And John Stanaway (12 results)

Wraps. Condition: Very Good+. First Printing. Owners address plate on half title page. Textblock is very clean and tight. Covers slightly edge and corner rubbed; some light bunching at the base of the spine. 132p. Size: 4to - Over 9 ¾" -12" Tall. Black and White Photos (illustrator). Paperback.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Glossy Pictorial cover. Some wear else Very Good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Dust jacket and book are clean, has a very good binding, no marks or notations.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good+. Very Good+ (in mylar). Signed an inscribed by author to WWII fighter pilot, Col Chuck King, on ffep verso; Col King's address label on front free end page. Textblock and binding very clean and tight. Dust jacket lightly edge and corner worn; some light wear at the base of the spine. 320p., including index. Size: 4to - Over 9 ¾" -12" Tall. Black and White Photos (illustrator). Inscribed and Signed By Author. Hardcover.…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Dust Jacket. Softcovers. Lot of 4 issues. Just a hint of very slight bumping at the corner tips. Couple small spots of soil on the rear cover or #2 and #10. Else covers clean & bright. Pages clean. Includes the following: 1) #3 - P-38 Wildcat Aces of World War 2 by Barrett Tillman, 1st printing thus, 1995. ; #8 - Corsair Aces of World War 2 by Mark Styling, 1st printing thus, 1995. ; #10 - P-47 Hellcat Aces of World War 2 by Barrett Tillman, 1st printing thus, 1996. ; #36 - P-39 Airacobra Aces of World War 2 by George Mellinger & John Stanaway, 1st printing thus, 2001. These books are a bit heavy; Priority and/or International may require shipping over and above standard costs. ; 28A; 9-3/4" x 7-1/4".…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Dust Jacket. Softcovers. Lot of 4 issues. Just a bit of very slight bumping at the corner tips. Remains of an old price sticker on the rear cover of #7. There is small (<1/4") thin surface impression on the front cover of #7. Else covers clean & bright. Pages clean. Includes the following: 1) #7 - Mustang Aces of the Ninth & Fifteenth Air Forces & the RAF by Jerry Scutts, 1st printing thus, 1995. ; 2) #26 - Mustang and Thunderbolt Aces of the Pacific and CBI by John Stanaway, 1st printing thus, 1999. ; 3) #31 - VIII Fighter Command at War 'Long Reach' [Special] compiled by Michael O'Leary, 1st printing thus, 2000. ; and 4) #41 - American Volunteer Group Colors & Markings by Terrill Clements, 1st printing thus, 2001. These books are a bit heavy; Priority and/or International may require shipping over and above standard costs. ; 28A; 9-3/4" x 7-1/4".…

First Edition. First Edition. quarto, grey cloth in pictorial dust jacket. 320pp. Schiffer, Extensively illustrated in black and white and color. They 8th fought the best Zero pilots, and took the war to the enemy with P-38s over Rabaul and Hollandia. A very fine copy, jacket not clipped. quarto, grey cloth in pictorial dust jacket. …

Softcover/Paperback. 128 S. Einband etw. berieben u. etw. vergilbt NG09 9781846034206 *.* Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 450. Davey, Chris (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First. very nice copy; signed plates (Stanaway and six aces of the 82nd Fighter Group, including J. Jorda, Frank Hurlburt, Edward Waters, Claude Kinsey. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. The format is approximately 8.75 inches by 11.25 inches. 334, [2] pages. Illustrated endpapers. Bibliography. Index. This book details the history of the 5th Air Force (5th AF), 475th Fighter Group (475th FG) "Satan's Angels" that flew the P-38 Lightning in the South West Pacific Area (SWPA) in New Guinea and the Philippines. The book's title is derived from the nicknames of each squadron: 431st Fighter Squadron (431st FS) "Hades", 432nd Fighter Squadron (432nd FS) "Clover" and 433rd Fighter Squadron (433rd FS) "Possum". This book used combat reports, official American, Australian, and Japanese documents, and interviews and conversations with veterans. Among the campaigns and battles covers are such famous names as Dobodura, The Huon Gulf, Oro Bay, Rabaul, Hollandia, the Philippines and Luzon. Also included are color profiles of select 475th P-38s, detailed victory and casualty lists, and a selection of over 300 aircraft listed by serial number and pilot. John Stanaway was the most prolific author on the subject of the P-38 Lightning. He knew his stuff, and was good enough to share his knowledge. John wasn't old enough to have had an opportunity to fly combat in a P-38, but he knew more about them than most people. John Stanaway was the author of many books about World War II squadrons and pilots of the 5th Air Force (5th AF) in the South West Pacific Area (SWPA) during World War II. He was a long-time member of the P-38 Association and a highly valued historian. One of John's passions was to document the feats of the P-38 aces in the various theaters of operations. The epic story of one of the highest scoring fighter units in the southwest Pacific. Aces included McGuire, Loisel, MacDonald, Roberts and Bong. The unit was known as the 475th Fighter Group during World War II, when it operated primarily in the Southwest Pacific Theater. The 475th was perhaps the best known of the theater's Lockheed P-38 Lightning groups since its personnel included the top flying aces in the Pacific: Richard I. Bong (40 kills) and Thomas B. McGuire, Jr. (38 kills), both Medal of Honor recipients. By the war's end, 38 other pilots from the 475th had achieved ace status in P-38s. The group's commander for 20 months, Colonel Charles H. MacDonald, scored 27 kills in his famous "Putt Putt Maru" and was the seventh-ranking American ace. The group remained in the Far East until 1949 as part of the occupation forces. The swiftest and most effective means of gaining control of the air was to bomb Japanese strongholds and destroy as many aircraft on the ground as possible. Such bombing strikes could best be accomplished during daylight hours, when fighter escort was essential. The only fighter aircraft then in the Southwest Pacific with sufficient range to escort bombers to and from Rabaul and Wewak was the Lockheed P-38 Lightning. The 475th Fighter Group was activated in Australia as a P-38 unit on 14 May 1943 at Amberley Airfield in Queensland, Australia. The operational squadrons of the 475th were the 431st, 432d and 433d Fighter Squadrons. The group was specifically trained to provide long-range escort for bombers during daylight raids on Japanese airfields and strongholds in the Netherlands East Indies and the Bismarck Archipelago. The 433d squadron flew its first mission on 15 August 1943. The 475th received a Distinguished Unit Citation (DUC) for missions in August 1943 when the group not only protected North American B-25 Mitchells that were engaged in strafing attacks on airdromes at Wewak but also destroyed a number of the enemy fighter planes that attacked the formation. The group received a second DUC for intercepting and destroying many of the planes the Japanese sent against American shipping in Oro Bay on 15 and 17 October 1943. It covered landings in New Guinea, New Britain, and the Schouten Islands. The group flew escort missions and fighter sweeps to the southern Philippines, Celebes, Halmahera, and Borneo. For a while, the 475th included among its personnel the famous pilot Charles Lindbergh. He was serving with the Group as a technical representative from the United Aircraft Corporation. Lindbergh flew a number of combat missions with the Group in June/August 1944 as a civilian to instruct pilots on how to use cruise control to get maximum range and endurance from their P-38Js. On 28 July, Lindbergh was credited with shooting down a Japanese Mitsubishi Ki-51 in a 433rd Fighter Squadron P-38 42-104995. The group moved to the Philippines in October 1944 and received another DUC for bombing and strafing enemy airfields and installations, escorting bombers, and engaging in aerial combat during the first stages of the Allied campaign to recover the Philippines, OctoberDecember 1944. The group flew many missions to support ground forces on Luzon during the first part of 1945. It also flew escort missions to China and attacked railways on Formosa. It began moving to Ie Shima near Okinawa in August but the war ended before the movement was completed. During World War II, the 475th Fighter Group was engaged in combat for approximately two years. The group completed 3042 missions, (21,701 Sorties) and shot down 551 Japanese aircraft. On the other hand, the Group lost only 56 Planes to the Japanese. During the war, the Group took part in seven campaigns, and was awarded three Distinguished Unit Citations for outstanding performance of duty in action. After active combat ended, on 22 September 1945, the 475th moved to Seoul Airfield, Korea for occupation duty as part of the 308th Bombardment Wing. First American Edition [stated], Presumed First printing. Steve Ferguson (dust jacket and color profile artw (illustrator).…

Condition: Wie neu. 8°, 96 Seiten mit sehr zahlreichen Abbildungen, farbig illustr. OKart. - sehr guter Zustand! Wie neu - 2001. H9619 ISBN: 1841762040 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 501.

Condition: Wie neu. 4°, 233 Seiten mit zahlreichen Abbildungen, Originalleinen mit farbig illustr. Originalumschlag - sehr guter Zustand! Wie neu - 1995. AB121 ISBN: 0887408087 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1600.