Roland Byers Signed Black Puff Polly & Other Flights to Eternity WWII Paperback

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Black Puff Polly
And Other Flights to Eternity

by

Roland Byers

Trade PB. 8vo. Published by Pawpaw Press, Moscow, ID. 1991. 272 pgs. Signed and inscribed by Roland Byers on the title page. Illustrated. First Edition/First Printing.

Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid.

FROM WIKIPEDIA:

The 457th Bombardment Group was activated at Geiger Field, Washington on 1 July 1943 with the 748th, 749th, 750th and 751st Bombardment Squadrons assigned.It moved a week later to Rapid City Army Air Base, South Dakota, where it began training with the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber and completed the first two phases of its training there. It completed its training at Ephrata Army Air Base, Washington, then moved to Wendover Field, Utah for final preparation for overseas movement. It departed for the European Theater of Operations on New Years Day, 1944.

The group assembled at its combat station, RAF Glatton by the end of the month. The air echelon had begun arriving at Glatton on 21 January.[4] The group flew its first mission during Big Week on 21 February 1944, as Eighth Air Force concentrated its attacks on Germany's aircraft manufacturing industry. It engaged primarily in the strategic bombing campaign against Germany, attacking ball bearing plants, oil refineries and aircraft factories until June 1944. In July 1944, the group returned to strategic targets, which remained its primary objectives through April 1945. On 2 November 1944, the 457th and another group strayed from the main bomber stream and its fighter cover. Luftwaffe fighter controllers directed a geschwader of interceptors against the formation. Nine of the 457th Group's Flying Fortresses were lost to this attack.

In June 1944, the group was diverted from its strategic mission to prepare for Operation Overlord, the invasion of France. On D Day, it attacked coastal defenses on the Cherbourg Peninsula. For the remainder of the month it was engaged in air interdiction, striking airfields, rail systems and roads and depots behind enemy lines. The group was also diverted to tactical targets for shorter periods. In July 1944, it supported Operation Cobra the breakout of ground forces at Saint Lo. During Operation Market Garden, the attempt to secure bridgeheads across the Rhine River in the Netherlands, it supported the British 1st Airborne Division. It provided similar support during the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944 and January 1945, and Operation Varsity, the airborne assault across the Rhine in March 1945.

The group flew its last combat mission on 20 April 1945. In fourteen months in combat, the group had flown 7086 sorties. It claimed the destruction of 33 enemy aircraft, but lost 83 Flying Fortresses. Following V-E Day, it transported prisoners of war from Austria to France. The air echelon departed Glatton between 19 and 23 May, while the ground echelon sailed on the RMS Queen Elizabeth on 24 June, arriving at the New York Port of Emarkation five days later. It assembled at Sioux Falls Army Air Field, South Dakota in late July. It was inactivated there the following month.

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Book formats and corresponding sizes
Name	Abbreviations	Leaves	Pages	Approximate cover size (width × height)
				inches	cm
folio	2º or fo	2	4	12 × 19	30.5 × 48
quarto	4º or 4to	4	8	9½ × 12	24 × 30.5
octavo	8º or 8vo	8	16	6 × 9	15 × 23
duodecimo  or twelvemo	12º or 12mo	12	24	5 × 7⅜	12.5 × 19
sextodecimo or sixteenmo	16º or 16mo	16	32	4 × 6¾	10 × 17
octodecimo or eighteenmo	18º or 18mo	18	36	4 × 6½	10 × 16.5
trigesimo-secundo or thirty-twomo	32º or 32mo	32	64	3½ × 5½	9 × 14
quadragesimo-octavo or forty-eightmo	48º or 48mo	48	96	2½ × 4	6.5 × 10
sexagesimo-quarto or sixty-fourmo	64º or 64mo	64	128	2 × 3	5 × 7.5

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• Condition: Trade PB. 8vo. Published by Pawpaw Press, Moscow, ID. 1991. 272 pgs. Signed and inscribed by Roland Byers on the title page. Illustrated. First Edition/First Printing. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The 457th Bombardment Group was activated at Geiger Field, Washington on 1 July 1943 with the 748th, 749th, 750th and 751st Bombardment Squadrons assigned.It moved a week later to Rapid City Army Air Base, South Dakota, where it began training with the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber and completed the first two phases of its training there. It completed its training at Ephrata Army Air Base, Washington, then moved to Wendover Field, Utah for final preparation for overseas movement. It departed for the European Theater of Operations on New Years Day, 1944.
• Author: Roland Byers
• Binding: Hardcover
• Character Family: Flak Dodger
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
• Illustrator: 457th Bomb Group (H)
• Language: English
• Original/Facsimile: Original
• Personalized: Yes
• Place of Publication: Moscow, ID
• Publisher: Pawpaw Press
• Region: North America
• Signed: Yes
• Special Attributes: Illustrated, Flak Dodger
• Subject: Military & War
• Topic: WWII
• Year Printed: 1985

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