SECOND HAND BOOKS

804766/48 - JONAH'S FEET ARE DRY: The Experience of the 353rd Fighter Group during WWII (Signed by The Author)

By G E Cross

Lavishly illustrated with 980 photographs and diagrams.  Also includes 8 page colour section with previously unpublished photos, operational diary detailing every mission loss and claim for the group, individual photos of most group pilots together with biography and statistics, detailed appendices, personal stories.

The 353rd Fighter Group was assigned to the Eighth Air Force on 7 June 1943. The group flew P-47 Thunderbolts, and from October 1944, P-51 Mustangs, as escorts for bombing missions across occupied Europe and to strafe targets on the ground. Tactical missions included strafing and dive-bombing targets during the Allied invasion of Normandy and during the airborne assault of Holland. For these latter missions, between 17 and 23 September 1944, the Group was awarded a Distinguished Unit Citation.

Signed by the Author!  Limited Edition No 263 of 2,000 copies.  This is a really nice clean copy throughout.  There may be slight shelf wear to dust-jacket, now in protective clear cover.  This is a heavy book and will attract postage of £9.50 tracked, within the UK.