WW II UNIT HISTORY BOOK TITLES

11th Airborne,

THE ANGELS, HISTORY OF THE 11th AIRBONRE DIVISION, Flanagan, Lt. Gen. E. M., Presidio, 1989, f/f, 11th Airborne Division arrived in New Guinea, 25 May 1944 & continued training, leaving for the Philippines 11 November 1944, landed amphibiously, not by jump, on Leyte, 18 November 1944, between Abuyog & Tarragona, 40 miles south of Tacloban, pushing inland, cleared the Ormoc-Burauen supply trail, an important Japanese combat lifeline, photos & maps, 422 pgs.

11th BG

11th BOMB GROUP (H), May, Robert, (editor), Turner, 1996, new (issued w/o dj), see photo, "Grey Geese" who flew B-17 & B-24 bombers in the Pacific,includes personal stories of missions, bombing runs & events at Hickam Field during the Pearl Harbor attack, hundreds of action photos of planes, crew, mission listing, biographies of the 11th Bomb Group veterans & roster of the 11th Bomb Group Association, nose art photos, 128 pgs.

Air Group 12

CROMMELIN'S THUNDERBIRDS,Bruce & Leonard, Naval Institue, 1994, new, Air Group 12, Iwo Jima, Okinawa & Japan, from CV-15(Randolph), photos & maps, 228 pgs.

12th BG,

THE EARTHQUAKERS-12th BOMBARDMENT GROUP (M) USAAF, Stahura, Barbara, Turner Publishing, 1998, fine (issued w/o dj), see photo, unit history,veterans' biographies, numerous special bomb mission stories, hundreds of never-before-published photographs and index , 120 pgs.

12th AF

12th AIR FORCE STORY, Rust, Kenneth, SunShine House, 1989, new, soft cover, many photos, 64 pgs.

13th AF,

FROM FIJI THROUGH THE PHILIPPINES, Lippincott, Benjamin E., Newsfoto, 1948, vg (hinge loose-minor), forward by General George C. Kenney, account of OPS, movements -Leyte, Guadalcanal, Bougainville, Rabaul, Munda, New Guinea, Morotai, Admiralties, Treasury, First Marine Air wing & Royal NZ, Australia AF, each painting is from a photo taken at battle & unit history text is based on Mission reports, 193 pgs.

13th FC

13th FIGHTER COMMAND IN WORLD WAR II, AIR COMBAT OVER GUADALCANAL AND THE SOLOMONS, Wolf, William, Schiffer, 2004, new, see photo, 13th Fighter Command’s significant contributions to winning the air war in the South Pacific, its squadrons scored 527.5 victories & boasted twenty-one unheralded aces such as Bob Westbrook with twenty victories & Bill Harris with 15.5 victories, photos, maps, 336 pgs.

14th AF

TIGERS SHARKS!, Little, Wallace, Castle, 1987, f/f, as new, see photo, 14th AF over China, photos, 249 pgs.

Air Group 15,

McCAMPBELL'S HEROES, Hoyt, Edwin, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., 1983, vg/vg Group Fifteen was one of the most highly decorated air groups of the war, includes: Marcus and Wake Islands, Marianas, Iwo Jima, Formosa, Okinawa, Philippines & Leyte Gulf, photos, 189 pgs.

15th AF

15th AIR FORCE STORY, Rust, Kenneth, Historical Aviation Album, 1979, vg, soft cover,many pohtos, 64 pgs.

17th BG,

17th BOMB GROUP, Baird, W.D (editor), Turner, 1995, as new (issued w/o dj), see photo, first half of the book is of the B-26 units over Africa & Europe, the second half is bios of the crew, photos, 112 pgs.

19th BG

19TH BOMB GROUP, Schiller, Bill, editor, Turner, 2000, new (issued w/o dj), see photo, 19th BG went on to man the artillery posts, serve with the infantry & compromise guerilla forces that succeeded in delaying the Japanese occupation of the Philippines, starved to the point of death out-manned & outgunned, many became POWs, Later the 19th would lead the attack against communist forces in Korea, photos & biographies, 152 pgs.

20th AF

20th AIR FORCE STORY, Rust, Kenneth, Historical Aviation Album, 1979, vg, soft cover,many pohtos, 64 pgs.

20th AF

POINT OF NO RETURN, Morrison, Wilbur, Times Books, 1979, f/f, see photo, USAAF Twentieth Air Force operated B-29 Superfortress's in the Pacific. under the command of Curtis LeMay, was responsible for developing the very successful fire bomb raids on Japan, photos, 278 pgs.

20th Cargo Squadron,

THROUGH HELL'S GATE TO SHANGHAI, Martin, John G., Self Published, 1983, fine, soft cover, history of the 20th Cargo Squadron, CBI, photos, 196 pgs.,

22nd Bomb Squadron,

EAGLES, BULLDOGS & TIGERS, Hayward, David K., 22nd Bomb Squadron Assoc., 1997, new, issued w/out dj,unit of the 341st Medium Bomb Group in WW 2 CBI theater, and flew the B-25 Mitchell, 294 pgs.

27th Air Transport

GOONEY BIRDS & FERRY TALES, Maguire, Jon A, Schiffer, 1998, new, 27th Air Transport Group, supported Patton's march across France, many photos, 347 pgs.