ISBN: 9780760320556 - The Threadbare Buzzard a Marine (24 results)

hardcover. Condition: As New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Good. First. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. First. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. APPEARS UNREAD. Paperback. Covers show minimal shelving wear, otherwise an UNBLEMISHED copy.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.

Condition: Good. PREVIOUS OWNER EMBOSSED A CIRCULAR LIBRARY STAMP ON FRONT PAGE. hardcover 100% of proceeds go to charity! Good condition with all pages in tact. Item shows signs of use and may have cosmetic defects.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. Minor shelf wear on cover. Pages are clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover in dust jacket, minor wear to jacket, binding tight and pages bright, a very nice copy.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A very good hardcover in a very good mylar wrapped dust jacket. No markings.

Hardcover. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.

Hard Back. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Assumed First American Edition. 304 Pages. Black boards with gold lettering on spine. No defects noted to this tight book with no marks or stamps. Dust jacket has very minor edge wear. As they were all across the country, the years of the Great Depression were hard for the people of Poverty Flats, perhaps better known as Missoula, Montana. As Thomas M. Tomlinson discovered growing up, there wasn't a lot of action in the area. There was a local aviation service that supported the U.S. Forest Service's firefighting activities and offered the opportunity for an adventurous young man to learn how to fly. Still, while following in the steps of Lindbergh was glamorous, it offered no escape for a Poverty Flats teenager from the grinding depression. The advent of World War II in 1939 however, changed the situation overnight. The Royal Canadian Air Force needed pilots, and lots of them, to help fulfill its military obligations. With Canada just a short trip north, opportunity beckoned. Joining the RCAF, our Threadbare Buzzard improved flying skills at a number of Canadian air force training schools. Following Pearl Harbor, he and most of the other Americans serving in Canada were repatriated into the U S. military. Most joined the U.S. Army Air Corps. Tomlinson was one of the few who chose the Marine Corps. Following naval aviator training in Pensacola he was off to the Southwest Pacific and Guadalcanal to join Marine Fighting Squadron (YMF) 214. Known as the Swashbucklers during their first two combat tours, the squadron was hijacked by an ambitious officer named Gregory Boyington while standing down following the end of its second combat tour. YMF-214 became the Black Sheep and the Swashbucklers were broken up and assigned to other squadrons. Later in the war, while flying off the USS Essex, Tomlinson's four-plane division was assigned as a high-altitude radio relay for navy aircraft searching for the Japanese super battleship Yamat. During this mission Tomlinson encountered the jet stream, at that time a little-known phenomena, especially among fighter pilots accustomed to lower, less hostile altitudes. Hours later, lost, out of radio range, and out of fuel, the division ditched in the northwest Pacific. Three of the four Flying Leathernecks were rescued by the Devil (SS 400). Thomas M. Tomlinson was born in 1921 in Wisdom, Montana. After the war he settled outside San Francisco where he was a successful general contractor. Retiring from contracting at age 45 he went to sea during the Vietnam War with the Military Sealift Cornmand ultimately rising to become a senior master. - From the dust jacket flap.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. This is a New and Unread copy of the first edition (1st Printing) NOT a remainder copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First. 6.25 X 1 X 9.38 inches; 320 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. The unclipped dust jacket and book are in like new condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. ISBN 0760320551. Hardcover copy in very good condition with very good dustjacket. First Edition. Dustjacket included.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Zenith Press, St Paul MN. Hard cover. Book condition : Very good. A very clean unmarked copy. Appears little read. Book will be sent by UK postal service. Inventory #021007.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. First edition 2004. Published by Zenith Press. Hardcover with DJ. Condition new, square tight and crisp book, no edgewear, corners not bumped, no names, no underlinings, no highlights, no foxing, not a reminder. DJ new, bright, no tears, no chips, no edgewear, no shelfwear, not clipped. 8vo, 308 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. LIKE NEW. A Fine Book in a Fine Dust Jacket. Very Clean. No writing or tears. Solid Binding. Dust Jacket is bright and shiny. Never Read.

ISBN 0-7603-2055-1. Hardback. First Printing. Very Good to Near Fine condition book in a Very Good to Near Fine condition dustjacket. Tight, bright, attractive copy with no markings to the book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. private library liquidation previous owner's signature appears unread.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Presumed first edition/first printing. vii, 304 pages. Maps. Illustrations.I Before the United States entered World War II, author Tomlinson joined the Royal Canadian Air Force. Following Pearl Harbor, he and most of the other Americans serving in the RCAF were "repatriated" into the U.S. military, most into the Army Air Corps. Tomlinson was one of the few who chose the Marine Corps. Following naval aviator training in Pensacola he was off to the Southwest Pacific and Guadalcanal with VMF-214, the squadron that became the Black Sheep. Late in the war, while flying off a carrier during raids against Japan, Tomlinson's four-plane division was assigned to be a high-altitude radio relay for the attacking forces. During this mission they encountered the jet stream, at that time a little-known phenomena, especially among fighter pilots accustomed to lower, less hostile altitudes. Hours later, lost, out of radio range, and out of fuel, they ditched in the northwest Pacific, Three of the four were rescued by the "Sea Devil" (SS 400). Tomlinson ended up in the naval hospital at Pearl Harbor for the closing months of the war.…