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ARTIFACT: This is a rare 1944 “The Marauders: A Book of the 22nd Bomb Group” by Captain J. W. Brosius Jr. The book has an ex-libris label named to “Midway Marauder” T/Sgt. Frank L. Melo Jr., a veteran of the famed battle of Midway. Melo is pictured at...

ARTIFACT: Great 1946 Signed 1st Edition Kriegie Life by Carl Holmstrom "Sketches by a Prisoner of War in Germany". The hardcover book is approximately 30 pages complete with dozens of fantastic illustrations and captions, that tell a captivating story...

ARTIFACT: This is a copy of "The Shifting Winds" Volume 1, Number 1, published on behalf of the United States Air Corps Training Detachment, Southern Aviation Training School in Decatur, Alabama. The inside of the front cover (photo above) is a Disney...

ARTIFACT: Rare 1945 316th Troop Carrier Group President's Birthday Ball (FDR) Ticket for Celebration at De Montfort Hall in Leicester, United Kingdom. The announcement is from the estate of 316th Troop Carrier Group Glider Pilot Lieutenant Howard Johnson...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare 1938 United States Air Corps yearbook entitled "Randolph Field 1938". Randolph Field, now known as Randolph Air Force Base, is located outside of San Antonio, Texas. Still a military flight training facility, Randolph Field has...

ARTIFACT: Lockheed F-104A Starfighter promotional jet tie tack and card given out to pilots. VINTAGE: Circa early 1960s. SIZE: Card = 4" wide by 2.5" high; pin = 1". CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Paper, gilt metal. ATTACHMENT: Single clutch-back catch...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare hand-made and hand-compiled "Narrative History and Mission Reports of the 11th Bomb Squadron China 1942-45". The 11th Bomb Squadron was attached to the 14th Air Force, and the book covers their activities in the China-Burma-India...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II hardcover copy of the United States Army Air Forces book "The Officer's Guide". The book has several photographs of wings, uniforms, and more. It also displays 120 images of squadron insignia, in color! This book was...

ARTIFACT: Great WWI Real Photo Post Card (RPPC) of 166th Aero Squadron Pilot in front of his DH-4 Aircraft. Great image of squadron insignia on the aircraft nose and the pilot wing is visible on aviator. Possibly erroneously ID'd as Lieutenant Sanders on...

ARTIFACT: A set of "KwikWay" decals for German victories. Includes one swastika air victory, one battleship silhouette, one aircraft carrier silhouette, one destroyer silhouette and one U-boat silhouette. VINTAGE: Circa WWII. SIZE: 3" wide by 1.5" high...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1945 copy of the United States Army Air Forces booklet "Achtung Jabos! The Story of the IX TAC". "Achtung" is a word of German warning and "Jabos" is a shortened version of "JŠger-Bomber" or "fighter-bomber". This booklet was...

ARTIFACT: This is a photographic grouping including two albums and a some loose photographs of Lieutenant Theodore S. Van Veghten, United States 9th Aero Squadron. Van Veghten was a World War I pilot who died in a 1924 plane accident at McCook Field in...