USAS USAC USAAF & USAF Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is an author-signed copy of "A Wartime Log". This book was published in China by Howell Press in 1994 by Art and Lee Beltrone, former reporter for Newsweek and editor/writer/photographer, respectively. The book is a compilation of...

ARTIFACT: Great WWII aviation book You, Too, Can Learn to Fly by Howard F. Dutton and printed The Pyne-Davidson Co. in Hartford, Connecticut. The 57 page book includes flying tips, techniques, and a few photographs from the author and winner of the...

ARTIFACT: Scarce WWII circa 1944 publication Fighting for America: An Account of the Jewish Men in the Armed Forces. It was produced by the National Jewish Welfare Board in New York City and this example is its second printing. The hardcover reads:...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1941 edition of Jane's "All the World's Aircraft", published in 1942 by the MacMillan Company. Fred T. Jane started "Jane's" in 1909 and it was subsequently published in the United States and Canada. This volume is a wonderful...

ARTIFACT: WWI aviation novel Contact by Charles Codman and published by Little, Brown and Company in Boston, Massachusetts. This copy is a 1937 2nd printing with a handwritten inscription on the inside cover dated 194The cover of the book reads:...

ARTIFACT: 1979 The Bomber in World War II by Alfred Price and published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. The 1st US Edition, hardcover contain 148 pages of pictures and text - "A Comparative Study on the Evolution of Aircraft and Tactics: Great...

ARTIFACT: Circa 1944 Fighting Wings - A Pictorial History of Aerial Combat by Gilbert Paust and Milton Lancelot. This example is a 1st Edition and nearly every one of the 255 pages contains a photograph of aircraft in flight. The book is a wonderful...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1990s autograph on a photocopy of a photograph penned by United States Army Air Forces 3rd Squadron Pilot Paul J. Greene. Greene, a Wing Man in the 3rd Squadron, is pictured in front of his P-40, with an excerpt from his...

ARTIFACT: This is a late 1940s lapel pin in the shape of a Constellation aircraft. The "Connie", as the Lockheed product was nicknamed, was produced from 1943 through 195Largely billed as a civilian aircraft, the Constellation also participated...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1968-1972 Continental Air Services Inc. (CASI) first officer's shirt-size wing. CASI was begun in 1965 as a line strictly for United States governmental business in southeast Asia. The wing shows the Continental logo at its...

ARTIFACT: This is a Korean War era United States Air Force Senior Pilot wing of an odd make. VINTAGE: Circa early 1950s. SIZE: About 3" in width by 1-1/16" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Plated brass. ATTACHMENT: Horizontal pin with a...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1947-1952 United States Air Force flight nurse wing by Vanguard. VINTAGE: Circa 1947-1952. SIZE: About 2" in width by 11/16" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Silver with enamel accent. ATTACHMENT: Horizontal...