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Signed first edition of Superfortress: The B-29 and American Air Power by General Curtis E. LeMay. Octavo, xvi, 222pp. Gray hardcover, blue cloth spine. First edition with full number line on copyright page. In publishers near fine dust jacket, retail price on front flap, light shelf wear. Signed by General Curtis E. LeMay on the front free endpaper.
Comments: General Curtis LeMay (1906-1990) was a general in the United States Air Force. He is best remembered for the strategic, yet controversial, bombings of mainland Japan. His firebombing of Tokyo was considered crucial to the allied victory in the Pacific Theater, but resulted in a massive loss of civilian life. Later in life, LeMay was asked by Alabama Governor George Wallace to join his presidential ticket in 1968.