Bought a used Me 262 book.....guess who it belonged too.....
Fri Jan 30, 2015 9:38 am
I'm researching USAAF pilots that shot down German jets and wanted to get a copy of the "Me 262 Combat Diary". At first I was only finding copies for $80-$125! 
So I went to AbeBooks and found a copy for $5.56 and would cost $3.00 for shipping. A few clicks later that baby was mine. I showed up yesterday and it is in great shape.
I opened it up and saw a dedication from the author John Foreman. The date is June 14, 1990. Who did Mr Foreman sign the book for? Donald S. Lopez!! Can you believe that? I now have a book in my collection that once belonged to a bona fide Flying Tiger Ace!!
Chappie
So I went to AbeBooks and found a copy for $5.56 and would cost $3.00 for shipping. A few clicks later that baby was mine. I showed up yesterday and it is in great shape.I opened it up and saw a dedication from the author John Foreman. The date is June 14, 1990. Who did Mr Foreman sign the book for? Donald S. Lopez!! Can you believe that? I now have a book in my collection that once belonged to a bona fide Flying Tiger Ace!!
Chappie
Re: Bought a used Me 262 book.....guess who it belonged too.
Fri Jan 30, 2015 9:56 am
Wow! That's $8.56 well spent! 
P-40 ace and Smithsonian NASM director.
P-40 ace and Smithsonian NASM director.
Re: Bought a used Me 262 book.....guess who it belonged too.
Fri Jan 30, 2015 10:04 am
Chappie wrote:I'm researching USAAF pilots that shot down German jets and wanted to get a copy of the "Me 262 Combat Diary". At first I was only finding copies for $80-$125!
I opened it up and saw a dedication from the author John Foreman. The date is June 14, 1990. Who did Mr Foreman sign the book for? Donald S. Lopez!! Can you believe that? I now have a book in my collection that once belonged to a bona fide Flying Tiger Ace!!
Chappie
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Re: Bought a used Me 262 book.....guess who it belonged too.
Fri Jan 30, 2015 12:16 pm
It's amazing the stuff that can turn up in used book stores and on amazon. great score!
I've bought numerous first-person books over the year and found the signed by the author when they arrived (the sellers really should look, as they could have charged more), two NASA-related book I ordered last month both showed up signed by the authors with no inscriptions.
A pal of mine recently ordered a used Apollo 11 book from Amazon and it arrived signed by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, from back before Armstrong had stopped signing in the mid 90s. Even before he passed on, Armstrong's signature was going for well into 4-figures.
I consider myself almost as lucky to have stumbled across a few books from WW2 cartoonist Bill Mauldin's personal collection. I have 2 signed books from authors to him, as well as Mauldin's personal copy of "Up Front" in the Czech language. And they cost me very little because the seller simply didn't understand what the deal was with them. You folks need to understand the context of that, in that I have a massive Mauldin collection and have written about the man and have done 'talking head' interviews about his life on PBS and the History Channel in years past...
I've bought numerous first-person books over the year and found the signed by the author when they arrived (the sellers really should look, as they could have charged more), two NASA-related book I ordered last month both showed up signed by the authors with no inscriptions.
A pal of mine recently ordered a used Apollo 11 book from Amazon and it arrived signed by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, from back before Armstrong had stopped signing in the mid 90s. Even before he passed on, Armstrong's signature was going for well into 4-figures.
I consider myself almost as lucky to have stumbled across a few books from WW2 cartoonist Bill Mauldin's personal collection. I have 2 signed books from authors to him, as well as Mauldin's personal copy of "Up Front" in the Czech language. And they cost me very little because the seller simply didn't understand what the deal was with them. You folks need to understand the context of that, in that I have a massive Mauldin collection and have written about the man and have done 'talking head' interviews about his life on PBS and the History Channel in years past...
Re: Bought a used Me 262 book.....guess who it belonged too.
Fri Jan 30, 2015 6:58 pm
That's really neat, Chappie! As an aside, the P-51C that is being built/restored at Aircorps Aviation for the Texas Flying Legends Museum will be painted in Don's 23rd FG markings as "Lope's Hope 3rd". http://www.projects.aircorpsaviation.co ... ary-photos
Re: Bought a used Me 262 book.....guess who it belonged too.
Sat Jan 31, 2015 7:58 am
JohnTerrell wrote:That's really neat, Chappie! As an aside, the P-51C that is being built/restored at Aircorps Aviation for the Texas Flying Legends Museum will be painted in Don's 23rd FG markings as "Lope's Hope 3rd". http://www.projects.aircorpsaviation.co ... ary-photos
Thanks for the link John. I love B/C-model Mustangs.
Chappie
Re: Bought a used Me 262 book.....guess who it belonged too.
Sat Jan 31, 2015 4:34 pm
A friend of mine picked up a WWII vintage "Air Forces" magazine from a table just ahead of me at an aviation flea market. The address of the Subscriber was Gen. Hap Arnold! He got it for $3.00!
Re: Bought a used Me 262 book.....guess who it belonged too.
Sat Jan 31, 2015 7:17 pm
Jerry O'Neill wrote:A friend of mine picked up a WWII vintage "Air Forces" magazine from a table just ahead of me at an aviation flea market. The address of the Subscriber was Gen. Hap Arnold! He got it for $3.00!
Whoa, now that is really awesome!!
Chappie