London: HMSO 1944. British Edition. Wraps. Good. Quarto viii 119 pages plus illustrated cover. Wraps. Illustrations. Maps Glossary. Endpaper map and Illustration. Some pages darkened and some foxing spine edges worn covers soiled and worn. Eighth Air Force was established as VIII Bomber Command on 19 January 1942 and activated at Langley Field Virginia on 1 February. It was reassigned to Savannah Army Air Base Georgia on 10 February 1942. An advanced detachment of VIII Bomber Command was established at RAF Daws Hill near RAF Bomber Command Headquarters at RAF High Wycombe on 23 February in preparation for its units to arrive in the United Kingdom from the United States. The first combat group of VIII Bomber Command to arrive in the United Kingdom was the ground echelon of the 97th Bombardment Group which arrived at RAF Polebrook and RAF Grafton Underwood on 9 June 1942. VIII Bomber Command of the United States Army Air Forces was established early in 1942. The first combat units arrived in the United Kingdom in June and combat operations began in July with first heavy bomber operations in August. Its bomber units were deployed in the UK chiefly around East Anglia. From June 1943 it was the daylight bombing part of the Combined Bomber Offensive against Germany. VIII Bomber Command was redesignated as Eighth Air Force on 22 February 1944. The Eighth Army Air Force 8 AAF was a United States Army Air Forces combat air force in the European theater of World War II 1939/41–1945 engaging in operations primarily in the Northern Europe area of responsibility; carrying out strategic bombing of enemy targets in France the Low Countries and Germany; and engaging in air-to-air fighter combat against enemy aircraft until the German capitulation in May 1945. It was the largest of the deployed combat Army Air Forces in numbers of personnel aircraft and equipment. Regular combat operations by the VIII Bomber Command began on 17 August 1942 when the 97th Bombardment Group flew twelve Boeing B-17E Flying Fortresses on the first VIII Bomber Command heavy bomber mission of the war from RAF Grafton Underwood attacking the Rouen-Sotteville marshaling yards in France. During World War II the offensive air forces of the United States Army Air Forces USAAF came to be classified as strategic or tactical. A strategic air force was that with a mission to attack an enemy's war effort beyond his front-line forces predominantly production and supply facilities whereas a tactical air force supported ground campaigns usually with objectives selected through co-operation with the armies. In Europe Eighth Air Force was the first USAAF strategic air force with a mission to support an invasion of continental Europe from the British Isles. Eighth Air Force carried out strategic daytime bombing operations in Western Europe from airfields in eastern England as part of the Combined Bomber Offensive. HMSO paperback
Los Angeles: AAF Publications Company. Near Fine. 1947. First Edition. Paperback. Softcover in pictorial wraps. First edition. 1947. Book is crisp clean and unmarked with very light rubbing to edges. Includes a brief history of the Twelfth Air Force. Illustrated with black-and-white photos throughout. 4to. Unpaginated . AAF Publications Company paperback
Hubbell. nice copy; with pamphlet in rear pocket; rear hinge cracked; #325/350 copies belonged to member of unit . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1919. Hubbell hardcover
U. S. Army Engineer Museum. Fine. Softcover. Oblong octovo in wraps tight and bright stapled binding pages fresh and unworn else FINE. 500 prison camps in the U. S. for German prisoners of war! Photos. From the Fort Leonard Wood museum. Scarce.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . U. S. Army Engineer Museum paperback
U. S. Army Engineer Museum. Fine. Softcover. Oblong octovo in wraps tight and bright stapled binding pages fresh and unworn else FINE. 500 prison camps in the U. S. for German prisoners of war! Photos. From the Fort Leonard Wood museum. Scarce.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . U. S. Army Engineer Museum paperback
G/NONE. 1945. Softbound. Paperbound stapled booklet with 29 pages and large foldout map at rear. Cover in red white blue depicts tank on front panel and quote by General Patton on rear. Contents tight in cover with first free endpaper creased at upper corner. Colorful map at rear is in nice condition no tears and depicts the route of the Ghost Corps through Normandy Northern France Rhineland Central Europe. ; . paperback
Washington: Infantry Journal. very nice copy of first edition in very nice dust jacket; exceptionally nice copy--bright and clean . Near Fine. Hardcover. First. 1948. Infantry Journal hardcover
Memorial and Property Committee of the Ninth Coast Artillery Corps. nice copy; rear inner hinge cracked . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1922. Memorial and Property Committee of the Ninth Coast Artillery Corps hardcover
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform 2014. Paperback. Like New. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Createspace Independent Publishing Platform paperback
Bookseller reference : G1502477912I2N00 ISBN : 1502477912 9781502477910
Harrisburg PA: Military Service Publishing Company. 1939. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Fifth Edition Used. Paperback. Good. In green flexible covers with blue titling 12mo 226pp. Illustrated. shelfwear and rubbing at edges and corners light browning to edges and title page. Military Service Publishing Company paperback
Military Service Pub Co. Hardcover. B000K7LV0G 1943 Military Service Publishing 9th Edition. Book and dustcover are in good condition. Customer service is our #1 priority. We sell great books at great prices with super fast shipping and free tracking. . Good. Military Service Pub Co. hardcover
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 2017. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform paperback
Bookseller reference : G1977796745I3N00 ISBN : 1977796745 9781977796745
Wasington D. C.: United States Government Printing Office 1986. Large octavo blue wrappers softbound stapled 82 pp. Rear envelope with enclosed Aerial Photography Maps. Ex-libris with small sticker to upper cover and stamp to ffep check-out card at rear light soiling to covers; Very Good. Illus. tables index of piers wharves and docks. United States Government Printing Office, 1986. paperback
Ft. Knox: The Armored School. Good. 1982. First Edition. Softcover. Some faint staining to covers a little edgewear in spots. There is only the one staple to the upper spine it's not missing one lower on the spine it was never stapled. ; Folded maps at rear of book. ; 74 pages . The Armored School paperback
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