Eighth Air Force (17 results)

Condition: very good. 4" x 9", 1 sheet, wraps (brochure/flyer approx. 4" x 9"), figure of a airman in uniform on the front.

Third edition (as stated upon copyright page; originally published 1978). [14], 189 pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 18cm. White dust jacket; remnant of partially peeled bookstore price sticker at rear panel's lower right. Black boards. Several leaves creased at their bottom fore-edge corners; interior pages are otherwise bright and clean. Binding retains some crispness.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 85p. Photos. Illustrations. Blue wraps. Near Fine.

Condition: New.

Paper Covers, Stapled. Condition: Good. 25 pp. illus. black & white. Light signs of use to covers, clean and bright inside.

First edition (not stated) SIGNED BY THE EDITOR WITH THE ADDITIONAL SIGNATURE OF HIS WIFE AND TWO CONTRIBUTORS. [6], 308 pages. Hardcover: H 28.75cm x L 21.75cm. Dust jacket lightly rubbed, some bumping at rear panel's top edge. Blue cloth with bright gilt stamping. Else a near fine copy in a very good+ dust jacket with Nail's three-line ink inscription upon the title page: "With warmest regards, | N. Kenneth Nail | 457th Bomb Group." Page 105 three-line ink inscription "'Phil McGuire | 388 B.G. 563 Sqd | Ball Turret" at his contribution titled "Combat Airman" and credited as William F. McGuire, Jr. At top of page 165 is three-line ink inscription by contributor Barton W. MacNeill: "To Mary - | Bart MacNeill | 95th B.G." Also appearing to be by Mr. MacNeill's hand is a margin notation on page 300 and his own handwritten entry concluding the list of prisoners of war on page 301. Additional two-line ink inscription "Best Wishes, | Ethelda P. Nail" at top margin of page 177 at her own essay contribution (Ethelda Nail was the wife of editor N. Kenneth Nail whose Tupelo, Mississippi bookstore The Cottage Bookshop was a local landmark for many years). Please note that this large book has an approximate shipping weight of 3.75 pounds and will require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. {MS-Shelf #1}.

First edition (not stated) INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE EDITOR ALONG WITH INSCRIPTION OF CONTRIBUTOR WILLIAM F. MCGUIRE PLUS SIGNATURE OF CONTRIBUTOR DAN H. GARDNER. [6], 308 pages. Hardcover: H 28.75cm x L 21.75cm. Dust jacket lightly rubbed; some bumping/curling at panels' top edges; front flap is not price-clipped. Blue cloth; front board and spine decorated with bright gilt stamping. Editor's three-line ink inscription "To Jack, with | best wishes | Kenneth Nail" on title page; three-line ink inscription "'S. William McGuire | 388 B.G 563 Sqd - | Ball Turret" at top of page 105 at his contribution "Combat Airman" (unsteady handwriting so the inscription might be transcribed incorrectly; USAAF Staff Sergeant William F. McGuire Jr., 1923-2019); ink signature "Dan G. Gardner" near top of page 282 at his wife Catherine Stallings Gardner's essay "Out of the Valley of the Shadow" (Daniel Glenn Gardner, 1920-2005; B-17 flight engineer and POW from Dec. 1943-May 1945); interior leaves are otherwise bright and clean. Binding retains some crispness. A fine copy in a very good+ dust jacket. Please note that this large book has an approximate shipping weight of 3.75 pounds and will require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. {MS-Shelf #6}.

Condition: New. KlappentextLooks at issues involved with the development of daylight formation bombing, the most pressing being bombing accuracy. Techniques available provide a reasonably high degree of accuracy under conditions of fair visibility, but .

First edition (not stated) INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE EDITOR PLUS EIGHT INSCRIPTIONS/SIGNATURES BY SIX CONTRIBUTORS AND A LAID-IN NOTE. [6], 308 pages. Hardcover: H 28.75cm x L 21.75cm. Dust jacket lightly rubbed; light bumping at top edges; front flap is not price-clipped. Blue cloth; front board and spine decorated with bright gilt stamping. Nail's two-line ink inscription "For Jane P. Phillips | Kenneth Nail" upon the front free endpaper; three-line ink inscription "All the Best | Always!! | Homer C. King" at his contribution "An English Family" on page 28; ink signature "Bettye Duke Jackson" on page 31 at her contribution "4-3-2-1;" ink signature "Eugene Spearman" on page 52 at his contribution "Flying in the Mighty Eighth;" five-line ink signed inscription "Jessie, what wonderful memories | we have of our departed loved ones! | I love you very much + | all your family - | Ethelda Phillips Nail" at top of page 58 at her essay "My Cousin Ed" with the inscribee being Jesse P. Phillips, owner/publisher of the Oxford Eagle newspaper and the Rebel Press, who presumably was a family relation; three-line ink inscription "'Phil McGuire | 388 B.G 563 Sqd - | Ball Turret Gunner" on page 105 at his contribution "Combat Airman" credited as William F. McGuire Jr.; ink signature "Eugene Spearman" underneath his portrait photo on page 141 at his contribution "A Typical Mission;" contributor Barton W. MacNeill's two-line ink inscription "Bart MacNeill | 95th B.Gp." at top of page 165. two-line ink inscription "With love, | Ethelda Phillips Nail" at top margin of page 177 at her essay "It Was My War, Too." Laid-in between pages 56-57 is a handwritten (albeit unsigned) ink note by Jesse Phillips on Rebel Press stationery presumably to an employee citing his essay "'Five Brothers Served-One Killed in Action'" on page 56. Interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Ethelda Nail was the wife of editor N. Kenneth Nail whose Tupelo, Mississippi bookstore The Cottage Bookshop was a local landmark for many years. Please note that this large book has an approximate shipping weight of 3.75 pounds and will require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. {MS-Shelf #4}.

8vo., First Edition, with photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. WITH TWO ITEMS OF RELEVANT EPHEMERA LOOSELY INSERTED.

First edition (not stated) SIGNED BY THE EDITOR WITH THE ADDITIONAL SIGNATURES OF OTHER CONTRIBUTING WWII VETERANS INCLUDING TUSKEGEE AIRMAN ALVA N. TEMPLE. [6], 308 pages. Hardcover: H 28.75cm x L 22cm. Dust jacket lightly rubbed. Blue cloth with bright gilt stamping; minor bump at spine heel. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with Nail's two-line ink inscription upon the title page: "Kenneth Nail | 457th Bomb Group." Front free endpaper features signatures of Lt. Col. Sims H. Reeves, pilot Dan H. Wylie, and Lt. Col Alva N. Temple. Ink signature of contributor Sarah Schaen Naugher on page 33 followed by signature of Jima Schaen Sparks on page 35. Ink signature of veteran Roy Hodges on page 66. Two-line ink inscription "Paul Duke | 388 B.G." on page 97 which also has some staining at its fore-edge margin (interior leaves are otherwise clear of such marring). Page 105 has three-line ink inscription "'Phil McGuire | 388 BG. 563 Sqd | Ball Turret" at his contribution titled "Combat Airman" and credited as William F. McGuire, Jr. Ink signature of Eugene Spearman on page 141. Contributor Barton W. MacNeill has his two-line ink inscription at top of page 165: "Bart MacNeill | 95 BG." along with his margin notation on page 300 accompanied by his own handwritten entry concluding the list of prisoners of war on page 301. Additional two-line ink inscription "Best Wishes | Ethelda P. Nail" at top margin of page 177 at her own essay contribution (Ethelda Nail was the wife of editor N. Kenneth Nail whose Tupelo, Mississippi bookstore The Cottage Bookshop was a local landmark for many years). Ink signatures of Wallace Crumby at his two contributions on pages 206 and 212. Please note that this large book has an approximate shipping weight of 3.75 pounds and will require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. {MS-Shelf #2}.

Coin/Medal. Condition: Very good. Presumed first thus. Diameter is approximately 2 inches. Front side has a narrow outer rind followed by a white inner ring with the words The Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum. The center is a field of blue the the 8th Air Force symbol in it. The reverse is plain. The coin is in a small plastic bag. The National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force is a non-profit organization with a museum facility located in Pooler, Georgia, in the western suburbs of Savannah. It educates visitors through the use of exhibits, artifacts, archival materials, and stories, most of which are dedicated to the history of the Eighth Air Force of the United States Army Air Corps that served in the European Theatre during World War II. Among the many World War II exhibits are aircraft including a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber that can be viewed while being restored, a model of a Messerschmitt Bf 109G fighter, and a 3/4-scale model of a P-51 Mustang fighter. Aircraft on display outside include the B-47 Stratojet, MiG-17, and F-4 Phantom II from the post-WWII Cold War era. Planning for a museum dedicated to the Eighth Air Force began in 1983. Thirteen years later, on 14 May 1996, the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum opened to the public. A 2003 statute named the museum as the official State of Georgia center for character education. The museum received a B-17 project from the National Air and Space Museum in January 2009. In February 2011, a fire truck that was used at Hunter Army Airfield during World War II was donated to the museum. Eighth Air Force was established as VIII Bomber Command on 19 January 1942 and activated at Langley Field, Virginia on 1 February. It was reassigned to Savannah Air Base, Georgia on 10 February 1942. An advanced detachment of VIII Bomber Command was established near RAF Bomber Command Headquarters at RAF Daws Hill England on 23 February in preparation for its units to arrive in the United Kingdom from the United States. The first combat group of VIII Bomber Command to arrive in the United Kingdom was the ground echelon of the 97th Bombardment Group, which arrived at RAF Polebrook and RAF Grafton Underwood on 9 June 1942. Regular combat operations by the VIII Bomber Command began on 17 August 1942, when the 97th Bombardment Group flew 12 B-17Es on the first VIII Bomber Command heavy bomber mission of the war from RAF Grafton Underwood, attacking the Rouen-Sotteville marshalling yards in France. During World War II, the offensive air forces of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) came to be classified as strategic or tactical. A strategic air force was that with a mission to attack an enemy's war effort beyond his front-line forces, predominantly production and supply facilities, whereas a tactical air force supported ground campaigns, usually with objectives selected through co-operation with the armies. In Europe, Eighth Air Force was the first USAAF strategic air force, with a mission to support an invasion of continental Europe from the British Isles. Eighth Air Force carried out strategic daytime strategic bombing operations in Western Europe from airfields in eastern England. On 4 January 1944, the B-24s and B-17s based in England flew their last mission as a subordinate part of VIII Bomber Command. On 22 February 1944, a massive reorganization of American airpower took place in Europe. The original Eighth Air Force was redesignated as the United States Strategic Air Forces (USSTAF). VIII Bomber Command, redesignated as Eighth Air Force, and Ninth Air Force were assigned to (USSTAF). General Carl Spaatz returned to England to command the USSTAF. Major General Jimmy Doolittle relinquished command of the Fifteenth Air Force to Major General Nathan F. Twining and took over command of the Eighth Air Force from Lieutenant General Ira C. Eaker at RAF Daws Hill. Doolittle was well known to American airmen as the famous "Tokyo Raider" and former air racer. His directive was simple: 'Win the air war and isolate the battlefield'. Spaatz and Doolittl.

Coin/Medal. Condition: Very good. Presumed first thus. Diameter is approximately 2 inches. Front side has a gold outer ring that says The Eighth Air Force Historical Society and the center, on a field of blue, has the winged symbol of the 8th Air Force. The reverse has a narrower gold band and on the inner field of blue has the following text. Honoring Participants of the Greatest Air Armada of All Time WWII 1942-1945 350,000 Served 26000 were KIA 28,000 were MIA. Coin is in a small plastic envelop. The 8th Air Force Historical Society was created in 1975 to preserve the legacy of the Mighty Eighth and the part it played in World War II. Over the years, the Society has become a strong organization with an emphasis on remembering and honoring our comrades who served with distinction: the men who flew, the many thousands of ground crews, and those who worked in the background. These Veterans, born in the 1920s and before, were members of the greatest air armada of all time. They numbered 350,000 men and women with over 54,000 killed in combat or taken prisoner. Their children and descendants, who are representatives of these Veterans, saw the need to keep the history and experiences of these warriors alive. Their goal is to preserve the Legacy created by their relatives who went before them, not because of the vanity of their accomplishments, but rather for the preservation of Democracy and Civilization, for maintaining the values of honesty and patriotism exhibited by their generation. Eighth Air Force was established as VIII Bomber Command on 19 January 1942 and activated at Langley Field, Virginia on 1 February. It was reassigned to Savannah Air Base, Georgia on 10 February 1942. An advanced detachment of VIII Bomber Command was established near RAF Bomber Command Headquarters at RAF Daws Hill England on 23 February in preparation for its units to arrive in the United Kingdom from the United States. The first combat group of VIII Bomber Command to arrive in the United Kingdom was the ground echelon of the 97th Bombardment Group, which arrived at RAF Polebrook and RAF Grafton Underwood on 9 June 1942. Regular combat operations by the VIII Bomber Command began on 17 August 1942, when the 97th Bombardment Group flew 12 B-17Es on the first VIII Bomber Command heavy bomber mission of the war from RAF Grafton Underwood, attacking the Rouen-Sotteville marshalling yards in France. During World War II, the offensive air forces of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) came to be classified as strategic or tactical. A strategic air force was that with a mission to attack an enemy's war effort beyond his front-line forces, predominantly production and supply facilities, whereas a tactical air force supported ground campaigns, usually with objectives selected through co-operation with the armies. In Europe, Eighth Air Force was the first USAAF strategic air force, with a mission to support an invasion of continental Europe from the British Isles. Eighth Air Force carried out strategic daytime strategic bombing operations in Western Europe from airfields in eastern England. On 4 January 1944, the B-24s and B-17s based in England flew their last mission as a subordinate part of VIII Bomber Command. On 22 February 1944, a massive reorganization of American airpower took place in Europe. The original Eighth Air Force was redesignated as the United States Strategic Air Forces (USSTAF). VIII Bomber Command, redesignated as Eighth Air Force, and Ninth Air Force were assigned to (USSTAF). General Carl Spaatz returned to England to command the USSTAF. Major General Jimmy Doolittle relinquished command of the Fifteenth Air Force to Major General Nathan F. Twining and took over command of the Eighth Air Force from Lieutenant General Ira C. Eaker at RAF Daws Hill. Doolittle was well known to American airmen as the famous "Tokyo Raider" and former air racer. His directive was simple: 'Win the air war and isolate the battlefield'. Spaatz and Doolittle's plan was to use the US Strategic Air Forces in a.

8vo., First Edition, with photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, bright, clean copy. WITH THREE ITEMS OF RELEVANT EPHEMERA LOOSELY INSERTED. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IS VERY SCARCE.

Card Covers. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Spiral bound. Very substantial and painstakingly researched reference listing all Eighth Airforce Personnel Killed in action, Prisoners of War etc. Each entry for the Roll of Honour lists Aircraft serial number, date of incident, Group, Missing aircrew report number, Crew position, rank, name, fate, Home Town. Many individuals contributed and Roger Freeman in his Foreword indicates that Paul Andrews and William Adams were principal authors. 635pp., research methodology, acknowledments etc., addendum. SVery good condition in coloured card covers with protective transparent cover and black plastic spiral binding. Very good condition. Very heavy so overseas postage cost will need to be calculated based on an airmail tracked service. Rare item.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Condition: Good+. Produced in England for American servicemen, Skirts exemplifies the Eighth Air Force's morale-boosting entertainment during WWII. This souvenir program details an intimate musical in fifteen scenes presented by the Special Service Section, featuring music and lyrics by Pfc. Frank Loesser, Pfc. Harold Rome, and Arthur Schwartz. Production and direction were overseen by Lt. Arthur G. Brest, A.C., with a striking color cover illustrated and signed by the artist Quier. It contains a full cast list, orchestra credits, and the patriotic poem Young Eagles. SPECS: +++ Imprint: Special Service Section, U.S. Army Eighth Air Force, Somewhere in England, [ca. 1943-1944]. +++ Format: Single-signature booklet, approximately 5.5 x 7 inches, original pictorial wrappers. +++ Pagination: Unpaginated [12 pages, including wrappers], with two loose interior sheets as issued. CONDITION: Good. +++ The Leaflet: Entirely clean and complete throughout. Evenly age-toned as expected for wartime paper stock, with a minor curl along the outer edges. A faint vertical center fold is present from original pocket carriage by a serviceman. +++ The Structural Integrity: The program includes two loose interior sheets, though the text and layout remain entirely complete and presentable. A solid, un-restored example of a notoriously fragile piece of field-issued military ephemera. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE - The presence of Pfc. Frank Loesser (Guys and Dolls, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying) and Pfc. Harold Rome (Pins and Needles) situates this ephemeral program within the vital, early creative output of two major postwar Broadway composers. Drafted into military service, these theatrical titans were weaponized by the Special Service Section to maintain G.I. morale in the European Theater. The revue represents a fascinating hybrid of Broadway-caliber songwriting and raw, front-line military amateurism. MATERIAL & BIBLIOGRAPHICAL UTILITY Printed on localized, low-grade English wartime paper stock due to strict rationing, this program is a classic example of "theater-of-operations" printing. The cover art by 'Quier' offers a unique piece of undocumented military graphic design, while the internal layout serves as a directory of the personnel stationed at the Eighth Air Force bases during the critical build-up to the air campaign over occupied Europe. SCHOLARLY FEATURES: DESIGN, SCHOLARSHIP, & INFLUENCE +++ The Broadway Draft: Documents the exact historical moment when top-tier American theatrical talent was consolidated into the U.S. military apparatus to write specialized propaganda and camp shows. +++ Social History of the Eighth A.F.: The cast list and scene breakdown provide historians with a clear view of the humor, coping mechanisms, and cultural references that resonated with young aviators facing extreme casualty rates. +++ Ephemeral Survival: Represents a scarce survivor of troop entertainment ephemera; items like this were almost universally discarded in barracks or lost during base reassignments. Subjects: World War II Entertainment, Eighth Air Force, U.S. Army Special Services, Frank Loesser, Harold Rome, WWII Theater Programs, Allied Forces in England, Military Ephemera, Performing Arts, Wartime Memorabilia.