Description
The first edition of Greatest Fighter Missions Of The Top Navy And Marine Aces Of World War II by Edward H. Sims, signed by 14 naval aces.
Octavo, xxii, 250pp. Blue cloth, title stamped in silver on the spine. Stated “First Edition” on the copyright page. Faint dampstain along top edge of text block, no impact to text. Internally clean. In the publisher’s dust jacket, price clipped, chip along top edge of spine, a few short closed tears, bright spine. This copy is signed on the half title and title page by 14 aviators.
Signed by the following Navy Aces: James E. Swett (Medal of Honor / VMF-221); Brig. General Frederick R. Payne Jr (VMF-212); Commander Louis A. Menard, Jr. (VF9 / VBF12); Norman Berree (VF-15); George Hollowell (VMF-224); Bob Owens (VMF-215); Bill Hardy (VF-17 / USS Hornet); Ralph Foltz (VF-15 / Essex); Charles M. Kunz (Colonel / VMF-221); E. Alex Phillips (Navy Flying Ace); Archie Glenn Donahue (VFM-112 + VFM 457); Arthur Roger Conant (VFM 215); Francis M. Fleming (VF-16)
