Description
Up For Sale Today is
342nd Fighter Squadron
Hardcover. 4to. No Publisher, Bedford Airdrome, MA. 1943. Unpaginated. Illustrated. One photo is signed.
Bound in padded illustrated cloth boards with titles present to the front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid.
On September 24, 1942 constituted as the 342nd Fighter Squadron (342nd BS) in the 348th Fighter Group (348th FG). On September 30, 1942 activated at Mitchell Field in New York and Bradley Field in Windsor Locks, Connecticut equipped with the P-47D Thunderbolt. Nicknamed "Scourgers". On October 28, 1942 moves to Westover Field in Mass. On January 13, 1943 moves to Bedford Municipal Airport in Mass. On April 28, 1943 returns to Westover Field.
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| Book formats and corresponding sizes | ||||||
| Name | Abbreviations | Leaves | Pages | Approximate cover size (width × height) | ||
| inches | cm | |||||
| folio | 2º or fo | 2 | 4 | 12 × 19 | 30.5 × 48 | |
| quarto | 4º or 4to | 4 | 8 | 9½ × 12 | 24 × 30.5 | |
| octavo | 8º or 8vo | 8 | 16 | 6 × 9 | 15 × 23 | |
| duodecimo or twelvemo | 12º or 12mo | 12 | 24 | 5 × 7⅜ | 12.5 × 19 | |
| sextodecimo or sixteenmo | 16º or 16mo | 16 | 32 | 4 × 6¾ | 10 × 17 | |
| octodecimo or eighteenmo | 18º or 18mo | 18 | 36 | 4 × 6½ | 10 × 16.5 | |
| trigesimo-secundo or thirty-twomo | 32º or 32mo | 32 | 64 | 3½ × 5½ | 9 × 14 | |
| quadragesimo-octavo or forty-eightmo | 48º or 48mo | 48 | 96 | 2½ × 4 | 6.5 × 10 | |
| sexagesimo-quarto or sixty-fourmo | 64º or 64mo | 64 | 128 | 2 × 3 | 5 × 7.5 | |
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