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WW II 8th Air Force B-24 Navigator 1944-1945 "THE DAY WE BOMBED SWITZERLAND"

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Price: 20 USD

Location: Livonia, Michigan

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Item Specifics

Return shipping will be paid by: Seller

All returns accepted: Returns Accepted

Item must be returned within: 30 Days

Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)

Book Title: Day We Bombed Switzerland

MPN: Does Not Apply

Item Length: 9 in

Vintage: No

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

Item Height: 1 in

Features: Dust Jacket, Illustrated

Topic: Aircraft, Air Force, Combat, Memoir, Military History, True Military Stories, World War II, Military / World War II, Military / United States, Military / Aviation

Subjects: History & Military

Item Width: 6 in

Narrative Type: Nonfiction

Publisher: T.H.E. Crowood Press

Intended Audience: Adults

Modified Item: No

Subject: Military & War

Publication Year: 2000

Type: Memoirs

Literary Movement: Does Not Apply

Era: 1940s

Illustrator: Yes

Author: J. W. Granholm

Genre: Aviation, Biographies & True Stories, History, Military, War & Combat

Country/Region of Manufacture: Unknown

Item Weight: 20 oz

Number of Pages: 256 Pages

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