MARINE AVIATION - AT CHERRY POINT. PUBLISHED AND DISTRIBUTED BY PORT EXCHANGE, CHERRY POINT(CIRCA 1942). THIS IS A GREAT SOFTCOVER PUBLICATION PUT OUT DURING WWII. IN THE CENTER SECTION IS A PICTURE OF ACE COLONEL JOHN L. SMITH STANDING ON THE WING OF A CORSAIR, HE HAD 19 VICTORIES SERVING WITH VMF-223. $55.00
FLYING WITH THE MARINE CORPS - PRINTED ON BACK COVER MARCH 11, 1943. REQUISITION NO. 4973-50M THE BECK ENGRAVING CO., PHILA., PA. GREAT SOFTCOVER WITH GREAT PICTURES, STORIES & PAINTINGS. ON A PAGE SHOWING PIC'S OF 9 MARINES THAT BLASTED 127 JAP FLYERS OUT OF THE AIR, ARE 2 SIGNED BP'S; BRIG. GEN. ROBERT E. GALER (MEDAL OF HONOR) SERVING IN & C.O. OF VMF-224 WITH 13 VICTORIES & COLONEL JACK E. CONGER SERVING IN VMF-223 & VMF-212 WITH 10 VICTORIES. $150.00
HISTORY OF THE MARINE CORPS AVIATION IN WORLD WAR II, ROBERT SHERROD. 1ST ED 1952. NO DJ. SIGNED IN FRONT OF BOOK ARE ACES; ROGER A HABERMAN, FRED GUTT & ROBERT G. OWENS JR. LAID IN BP's FOR PIC's #43 & 44 ARE ACES MARION E. CARL & MEDAL OF HONOR ACE JOE FOSS. SIGNED IN BOOK IS VMF-214 PILOT Lt. FRED LOSCH & LAID IN FOR PIC #66 ARE VMF-214 BLACK SHEEP ACES; ROBERT W. McCLURG, EDWIN OLANDER, & JOHN F. BOLT. SIGNED PIC #97 ACE A. BRUCE PORTER. SIGNED pg.391 ACE JOHN W. RUHSAM. SIGNED pg.425 MEDAL OF HONOR ACE ROBERT E. GALER. SIGNED pg.431 ACE ROBERT M. BAKER. SIGNED pg.432 ACE FREDERICK R. PAYNE. $400.00
U.S. MARINE COPRS AVIATION 1912 TO THE PRESENT, BY PETER MERSKY.1ST ED 1983. SIGNED FRONT OF BOOK BY ACES; ROBERT OWENS, ROBERT M. BAKER, FREDERICK PAYNE, R. BRUCE PORTER, JOHN W. RUSHAM & ROGER HABERMAN. SIGNED pgs. 84/85 ACES ROGER HABERMAN & FRED GUTT. LAID IN BP pg.153 BY ACES; HOWARD J. FINN AND MEDAL OF HONOR ACE KEN WALSH. LAID IN BP'S pg.154 BLACKSHEEP ACES; EDWIN OLANDER, ROBERT McCLURG & JOHN BOLT & SIGNED pg.155 VMF-214 PILOT Lt. FRED LOSCH. $330.00
TONYA, A NOVEL BY GREGORY "PAPPY" BOYINGTON. 1ST ED 1960. AFFIXED CLIPPED PAPER SIGNATURE AND DATE, IN PAPER CORNERS BY MEDAL OF HONOR ACE "PAPPY" BOYINGTON. $190.00
(2COPIES) A PROUD AMERICAN THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JOE FOSS, BY JOE FOSS, (1st COPY) 1ST ED 1992. SIGNED TITLE PAGE BY AUTHOR & MEDAL OF HONOR ACE JOE FOSS. LAID IN PG's pg.130 BY VMF-121 ACES; KENNETH M. FORD, FRANCIS PIERCE JR., HERBERT H. LONG, DONALD K. YOST, WILLIAM B. FREEMAN, ROGER A. HABERMAN, R. BRUCE PORTER, PERRY L. SHUMAN & ROBERT M. BAKER. LAID IN BP AT HIS PIC pg.330 AVG ACE ROBERT L. SCOTT. $300.00
(2ND COPY) PAPERBACK EDITION NOVEMBER 1993 INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR & MEDAL OF HONOR ACE JOE FOSS. $70.00
POINT OF NO RETURN, THE STORY OF THE 20TH AIR FORCE, BY WILBUR MORRISON. 1 ST ED 1979. SIGNED pg.184 BY MEMPHIS BELLE & B-29 DAUNTLESS DOTTIE PILOT ROBERT K. MORGAN. SIGNED pg.277 BY PILOT OF ENOLA GAY PAUL W. TIBBETS. LAID IN BP pg.290 BY PILOT OF BOCKS CAR CHARLES W. SWEENEY. $225.00
McCAMPBELL'S HEROES, THE STORY OF THE U.S. NAVY'S MOST CELEBRATED CARRIER FIGHTER OF THE PACIFIC WAR, BY EDWIN HOYT. 1ST ED 1983. SIGNED ON FRONT FREEPAGE BY ACES; EUGENE R. HANKS, HAYDEN A. "BUCK" GREGORY & JOHN STRANE. SIGNED pg.IX BY ACE BRUCE D. JAQUES. SIGNED pg.50 ACE JAMES E. DUFFY. LAID IN BP pg.59 ACE EDWARD W. OVERTON JR. SIGNED pg.60 BY ACE NORMAN BERREE & LAID IN BP SIGNED BY ACE WALTER A. LUNDIN. LAID IN BP pg.65 ACE CHARLES B. MILTON. LAID IN BP pg.66 ACE RALPH E. FOLTZ. LAID IN BP pg.110 ACE W.R. "ROD" JOHNSON. LAID IN BP ON PICTURE PAGE SIGNED BY ACES; MEDAL OF HONOR ACE DAVID McCAMPBELL, ALBERT SLACK, JOHN STRANE & GEORGE W. PIGMAN JR. LAID IN BP pg.152 ACE CLARENCE A. BORLEY. $425.00
MIRACLE AT MIDWAY, BY CHARLES MERCER. 2ND IMPRESSION 1977, NO DJ. LAID IN BP IN FRONT OF MARINE ACE MAJOR GENERAL MARION CARL WITH 2 CLIPPED WRITEUPS. SIGNED ON PICTURE PAGE BY ACES; E. ALEX PHILLIPS, MARVIN FRANGER & EUGENE R. HANKS. $190.00
WILDCAT, THE F4F IN WWII, BY BARRETT TILLMAN. FIRST PRINTING 1990, 2ND EDITION. SIGNED ON HALF TITLE PAGE BY ACE ROGER A. HABERMAN. LAID IN BP's AT BACK OF BOOK LISTING THE NAVY & MARINE WILDCAT ACES; STANLEY W. VEJTASA, WILLIAM N. LEONARD, NOEL A.M. GAYLER, VERNON E. GRAHAM, LEE P. MANKIN. (MARINES); MEDAL OF HONOR ACE JOE FOSS, MEDAL OF HONOR ACE ROBERT E. GALER, JACK E. CONGER, JEFFERSON J. DeBLANC, GEORGE L. HOLLOWELL, MEDAL OF HONOR ACE JAMES E. SWETT, CHARLES M. KONZ, DONALD K. YOST. FREDERICK R. PAYNE, FRANK C. DRURY & JAMES G. PERCY. $490.00
WILDCATS TO TOMCATS, THE TAILHOOK NAVY, BY ZEKE CORMIER, WALLY SCHIRRA & PHIL WOOD. 1ST ED 1995. LAID IN BP AT FRONT OF AUTHOR & ACE RICHARD L. "ZEKE" CORMIER. SIGNED ON PICTURES BY ACES; BRUCE D. JAQUES & HAMILTON McWHORTER. $95.00
GENERAL VIEW OF JAPANESE MILITARY AIRCRAFT IN THE PACIFIC WAR, PUB. BY AIREVIEW. 2 BOOK SET, JAP TEXT 4TH ED 1956, ENGLISH TEXT 3RD ED 1958. SPINE IS LOSE IN FRONT & BACK OF BOOK. THE JAP TEXT BOOK HAS PICTURES AND 3 VIEW DRAWINGS OF THIER AIRCRAFT AND ACES HAVE SIGNED ON THESE DRAWINGS AT THE AIRCRAFT THEY SHOT DOWN. THE 36 ACES ARE; STANLEY W. VEJTASA, JIM MOREHEAD, DICK ROSSI, CHARLIE BOND, HAYDEN "BUCK" GREGORY, E. ALEX PHILLIPS, CALVIN C. WIRE, NOEL PARIS III, RALPH WANDREY, BRUCE D. JAQUES, ROBERT OWENS JR., DEAN "DIZ" LAIRD, JAMES WATKINS, MARVIN FRANGER, NORMAN MOLLARD, WALKER MAHURIN, JOE D. ROBBINS, JAY T. ROBBINS, PAUL C. MURPHEY JR., ROBERT OWENS JR., ROGER HABERMAN, MEDAL OF HONOR KEN WALSH, EVERETTE HARGREAVES, EUGENE R. HANKS, ROBERT M. BAKER, NIAL CASTLE, HILLIS HILLS, FRED GUTT, BILL HARDY, RUSS REISERER, WILLIAM STRAND, DONALD GORDON, MAC McWHORTER, EDWARD RODDY, JAMES DUFFY, JOHN STRANE. $950.00
NEW GUINEA SKIES, A FIGHTER PILOT'S VIEW OF WWII, BY WAYNE ROTHGEB. 2ND ED 1993. LAID IN BP's IN FRONT BY 35TH FG, 39TH FS, COMMANDING OFFICER FRANCIS R. ROYAL. ACES ARE; ROBERT R. YAEGER JR., CHARLES O'SULLIVAN, STANLEY ANDREWS, PAUL STANCH, CHARLES KING, RICHARD SUEHR, RICHARD E. SMITH & LEROY GROSSHUESCH. CHARLES KING ALSO SIGNED pg.113. ALL ACES THAT SIGNED THIS BOOK WERE IN THE 35TH FG, EXCEPT C.O. $245.00
OUTCAST RED, BY WILLIAM ROGERS, 1ST ED 1987. WRAPPERS. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR BILL ROGERS WHO WAS IN THE 39TH FS OF THE 35TH FG. LAID IN BP's SIGNED BY 39TH FS COMMANDING OFFICER FRANCIS R. ROYAL AND ACES ARE; CURRAN L. JONES, RICHARD SUEHR, CHARLES P. O'SULLIVAN, STANLEY ANDREWS, LEROY GROSSHUESCH, WILLIAM H. STRAND & RICHARD E. SMITH. ALL ACES THAT SIGNED THIS BOOK WERE IN THE 35TH FG, EXCEPT C.O. $190.00
MARKING OF THE ACES, PART 2 U.S. NAVY BOOK 1, BY RICHARD HILL. 1ST 1968. WRAPPERS. SIGNED INSIDE FRONT COVER ACE BRUCE D. JAQUES. LAID IN BP's pgs. 6&7 BY ACES ON TOUR #1 USS RANGER; LEWIS A. MENARD, HAMILTON McWHORTER, ARMISTEAD B. SMITH JR., & THEORDORE H. WINTERS JR. ON TOUR #2 USS ESSEX ARE ACES; JOHN M. FRANKS & RALSTON M. POUND JR. LAID IN BP's pg.9 AT ROSTER OF ACES SERVING VF-10 ARE; JOHN F. "JOCK" SUTHERLAND, EDWARD L. FEIGHTNER, ROY M. VORIS, DONALD "FLASH" GORDON, LESTER E. GRAY JR., JAMES D. BILLO, WILLIAM K. BLAIR, R.O. "ROD" DEVINE, PHILLIP L. KIRKWOOD, NORWALD R. QUIEL, JOSEPH E. REULET, RUSSELL L. REISERER & STANLEY W. VEJTASA, PLUS ONE ACE NOT ON THE ROSTER LESTER E. GRAY JR. LAID IN BP's pg. 16 AT ROSTER OF ACES OF VF-2 ARE; DANIEL A. CARMICHAEL, EVERETT C. HARGREAVES, L.W. ROBINSON, WILBUR B. "SPIDER" WEBB, EARLING W. ZAESKE, (NIGHT FIGHTERS VF(N)-76) ARE; FRED L. DUNGAN. JOHN W. DEAR. LAID IN BP's pg.20 AT ROSTER OF ACES OF VF-17 ARE; ROBERT C. COATS, JOHN T. CROSBY, WILLIS E. HARDY, THOMAS SWITZER HARRIS, JAMES L. PEARCE, TILLMAN E. POOL, CHARLES E. WATTS & JOHN M. JOHNSTON, PLUS ONE ACE NOT ON THE ROSTER DANIEL G. CUNNINGHAM. LAID IN BP's pg.24 ROSTER OF ACES OF VF-27 ARE; ROBERT L. BLYTH, PAUL E. DRURY, WILLIAM E. LAMB, ARHTUR H. MUNSON & RICHARD E. STAMBOOK. 41 ACES TOTAL. $1050.00
FIGHTER COMPARISON STUDY NO. 1, THE CURTISS P-40C TOMAHAWK vs. THE MITSUBISHI A6M2 MODEL 21 ZERO-SEN, BY MURRAY RUBENSTEIN. 1ST 1976. LAID IN BP's IN FRONT BY 7 AVG ACES; CHUCK OLDER, KEN JERNSTEDT, JOE ROSBERT, FRITZ WOLF, CHARLIE BOND, TEX HILL & DICK ROSSI. $155.00
THE SHIPS AND AIRCRAFT OF THE U.S. FLEET, FAHEY'S VICTORY EDITION, BY JAMES C. FAHEY. 1ST 1944. WRAPPERS, FRONT COVER SEPERATING FROM STAPLES. SIGNED pg.10 BY ACE BRUCE D. JAQUES & ON pg.12 BY ACE ROBERT OWENS JR. (GREAT INFORMATIONAL BOOK WITH STATS, SHIP INDEX, WAR LOSES ETC. $65.00
FIGHTER SQUADRON FOURTEEN "TOPHATTERS" BY THOMAS GATES, 1ST 1993. LAID IN PB's IN FRONT WITH ACES; GLENN M. REVEL, CARL E. SMITH(SIGNED BOTH SIDES OF BP), JOHN D. STOKES & EDWARD B. TURNER. $125.00
