History of the 3rd and 38th Bomb Groups

[edwest2]

Here is news from the Stone & Stone books site:


International Historical Research Associates, publishers of Ken's Men against the Empire and other air histories, sent us this report:
"The entire IHRA team is working hard to finish volume 1 of the history of the 3rd Bomb Group. We hope to be able to provide a date of publication soon. This will be followed by Volume 2 of the 3rd Bomb Group History and two volumes on the 38th Bomb Group. The order of publication for 3rd BG vol. 2 and 38th BG vols. 1 and 2 has not yet been determined."

[SteveR]

Good news if true! I've been waiting for all of these for a loooooong time.

Thanks Ed!

[James S.]

Originally Posted by SteveR

Good news if true! I've been waiting for all of these for a loooooong time.

Thanks Ed!

I think we all have been waiting a looooooooooooooong time for these books. I can't wait until they come out, hopefully soon.

James

[robert]

I spoke to Larry and he told me that the book on 3rd will be his best book.

Robert

[Stig Jarlevik]

I have all the books in this series.

They are all very much a work of love and should stand as an inspiration to anyone writing a unit history.

Needless to say, I am also very much looking forward to these volumes.

Cheers
Stig

[James S.]

Originally Posted by Stig Jarlevik

I have all the books in this series.

They are all very much a work of love and should stand as an inspiration to anyone writing a unit history.

Needless to say, I am also very much looking forward to these volumes.

Cheers
Stig

Couldn't agree more, Stig. When these books come out, it seems that the only Group in the 5th, that doesn't have a unit history, not that I know of, is the 35th Fighter Group.

James

[Edward]

If you have any questions about the 3rd BG history I will do my best to answer them.

Harvest of the Grim Reapers: The Illustrated History of the 3rd and 27th Bomb Groups During World War II
Volume I: Prewar to September 1943
by Lawrence J. Hickey and Edward M. Rogers with Osamu Tagaya

https://irandpcorp.com/products/3bg1/

[Alfred.MONZAT]

It's hard to come by them in France/Europe. I have the first 4 of the collection and I'll probably order 5th and 6th from IHRA (and hope I won't be bled dry by the customs this time) when 6th will be out.

[Stig Jarlevik]

Alfred

You can get them from here
https://www.christian-schmidt.com/

I bought both volumes of Ken's Men without any problems.
When buying books from USA, we in Sweden always have to pay 25% added VAT plus an additional "forward fee" for the customs agent (read the forwarder who happens to get the package)

Small items readily slip through, but these books ain't small. So for me, buying them via Germany actually saves me a couple of bucks.

Cheers
Stig

[Alfred.MONZAT]

Thank you, I didn' know they had it. I've never ordered from them mainly because "The shippingcosts are calculated manually" and in this case a $80 is sold at 96€ but all considered...