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Fly For Your Life by Larry Forrester "The glorious story of Engleand's Greateast Air Ace, Robert Stanford Tuck and his Deadly Spitfire" (from cover notes)
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Tumult in the Clouds by Lt Col James A Goodson "A gripping firsthand account of the heroic American Volunteers who flew for the RAF against the greatest german fighter aces of WW II". (from cover notes)
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Don't forget about :
Reach for the Sky about Douglas Bader, the legless badboy RAF pilot who was a wingleader before he was shot down just in time to give the Germans one big kick in the pants as a prisoner.
Also there is a book about A.C. (Sailor) Milan, one of Britan's top air aces of WWII. Sorry, I forgot the name of the book. But as I recall it was very well done.
From the Axis side, there is The First and the Last by Adolph Galland. Top scorer for Germany in most theaters.
Or JG-26 which concerns Germany's top fighter squadron and aces.
For the Japanese, the book ZERO! about Saburo Sakai is a very good account of the other side of the story.
For the American's the book Thunderbolt! is a great book about Gabby Gabresky. An American fighter ace, and wing leader.
Also P-38 about the excellant fighter from design to retirement.
UM...Oh yes.....for a bit of story time...
Baa Baa Black Sheep about Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, and his self reported exploits.
Or Once They Were Eagles concerning the rest of the Black Sheep. Great book about the rest of the story.
lesee...there is also The Cactus Air Force about the naval and army aviators in the fight for Guadalcanal.
Man there are so many more, but my poor mind isn't coming up with them.....
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Back in the 70's I read 'Airwar' by Joseph Lombanski (sp?) and it's 2 volumes and it will leave you on the edge of your seat!!! Great stories of air combat in europe and south Pacific that will leave wondering how and the HELL did they come through that one??? My late Father In law was at Tinian when the Enola Gay was there and he worked on the B-29's. He told me once a 29 came back with a Zero stuck in its side and barely able to fly. He went in it and he said he found pieces of the japanese pilot everywhere, these are the kind of stories you will read in Airwar!
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Auger Din Don't forget about :
Reach for the Sky about Douglas Bader, the legless badboy RAF pilot who was a wingleader before he was shot down just in time to give the Germans one big kick in the pants as a prisoner.[/QUOTE]
I read this book when I was a kid and just couldn't get enough of it. I think I have read it about 50 times.
I still have my copy of it nicely packed away somewhere too!
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A good topic! There are a lot of great books on WWII flying and I enjoy reading about other people's favorites. A couple of my all time favorites are:
Non-Fiction
The Big Show by Pierre Closterman. Out of print now (I think) and hard to find, but a great account of flying Mk IX Spitfires and Tempests against late model Me-109's and FW-190D's. Not all heroics, but truly how he lived, flew, fought and survived from 1943 until the end of the War.
Fiction
Piece of Cake by Derek Robinson. Still available through Amazon.com. A fictional accounting of an RAF fighter squadron prior and during the Battle of Britain. Widely criticized in England when it was published, but technically accurate. Made into a 6 part BBC-TV series and shown a few years back. Some of the best Spitfire flying scenes ever shot. Available on DVD from Amazon.com.
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"The Blonde Knight of Germany" The story of Eric Hartmann. Germany's greatest Ace. 351 victory's. Awsome book. It's been awhile since I read it though.
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One of the best WWII Pacific War History books concentrating primarily on aviation is "A Glorius Page in our History" ISBN 0-929521-40-4
This is the most complete telling of the Battle of Midway I have found. Every page is full of period photographs and stories of the ships, aircraft, and the men who fought the battle on the US side ... both from the two islands (Sand and Eastern) of Midway and on the three US carriers involved. The page size of the book is large (8 1/2 by 11) and the paper high quality. So the photgraphs are vivid and the descriptions and diagrams compelling.
Since the battle was totally fought with aircraft, the book is also treasure trove of facts and interesting first person accounts of the failures and successes of each of the many types of aircraft engaged ... and the tactics (and luck) utilized by each during the battle. All extensively documented with photographs of the equipment and the personnel involved, and with maps and diagrams to illustrate the several twists and turns of the battle and its outcome.
For example, this is the first account I have found that relates, in graphic detail, the real reason that LCDR John Waldron took his Torpedo Eight Squadron off on a divergent course that led to their being the first carrier aircraft to find and attack the Japanese (without fighter or bomber assistance) ... and which resulted in the loss of all but one man in the squadron.
But beyond the interesting accounts of the battle history, the book also addresses the history of the Midway Atoll itself, from its discovery in the 19th century, through the battle and subsequent further utilization during WWII, and leading up to its current status as a wildlife refuge.
All in all, a great read ... and a must have for anyone interested in the history of military aviation or the war in the pacific.
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one of my personal favorites is "War In the Air" by Stephen Coonts. most of the book is excerpts from some of the previously mentioned books. The end though, is an account of Steven Ritchie's first kill in vietnam in an F4 phantom. He's got lotsa other books too...The Cannibal Queen is about him flying around the continental US in a restored Stearman, and (if Vietnam is ur thing) he's the author of "flight of the intruder". other's are not so famous...most all are "techno-thrillers" ne who...just my two cents.
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Great topic, especially if you like to read! I love reading the exploits of the WW2 pilots. Check out these titles if you can find them:
Zemke's Wolf Pack by Roger Freeman- a great account Hub Zemke's battles in the Thunderbolt. Fighter over Finland by Eino Luukkanen- first they fought the Germans, then Russians, then..... Great reading about the Finns in WW2.
Wing Leader by J. E. Johnson. One of my heros recently departed. Spitfires, Hurricanes, Messerschimdts, and Focke Wulfs, can it get any better?
I Flew for the Fuhrer by Heinz Knocke. A good account of the Axis side. The early successes and the latter defeats.
A great novel is Gray Eagles (author unknown) is a really good read about some German Industrialists who rebuild Some BF-109s in the 1970's supposedly for airshow work, but end up fighting Mustangs reliving WW2.
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by CSpierings Into the Teeth of the Tiger, WW2 China
The Roarin 20s A20s in the pacific
To Fly and Fight - Bud Anderson, Mustangs in Europe
Thunderbolt Bob Johnson and Martin Caiden
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Thunderbold by Bob Johnson! Thanks for coming up with that name. I posted the book in an earlier post, but his name escaped me.
I loved that book, especially about how it referred to the toughness of the fighter.
Remember the section where he describes the crash landing of one of his pilots in the water off of the East Coast? The man's engine gave out on takeoff, and he rode the plane into the sound where it did a bunch of cartwheels. The guy got out alive with only a broken nose and some bruises!
Man, what a tough bird that plane was!
Take it easy.
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