Memoirs of Kelly Field, 1917-1918
Kansas, USA: Aerospace Historian (MA/AH Publishing), 1974. Quarto, printed wrappers, [iii, including two leaves of the publisher's advertisements], 60 pp. Front cover has a window cut-out that displays the title on the title page. Window cut-out on front cover torn at right side with no loss of text, covers foxed at edges, very light foxing on leaf edges, some transfer of ink from leaves onto blank leaves without loss of text; otherwise a very good copy. First edition, copyright by Aerospace Historian, Department of History Kansas State University, for the Air Force Historical Foundation.
A very personal account by John Loeblein of his World War One experiences as Assistant Engineer Officer of the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps, U.S. Army, while stationed at Kelly Field, San Antonio, Kansas. Loeblein recounts his and his colleagues' day-to-day activities during flight training of students at the Field, along with some of the more unusual events that occurred there between 1917 and 1918. Item #4731
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