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The Youngest Tigers in the Sky
by W.W. Wyper
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good +/Good +
- ISBN 10
- 0960438602
- ISBN 13
- 9780960438600
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
NZ$16.92NZ$11.84
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About This Item
Fallbrook, CA: Aero Publishers, 1980 Aero Publishers, Fallbrook, CA. 1980. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Good +; light shelfwear to head, tail, and board bottom edges;small scuff on the rear board. DJ: Good +; NOT Price Clipped ($10.95); small torn hole on rear panel; chipping to head and upper tips; small closed tear at tail. Blue boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 191 pp 8vo. The author graduated from high school in 1942 and he set out to achieve his dream of being a combat fighter pilot. He applied to and was accepted in the Army Air Corps and completed Basic Flying School and Advance Flying School in Texas and was assigned to a P-40 training unit at Eagle Pass, TX. He then went to New Guinea and flew the P-51 Mustang with the Fifth Fighter Command Headquarters, Fifth Air Force, 348th Fighter Group. The remainder of his time was flying combat support in the Philippines, Le Shima, and to the end of the war. The book is filled with stories and reminiscences of basic training, flight training, and combat aviation. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015298
- Title
- The Youngest Tigers in the Sky
- Author
- W.W. Wyper
- Illustrator
- Bill Wyper
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0960438602
- ISBN 13
- 9780960438600
- Publisher
- Aero Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Fallbrook, CA
- Date Published
- 1980
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- world War II, combat aviation, Army Air Corps pilot, P-51 Mustang, 348th Fighter Group, Flight training at San Antonio Texas and Eagle Pass Texas, Autobiography, personal memoirs of WWII, aviation,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Aviation/Aircraft; Autobiography;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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