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Hardcover. 4to. Privately Published, No Date c1946. Upaginated (approximately 110 pgs). Illustrated throughout. Signed by some crewmen in the unit: (William Warner, Thomas Watterman, Henry (Bugs) Bargahus, Charles Schmoinsky, Charles J (Littleman?). Bound in illustrated paper covered boards with titles present to the front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Small previous owner\'s name present to the front endpaper (John Skopic, USMCR). Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. North American Aviation PBJ-1s depicted from training to deployment and operations in the Southwest Pacific. The squadron was activated on March 1, 1943, as Marine Bombing Squadron 413 (VMB-413) at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina. On December 1, 1943, the squadron completed their training at MCAS Cherry Point and from there moved to the West Coast until finally leaving from Naval Air Station North Island on January 3, 1944. They arrived at Espiritu Santo on January 27, 1944, and remained there until March 7, 1944, when they were sent to Stirling Island in the Treasury Islands. While stationed there the squadron flew a few night-time heckling missions against the Japanese garrisons at Kahili, Bougainville and Rabaul until July 1944 when they moved back to Espiritu Santo. During that time the squadron lost five aircraft along with 32 crewmen. In July 1944, VMB-413 began operating from Munda from where they began to raid both Kahili and Choiseul on a regular basis until October 18, 1944 when they moved to Emirau. From there they ran missions against Japanese forces in New Ireland and New Britain until the surrender of Japan in August 1945. 4-13 US Marine Corps VMB-413 Unit History Flying Nightmares Shamrocks PBJ-1 1945 4-13 US Marine Corps VMB-413 Unit History Flying Nightmares Shamrocks PBJ-1 1945 Description
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Hardcover. 4to. Privately Published, No Date c1946. Upaginated (approximately 110 pgs). Illustrated throughout. Signed by some crewmen in the unit: (William Warner, Thomas Watterman, Henry (Bugs) Bargahus, Charles Schmoinsky, Charles J (Littleman?).
Bound in illustrated paper covered boards with titles present to the front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Small previous owner\'s name present to the front endpaper (John Skopic, USMCR). Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid.
North American Aviation PBJ-1s depicted from training to deployment and operations in the Southwest Pacific. The squadron was activated on March 1, 1943, as Marine Bombing Squadron 413 (VMB-413) at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina. On December 1, 1943, the squadron completed their training at MCAS Cherry Point and from there moved to the West Coast until finally leaving from Naval Air Station North Island on January 3, 1944. They arrived at Espiritu Santo on January 27, 1944, and remained there until March 7, 1944, when they were sent to Stirling Island in the Treasury Islands. While stationed there the squadron flew a few night-time heckling missions against the Japanese garrisons at Kahili, Bougainville and Rabaul until July 1944 when they moved back to Espiritu Santo. During that time the squadron lost five aircraft along with 32 crewmen. In July 1944, VMB-413 began operating from Munda from where they began to raid both Kahili and Choiseul on a regular basis until October 18, 1944 when they moved to Emirau. From there they ran missions against Japanese forces in New Ireland and New Britain until the surrender of Japan in August 1945.
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