DOOLITTLE'S TOKYO RAIDERS. *SIGNED BY 31 ARMY AIR CORPS PILOTS & CREW MEMBERS*

Description: Carroll V. Glines. (Text) James H. Doolittle. (Subject) "DOOLITTLE'S TOKYO RAIDERS." Van Nostrand Reinhold. NY (1981) First paperback edition. SIGNED by author Carroll V. Glines official historian for the Doolittle Raiders on title page. As well, this copy bears the signatures of 30 Army Air Corps pilots & crew members (Not including the son of one pilot & and relative of another, plus a Chinese interpreter) who flew on the most famous bombing run of the Second World War. They include: Lt. Colonel James H. Doolittle (Pilot & leader of the raid),Travis Hoover, Douglas V. Radney, Everett W. Holstrom, David M. Jones, Joseph W. Manske, Chase J. Nielsen, David J. Thatcher, Edward J. York, Robert G Emmons, David W. Pohl (youngest member on the raid), Thomas C. Griffin, J. Royden Stork, Edwin W. Horton, Frank G. Kappeler, Charles W. Greening (son of pilot Ross Greening) Jacob Eirman, James M. Macia, Jacob De Shazer, Robert L. Hite, Charles J. Graham, Jr., Gerald E. Bentz, Stephen Leonard, Tung-Sheng Liu (Chinese civilian interpreter) Henry L. Miller, Henry A. Potter, Richard E. Cole, William M. Bower, Waldo J. Bither, Richard A. Knobloch, Edward J. Saylor & Donald G. Smith. On p.435 of appendix a relative of co-pilot Lucien Nevelson Youngblood(deceased 1949) has signed what appears L' Dean Youngblood in his place. Close to near fine in trade-size pictorial printed wrappers. (Crease at spine. Previous owner's bookplate & embossed stamp on front inside cover & endpaper. A few ink check marks in text & light shelf wear) A remarkable & impossible artifact to duplicate today.

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