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Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 32 Pp. Including Covers. The Index Includes The Entire Issue, Except For A Notice About The Contact Information For The University Of Chicago Science Fiction Club. . Lightly Used.

Paperback. 32pp each, card covers, Chicago 1951-2. No.1. includes Ray Bradbury, Where Do I Get My Ideas? Very good copies.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. vii, 313, [2] pages. Illustrations. No dust jacket present. The cover has some wear, soiling and rubbed edges. This is the story of a war-time organization. It had no long tradition behind it, and its life was brief; about two years. The story deserves to be told. Here then, from the photos, diaries, and personal recollections o many; and from the records in the United States Air Force Historical & Research Center, the National Archives, the Library of Congress, and the USAF Office of History, is the substantive story of the 489th Bomb Group and those who were in it. As the 489th's Group Bombardier, Charlie said he didn't belong to any particular crew in the group. Instead he flew missions with different crews, " bombardier and sometimes navigator". Charlie wrote the book 'A History of the 489th' and was Editor of the 489th BG Newsletter for more than 20 years. Over many years he returned to Halesworth and Norwich for both the Second Air Division and the 489th BG Reunions. During World War II, the 489th Bombardment Group was a Consolidated B-24 Liberator unit. After training in the United States, it moved to England as an element of Eighth Air Force, stationed at RAF Halesworth, England. Lieutenant Colonel Leon Vance of the group was awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery and actions on the day before D-Day over Wimereux, France. It was the only Medal of Honor awarded to a B-24 crewman for a mission flown from England. The group returned to the U. S. in November 1944 and converted to a B-29 Superfortress group, but the war ended before the group could deploy to the Pacific. The 489th Bombardment Group, Heavy was activated as a B-24 Liberator heavy bomber group on 1 October 1943 at Wendover Field, Utah. Its original squadrons were the 844th, 845th, 846th and 847th Bombardment Squadrons. The group completed combat training and departed Wendover on 3 April 1944. The air echelon flew to the UK via the southern ferry route along the northern coastline of South America and across the Atlantic to Africa before heading North to England. The ground echelon sailed from Boston on board the USS Wakefield on 13 April 1944, reaching Liverpool on 21 April. The group moved to RAF Halesworth, England in May 1944, where it became part of Eighth Air Force. The group entered combat on 30 May 1944 with an attack on Oldenburg, Germany. It then concentrated on targets striking in France to prepare for Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy. In an attack against coastal defenses near Wimereux, France on 5 June, the group's lead plane was seriously crippled by enemy fire, its pilot was killed, and the deputy group commander, Lt. Col. Leon Vance, who was commanding the formation, was severely wounded. Although his right foot was practically severed, Vance took control of the plane and led the group to a successful bombing of the target. He flew the damaged Liberator near the English coastline where he ordered the crew to bail out. Under the belief that one wounded crewmember could not jump, Vance ditched the plane in the English Channel and was rescued. For his action during this mission, Vance was awarded the Medal of Honor. The group supported the landings in Normandy the following day, and afterward bombed coastal defenses, airfields, bridges, railroads, and V-1 flying bomb and V-2 rocket launch sites (Operation Crossbow) in the campaign for France. It participated in the saturation bombing of German lines just before Operation Cobra, the breakthrough at Saint-Lô in July. The group dropped food to liberated French and to Allied forces in France during August and September, and carried food and ammunition to the Netherlands later in September. For these missions, a loadmaster from IX Troop Carrier Command directed the drops from the bombers. On other missions, group aircraft flew into Orleans/Bricy Airfield to deliver supplies. The 489th began flying strategic bombing missions to Germany in July, and engaged primarily in bombing strategic.