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USAF UNIT HISTORIES - SQUADRONS

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367th Squadron 
368th Squadron
369th Squadron
423rd Squadron 
These four combat diaries are published by the 306th Bomb Group History Association. They are compiled from the official records of the Sqdns and 306th Bomb Group. Contain personal rosters and squadron aircraft.

each
7

each
£16.95

010824 FIGHTER SQDN 14 "TOPHATTERS". T F Gates. 80pp, b/w photos, clr photos, clr mkngs.  5 £12.95
010826

THE SAGA OF THE EXTERMINATORS SQUADRON; Combat history of 66th Ftr Sqdn 1941-45 by A Schoenfield. Fought N/Africa, Sicily, Italy, Corsica & Italy until the German surrender. 256pp, illustrated.

5 £19.95
010828 THE WEATHERMAN LET THEM FLY:18th Weather Sqdn. Small booklet compiled by the 8th AF Hist Society.  5 £13.95
010829

ALL THE BEST; Toast to the 329th B-24 Bomb Sqdn by W J "Red" Komarek. 203pp, b/w photos. 

2 £24.95
010830 THE 493rd FIGHTER SQUADRON; 9th AF, P-47 Thunderbolt outfit. 296pp, illustrated.  1 £29.95
010833 WAR DIARY OF THE 27th FTR SQDN Aug 20th 1943 thru April 23rd 1944. Assigned to the 1st Ftr Grp & equipped with the P-38 Lightning. This is a detailed diary of it's operations when with the 12th AF in N/Africa & later the 15th AF in Italy. Engaged on long-range escort missions for B-17's & B-24's over the Balkans & Southern Europe. 150pp, 10 photos, maps, 6.25" x 9.25".  1 £16.95
010835 BOMBS AWAY: History of the 70th Bomb Squadron (M) in early WWII by Harold V Larson. This is the story of a Bombardment Sqdn of the USAAC. Flew B-26 Marauders Island Hopping across the Pacific in the early months of WWII. Flew as a separate squadron out of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. This is a unique story as the squadron operated under Navy operational command without the normal Group head-quarters and depot units. 174pp, photos, acft serial numbers.  5 £18.95
010840

THE EIGHTBALLERS: Eyes of the Fifth Air Force: The 8th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron in WWII by J Stanaway & B Rocker. Participated in every campaign from Buna to Hollandia, Lae to Rabaul, the Philippines to the invasion of Okinawa. Size 8.5" x 11", over 510 b/w & colour photos, 184pp. 

2 £32.50
010841

SQUADRON OF DECEPTION: 36th Bomb Sqdn in WWII: Stephen Hutton. Detailed story of the US 8th AF's only Radar Countermeasure Sqdn that flew from England during WWII in modified B-24's to jam the German radar which controlled the ftr & flak batteries. 216pp, over 330 b/w photos & line drawings 

2 £32.50
010843

SPECIAL OFFER!  WORLD IN PERIL: The Origin, Mission & Scientific Findings of the 46th/72nd Reconnaissance Squadron by Ken White. The Squadron Operated in the Northern Arctic Regions of North America; includes the story of the "Kee Bird", the B-29 recovery featured on TV. 298pp, b/w photos throughout. 

1

£29.95
Now £15.00
010844

UNLIKE ANY LAND YOU KNOW: The 490th Bomb Squadron in China-Burma by James Vesely. Famous as the "Burma Bridge Busters"; from late 1942 to the end of the war, their incredible feats of low-level bombing & strafing of Japanese-held bridges, airfields & troop facilities in occupied Burma hindered the Japanese advance in Asia & provided critical air support for the allies fighting on the ground. The Author's uncle a radioman/ waist gunner in the 490th was killed on a mission in the waning days of the war. This book is both a search for his memory & a tribute to the squadron in which he proudly served & sacrificed his life. Size 6" x 9", 296pp. 

5 £17.95
010845 THE 421st NIGHT FIGHTER SQUADRON IN WWII by Jeff Kolln.  Flew P-61's over S/West Pacific.  Includes detailed operational history & personal accounts - later flew combat over Vietnam & Iraq.  200pp, over 370 clr & b/w photos.   2 £37.50
010846 THE HAT IN THE RING GANG - The Combat History of the 94th Aero Squadron in WW1 by Charles Woolley.  The most successful pursuit squadron in the USAF.  Includes combat reports, letters of the Aces, over 375 photos, colour profiles on Nieuports & Spads, rosters of pilots, aircraft & citations for bravery awards, etc.  8.5" x 11", c240pp. 2 £39.95
010847 FLYING LIGHTNING: The History of the 14th Fighter Squadron by David Thole.  As told by the pilots who were there, flying Spitfires, Lightnings, Phantoms & F-16's.  228pp, 6" x 9". 5 £14.95
010848 HISTORY OF THE 100th REFUELLING SQUADRON: An SAC Unit refuelling B-47s in the Cold War. 5 £12.95
010849

 

THE TWO SQUADRONS THAT WERE ONE - The 859th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) North Pickenham, England May to August 1944 and the 788th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) Rackheath England August 1944 to June 1945. 5

 

 

£55.00
010851 THE TWO SQUADRONS THAT WERE ONE - An Addendum of corrections and additions made to the original book 5 £15.00
 

 

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