Black Cats and Dumbos: WWII's Fighting PBYs by Mel Crocker - 1987

T A B Books, 1987. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Aero Publishers, 1987. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Aero Publishers, 1987. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Tab Books, 1987. Unabridged. Trade paperback. Good. Trade paperback (US). 288 p.

Blue Ridge Summit, PA: TAB/Aero. Good. 1987. Second Printing. Softcover. 0830683917 . 273 pp., illus., maps .

U.S.A.: Aero Publishers, 1987 soft cover in near fine condition. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine.

Aero Publishers, 1987. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Large Octavo.

Fallbrook, California, U.S.A.: Aero Pub Inc. Fine. 1987. Reprint. Paperback. 0830683917 . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall .

Blue Ridge Summit, PA: Aero Publishers. Very Good+. 1987. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0830683917 . B&W Illustrations; This is a trade paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some light rubbing and wear to the book covers, along with some light scratching. "As American dominance in the Pacific Ocean began to face competition from Japan in the 1930s, the U. S. Navy contracted Consolidated, Martin and Douglas in October 1933 to build competing prototypes for a patrol flying boat. Naval doctrine of the 1930s and 1940s used flying boats in a wide variety of roles that today are handled by multiple special-purpose aircraft. The U. S. Navy had adopted the Consolidated P2Y and Martin P3M models for this role in 1931, but both aircraft were underpowered and hampered by inadequate range and limited payloads. Consolidated and Douglas both delivered single… Read More

Aero Publishers, 1987. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 8x5x0. A very good copy, square and tight with no rips or splits, just a trifle rubbed. Contents sound and clean, not showing any pen-marks. Not from a library so no such stamps or labels. Thus a tidy book in presentable condition.