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AVIATION MACHINIST'S MATE 3 & 2. RATE TRAINING MANUAL AND NONRESIDENT CAREER COURSE. NAVEDTRA 10323.

By: N/A

Price: $60.00 USD

Publisher: Washington, Naval Education and Training Support Command: 1978

Edition: Revised Edition

Seller ID: 28907

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

426 pp + iii pp + 113 pp (Assignments), 10 1/4" H. 1978 Revised Edition. Profusely illustrated with b&w drawings/diagrams (some fold-out), photographs. Chapter headings: Aviation Machinist's Mate Rating; Publications; Tools and Hardware; Aircraft Engines; Aircraft Engine Fuel Systems; Aircraft Engine Lubricating Systems; Hydraulic, Electric, and Starting Systems; Aicraft Engine Inspections and Repair; Turbroprop Powerplants and Propellers; Turboshaft Powerplants and Helicopters; Turbofan Powerplants; Ground Handling Equipment and Procedures; Line Operations and Maintenance; Aircraft Engi...
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AVIATION MACHINIST'S MATE J 1 & C. RATE TRAINING MANUAL. NAVTRA 10343-C.

By: N/A

Price: $40.00 USD

Publisher: Naval Training Command: 1972

Seller ID: 28908

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

193 pp, 10 1/4" H. 1972 Edition. B&w drawings/diagrams, photographs. Chapter headings: Aviation Machinist's Mate J rating; Aviation supply; Work Center supervision and administration; Jetcal analyzer; Fuel system maintenance; Turbojet powerplant troubleshooting; Turbojet powerplant removal and installation; Turbojet powerplant hot section repair; Turboshaft-powered helicopter maintenance; Turboprop powerplants/propellers; Index. Interior - small soft bump to bottom corner of pages, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - small soft creases at bottom corner o...
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F/A-18 HORNET.

By: Braybrook, Roy.

Price: $17.00 USD

Publisher: London, Osprey: 1991

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 25250

ISBN: 1855321513

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

128 pp, 11 7/8" H. Profuesly illustrated with colour photographs. "The 'son' of the Northrop YF-17 Cobra, the Hornet grew both in weight and capability after being ordered by the Navy to replace the venerable Vought A-7 Corsair II. Now an integral part of the modern carrier air wing, the F/A-18 has dramatically increased the capabilities of fighter and attack squadrons already embarked aboard the Navy's 15-strong carrier fleet. Not all Hornets spotted in American skies are Navy property though, the 'flying leathernecks' of the US Marine Corps having received their first F/A-18s at virt...
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WEEKEND WARRIORS.

By: Cooper, Paul L.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Manhattan, Kansas, Sunflower University Press: 1996

Seller ID: 23069

ISBN: 089745202X

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

248 pp, 8vo (9" H). B&w photographs. "(Paul Cooper) was called to active naval service in 1950 and served as an enlisted man aboard the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier 'Princeton' (CV-37) during the Korean War." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very light edgewear, small sticker pull on front cover.
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WHEN DUTY CALLED: THE JOURNAL OF AN ENLISTED MAN - BRITISH ISLES TO NORTHWEST FRANCE - APRIL 1944-JUNE 1945.

By: Denney, James Baxter.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Manhattan, Kansas, Sunflower University Press: 1994

Seller ID: 22962

ISBN: 0897451767

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

180 pp, large 8vo (9" H). B&w photographs. "In 1998, Jim Denney began preparing his journal, 'When Duty Called', an account of his impressions and experiences while serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II. This journal is based on 300 letters that he wrote to his wife Zelma, from April 1944 through June 1945." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - spine slightly twisted, very light edgewear.
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USN PHANTOMS IN COMBAT. VIETNAM STUDIES GROUP. SQUADRON/SIGNAL 6352.

By: Drendel, Lou.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Carrollton, TX, Squadron/Signal: 1988

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 25815

ISBN: 0897472136

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good -

64 pp, 11" H, (stapled in wraps). Profusely illustrated with color and b&w photographs, artwork. Contents: Introduction; The Players; Captain Gene Tucker; Carrier Operations during the Vietnam War; Observations on the W ar; Guy Freeborn; Tucker's First MiG Engagement; Admiral John Disher; Rear Admiral James H. Flatley III; Bill "Burner" Beardsley; Tucker's MiG Kill - 10 August 1972; Losses; Epilog. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Ext erior - very light edge wear, light rubbing - moderate on spine.
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BLACK MAY.

By: Gannon, Michael.

Price: $17.50 USD

Publisher: New York, HarperCollins: 1998

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 23285

ISBN: 0060178191

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

492 pp, large 8vo (8 1/2" H). B&w photographs. "In May 1943, Allied sea and air forces won a stunning, dramatic, and vital victory over the largest and most powerful submarine force ever sent to sea, sinking forty-one German U-boats and damaging thirty-seven others. It was the forty-fifth month of World War II, and by the end of May the Germans were forced to acknowledge defeat and recall almost all of their remaining U-boats from the major traffic lanes of the North Atlantic. At U-Boat Headquarters in Berlin, despondent naval officers spoke of 'Black May'. It was a defeat from which ...
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SECRET SOLDIERS: THE STORY OF WORLD WAR II's HEROIC ARMY OF DECEPTION.

By: Gerard, Philip.

Price: $17.50 USD

Publisher: New York, Dutton: 2002

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 23307

ISBN: 052596640

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

400 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H). B&w photographs, reproductions. "(T)he incredible story of an extraordinary group of American artists, designers, and engineering wizards who became America's unsung heroes of the Second World War. The men of the 23d Headquarters Special Troops were recruited to become phantom warriors in a ghost army to help win the Battle of Europe. They fought in more campaigns, from D-Day to the Rhine River, with more Allied armies, than any other unit in the European Theater of Operations - yet not even their fellow American soldiers were aware of their presence. Aft...
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U-BOATS OFFSHORE: WHEN HITLER STRUCK AMERICA.

By: Hoyt, Edwin P.

Price: $10.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Stein and Day: 1978

Edition: Book Club Edition

Seller ID: 846

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

263 ppt. The story of what happened in the early days of World War II when Nazi U-boats were sent against the east coast of America. German U-boats were sinking shipping faster than it could be built. They were finally driven away from the American shore by the autumn of 1943. B&w photographs, maps and diagrams. Very light remainder spray on bottom of text block.
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THE GRIM REAPERS.

By: Johnston, Stanley.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Philadelphia, Blakiston: 1943

Edition: Second Printing

Seller ID: 28968

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

224 pp, 8 3/8" H. B&w map endpapers, photographs. Stanley Johnston "adds another vivid chapter to his reporting of the war in the Pacific - from the Coral Sea through our victories up to the present. Here we see the war from the cockpits of Fighter Squadron VF-10, graphically nicknamed the Grim Reapers, who were attached to the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Enterprise. VF-10 was formed and commanded by Lieutenant Commander James H. Flatley, veteran of the Coral Sea campaign, a skilled flier with a superb mastery of aerial tactics. Included in the squadron were seasoned fighters from the Lex...
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USN AIRCRAFT CARRIER AIR UNITS. VOLUME 2. 1957-1963.

By: Kasulka, Duane.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Carrollton, Texas, Squadron/Signal: 1985

Seller ID: 24756

ISBN: 0897471725

Binding: Stapled in Wraps

Condition: Very Good-

64 pp, 11" H. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, color profiles. Contents: USN Aircraft Carrier Air Units 1957-1963; Carriers, Carrier Air Groups; Aircraft Colors; Berlin Crisis; Carrier Air group Commander (CAG); Marine Corps Squadrons; Attack Carrier Squadrons; Fighter and Attack Aircraft; Heavy Attack; Special Purpose Carrier Squadron; Carrier All-Weather Fighter; Carrier All-Weather Attack; Carrier Airborne Early Warning; Fighter Photographic; Heavy Photographic; Helicopter Utility; Replacement Attack Carrier Squadrons; ASW Carrier Squadrons; Carrier Anti-Submarine; Helicopte...
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BATTLE AT SEA: FROM MAN-OF-WAR TO SUBMARINE.

By: Keegan, John.

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: London, Pimlico: 1993

Seller ID: 25363

ISBN: 0712659919

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+

292 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H). B&w plates, maps/battle plans. "In 'Battle at Sea (previously 'The Price of Admiralty') John Keegan applies to maritime warfare the technique that he put to such brilliant effect in his classic of war on land, 'The Face of Battle'. He concentrates on four key conflicts: Trafalgar, Jutland, Midway and the Battle of the Atlantic. He takes us into the very heart of the fighting while providing a remarkable panoramic view of naval warfare th rough the centuries." Interior - minor browning in margins of pages, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership m...
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WILDCATS OVER CASABLANCA. NOVEMBER 1942 - OPERATION TORCH.

By: Lambert, John W. Illustrations by John C. Valo.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Phalanx, St. Paul, MN, 1992.:

Seller ID: 25071

40 pp, 11" H, soft cover (stapled in wraps). B&w photographs, maps, color profiles. Contents: Preface and Acknowledgements; Publisher's Note; The Prelude; Dawn, November 8, 1942; Mid-Morning, November 8, 1942; Elsewhere, November 8, 1942; P.M. Nov ember 8, 1942; November 9, 1942; November 10, 1942; Post Mortem, November 11, 1942; Appendices: U.S Navy Aerial Order of Battle; French Aerial Order of Battle in Morocco; U.S. Navy Aerial Combat Claims; French Aerial Combat Claims; U.S. Navy Com b a t Casualties; French Fighter Pilot Casualties; U.S. Navy Aircraft Losses All Causes; Bibliograp...
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U.S. NAVY AIRCRAFT 1921-1941 / MARINE CORPS AIRCRAFT 1914-1959. TWO CLASSICS IN ONE VOLUME.

By: Larkins, William T.

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Orion: 1988

Seller ID: 24367

ISBN: 0517569205

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

391 pp + 203 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H). Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs. "More than twenty-five years after their first publication, (Larkins's) illustrated surveys of Navy and Marine Corps aircraft remain two of the most valuable books about these airplanes ever written. With over 1,000 photographs combined, they remain the definitive record of the formative years for Navy and Marine Corps aviation. (His) emphasis throughout is on squadron use, experiemental and one-of-a-kind types, insignia, colors and marking schemes, technical innovations, and the service duty and tactic...
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HMCS SWANSEA: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A FRIGATE.

By: McKee, Fraser M.

Price: $27.50 USD

Publisher: St. Catharines, Ontario, Vanwell: 1994

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 25429

ISBN: 0920277896

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

190 pp, oblong 8vo (8 5/8" H x 10 5/8" D). B&w photographss, drawings. "HMCS Swansea is the story of a ship. Just one of Canada's several hundred warships. It is also the story of the men who served in her, and of other ships who operated with her, in war time in EG-9, and in peacetime in her various training roles. It is a representative tale that could have been told, and has been, of any one of a hundred similar ships of the Royal Canadian Navy. So why this particular ship? Because HMCS Swansea is typical, yet atypical. Typical in that she participated in the Battle of the Atl...
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BANSHEES IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY.

By: Mills, Carl

Price: $45.00 USD

Publisher: Banshee Publication, Willowdale, Ontario, 1991, first edition.:

Seller ID: 20863

306 pp + indices and technical drawings, 4to (12 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 096952000X Profusely illustrated in b&w and color with photographs and drawings. Contents: Preface; The History of VF870 Squadron during the Banshee Era; Th e History of VF871 Squadron during the Banshee Era; HMCS Bonaventure - The Banshee Era; The Arming of the RCN Banshee with the Sidewinder; The Banshee from the VX10 Perspective; Banshee Development and US Operations; Canadian Banshee Short S t o r i e s ; In Memoriam; Chronology; Banshee Gallery; Pot Pourri; Acknowledgement; Index to Stories;...
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BANSHEES IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY.

By: Mills, Carl.

Price: $55.00 USD

Publisher: Willowdale, Ontario, Banshee Publication: 1991

Edition: First Edition.

Seller ID: 17377

ISBN: 096952000X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

306 pp + indices and technical drawings, 4to (12. 1/4" H). Profusely illustrated in b&w and colour with photographs and drawings. Contents: Preface; The History of VF870 Squadron during the Banshee Era; The History of VF871 Squadron during the Banshee Era; HMCS Bonaventure - The Banshee Era; The Arming of the RCN Banshee with the Sidewinder; The Banshee from the VX10 Perspective; Banshee Development and US Operations; Canadian Banshee Short Stories; In Memoriam; Chronology; Banshee Gallery; Pot Pourri; Acknowledgement; Index to Stories; General Index; Abbreviations. Dust jacket has very ...
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ON YANKEE STATION: THE NAVAL AIR WAR OVER VIETNAM.

By: Nichols, John B., Cdr. USN (Ret.) and Tillman, Barrett.

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Annapolis, Maryland, Naval Institute Press: 1987

Seller ID: 23950

ISBN: 0870215590

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

179 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H). B&w photographs, maps, diagrams. "Combining vivid personal narrative with historical and operational analyses, this book takes a candid look at U.S. naval airpower in the Vietnam War. Authors John B. Nichols, a fighter pilot who flew some 350 missions off carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin, and Barrett Tillman, an award-winning aviation historian, make full use of their extensive knowledge of the subject to detail the ways in which airpower was employed in the years prior to the fall of Saigon. Confronting the conventional belief that airpower failed in Vietn...
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F/A-18 A/C & CF-18C HORNET. LOCK ON NO. 15 AIRCRAFT PHOTO FILE.

By: Peeters, Willy and Brooks, John.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: VLS Corporation, O'Fallon, MO, 1992.:

Seller ID: 25050

36 pp, 8 5/8" H x 9 3/8" D, soft cover (stapled in wraps). Profusely illustrated with colour photographs, b&w drawings. A close-up look at the 'F/A-18 Hornet'. Interior - tiny crease at bottom corner of text block, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - tiny crease at bottom corner of covers. Very Good+
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USS FORRESTAL "GATEWAY TO THE DANGER ZONE". LOCK ON NO. 14 AIRCRAFT PHOTO FILE.

By: Peeters, Willy and Meuris, Ronny.

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: VLS Corporation, O'Fallon, MO, 1991.:

Seller ID: 25049

48 pp, 8 5/8" H x 9 3/8" D, soft cover (stapled in wraps). Profusely illustrated with colour photographs. Covers flight activities on the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal in the Mediterranean. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership m arks. Exterior - very minor edge wear and rubbing. Very Good+
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