Lot 161
12 WW II booklets - Osborn & others, illustrators

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[AIRFORCE of U.S. NAVY, W.W. II]. – [A collection of pamphlets and periodicals issued during WW II and afterwards, most concerning aspects of training for the Naval Air Force]. [1942-1951]. 12 items. Condition: see images, some soiling, occasional creases, 3 items hole-punched at the inner margin. See below for more details:

 1.[Robert Chesley OSBORN (1904-1994, illustrator).] Flat-Hatting Sense 1943 [upper cover: Training Division. Bureau of Aeronautics. U.S. Navy. August 1943]. [No Place: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1943] 4to. Illustrated. Wrappers.

2.[Robert Chesley OSBORN (1904-1994, illustrator).] Oxygen Sense. Issued by Training Division, Bureau of Aeronautics. United States Navy 1943. [No Place: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1942] 4to. Illustrated. Wrappers.

3.[Robert Chesley OSBORN (1904-1994, illustrator).] [Cover title: Grampaw Pettibone’s Diary… Retricted Vol. 1.  [No Place: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1944].  4to. Illustrated. Wrappers.

4.How to get Hits with the illuminated sight. Confidential. Issued by Training Division Bureau of Aeronautics United States Navy. [No Place: U.S. Government Printing Office], August 1943.  4to. Illustrated. Wrappers (hole-punched).

5.Gunnery Approaches. Confidential.… Training Division, Bureau of Aeronautics United States Navy. [No Place: U.S. Government Printing Office], 1943.  4to. Illustrated. Wrappers (hole-punched).

6.Offensive Tactics against fighters. Confidential. … Issued by Training Division Bureau of Aeronautics United states Navy. [No Place: U.S. Government Printing Office], August 1943.  4to. Illustrated. Wrappers (hole-punched).

7.[Cover title: Telephone Talkers’ Manual. United States Fleet]. [No place: USN Bureau of Naval personnel training aids, 1943]. Oblong 12mo. Illustrated. Wrappers.

8.[George M. PICKERING]. Parachutes: A Pilot Saved Is a Pilot Made. (Revised 4-44). [written by George M. Pickering (machinist, USN) under the supervision of Commander R.L. Bowman, Naval Air Station (Jacksonville) in 1943]. [No place: no date, but April 1944]. 12mo. Illustrated title. Illustrated wrappers (lightly soiled).

9.Basic Air Work. Instrument Flight Part One. Training Division. Bureau of Aeronautics, U.S. Navy. [No place: U.S. Government printing Office,] April 1943. 12mo. illustrations. Wrappers.

10.Feeding in Flight. Bureau of Supplies and Accounts NAVSANDA Publication No. 54. [No place: U.S. Government printing Office,] August 1945. Quarto. Illustrations. Wrappers (lightly soiled).

11.[Cover title: Naval Aviation News … March 1951]. Large 4to. Illustrations. Illustrated wrappers.

12.[Cover title: Air Navy. Naval Air Training Command. Vol.2, no.8 September]. [No Place: Undated]. Large 4to. Illustrations. Illustrated wrappers (affected by damp).


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