USAS USAC USAAF & USAF Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: Scarce WWII Radar Bombing Manual for B-29s printed October 1944 "Under the direction of the Commanding General AAF Eastern Technical Training Command ST. Louis, Missouri. By training literature and instructional chart preparation...

ARTIFACT: Very rare, late WWII Pilot Flight Operating Instructions Manual for B-29 and B-29A Airplanes. The manual was published "FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY" under the joint authority of the Commanding General, Army Air Forces, the Chief Bureau of...

ARTIFACT: This is a very rare World War I photo unit history of the United States Air Service 113th Squadron Aero Engineers, one of the famous WWI "e;Spruce Squadrons"e; that operated in the American Northwest producing the needed lumber for...

ARTIFACT: This is a classic World War I unit history, "Squadron 95", written by Harold Buckley, a pilot with the 95th Aero Squadron. It is inscribed by the author to Bernt Balchen, a pioneering polar navigator of Norwegian descent. The 95th was...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I era book entitled "e;The Story of the First Flag"e;. It is the account of the mission of Arthur Clifford Kimber who in May 1917 carried to France the first American flag authorized by the United States Government after the...

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...

ARTIFACT: This is a great 1950's Sikorsky Helicopter Pilot Cap that belonged to A. F. Fitzgerald, whose name is written inside. The logo on the cap is an S with a wing. The cap is in a Fishing or Baseball style, with a large visor on front. VINTAGE:...

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...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I Pratt & Whitney Aircraft workers shoulder patch. VINTAGE: Circa WWI. SIZE: About 2-1/2" in width by 2-3/4" in height. CONSTRUCTION/MATERIALS: Cotton embroidery thread on cotton. ATTACHMENT: To be sewn...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II aircraft factory worker shop-made P-51 fighter pin in silver. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: 1-5/8” height and 15/16” width. CONSTRUCTION/MATERIALS: Silver. ATTACHMENT: Straight pin. MARKINGS:...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II Beechcraft Aviation Disney-design patch. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: About 3-1/2" in width by 5-1/8" in height. CONSTRUCTION/MATERIALS: Cotton embroidery thread on cotton. ATTACHMENT: To be...