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FAITH, HOPE AND CHARITY, A Poolman, Kenneth, William
Kimber, f/f, see photo,
pilots who flew the three Gladiators against the first Italian
attacks on Malta in 1940, photos, maps, 200 pgs. |
FALL OF FORTRESSES, THE, A Bender, Elmer, G. P.
Putnam & Sons, 1980, f/vg rubbed, priced clipped),
see photo, B-17 attack on German factories in Schweinfurt,
photos, 258 pgs. |
FATEFUL RENDEZVOUS, Ewing & Lundstrom, Naval Institute,
1997, new, see photo,
bio of Butch O'Hare, naval aviation pioneer, Medal of Honor
recipient, played a key role in developing aerial combat tactics
such as the Thach Weave & various night-fighting techniques
that helped defeat the Japanese, credited with saving the
U.S. aircraft carrier Lexington off the Solomon Islands in
1942 when he single-handedly downed five attacking Japanese
bombers in his Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat fighter, photos, maps,
352 pgs. |
FEW OF THE FEW, A Newton, Dennis, Australian War
Memorial, 1990, new,
see photo, Australian fighter pilots in the B of B, written
in a daily log format, photos, 291 pgs. |
F4U CORSAIR, Johnsen & Watanabe, Crown, 1883, f/f
(overized), many photos, color plates, fold-out color plates,
56 pgs. |
55th FIGHTER GROUP VS. THE LUFTWAFFE, Gray, John,
Speciality, 1998, new, 8th AF, P-38s & P-51s, over 600 victories,
many photos, 142 pgs. |
FIGHTER ACES OF THE LUFTWAFFE, Toliver & Constable,
Schiffer, 1996, new, 1990, new,
see photo, listing of nearly 1000 German fighter aces,
many photos, 350 pgs. |
FIGHTER COMMAND, Ethell & Sand, MBI, 1991, f/f,
as new, see photo, American
Fighter forces in action in the European and Mediterranean
theaters, over 200 color photos, 176 pgs. |
FIGHTER COMMAND WAR DIARIES", Part 1, Sept 1939 to Sept
1940 Foreman, John, Air Research, 2002, new, soft cover,
see photo, a reprint
of Volume 1, Operational history of Fighter Command, Second
Tactical Air Force, 100 Group & Air Defence of Great Britain
1939-45, photos, 229 pgs. |
FIGHTER COMMAND WAR DIARIES, Part 2, Sept. 1940 to Dec.
1941 Foreman, John, Air Research, 1998, new,
see photo, Operational history of Fighter Command, Second
Tactical Air Force, 100 Group & Air Defence, RAF Fighter Command
beginning in Sept. 1940 with the Luftwaffe's first major raids
on London and then moves on to cover operations through 31
December, 1941, photos, 351 pgs. |
FIGHTER COMMAND WAR DIARIES, Part 3, Jan. 1942 to June
1943 Foreman, John, Air Research, 2001, new,
see photo, third in a series covering Operational history
of Fighter Command, Second Tactical Air Force, 100 Group &
Air Defence, RAF Fighter Command, day to day recording, photos,
396 pgs. |
FIGHTER COMMAND WAR DIARIES", Part 4, July 1943 to June
1944 Foreman, John, Air Research, 2002, new, hardback
with dj, see photo,
the 4th volume of this series, flying bomb launch sites, arrival
of P-52B, concludes with Operation Overlord, photos, 430 pgs.
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FIGHTER PILOT, Gaskill, William, Sunflower, new,
soft cover, see photo,
author flew P-38s with 347th FG, 13th AF, photos, 186 pgs. |
FIGHTER PILOT, Richey, Paul, Leo Cooper, new,,
see photo, author
flew Hurricanes, No. 1 Sqdn., Battle of France, phtots, 145
pgs. |
FIGHTER PILOT, Wynn, Humphrey, Crecy, 1994, new,
see photo, edited
from the diarys of Sqdn. Leader R.G.A. Barclay, DFC, flew
Hurricanes, 249 Sqdn. (B of B) & 238 Sqdn. (North Africa),
photos, 224 pgs. |
FIGHTER PILOT'S SUMMER, Franks & Richey, Grub St.,
1993, f/f, as new, see
photo, 609 Squadron's offensive war during the summer
of 1941, when the RAF started to take the war to the enemy
over Northern France, but also in part of Richey's squadron
commander, Michael Robinson DSO DFC, who also happened to
be his brother-in-law, Richey's exploits to the end of the
war. This is a sequel Richey's book Fighter Pilot, photos,
248 pgs. |
FIGHTER PILOTS OF THE RAF, 1939-1945, Bowyer, Chaz,
Kimber, 1984, vg/vg,
see photo, selected twenty RAF fighter pilots to demonstrate
their remarkable stories of bravery & exemplify the wide diversity
of individual characters, a few were familiar names to the
contemporary lay public, but most received little or no public
acclaim, being part of the silent majority which provided
the real spine of the RAF's fighter effort, photos, 223 pgs.
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FIGHTER - TRUE STORY OF THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN,
Deighton, Len, Alfred A. Knopf, 1978, vg(minor staining on
end pages)/vg, compares combat tactics, ground control, performance
of the aircraft & pilots, photos, 261 pgs. |
FIGHTERS OF THE LUFTWAFFE, Dressel & Griehl, Arms
& Armour, 1993, new, 24 types examined, 300 photos, 160 pgs.
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FIGHTERS OF THE MIGHTY EIGHTH 1942-1945, Hess
& Ivie, MBI, 1990, f/f,
see photo, history of the 8th AF fighter operations, WW
II, tables present lists of air & ground aces, jet victories,
group victories, aces in a day, color plates, nose art colors
for each group & squadron, many photos (some in color), 264
pgs. |
FIGHTERS OVER THE DESERT, Shores & Ring, Arco,
1969, vg/vg see photo,
air battles in the western desert 6/40 to 12/42, performance
figures, decoratons to aircrew, victories, order of battle,
photos & fold-out map, 256 pgs. |
FIGHTER SQUARON AT GUADALCANAL, Brand, Max, Naval
Institute, 1996, f/f, as new,
see photo, 212th Marine Fighter Squadron's operations
in Guadalcanal in 1942, manuscript found after author's death,
photos, 231 pgs. |
FIGHT FOR THE SKIES, Freeman, Roger, Arms & Armour,
1998, new, see photo,
Allied fighter aircraft in Europe & No. Africa 1939-45, dispels
some of the myths fostered by wartime propaganda & presents
an unbiased appraisal of the RAF & USAAF fighter efforts against
Germany, many photos, 192 pgs. Available in soft cover edition
$10.00. |
FIGHT FOR THE SKY, Bader, Douglas, Doubleday,
1973, vg/vg (some creasing)
see photo, story of the Spitfire & Hurricane by Group
Captain Douglas Bader, includes In flight action, birth of
both planes, Battle of France, Malta, Blitzkrieg, Attack,
Med Offensive, D-Day, map & color photos, 192 pgs. |
FIGHT FOR THE SKY, Halpenny, Bruce, Patrick Stephens,
1986, vg, soft cover,
see photo, first hand experiences of Fighter Command personnel,
both aircrew & groundcrew, photos, 224 pgs. |
FIGHTING FLYING BOAT Hoffman, Richard, Naval Institute,
new, 2004, see photo,
history of the Martin PBM Mariner, includes its contributions
to WW II but also the postwar years, when it was involved
with the exploration of the Arctic, Antarctic & the Korean
War, details of PBM fights with Chinese MIGs & patrol, reconnaissance
missions, & the seaplane’s hazardous rescue missions with
the Coast Guard, as well as service with foreign armed forces,
list of PBM casualties, photos, 250 pgs. |
FIGHTING LADY, Reynolds, Clark, Pictorial Histories,
1998, new, soft cover,
see photo, New Yorktown in the Pacific War, photos, maps
& illustions, 355 pgs. |
FIGHTING Me 109, Feist, Uwe, Arms & Armor, 1993,
new, soft cover, see photo,
pictorial record of its design, construction, testing and
deployment, 160 pgs. |
FIGHTING MUSTANG: THE CHRONICLE OF THE P-51, Hess.
William, Doubleday, 1970, vg/vg,
see photo, flying evolution of P-51 B/D, vital statistics,
combat units, top AAF scorers, RAF Marks I, IA, and II, Marks
III and IV, leading RAF Mustang scorers, leading RAF Mustang
V-1 scorers, French Air Force, and Mustang Units in Korea,
photos & drawings, 198 pgs. |
FIGHTING THE BOMBERS, Isby, David (Editor), Greenhill,
2003, new, see photo,
look at the Allied bombing campaign from the point of view
of the Luftwaffe establishment, photos, 256 pg. |
FINAL ASSAULT ON THE RISING SUN, Marshall & Thompson,
Speciality Press, 1995, new, B-29 combat missions against
Japan, photos, color section, 224 pgs. |
FINAL HOURS, THE, Steinhoff, Johannes, Nautical
& Aviation Publishing, 1985, vg/vg,
see photo, Steinhoff and Galland's plot to depose Goering
from his command of the Luftwaffe, photos, 176 pgs. |
FIRE BY NIGHT, Gray, Jennie, Grub Street, 2000,
new, see photo, Pathfinder
crew and Black Thursday, 16/17 December 1943, over 450 bombers
returning home from a raid on Berlin found their airfields
shut down by heavy fog, and 40 bomber command aircraft crashed,
only two survivors, a tail-gunner and the author's father,
photos, 182 pgs. |
FIRE BY ORDER, Maslen-Jones, E.W., Leo Cooper,
1997, new, see photo,
British grasshopper pilots in Burma, photos, 188 pgs. |
FIRST AND THE LAST, THE, Galland, Adolf, Cerberus,
2001, new, soft cover, see
photo, reprint of the autobiography of German's famous
105 victory ace, photos, 256 pg. |
FIRST HELLCAT ACE, McWhorter & Stout, Pacifica,
2000, new, see photo,
author flew F6F Hellcats over South Pacific with 12 victories,
photos, 213 pgs. |
FIRST HEROES, Nelson, Craig, Viking, 2002, new,
see photo, April 18,
1942, eighty brave young men, led by Jimmy Doolittle, took
off from a navy carrier in the mid-Pacific on what everyone
regarded as a suicide mission but instead became a resounding
American victory & helped turn the tide of the war, story
of that mission, based on interviews with twenty of the surviving
Tokyo Raiders, photos, 430 pgs. |
FIRST TEAM AND THE GUADALCANAL CAMPAIGN, Lundstrom,
John, Naval Institute, 1994, new, Naval fighter combat from
August to Nov, 1942, list of U.S. Navy fighter pilots, fighter
aircraft bureau numbers, nonflying personnel list, photos,
626 pgs. |
5,000 MILES TOWARDS TOKYO, Peyton,Green, University
of Oklahoma Press, 1945, f/f,
see photo, escort carrier Suwannee (CVE 27) & Air group
60, photos, 173 pgs. |
FLAK AND BARBED WIRE, Stook, Gordon, Australian
Mil. Hist. Publications, 1997, new, soft cover, 460 Sqdn.
Lancaster pilot bailed out over Belgium, led into bogus Belgian
"pipeline", photos, 126 pgs |
FLATTOP FIGHTING IN WORLD WAR II, Degan, Patrick,
McFarland, 2003, new, soft cover, see
photo, concentrates exclusively on the fighting between
the American & Japanese aircraft carriers, examining how strategies
were planned and carried out on both sides, USS Hornet, USS
Yorktown, USS Lexington, USS Enterprise, and the Japanese
battleship Yamato, photos, 318 pgs. |
FLIGHTS INTO THE NIGHT, Leicester, L. Anthony,
Crecy, 2000, new, soft cover,
see photo, 'Tony' Leicester was a young man just out of
high school who trained as a RAF Wellington pilot, found himself
in charge of a crew setting out, the training was minimal
& accidents frequently became a painfull event, he takes us
through his experiences in Canada, Europe & Middle East, photos,
248 pgs. |
FLIGHT TO EVERYWHERE , Dmitri, Ivan, McGraw Hill,
1944, vg/vg, ATC worldwide activities, many photos (incl.
color), 240 pgs. |
FLIGHT TO FREEDOM , Donnet, Michael, Wingham,
1991, f/f (as new), Michael Donnet who escaped when Germany
invaded Belguim in 1940 in a hastily repaired bi-plane to
become one of the RAF's top Spitfire pilots, taking part in
fighter operations continuously until VE Day, 124 pgs. |
FLY A BIG TIN BIRD, Peterson, Ralph, Major (USAF
Retired, Trafford, 2000, new, soft cover,
see photo, collection of true stories about Peterson's
experiences during WWII, from Air Cadet training on into combat
flying. As told by a flyer of 32 missions in B-17s over Germany
with the 379th Bomb Group of the 8th Army, the stories are
told in 'barracks' language with humorous incidents throughout,
photos, 172 pgs. |
FLYBOYS, TRUE STORY OF COURAGE, Bradley, James,
Little, Brown & Co., new, see
photo, over the remote Pacific island of Chichi Jima,
nine American flyers-Navy & Marine pilots sent to bomb Japanese
communications towers, shot down, one was miraculously rescued
by a U.S. Navy submarine, the others were captured by Japanese
on Chichi Jima and held prisoner, reveals the fate of the
eight American Flyboys, all of whom would ultimately face
a moment & a decision that few of us can even imagine, the
survivor was George H.W. Bush, photos & maps, 398 pgs. |
FLY FOR YOUR LIFE, Forrester, Larry, Frederick Muller,
1956, vg/vg (lazer copy)
see photo, Wing Commander Robert Stanford Tuck, an official
tally of 29 enemy aircraft during the Battle of Britain, shot
down and captured in France, and his eventual escape through
the Russian front 367 pgs.new soft cover edition available
for $15.95, see photo,
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FLYING ACES - AVIATION ART OF WORLD WAR II Kitchens
& Nalty, Friedman/Fairfax, 2000, new , soft cover, see
photo, 100 color paintings from historical artists, 144
pgs.
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FLYING BOMB, Cooksley, Peter, Charles Scribner's
Sons, 1979, vg/vg, development, testing, bases, and campaigns
of Nazi V-Weapons during WWII, photos, illustrations, 175
pgs. |
FLYING FORTRESS, Jablonski, Edward, Doubleday, 1965,
f/f (price clipped) see photo,
through history of the B-17 and its service in all theaters,
design anaysis, arms & armaments, excerpts from pilot training
manual, many photographs, 362 pgs. |
FLYING GUNS, THE, Dickinson, Clarence, Lt., Charles
Scribner's Sons, 1942, vg/vg,
see photo, SBD pilot, VB-6, Pearl Harbor to Midway, 196
pgs. |
FLYING GUNS WW II, Williams & Gustin, Airlife, 2003,
new, see photo, development
of aircraft guns, ammunition & installations 1933-45, full
range of sizes from small-calibre machine guns to heavy cannon,
ammunition types & their use, comparative drawings, specifications
of service weapons + illustrations, photos, 352 pgs. |
FLYING IN COFFIN CORNER, Thompson, Bob, 1995, f,
soft cover, see photo,
aerial photographer who flew in the Noreth African Theatre,
1942-45, photos, 447 pgs. |
FLYING INTO HELL, Rolfe, Mel, Grub Street, 2001,
new, see photo,
interviewed twenty bomber crews about their experiences in
WW II, photos, 186 pgs. |
FLYING IN, WALKING OUT, Sniders, Edward Leo Cooper,
1999, new, see photo,
flew Mosquitos with 1939 Sqad RAF, captured sent to Stalag
Luft III POW camp, efforts of escape, photos, 193 pgs. |
FLYING LEATHERNECKS, Hubler, Richard G, Doubleday
& Doran, 1944, vg/vg (minor chipping) ,
see photo, history of Marine Corps aviation 1941-44, photos,
225 pgs. |
FLYING MacARTHUR TO VICTORY, Rhoades, Dusty, Texas
A & M University Press, 1987, f/f
see photo, diary of MacArthur's personal pilot, photos,
maps, 563 pgs. |
FLYING SAILOR, THE, Jubelin, Andre, British Book
Centre, 1954, vg (clipped fly page), Rear Admiral Jubelin
who escaped from French Indo-China and became a notable RAF
Fleet Air Arm pilot during WWII, spitfire pilot,I who flew
with many pilots from throughout the British Dominion, went
on to become a Rear-Admiral with the French Navy, photos,
276 pgs. |
FLYING THE HUMP IN ORIGINAL WORLD WAR II COLOR,
Ethell & Downie, Motorbooks, 2004, new, soft cover, see
photo reprint of the original which contains over 180
color photographs, depicts the lives of the pilots & their
planes, 168 pgs. |
FLYING TIGER: A CREW CHIEF'S STORY, Losonsky & Losonsky,
Schiffer, 1996, new, see
photo, Frank Losonsky was an AVG crew chief with 3rd Pursuit
Squadron, book features over 200 of his personal photographs,
108 pgs. |
FLYING TIGER: CHENNAULT OF CHINA, Scott, Robert,
Doubleday, 1959, vg/vg,
see photo, how Chennault forged a few pilots, obsolete
planes & trained the Tigers into an effective fighter unit,
map on end pages, 285 pgs. |
FLYING TIGER JOE'S ADVENTURE STORY COOKBOOK, Rosberg,
Joseph, self-published 1985, new,
see photo, personal account of an AVG fighter pilot including
his later experiences with the Chinese National Aviation Co.,
mixed in are recipes taken from around the world & from Tiger
Joe's resturant in North Carolina, signed by author,
photos & illustrations, 343 pgs. |
FLYING TIGERS, Ford, Daniel, Smithsonian, 1991,
new, controversial version of the AVG story, photos, 450 pgs.
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FLYING TIGER'S DIARY, Bond & Anderson, Texas A
& M, 1996, new, soft cover,
see photo, memoirs of a member of the US volunteer squadron
AVG, Flying Tigers, photos, 248 pgs. |
FLYING TIGER TO AIR COMMANDO, Baisden, Chuck, Schiffer,
1999, new, see photo,
author volunteered for the American Volunteer Group, hardly
aware of China & its problems with Japan, but was soon to
find out as an armorer with Chennault's famed Flying Tigers,
when that elite group was broken up, he returned to the States,
soon to return to the CBI theater flying as a B-25 gunner
in the First Air Commandos, photos, 157 pgs. |
FLYING TO GLORY, Bowman, Martin, PSL, 1992, f/f/
(as new), see photo,
personal accounts, operational details of the B-17, specifications,
production, 8th AF Order of Battle, B-17 Units, survivors,
fate of other B-17's, many photos, 224 pgs. |
FOCKE-WULF Fw 187, Hermann & Petrick, Schiffer,
2003, new, see photo,
few Fw 187s built served in industry defense and were later
operated by the Vaerløse Aerial Gunnery School. This little-known
aircraft is documented with numerous photographs & drawings,
160 pgs. |
FOCKE-WULF Fw 190A, Hermann, Leverenz & Weber,
Schiffer, 2003, new, see
photo, development history & testing, production of early
variants, comparison between Bf 109 & Fw 190, strengths &
weaknesses, authentic reports from former test pilots, Rechlin
Test Station document, also covers later torpedo-carrier &
reconnaissance versions of Fw 190, many photos (including
color), line drawings & color plates, 224 pgs. |
FOCKE-WULF 190 - FW 190 IN COMBAT, Price, Alfred,
Sutton, 2000, new, soft cover,
see photo, Fw-190 operations, production, short histories,
biographies, fighting strategies, many photos, 192 pgs. |
FOCKE-WULF Fw 190 "LONG NOSE", Hermann, Dietmar,
Schiffer, 2003, new,
see photo, illustrated history of the Fw 190 D Series,
many photos, drawings & color plates, 206 pgs. |
FOCKE-WULF Fw 190 IN NORTH AFRICA, Arthy & Jessen,
Classics, 2004, new, see
photo, a day-to-day account of the air war over Tunisia
and Algeria told through war diaries & first-hand accounts
from both the German and Allied pilots who flew in the theater,
includes appendices with complete loss and victory lists,
camouflage & markings of Fw 190s in North Africa and Fw 190
captured in Tunisia, photos & color plates, 176 pgs |
FOCKE WULF Ta 152, Harmann, Dietmar, Schiffer,
1999, new, see photo,
final version of the FW-190, many photos,144 pgs. |
FOOTSTEPS OF THE HUNTER , Dickfeld, Adolf, J.J.
Fedorowicz, 1993, new(issued w/o dj), author credited w/136
victories, flew Bf-109 w/JGs-52, 2 & 11, photos, 206 pgs.
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FORBIDDEN DIARY, THE, Stewart, John, McGraw-Hill,
1998, new, author was a B-24 navigator, 467th BG, 8th AF,
photos, 213 pgs. |
FORGED IN FIRE, Copp, DeWitt, Doubleday, 1982,
vg/vg inscribed to former owner by author, politics
& military strategies in the air war over Europe, 1940-1945,
photos, 531 pgs. |
FORGE OF FREEDOM, Wrynn, Dennis, MBI, 1995, new,
soft cover, American aircraft production, bombers, fihters,
transports & trainers, people, places & planes, many photos
& illustrations, 208 pgs. |
FORGOTTEN BOMBER, Warner, Graham, PSL, 1992,,
f/f, as new, see photo,
restoration of the world's only airworthy Bristol Blenheim,
flight test reports, many photos, 3-views & cutaway, 191 pgs.
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FORGOTTEN FEW, Zamoyski, Adam, Hippocrene, 1995,
f/f, as new, see photo,
Polish AF , 14 squadrons and support services, shot down 745
enemy aircraft with anothe 175 unconfirmed, photos, 239 pgs.
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FORGOTTEN FIELDS OF AMERICA - VOL. 1, Thole, Lou,
Pictorial Histories, 1999, new, soft cover,
see photo, 12 more WW 2 airfields, then and now, incl.
Atterbury, Coffeyvile, Lackbourne, Fairmont, Herigton, Baer,
Freeman, Stout, Hendricks, Smyrna, Chanute & Ephrata, photos,
158 pgs. |
FORGOTTEN FIELDS OF AMERICA - VOL. 2, Thole, Lou,
Pictorial Histories, 1999, new, soft cover,
see photo, 12 more WW 2 airfields, then and now, incl.
San Angelo, Moton & Wendover, photos, 172 pgs. |
FORGOTTEN FIELDS OF AMERICA, Volume III, Thole,
Lou, Pictorial Histories, 2003, new (issued w/o dj), see
photo, WW II training bases then & now, covers Tuskegee,
Kingman, Dyerburg, Venice, Page, Laurinburg-Maxton, Wiliams,
Coumbus, Tonopah, Reese, Wendover, appendix USAAF airfields,
photos, 178 pgs. |
FORK-TAILED DEVIL, Caidin, Martin, ibook, 2001,
new, soft cover, see photo,
reprint of the original book on the P-38, 434 pgs. |
FORTRESS AGAINST THE SUN, Salecker, Gene Eric,
Combined Press, 2001, new,
see photo, B-17s in the Pacific, combat units, models
& serials of B-17s in Pacific, photos, 464 pgs. |
FORTRESS IN THE SKY, Bowers, Peter, Sentry Books,
1976, vg/vg (small tears at upper edge of dj),
see photo, B-17, profusely ilustrated with color and black/white
photos and diagrams, some of which are fold-out, technical
specifications, 256 pgs. |
FORTRESS PLOESTI, Stout, Jay, Casemate, 2003, new,
see photo, campaign to
destroy Hitler's oil, account of the sustained bombing campaign
against the Thrid Reich's Romanian oil refiney at Polesti,
written by a Marine Corps fighter pilot that flew 37 air combat
missions, photos, 263 pgs. |
FORTRESS WITHOUT A ROOF , Morrison, Wilbur, St.
Martin's Press, 1982, f/f, Allied bombing of Germany, photos,
369 pgs. Book Club edition vg/vg available for $7.95 |
FORTUNES OF WAR, THE, Blue, Allan, Aero Publishers,
1967, vg/vg, soft cover, daylight ops of the 492nd BG, many
photos, 96 pgs. |
FOUR ACES, McAulay, Les, Banner Books, 1998, new,
see photo, complete
accounts of four Australian aces of WWII: 'Nicky' Barr with
12 victories, Hugo Armstrong 12 victories and Peter Panitz
and Dickie Williams who were a leading RAAF Mosquito crew,
photos, 143 pgs. |
FOUR CAME HOME , Glines, Carrol, Pictorial Histories,
1995, new, soft cover, April 18, 1942 Jimmy Doolittle led
a daring bombing raid against Japan. Only four men of the
two five men crews that didn't make it back survived, photos,
171 pgs. |
FOUR MILES HIGH , Bowman, Martin, PSL, 1992, new,
1st, 2nd, 3rd Divisions of the 8th AF based on interviews
with crewmen, many photos, 240 pgs. |
44th BOMB GROUP IN WORLD WAR II, Mackay & Adams,
Schiffer, 2003, new, see photo, "Flying
Eight-Balls" over Europe in the B-24, history, misions, loss
index, B-24 serials, role of honor, photos, 272 pgs. |
479th FIGHTER GROUP IN WORLD WAR II, IN ACTION OVER
EUROPE WITH P-38 AND P-51, Fairfield, Terry, Schiffer,
2004, new, see photo,
six years of research, gathering of materials and interviews,
it presents a chronological listing of the 479th Fighter Group’s
activities during the WW II , from its beginnings until its
deactivation, based upon a summation of the group’s historical
records, personal anecdotes, over 650 photos, 368 pgs. |
FRANKLIN COMES HOME, Hoehling, A.A., Hawthorn Books,
1974, f/f (price clipped),
see photo, aircraft carrier Franklin was subjected to
a more devastating attack than any other U.S. capital ship
in the history of American wars, photos, 132 pgs. |
FROM HELL TO BREAKFAST, Alcorn & Souster, self published,
1980, vg/vg, see photo,
author was a navigator in the RCAF from 1941-1945, during
that period he flew 51 operations, won the DFC, narrative
is based on personal diaries, photos, 339 pgs. |
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