Military Books & Related Artifacts & Collectibles

ARTIFACT: This is a great hardcover 1945 first edition of "Two Hundred Thousand Flyers: The Story of the Civilian-AAF Pilot Training Program" by World War I veteran of the United States Navy, Willard Wiener. The book is a great reference for the USAAF...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare, retired book: "Distinctive Insignia of the U.S. Army Air Forces 1924-1947" by Joseph M. Massaro. This book is numbered (37 of 2,500) autographed to well-known "old" time DI collector Dick Dymek. The book includes a letter from...

ARTIFACT: This is a hardcover copy of "Chennault's Flying Tigers 1941-1945: A Commemorative History American Volunteer Group". This copy was owned by Edward Chesin, a 10th Air Force Combat Cargo Group member: his name is in gilt upon the front cover. The...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1980s printing of a large-format circa 1945 unit history of the United States Army Air Force 11th Bomb Squadron, 341st Bomb Group, 14th Air Force: "The Record". The history includes a 1960s vintage unit roster and several...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare and wonderful unit history of the United States Army Air Forces 487th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group, 8th Air Force, aka "The Hun-ters". The book comes with an original period photograph of the squadron's original...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare hardcover copy of "The History of the 380th Bomb Group (H) AAF Affectionately Known as The Flying Circus November 1942-September 1945". This unit history originally belonged to flight crew gunner Sgt. Theodore L. Arnheiter, Jr...

ARTIFACT: This is a hardcover 1945 book entitled "We'll Say Goodbye: Story of the "Long Rangers" - 307th Bombardment Group (HV)", written and illustrated by members of the 307th themselves. The book is named for the Rangers' song "We'll Say goodbye". The...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1943 copy of the United States Army Air Forces manual "Survival After Emergency Landing: Pilot's Medical Handbook". The booklet has illustrations to accompany the text and a list of helpful drugs in the back. The book was prepared by...

ARTIFACT: This is a May 1944 copy of the restricted United States Army Air Forces booklet "Instructions for Officers & Men of Army Air Forces in the Event of Capture or Landing in a Neutral Country". The booklet is not illustrated and was published by...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce circa 1918 hardcover copy of the United States Air Service Medical Manual from the War Department, Air Service Division of Military Aeronautics at Washington, D.C. There are lots of photographs of aircraft mixed in, including...

ARTIFACT: This is a small grouping of 1925 United States Naval Academy at Annapolis graduate and eventual Captain, Frederick Frank Sima. Sima's early service was with the Atlantic Fleet in the Far East aboard the USS Pittsburgh, among other ships, and...

ARTIFACT: This is a hardcover copy of "Patch Guide: U.S. Navy Ships and Submarines" by Michael L. Roberts, a retired US Navy Chief Aviation Machinist' s Mate. It has several full pages of color photographs of patches from all kinds of USN vessels, from...