P-38 Lightning
by Turner Publishing Company
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0938021354
- ISBN 13
- 9780938021353
- Seller
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Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Paducah Kentucky: Turner Pub Co, 1989. Limited Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. LIMITED EDITION, limited to 1000 copies SIGNED on front paste down and first free illustrated page by 6 retired WWII airmen including the president of the P-38 national Association, Joseph A. Kuhn who also signed his picture insice the book. .This book was published to commemorate the heroic efforts made by the men who flew and serviced the Lockheed P-38 Lightning. The Lightning was introduced during WWII after many years of tedious designing and risky test flights. The P-38 served it's men well through its versatility and adaptability to many situations.It served as a bomber escort, day/night fighter, precision bomber, long range photo reconnaissance plane, tank buster, and in numerous other capacities, This book is a historical text which gives an overview of the P-38 Lightning, the men who designed and tested the plane and the men and women pilots and ground crews who prepared the craft for combat, Also included are many special flight stories from the ground crews and pilots. This is a wonderful collectible for the families of the men who risked their lives flying and serving on the Lightnings.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Oshtemo Book Sellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001141
- Title
- P-38 Lightning
- Author
- Turner Publishing Company
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0938021354
- ISBN 13
- 9780938021353
- Publisher
- Turner Pub Co
- Place of Publication
- Paducah Kentucky
- Date Published
- 1989
- Pages
- 144
- Keywords
- Limited to 1000 copies.
- Size
- Folio - over 12 - 15" tall
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- PUB
- Common abbreviation for 'published'
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...