Militaria

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II United States Army Air Forces survival guide entitled "Jungle, Desert, Arctic Emergencies". The pocket-sized book covers what to do in various emergencies encountered in the jungle, the desert, and the Arctic. Information...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II copy of the United States Army Air Forces booklet "Fly, Seek, Destroy! The Story of the XIX TAC". The 19th Tactical Air Command fought with the 101st Airborne Division at Bastogne, a chapter in the Battle of the Bulge...

ARTIFACT: A very rare sample of US propaganda. This is a pocket mirror dropped on the Philippines during American liberation. Features B-24 Liberators and American Flag. Includes celluloid paper wrapper. VINTAGE: Circa WWII. SIZE: 2" in diameter...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare United States Army Air Forces squadron roster booklet for the 9th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron. This USAAF squadron was in the India-Burma sector and attached to the 5306th Photo and Reconnaissance Group (provisional), 8th Photo...

ARTIFACT: This is a short World War II unit history of the United States Army Air Forces 9th Bomb Group (20th Air Force). The booklet is entitled "War Journal", and was produced in the Pacific Theatre and reprinted by the 947th Engineer Aviation...

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 scarce copy of "Pilots' Information File" from 1944, a book issued to United States Army Air Forces pilots and flight engineers. This book was considered restricted information during the war. Several topics are covered, such as air...

ARTIFACT: RARE 8x10 period hand-colored black and white photograph of three 3rd Squadron Aces around the cockpit of a P-40 (one seated in). Details slightly fuzzy (from being enlarged), but pilots are wearing flight jackets. 3rd Sq. emblem partially...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare hardcover copy of "Granville: Tails and Tale Spins from a Flyer's Diary", the story of bombing military aviator Granville "Granny" Gutterson. Granville designed the Bombing Military Aviator (BMA) wing, which is pictured on the...

ARTIFACT: This is the rarest of all of the World War II United States Army Air Forces "Pointie-Talkie" Booklets: No. 6 for escape and evasion in Russia. It was printed up late in WWII for use by Air Crews that might land in Russian territory during...

SUBJECT: This is a circa 1950-1952 lapel pin in 10 karat gold for the Chase Aircraft Company Inc., started in Trenton, New Jersey in 1943. The pin reads STROUKOFF AVITRUC and shows the military transport aircraft, evolved from a glider, of the same...

SUBJECT: This is a Rare World War II Dale Aero Flight Academy Pilot Instructor Jacket Patch. VINTAGE: Circa WWII. SIZE: About 4" in width by 4-1/8" in height. CONSTRUCTION/MATERIALS: Paint on wool felt. ATTACHMENT: To be sewn onto...