Hostile Skies: A Combat History of the American Air Service in World War I

+ archive of letters and Photos

1st Edition Fine Hardcover in Fine Dust Jacket.

Includes:

Signatures of 11 pilots

Jimmy Doolittle - Metal of Honor Recipient and Eponymous commander of the First Raid on Imperial Japan Following Pearl Harbor

5 WW1 Era Pilots Including:

Charles H. Dolan of the Lafayette Escadrille N-124 -- American Pilots who volunteered to fight for France during WW1 before the U.S. joined the War

-- Named for French Officer Lafayette who fought for the American Colonies during the Revolutionary War.

and 4 Members of the A.E. F.

5 other Pilots from Vietnam to the Modern Era -- Not all Confirmed Identified

Also a Letter from Jimmy Doolittle Signed simply "Jim" on Letterhead with Envelope and Business Card (and copy of letter it was in response to)

A Letter from the Author

3 Original Period Photographs of WW1 pilots -- Unidentified, possibly corresponding to the autographs?

An incredible archive of American Military History, particularly WW1 era (during which Doolittle was a flight instructor)