BE SURE TO SEE PART 1, 3 & 4 FOR MORE ON THE PAUL FOX COLLECTION; MR. TETTLEY'S TENANTS, BOTH BOOKS TITLED, "WAR EAGLES" ALSO FLAK MAP'S, B&W SQUADRON PHOTOS, TRAINING CAMP BOOKLETS AND SO MUCH MORE!!
"WAR EAGLES – THE STORY OF THE EAGLE SQUADRON" BY JAMES SAXON CHILDERS. 1ST EDITION 1943 PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN AT THE WINDMILL PRESS KINGSWOOD, SURREY. THIS BOOK HAD BEEN IN THE ATTIC FOR MANY YEARS AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE DUST COVER. I PUT ACID FREE CLEAR BOOK COVER PROTECTOR TO KEEP IT FROM DETERIATING ANY FURTHER. THE BLUE FRONT, BACK & SPINE BOARDS ARE IN GOOD CONDITION ALONG WITH THE SILVER GUILT EAGLE SQUADRON SYMBOL. VERY LITTLE FADING. ALL THE PAGES & PICTURES ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. BETWEEN THE END OF 1943 AND INTO 1944 S/SGT FOX TOOK THIS BOOK AROUND THE 334TH FIGHTER SQUADRON AND HAD 32 PILOT’S AND ACE’S SIGN THE BOOK. NO WHERE WILL YOU EVER FIND ALL THESE SIGNATURES TOGETHER IN ONE BOOK, OF WHICH 12 ARE ACE’S (9 OF THE 12 THAT I KNOW OF ARE DECEASED) , 6 OF THE PILOTS/ACE’S WERE KILLED IN ACTION AND 2 DIED IN FLYING ACCIDENTS. $5,875.00SOLD
BELOW ARE THE 21 SIGNATURES IN THE FRONT OF THE BOOK ON 2 SEPERATE PAGES
NEXT ARE THE REMAINING 11 SIGNATURES FROM THE BACK OF THE BOOK, SIGNED EITHER ON OR NEXT TO PIX. THE 11 ARE(IN THE SAME ORDER AS THE PICTURES; ROBERT L. PRISER, ALFRED "HOPPY" HOPSON, WILLIAM T. O'REGAN, THOMAS J. ANDREWS, JAMES A. CLARK, VICTOR J. FRANCE, HOWARD "DEACON" HIVELY, DUANE "THE BOISE BEE" BEESON, RAYMOND C. CARE, VERNON A. BOEHLE & HENRY "HANK" MILLS.
WAR EAGLES - THE STORY OF THE EAGLE SQUADRON, BY JAMES SAXON CHILDERS. THIS IS THE EXPANDED AMERICAN EDITION COPYRIGHT 1943 BY D. APPLETON-CENTURY COMPANY, INC. PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. IT IS SIGNED IN THE FRONT BY S/SGT PAUL G. FOX ALONG WITH HIS SERIAL NUMBER AND 334TH FIGHTER SQUADRON. THE DUST COVER ON THIS BOOK IS IN PERFECT CONDITION. $125.00SOLD
MR. TETTLEY'S TENANTS, BY CAPT. GROVER C. HALL JR. FIRST EDITION 1944 PRINTED AND PUBLISHED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION FOR MR. TETTLEY'S TENANTS BY SANDERS PHILLIPS AND COMPANY, LTD. THE BAYNARD PRESS, CHRYSSELL RD., LONDON, S.W.9 THIS BOOK IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, A LITTLE FOXING/FADING ON FRONT & BACK BOARDS & FREE PAGES. IT IS ALSO SIGNED BY PAUL G. FOX. $900.00SOLD
IN PAUL FOX'S COLLECTION HE SAVED ANY MAGAZINES THAT HAD ANY ARTICLES ON THE 4TH FIGHTER GROUP & ESPECIALLY THE 334TH FIGHTER SQUADRON. ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE MAY 13, 1944. GENERAL SMUTTS ON THE FRONT COVER. FIELD MARSHAL IAN CHRISTIAAN SMUTS WAS SOUTH AFRICA'S PRIME MINISTER. THERE IS A 4 PAGE ARTICLE WITH COLOR AND B&W PIX OF THE 4TH FIGHTER GROUP BY WING COMMANDER CHARLES BRAY, TITLED "THEY FIGHT OVER BERLIN". OTHER INTERESTING ARTICLES ARE; INVASION - WILL IT BE LIKE THIS? & THE KING OF LAMPEDUSA, A REAL LIFE EXPERIENCE OF AN R.A.F. PILOT - SERGT. PILOT SYDNEY COHEN. $95.00
LIFE MAGAZINE - OVERSEAS SERVICE EDITION. VOL. 15, NO. 18, NOVEMBER 1, 1943. ON THE FRONT COVER (I BELIEVE THIS TO BE COL. CLAIRBORNE KINNARD OF THE 4TH FIGHTER GROUP.) A TWO PAGE ARTICLE, "P-47 THUNDERBOLT" - WING-MOUNTED CAMERAS RECORD VICTORIES OF CRACK U.S. PLANE OVER LUFTWAFFE'S FIGHTERS. PIX OF LT. JAMES R. HAPPEL, LT. HOWARD HIVELY, LT. HENRY MILLS & LT. RAYMOND C. CARE. THREE PAGE ARTICLE WITH PICTURES OF "FRENCH EXECUTE TWO NAZI SPIES IN SYRIA", "THE 47 RONIN" - THE MOST POPULAR PLAY IN JAPAN REVEALS THE BLOODTHIRSTY CHARACTER OF OUR ENEMY. $75.00
LIFE MAGAZINE - OVERSEAS SERVICE EDITION. VOL.15, NO. 25, DECEMBER 20, 1943. ARTICLE TITLED "PILOTS WIFE" ENGLISH GIRL WAITS FOR HER U.S. HUSBAND, A PRISONER IN GERMANY. HER HUSBAND LT. AUBREY STANHOPE, 4TH FIGHTER GROUP, 335TH FIGHTER SQUADRON. ONE PIX SHOW HE RECIEVING THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS. A GREAT ARTICLE WITH LOTS OF PIX OF THE STALIN, ROOSEVELT AND CHURCHILL MEETING AT THE RUSSIAN EMBASSY WITH THE PRESENTATION OF "THE SWORD OF STALINGRAD" MADE BY WILKINSON SWORD CO. ALSO A PICTURE OF A B-17, THE KNOCK-OUT DROPPER, FROM THE 303 BOMB GROUP (HELLS ANGLES), 359TH BOMB SQUADRON THAT WAS THE FIRST B-17 TO COMPLETE 50 MISSIONS, PILOTED BY LT. JOHN P. MANNING. $65.00
