9780961456320 - Black Puff Polly: And Other Flights to Eternity von Byers, Roland (2 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Trade PB. 8vo. Published by Pawpaw Press, Moscow, ID. 1991. 272 pgs. Signed and inscribed by Roland Byers on the title page. Illustrated. First Edition/First Printing. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The 457th Bombardment Group was activated at Geiger Field, Washington on 1 July 1943 with the 748th, 749th, 750th and 751st Bombardment Squadrons assigned. It moved a week later to Rapid City Army Air Base, South Dakota, where it began training with the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber and completed the first two phases of its training there. It completed its training at Ephrata Army Air Base, Washington, then moved to Wendover Field, Utah for final preparation for overseas movement. It departed for the European Theater of Operations on New Years Day, 1944. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

PaperBack. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Signed by Roland Byers on first page. Cover shows photograph of a B-17 in flight surrounded by small black puffs of smoke. Cover only very slightly worn around the edges. Pages clean and unmarked. 272pp. Signed by Author(s).