Add this copy of We'Ll Find the Way: History of Hondo Air Field During to cart. $29.98, very good condition, Sold by Bookmarc's rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from La Porte, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1992 by Eakin Press.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. D4-A first edition (stated with complete numberline) hardcover book SIGNED and inscribed by author to previous owner on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Book has previous owner's inscription written on the page before the title page, dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. 9.25"x6.25", 204 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.
Add this copy of We'Ll Find the Way: the History of Hondo Army Air Field to cart. $49.00, very good condition, Sold by Epilonian Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Manhattan Beach, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1992 by Eakin Press.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 24 cm; Eakin Press, Published 1992. Hardcover, viii, 204 pp.; 24 cm; First Edition (with full number line); illustrated throughout with black-and-white archival photographs of personnel, aircraft, and base operations. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with gold lettering on the spine; mild edge wear to covers; binding tight; pages clean and unmarked. Pictorial dust jacket with photographic illustration of an Army Air Forces trainer aircraft and Texas hill country on the front and a WWII bomber in flight on the back; a one-inch tear to the paper over the top edge of the front cover near the spine and a few other smaller nicks; light bumping to the jacket edges; mild shelf wear with a bit of fading to the spine. Now in an archival quality (removable) Brodart cover. History of Hondo Army Air Field, the navigation training school built in the small Texas town of Hondo, some thirty miles southwest of San Antonio, in 1942. Through the remainder of World War II the quiet farming community of Hondo grew from 2, 500 to 10, 000 in population. Billed as the world's largest navigation training school, Hondo AAF graduated thousands of celestial navigators for service in B-17, B-24, B-29, and other Army Air Forces aircraft. Thompson, a retired Air Force veteran and Hondo native whose father worked at the field as a civilian-war worker, draws on archival records of the Hondo Anvil Herald, official histories, and extensive interviews with veterans and family members of the base community. Includes appendices on HAAF commanding officers, base time table, Hondo WASPs, navigation glasses, star and constellation names, and aircraft accidents; notes, bibliography, and index. Contents: Ride the Stars; God's Country; "Keep 'em Flying"; Don't Navigate Through It Like Hell; Hondo's Stars; Changing Course; Bomber "Back-seat Drivers"; Superfortress School; Fallen Stars; Hondo's Eclipse; Appendix I: HAAF Commanding Officers; Appendix II: Time Table; Appendix III: Hondo WASPs; Appendix IV: Navigation Glasses; Appendix V: Star and Constellation Names; Appendix VI: Aircraft Accidents; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Add this copy of We'Ll Find the Way: the History of Hondo Army Airfield to cart. $52.00, like new condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1992 by Eakin Press.
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Fine in Very Good jacket. First edition. Octavo. 204pp. Trifle worn at the spine base else fine in modestly worn, very good or better dust jacket with a bit of delamination at the spine ends and the lower panel lightly rubbed. Inscribed on the title page; "To Larry Mohr and Estelle, Welcome back to Hondo for the 50th. Bob Thompson. 5/21/93." (Mohr is not listed in the book's index. ) Laid in, as it came to us, is a 2007 Staten Island church directory that shows Mohr as a member.
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Add this copy of We'Ll Find the Way: History of Hondo Air Field During to cart. $66.39, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Clarita, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1992 by Eakin Pr.
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