Description
First edition of Hunters In The Sky: Fighter Aces of WWII by James R. Whelan, signed by 55 American and German flying aces.
Quarto, xiii, [3], 318pp. Blue hardcover, blue cloth spine. No additional printings noted. Appears unread. In the publisher’s near fine dust jacket, price clipped, a bright, near fine example.
Signed by 55 flying aces on five separate sheets, mounted to endpapers. The sheets are individually labeled: The Mighty Eighth, “German Aces,” The P-38 Lighting, and P-51 Mustang Aces. A superb example.
The Mighty Eighth: WALTER BECKHAM, GERALD BROWN, J. H. BENNETT, EDWIN HELLER, KIT CARSON, ROBIN OLDS, TEX HILL, JOSEPH FOSS, KENNETH JERNSTEDT, ED RECTOR, SCOTT MCCLUSKY, DICK ROSSI, ROGER CONANT, JOSEPH D. ROBBINS, R. T. SMITH, WILLIAM FARRELL, ALEX VRACIU, and others. The “German Aces” include: HUBERT HECKMANN, HAJO HERMAN, WALTER SCHUCK, HORST PETZSCHLER, and more.
