAY & BY CHINESE/AMERICAN ACE ARTHUR T. CHIN IN BOTH HIS ENGLISH NAME AND WRITTEN IN HIS CHINESE NAME. $115.00
 
YANKEE DOODLE GALS - WOMEN PILOTS OF WORLD WAR II, BY AMY NATHAN & FORWARD BY NASA ASTRONAUT EILEEN COLLINS. 1st EDITION 2001. LAID IN SIGNED PICTURE BIO ON THE PAGE WITH HER SAME PICTURE AND SIGNED, TO GREG, BY FLORENE MILLER WATSON. $45.00
 
FIGHTING COLORS USAF EUROPE 1947-1963 IN COLOR VOL 2, BY ROBERT ROBINSON, 1990 WRAPPERS. SIGNED ON pg.10 AT PIC OF RB-36 PEACEMAKER IS THE CHIEF TEST PILOT FOR THE B-36 BERL A. ERICKSON. ALONG WITH FLYER ON HIS RECEPTION. $30.00
FIGHTING COLORS B-17 FLYING FORTRESS IN COLOR, BY STEVE BIRDSALL, 1986 WRAPPERS. SIGNED AT PIC OF HIS RIDE "DELTA REBEL 2" PILOT CAPT. GEORGE BIRDSONG. SIGNED ON pg.23 BY PILOT SID RADUS OF THE 447TH BG. $25.00
LOGBOOK AVIATION HISTORY. VOL 2 #3 SUMMER 2001. WRAPPERS. SIGNED ON BACK COVER IS FRED "CRASH" BLECHMAN PILOT IN VF-14. READ THE 2 ARTICLES HE WROTE IN THIS ISSUE. $10.00
B-17 IN ACTION, BY LARRY DAVIS (ILLUSTRATED BY DON GREER, SEE THE ARTWORK I HAVE ON DON GREER IN THE AVIATION ART SECTION). 1984 WRAPPERS. SIGNED ON FRONT COVER BY MEMPHIS BELLE PILOT ROBERT K. MORGAN & LAID INSIDE pg.23 AT THEIR GROUP PIC ARE THE BELLE CREWMAN; JAMES VERINIS CO-PILOT, HAROLD LOCH ENGINEER/TOP GUNNER, ROBERT HANSON RADIO, CASIMER NASTAL R.WAIST GUNNER & JOHN QUINLAN TAIL GUNNER. SIGNED IN BOOK pg.34 BY PILOT FRED KOGER 92ND BG. HE ALSO WROTE A BOOK. $155.00
TO WIN THE WINTER SKY, AIR WAR OVER THE ARDENNES 1944-1945, BY DANNY PARKER. 1ST ED 1994. SIGNED IN FRONT ARE ACES FRANCIS GABRESKI & JOHN SUBBLET. SIGNED ON pg.44 IS ACE URBAN DREW. LAID IN BP pg.46 SIGNED BY GERMAN ACE ADOLF DICKFELD WHO FLEW THE HE-162 IN COMBAT. LAID IN BP pg.156 BY ACE KEN DAHLBERG. LAID IN BP pg.238 BY ACE HAROLD E. COMSTOCK. LAID IN BP pg. 278 ACE C.E. BUD ANDERSON. LAID IN SIGNED LETTER IN ENVELOPE WITH A WRITEUP(GERMAN TEXT) & PIC OF HIM WITH GALLAND BY JG26 PILOT WERNER MOLGE ON pg.370 AT HIS PIC. $225.00
CLASH OF WINGS, BY WALTER BOYNE. 1ST ED 1994. SIGNED IN FRONT BY ACES GOB GOEBEL & ROBERT "BOB" OWENS JR. SIGNED ON PIC PAGE STATING HE WAS "THE FIRST AMERICAN ACE OF WWII" ,ACE WILLIAM R. DUNN. SIGNED ON PIC PAGES THROUHOUT BOOK BY MARINE ACE FREDERICK "FRITZ" PAYNE, FRANCIS GABRESKI, AVG ACES CHARLES BOND & DICK ROSSI, ACES WALKER MAHURIN & ED RODDY, JIM MOREHEAD, AND ON pg.258 NAVY ACE ALEX VRACIU PLUS SIGNED ON pg.415 WHERE HE CORRECTED THE SPELLING OF HIS NAME. LAID IN BP AT PIC OF McCAMPBELL, THE BP IS SIGNED BY DAVID McCAMPBELL (MOH) RECIPIENT ALONG WITH SQUADRON ACES & MATES, ALBERT SLACK, JOHN STRANE, JAMES RIGG & GEORG W. PIGMAN JR. $395.00
LION IN THE SKY, US 8TH AIR FORCE FIGHTER OPERATIONS 1942-45, BY JERRY SCUTTS. 1ST ED 1987. SIGNED IN THE FRONT ARE ACES; FRANCIS GABRESKI, WALKER MAHURIN, JERRY JOHNSON, ARTHUR FIEDLER, HENRY RUDOLPH, RUSSELL HAWORTH, JOSEPH BENNETT, TOMMY HAYES, MICHAEL QUIRK, HERSCHEL GREEN, BOB GOEBEL & C.E. ANDERSON. SIGNED ON PAGES ARE ACES; pg.7 CARROLL McCOLPIN, pg.24 HUB ZEMKE, pg.37&135 DALE SPENCER, pg.50 HENRY RUDOLPH, pg.54 WALKER MAHURIN, pg.95&105 DONALD CUMMINGS, AND pg.112 URBAN DREW. $365.00
WWII AIR WAR, THE MEN . THE MACHINES . THE MISSIONS, FROM THE PUBLISHERS OF AVIATION HISTORY. 1ST ED 1996. LAID IN BP's AT THEIR PIC ACES; RICHARD C. SUEHR, STANLEY O. ANDREWS, & CHARLES P. SULLIVAN. LAID IN PB AT PIC OF HIS P-47 ACE FRANCIS GABRESKI. SIGNED pg.51 ACE HERSCHEL GREEN, SIGNED pg.53 ACE WALKER MAHURIN. LAID IN BP's AT CHAPTER ON 49TH FG ARE ACES; JIM MOREHEAD, FREDERICK E. DICK, ROBERT DeHAVEN, & JACK MANKIN. SIGNED pg.69 ARE ACES BUCK GREGORY & EUGENE R. HANKS. LAID IN BP & BIO AT CHAPTER ON TBM AVENGERS, BP SIGNED BY TBM PILOT JOHN SPEIDEL VT-29 & ON BIO BY GUNNER ON GEORGE W. BUSH'S TBM, LEO W. NADEAU. LAID IN BP pg.111 PILOT OF B-29 "BOCKSCAR" CHARLES SWEENEY. LAID IN BP pg.129 MEDAL OF HONOR ACE ROBERT E. GALER. SIGNED ON pg.131 MEDAL OF HONOR ACE JOE FOSS. LAID IN BP pg.141 ACE REX T. BARBER 23RD FG. LAID IN BP pg.158 ON CHAPTER OF NIGHTFIGHTERS, THE FATHER OF NIGHTFIGHTING ACE WOLFGANG FALCK. $460.00
TARGET: GERMANY, THE U.S. ARMY AIR FORCES' OFFICIAL STORY OF THE VIII BOMBER COMMAND'S FIRST YEAR OVER EUROPE. THE BRITISH EDITION, WRAPPERS, PRINTED IN LONDON 1944. WITH THE PRICE OF "ONE SHILLING AND SIXPENCE NET" PRINTED ON THE FRONT. THE FRONT/BACK COVER HAS SEPERATED FROM THE STAPLES, ELSE GOOD CONDITON. SIGNED ON pg.38 BY A 4TH FG ACE STEVE PISANOS. $55.00
FLYING TO GLORY, THE B-17 FLYING FORTRESS IN WAR AND PEACE, BY MARTIN BOWMAN. 1ST ED 1992. SIGNED IN FRONT BY 100TH BG PILOT BOB WOLFF, JACK KIDD, GROUP NAVIGATOR HARRY CROSBY & 303RD BG CREWMAN CLIFFORD "BACKY" BACHMAN. SIGNED pg.17 BY PILOT FRED KOGER 92ND BG. SIGNED pg.85 BY 100TH BG PILOT GALE "BUCK" CLEVEN. LAID IN pg.93 LETTER SIGNED BY MEDAL OF HONOR PILOT ON HIS LETTERHEAD, WILLIAM R. LAWLEY JR. 305TH BG. ALSO LAID IN SAME PAGE ARE 9 BP's OF 305TH PILOTS, OFFICERS, CREWMEN; JOSEPH BOYLE PILOT, JOHN CRAVEN WAIST GUNNER, CHARLES GROENINGER WAIST GUNNER & POW, BRIAN GUNDERSON 422ND BS SQUADRON NAVIGATOR 51 MISSIONS, GEORGE KUHL PILOT, WILLIAM SAULT 305TH GROUP OPERATIONS COMMANDING OFFICER, WALTER PRESSER 839 AIR ENG. SQD & 413 AIR SERVICE SQD., ALLEN MARTINI PILOT & GLEN SHALJEAN PILOT. SIGNED pg.187 MEMPHIS BELLE PILOT ROBERT K. MORGAN. SIGNED pg.201 BY PILOTS FRED KOGER 92ND BG & EVERETT THOMPSON 92ND BG. AND SIGNED pg.204 PILOT 100TH BG ROBERT ROSENTHAL. $380.00
AMERICAN AIR MUSEUM DUXFORD - A TRIBUTE TO AMERICAN AIR POWER, BY ROGER A. FREEMAN. 1ST EDITION 2001 PRINTED IN ENGLAND. THERE WERE ONLY 5,000 COPIES OF THIS BOOK PRINTED FOR THE GRAND OPENING OF: THE AMERICAN AIR MUSEUM IN BRITAIN & THEY ARE NOW SOLD OUT. I HAVE INCLUDED IN THIS BOOK 3 SIGNED BOOKPLATES. ON PAGE 14 AT HIS PICTURE LAID IN BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY EAGLE SQUADRON ACES; GREGORY A."GUS" DAYMOND, WILLIAM R. DUNN, CARROLL W."RED" McCOLPIN & STEVE PISANOS. ON PAGE 18 AT PICTURE OF 78TH FIGHT GROUP TAKING OFF FROM DUXFORD, LAID IN BOOKPLATE OF 3 78TH FG ACES; ALWIN M. JUCHHEIM, JACK C. PRICE & EUGENE P. ROBERTS. ON PAGE 39 AT HIS PICTURE TALKING WITH PRINCE ANDREW 56TH FG ACE WALKER M."BUD" MAHURIN. $325.00
 
 
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