This auction is for a high-quality modern reprint of the vintage WWII flight manual entitled "Pilot Training Manual for the B-24 Liberator". This is the 1945 edition. It is a bit longer than the 1944 edition and has a number of changes throughout the manual.

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These are not your grandmother's scans. Every page has been hand-corrected to remove as many blemishes as possible. Color correction with a known color standard sheet was used to get the colors as close to the original as possible. Special care was taken with the half-tone images to make sure all the depth and range of the originals is preserved. Manuals are printed on 24 lb paper and comb-bound with clear plastic front cover and black plastic back sheet. There are 6 double-size color fold-outs printed on 11x17 paper.

Although the original manual that I scanned is public-domain, this hand-edited edition is copyright James A. Moorer 2009-2010. I have sprinkled small copyright notices throughout the manual. My apologies for this defacement. I hope it is not too distracting.

 Please note - the comb-binding is NOT like the original stapled binding - this is not an exact duplicate of the way the original manual was made. It is a modern printing where each page has been scanned, printed in full color and high resolution, and faithfully reproduced - then bound together with acetate covers and comb binding.

"Pilot Training Manual for the B-24 Liberator", AAF Manual 50-12, 1 May 1945, 273 pages. This is the instruction manual for training pilots. This one is in cartoon-style and is in full color. This is not the most technical of manuals - the military technical order manuals have the full technical descriptions. This manual covers flying of the B-24 in general terms but with some very specific recommendations. There are 11x17 fold-out pages for the cockpit showing all the instruments and controls.