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WWII--U.S. MARINE CORPS!--VMF 214 (

WWII--U.S. MARINE CORPS!--VMF 214 ("SWASHBUCKLERS")! CORSAIR PILOT'S MEMOIR! OOP

$ 6.33

Availability: 66 in stock
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Year: 2004
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Condition: NEAR MINT
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • War: WWII
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Conflict: WW II (1939-45)
  • Type: Book
  • Theme: Militaria
  • Modified Item: No
  • Time Period Manufactured: 1930-Now
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer

    Description

    "THE THREADBARE BUZZARD--A MARINE FIGHTER PILOT IN WWII" is a FANTASTIC autobiography of the author, a native of Missoula, Montana who, in 1939, joined the Royal Canadian Air Force where he was trained and served until Pearl Harbor at which time he joined the U.S. Marine Corps. Following training at Pennsacola he was off to the Southwest Pacific and Guadacanal to join Marine Fighting Squadron (VMF) 214. Known as the "Swashbucklers" during their first two combat tours, the squadron was "hijacked" by an ambitious officer named Gregory Boyington (the infamous "Pappy" Boyington) while standing down following the end of its second combat tour. VMF-214 became the "Black Sheep" and the "Swashbucklers" were broken up and assigned to other squadrons. Later in the war, while flying off the USS ESSEX, Tomlinson's four-plane division was assigned as a high-altitude radio relay for Navy aircraft searching for the Japanese battleship YAMATO. During this mission Tomlinson encountered the jet stream, at that time a little-known phenomena, especially among fighter pilots used to lower, less hostile altitudes. Hours later, lost, out of radio contact, and out of fuel, the division ditched in the northwest Pacific. Three of the four were rescued by the USS SEA DOG (SS 400). The Corsair he flew with the USAAF could carry 5600 rounds of .50 caliber ammunition, a large auxiliary fuel tank a 1000 pound bomb or a napalm bomb and eight 5-inch rockets on the rails under the wings. His entire story is here and it is a FANTASTIC read PARTICULARLY FOR ANY U.S. MARINE PILOT!
    Book is HARDBACK with DUSTJACKET published in 2004. It is in NEAR MINT CONDITION, measures 5 3/4" x 8 1/2", and contains 304 pages with 8 pages of photographs.
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