Wings of World War II
Subtitle: the military flight qualification badges of the Second World War
By: by Russell J. Huff.
Contributors: While all prior works are cited, the main research and writing, and subsequent publication, was done by the author.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Wings of World War II; Companion to Wings of World War II; Winging It I and II; Wings and Things of the World, a quarterly journal.
Publisher: R.J. Huff
Published: 1985
Place of publication: Sarasota, Fla
Language: eng
Format: Hardback
Number of pages: 250
Subjects: Air forces -- Insignia -- Pictorial works.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations -- Pictorial works.; Wings (Insignia) -- Pictorial works.
Other titles: Wings of World War Two.; Wings of World War 2.
First sentence: Collecting wings is a science as well as a hobby; once the collector gets started on this challenging area of ilitaria, he needs to have a body of knowledge to work with and all the instincts of a good hunter.
Description: Wings of World War II was a ground breaking study that appeared in 1985 after five years in the preparation stages.  It is based on the author's 1600 piece aviation badge collection which is photographed and presented in these 250 pages of black and white, large format design.  At the time of the research and writing, few sources were available to the author, the Iron Curtin was still up and the Internet had not been opened to the public. The author pulled together information, wings on the market and a design team and then presented the history and flight badges of 38 combatnat countries in World War II--from the most powerful to the smallest air forces.  Every effort was made to be factual correct and to use what was believed to be all original badges, many shown for the first time both front and back.  The author is further described on his website, thewingding.com  where this book is also still available in very limited quantities and he gives an overview of his experiences in the hobby of wing collecting..
Notes: Bibliography: p. 248-249.
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