FIGHTER ACES OF THE U.S.A. BY RAY TOLIVER & TREVOR CONSTABLE. 1ST EDITION 1979. MINOR SPINE SEPERATION AT FRONT OF BOOK. ON THE FIRST FREE PAGE & TITLE PAGE THERE ARE 40 SIGNATURES OF ACES'. ALL SIGNATURES WERE OBTAINED AT A 1998 FIGHTER ACES REUNION. SADLY EACH YEAR WE LOSE MORE ACES', 24 OF THESE ACES' SINCE IT'S SIGNING HAVE TAKEN THEIR LAST FLIGHT & ARE NOW SORING IN THE HEAVENS. PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL ( gdortch@qwestoffice.net ) FOR PRICING. THE SIGNATORIES ARE LISTED BELOW.
Edward Alex Phillips-VF-20 5 Vic., George T. Chandler-347 FG 5 Vic., Robert Bob Goebel-31 FG 11 Vic., John L. Sublett-357FG 8 Vic., Arthur F. Jeffrey-479 FG 14 Vic., Thomas E. Maloney-1 FG 8 Vic., Gerald Brown-55 FG 5 Vic., Winton W. "Bones" Marshall-4 FIW 6.5 Vic., Robert J. Rankin-56 FG 10 Vic., Norman R. Berree VF-15 9 Vic., Donald "Flash" Gordon VF-10 5 Vic., Robert G. "Dutch" Owens-VMF-215 7 Vic., Morton D. Magoffin-362FG 5 Vic., John R."Dick" Rossi- AVG 6 Vic., Jack M. Ilfrey-1FG & 20FG 7.5 Vic., Urban L."Ben" Drew-361FG 6 Vic., Michael T. Russo-27FG 5 Vic., Robert L."Bob" Scott-23FG 10 Vic., Frederick C. "Boots" Blesse-4 FIW 10 Vic., Richard J. Lee-1FG 5 Vic., David L. "Tex" Hill-AVG & 23FG 15.25 Vic., Richard C. Lampe- 52FG 5.5 Vic., Louis A. Menard Jr.-VF-9 & VBF-12 9 Vic., Jeremiah "Jerry" O'Keefe- VMF-323 7 Vic., Charles M. Mallory-VF-18 10 Vic., Wilbur "Will" R. Scheible- 356FG 6 Vic., Henry "Hank" Buttelmann- 51 FIW 7 Vic., John W. Ruhsam-VMF-323 7 Vic., James B. "Jim" Morehead- 24PG, 49FG & 1 FG 8 Vic., Jack C. Price-78FG 5 Vic., John S. Loisel-475FG 11 Vic., Arval J. Roberson-357FG 6 Vic., Frank W. Klibbe-56FG 7 Vic., Robin Olds-479Fg & 8TFW 17 Vic., Paul C. Murphey-8 FG 6 Vic., Robert Bruce Porter-VMF-121 & VMF(N)-542 5 Vic., Steve Pisanos- 4FG 5 Vic., Clayton Kelly Gross- 354FG 6 Vic., & George Peter Novotny-325FG 8 Vic.
THE B-24 LIBERATOR 1939-1945, BY MARTIN BOWMAN. 1ST U.S.ED 1980 (DIFFERENT LAYOUT FROM THE ENGLISH EDITON). $45.00
OVER HERE, THE AMERICANS IN NORFOLK DURING WWII, BY STEVE SNELLING. 1ST ED 1996. 3 LAID IN BP's pg.108 ACES FROM THE 352ND FG AT STORY ON PREDDY, THE ACES ARE; DONALD S. BRYAN, CARL J. LUKSIC & ALDEN P. RIGBY. $90.00
(2 COPIES) LOG OF THE LIBERATORS, THE ILLUSTRATED COMBAT RECORD OF THE B-24 LIBERATOR AND OF THE MEN AND UNITS THAT FLEW THEM IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR, BY STEVE BIRDSALL. (1ST COPY) 1ST ED 1973. LAID IN SIGNED BP AT FRONT OF 453RD BG PILOT MAJOR GENERAL RAMSAY D. POTTS. SIGNED pg.254 BY BOB WINGFIELD PILOT 464TH BG, 779TH BS, $50.00
(2ND COPY) 1ST ED 1973. AFFIXED SIGNED BP ON HALF TITLE PAGE BY PLOESTI PILOT MAJOR GENERAL RAMSAY D. POTTS 453RD BG. LAID IN ON PIC PAGE OF A 355TH FG MUSTANG ARE 5 SIGNED BP's OF 355TH FG ACES; HENRY S. BILLE, HENRY W. BROWN, NORMAN J. FORTIER, LEWIS CHICK JR., & ROBERT E. WOODY. $135.00
(3 PAPERBACKS) (1ST PB) A WING AND A PRAYER, THE "BLOODY 100TH" BG OF THE U.S. 8TH AF IN ACTION OVER EUROPE IN WWII, BY HARRY CROSBY. 1ST HARPER PRINTING NOV. 1994. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR & GROUP NAVIGATOR HARRY CROSBY. LAID IN BP IN FRONT BY PILOT HENRY CERVANTES. AND 3 LAID IN PB's AT THEIR PIC's ARE; JACK KIDD, GALE "BUCK" CLEVEN & ROBERT ROSENTHAL. (2ND PB) BIG WEEK, THE WEEK THAT DECIDED THE WAR-THE CRUCIAL AIR BATTLE BETWEEN GEN. DOOLITTLE & GEN. GALLAND. BY GLENN INFIELD. PINNACLE 2ND PRINTING MARCH 1979. SIGNED ON PICS BY MEMPHIS BELLE PILOT ROBERT K. MORGAN & ACE URBAN DREW. (3RD PB) FLYING FORTS, BY MARTIN CAIDIN. BALLANTINE 1ST BP PRINTING MARCH 1969. SIGNED IN FRONT BY PILOT SID RADUS 44TH BG & EVERETTE L. THOMPSON 92ND BG BALL GUNNER. SIGNED ON PIC BY MEMPHIS BELLE PILOT ROBERT K. MORGAN. $160.00 FOR ALL THREE
(2 WRAPPER MAGAZINE'S) (1ST MAG.) AIR ACES , JULY 1976. SIGNED ON FRONT COVER BY ACE URBAN DREW(HIS P-51 E-2S IS ON THE COVER). SIGNED pg.44 ACE ROBERT WINKS, SIGNED pg.46/47 ACES HAMILTON McWHORTER & BRUCE D. JAQUES. SIGNED pg.48 MEDAL OF HONOR ACE ROBERT E. GALER. SIGNED pg.60/61 ACES HERSCHEL GREEN, BOB GOEBEL & STEVE PISANOS. (2ND MAG.) AIR TECH-THE MAGAZINE OF AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE & OPERATION, FEBRUARY 1943. INSCRIBED ON FRONT COVER (PIC OF HIM & HIS P-47)BY ACE FRANCIS GABRESKI. SIGNED pg.27 BY ACE ROBERT G. OWENS JR. $215.00 FOR BOTH
(2 WRAPPER MAGAZINE'S) (1ST MAG) FLYING ACES, AUGUST 1943. SIGNED pg.15 BY 2 ACES HAMILTON McWHORTER & BRUCE D. JAQUES. (2ND MAG) FLYING ACES, SEPTEMBER 1941. SIGNED ON FRONT COVER BY ACES FRED J. CHRISTENSEN JR. & STEVE PISANOS. PAGE 27/28 HAS BEEN CUT IN HALF & PAINT IS ON BACK COVER. $65.00 FOR BOTH
(2 WRAPPER MAGAZINE'S) (1ST MAG) NAVAL AVIATION NEWS, OCT. 1, 1945 RESTRICTED. SIGNED pg.1 BY ACES ROBERT M. BAKER, JAMES E. DUFFY, JOHN STRANE & JOE D. ROBBINS. SIGNED pg.10 ACE STANLEY W. VEJTASA. SIGNED pg.12 ACE ROBERT G. OWENS JR. SIGNED pg.14 ACE BURCE D. JAQUES. SIGNED pg.16 ACE CARL HARGREAVES(ACE IN A DAY). (2ND MAG) THE HOOK, JOURNAL OF CARRIER AVIATION. SPRING 1994. SIGNED pg.27 & 29 BY ACE ALEX VRACIU. $115.00 FOR BOTH
(2 WRAPPERS) (1ST BOOK) FLYING SCOREBOARDS, AIRCRAFT MISSION AND KILL MARKINGS, BY ERNEST McDOWELL. 1ST ED 1993. LAID IN BP pg.9 ACE JOHN LOWELL. LAID IN pg.13 SIGNED NOTE FROM EDWARD RODDY(IN BOOK THEY SPELLED HIS NAME WRONG-R(E)DDY). SIGNED ON pg.16 BY ACE ROBERT "BOB" GOEBEL. LAID IN BP pg.18 ACE ARVAL J. ROBERSON. LAID IN BP pg.21 ACE JACK ILFREY. SIGNED ON pg.42 (NOT PICTURED) ACE BRUCE D. JAQUES VF-29. LAID IN BP pg.60 ACE GEORGE RUDDELL. (2ND BOOK) PLANES, NAMES & DAMES 1940-1945 VOL 1, BY LARRY DAVIS. 1990, COVER IS SEPERATED FROM INSIDE PAGES. 2 LAID IN BP's pg.22 ACES CHARLES WEAVER & ARVAL ROBERSON(THEY SPELLED HIS NAME WRONG-ROBER(T)SON). SIGNED pg.25 ACE GERALD "JERRY" JOHNSON. SIGNED pg.26 MEMPHIS BELLE PILOT ROBERT K. MORGN. SIGNED pg.44 ACE DICK ROSSI. AND SIGNED pg.47 ACE URBAN DREW. $190.00 FOR BOTH
2 COPIES OF FIGHTER PILOTS IN AERIAL COMBAT #13 SUMMER 1984 & #14 FALL 1984. BOTH COPIES DAMPSTAINED & WRINKLED. #13 SIGNED pg.18 GERALD W. "JERRY" JOHNSON 356TH FG 161/2 VIC's. LAID IN BP pg.28 ACE RICHARD W. ASBURY. #14 SIGNED ON THE BACK COVER PAINTING BY ACE GERALD W. "JERRY" JOHNSON. LAID IN BP pg.24 ACE DONALD C. McGEE. $45.00 FOR BOTH
FLYING AND POPULAR AVIATION (MAGAZINE) APRIL 1942. SIGNED pg.31 ACE BRUCE D. JAQUES. SIGNED pg.39 ACES STEVE PISANOS & DICK ROSSI. SIGNED pg.54 ACE STANLEY VEJTASA. AND ON BACK COVER SIGNED BY 3 ACES; NIAL CASTLE, JAMES WATKINS & JACK WALKER(NEW ACE UPGRADED) $115.00
FLYING AND POPULAR AVIATION, SPECIAL ROYAL AIR FORCE ISSUE (MAGAZINE) WITH GATEFOLD & COLOR PICTURES, (GREAT ADS). SEPTEMBER 1942. SIGNED pg.19 BY ACES JOSEPH MATTE & FRED CHRISTENSEN. SIGNED pg.118(COLOR SECTION) BY ACES JERRY COLLINGSWORTH & GEORGE LOVING. AND SIGNED pg.145 ACE STEVE PISANOS. $115.00
FLYING (MAGAZINE) MAY 1945. GATEFOLD & COLOR PIX. SIGNED ON pg.73 ACE STEVE PISANOS. SIGNED pg.103 BY ACES RALPH FOLTZ, JOE ROBBINS, CARL HARGREAVES(ACE IN A DAY), BILL HARDY(ACE IN A DAY), HAMILTON McWHORTER, BRUCE D. JAQUES & JAMES E. DUFFY. AND SIGNED ON BACK COVER (WHICH HAS SEPERATED FROM MAGIZINE) BY ACES NIAL CASTLE, JAMES WATKINS & JACK WALKER(NEW ACE UPGRADED). $180.00
AIRPOWER VOL.23 No.2 MARCH 1993. SIGNED ON FRONT COVER BY ACE URBAN DREW. $15.00
AIR NEWS (MAGAZINE) DEC.1943/JAN.1944. SIGNED ON FRONT COVER ARE ACES; JAMES DUFFY, BILL HARDY (ACE IN A DAY), JOHN STRANE, CARL HARGREAVES(ACE IN A DAY), HAMILTON McWHORTER, JOE ROBBINS, & BRUCE D. JAQUES. SIGNED pg.9 ACES ROBERT OWENS JR., STANLEY VEJTASA, FREDERICK PAYNE. SIGNED pg.20/21 ACES BOB GOEBEL, URBAN DREW, HERSCHEL GREEN & STEVE PISANOS. $215.00
FLYING, SPECIAL ISSUE U.S. ARMY AIR FORCES AT WAR (MAGAZINE) COLOR PICTURES, MAPS GATEFOLD (GREAT ADS). OCTOBER 1943. SIGNED pg.17 ACE STANLEY W. VEJTASA VF10 GRIM REAPERS. SIGNED pgs.136/137 ACES DICK ROSSI, JACK WALKER(NEW ACE UPGARDED) & NIAL CASTLE. SIGNED pg.139 ACE STEVE PISANOS, SIGNED pg.140 ACES ROBERT WINKS, WILLIAM CULLERTON & RUSSELL HAWORTH. $125.00
"THE FLYING TIGERS" THE STORY OF THE AMERICAN VOLUNTEER GROUP. BY RUSSELL WHELAN. 2ND EDITION 1944. INCLUDED WITH THE BOOK ARE 2 SIGNED BUSINESS CARDS BY AVG ACES: R.T. SMITH(SIGNED ON BACK) & MAJOR GENERAL CHARLES BOND, JR. AND FROM A DECEMBER 8, 1996 AWARDS GALA PROGRAM HELD IN DALLAS, TEXAS A PROGRAM THAT IS SIGNED BY AVG ACE DICK ROSSI. $145.00
THE MAN WHO FLEW THE MEMPHIS BELLE, MEMOIR OF A WWII BOMBER PILOT, BY COL. ROBERT MORGAN W/RON POWERS. 2001 EDITION. LAID IN BP's OF 5 MEMPHIS BELL CREW; PILOT ROBERT MORGAN, CO-PILOT JAMES "JIM" VERINIS(JIM SIGNED THE BACKSIDE OF THE BP), TAIL GUNNER JOHN P. QUINLAN, RIGHT WAIST GUNNER CASIMER NASTAL & ENGINEER/TOP GUNNER HAROLD LOCH. $225.00
FLYING ACES ? MAGAZINE DECEMBER 1940 ISSUE, VOL.37 NO.1 THIS MAGIZINE HAS BEEN SIGNED ON PAGE 22 & 68 BY WWII PILOT WITH 3 VICTORIES, WILLIAM B. "BILL" BAILEY. ON PAGE 22 WHERE HE SIGNED HIS NAME HE ALSO DATED IT & THIS IS HIS SIGNATURE THAT WAS SIGNED & DATED ON NOVEMBER 7TH 1942. LT. COL. WILLIAM BAILEY SERVED IN THE 353RD FG, 352ND FS. HE STARTED OUT IN P-47?s WITH THE NAME ON HIS RIDE OF "BUTCH" WHEN HE TRANSITIONED TO P-51?s THE CRAFT WAS NAMED "DOUBLE TROUBLE" & "DOUBLE TROUBLE TWO". BAILEY WAS C.O. OF THE 352ND FS & THEN BECAME C.O. OF THE GROUP FROM 9-9-45 TO 9-24-45. $45.00
LIFE ? MAGAZINE APRIL 6, 1942 WITH A PICTURE OF THE TAIL GUNNER ON A B-17 AND BIG ARTICLE ON B-17?S TITLED "BOMBER TASK FORCE" THERE ARE SEVERAL GREAT OLD AD?s WITH AIRCRAFT. THE VERY BACK COVER OF A COCA-COLA AD. JOAN BENNETT IN HER AMERICAN WOMEN?S VOLUNTARY SERVICES UNIFORM FOR A CHESTERFIELD AD. AND QUIET A FEW OTHER WAR ARTICLES. $45.00
