Military Books & Related Artifacts & Collectibles

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II United States Army Air Forces 174 page survival guide. It covers what to do in emergencies encountered in the jungle, desert, the Arctic and in the ocean. Information ranges from practical advice on how to determine when...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare unit history of the United States Army Air Forces 8th Reconnaissance Group ("8th Reconnaissance Group: Activities, January 1 through June 30, 1945"). Constituted in 1943, the 8th was originally designated as the 8th Photo...

ARTIFACT: This is a superlative example of a WWII USAAF European Theatre Escape & Invasion Phrase Book. This book contain eight pages of information. VINTAGE: Circa WWII. SIZE: 4 wide by 5" high. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Print on paper...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce World War I unit history on the United Air Service, Aircraft Production (A.S.A.P.), 6th Detachment, which was previously the aviation section of the Signal Corps. The book has several handsome sepia photographs of the men of...

ARTIFACT: This is the first and still the best pictorial history book of the Flying Tigers by Larry M. Pistole. The book was published in 1981 by Publisher's Press Inc. and is signed by the author on the first endpage. The book has 286 glossy black and...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce hardcover copy of the United States Army Air Forces book entitled: "Pacific Sweep: A Pictorial History of the 5th Air Force Fighter Command". Fifth Fighter Command members were also known as VFCs. Page seven relates that at the...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce July 1943 restricted propaganda/morale booklet on "The Story of the Memphis Belle". In May 1943 the Memphis Belle became the first United States Army Air Forces heavy bomber craft to complete 25 European missions and then...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II United States Army Air Forces survival guide. It covers what to do in emergencies encountered in the jungle, desert, the Arctic and in the ocean. Information ranges from practical advice on how to determine when to bail...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I copy of the confidential "Instructions for the Employment of Aerial Observation in Liaison with the Artillery" from the American Aviation Service. The first page is a January 19, 1917 letter from the Headquarters of the...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful and rare 1919 deluxe edition "Granville" book. This book is the privately published story of "Granny", the United States Air Service bombing military aviator who designed the wing worn by those so qualified. This book is far...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce United States Army Air Forces Survival Manual: Air Force Manual No. 21W. It was printed in June of 1944 and was issued in the C-1 Survival Vest. It looks like it may have been through a crash landing. The manual contains many...

ARTIFACT: This is a great and scarce United States Air Force aviation cadet recruiting booklet from the early Korean War era. The booklet has several black and white photographs and is dated January 1950. VINTAGE: Circa January 1950 (early Korean War...