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Rendsburger Pilot	posted 09-09- 12:26 PM Please describe why and if possible the ISBN and the price. Maybe OT but i guess this could be very interesting. Rendsburger IP: Logged
semmern Pilot	posted 09-09- 01:58 PM 'Most Secret War,' by R.V. Jones. It's so old it hasn't got an ISBN number . 'Fly For Your Life,' the biography of R.S. Tuck, very old as well, with no ISBN number. IP: Logged
Aladar Pilot	posted 09-09- 02:28 PM "Rocket Fighter" by Mano Ziegler - Dunno what the heck an ISBN is, or the price, but its the best WWII book I have EVER read, and can't imagine anything better. IP: Logged
silas Pilot	posted 09-09- 03:10 PM Above and Beyond: the Canadian' War in the Air, 1939-45 $24.99 cdn All the Fine Young Eagles by David L. Bashow $22.95 cdn A Thousand Shall Fall by Murry Penden $24.95 cdn These are three books I really enjoyed. You can check out other books I have read and my short reviews of them at the book review section of my site. ------------------ silas Demon's Runway Fortes fortuna adiuvat Fear, that's the other guy's problem. IP: Logged
Sturm Spieler Pilot	posted 09-09- 03:43 PM If like german planes you MUST, MUST, MUST get Donald Caldwell's "JG26: TOp Guns Of The Luftwaffe"......its all there...I mean ALL there. also a nice coffee table book is Andrelucci/Matricardi/Pinto's "World War Two Combat Aircraft", it's not super thourough but its big and beautiful...lots of eye candy. Sturm Spieler IP: Logged
-=Snake=- Cadet	posted 09-09- 05:32 PM Read KG200 if you want a thrilling factual fiction novel. Unbelievable cool. First read it when I was 12, it started my interest in WW2 aviation and the rest as they say is history. Its really cool to read it now and know what all the planes look like. Snake IP: Logged
Gustavo Pilot	posted 09-09- 06:47 PM The WWII for Time_Life_Folio. 70 volumes of 100 pages each one. It is not a continuous story of the war, each 2 volumes narrate an episode. I have 62. It is magnify. ------------------ I./JG 27 Alle Messerschmitt bf109 IP: Logged
71hemicuda Pilot	posted 09-09- 11:36 PM Any Stephen E. Ambrose books I can't remember off the top of my head but I think it was around 1,700 interviews he took for his D-Day book. ------------------ "Campaign For A Better Havoc." IP: Logged
3dp Pilot	posted 09-09- 11:53 PM These may be well known, but they really are compelling reading. Everytime I pick one of them up to read a particular part, I end up reading it to the end again! It's a toss up between: Pursuit: The Chase and Sinking of the Battleship Bismarck by Ludovic Kennedy 1974 and A Bridge Too Far by Cornelius Ryan 1974 The latter has been made into one of my favorite films, now if only someone would do the former so we would have a better film representation of the Bismarck chase than the sappily fictionalized (and very technically inaccurate) 'Sink the Bismarck'! ------------------ Be seeing you, 3dp Visit RAF Harkness! IP: Logged
Karaya 2 Pilot	posted 09-10- 05:17 AM (1) Spitfire Squadron - Edited by David Guthrie. A collection of auto-biographies/narratives written by individual Spitfire pilots from Buster (Pseudonym) Squadron during the Battle of Britain. Each narrative is edited by David Guthrie (Flight Leader) after each and every individual pilot who put pen to paper was killed during the course of the BoB. It's a very moving and touching story told by those who flew, fought and died in this conflict. I thoroughly reccomend it. Corgi \| 1976 \| vg++ \| West \| first \| 70196 Available through Zardoz Books at Amazon.co.uk Price 4 Pounds Sterling. I have seen it in both paperback and hardcover. Unfortunately though I lost the only copy I ever had back in 1990. It was the paperback version, the front and back covers featuring a terrific dogfight between Spits and Me109e's by Brian Knight. If anybody has a copy of it and can scan the cover for me and send it on I'd be eternally grateful. ------------------ [This message has been edited by Karaya 2 (edited 09-10-2001).] IP: Logged
gt Pilot	posted 09-10- 05:44 AM Books covering 'Bomber Command'...what else Now here are a couple of titles: - 'RAF Bomber Stories' Martin W. Bowman - 'Reaching for the stars' Mark Connelly - 'The Nuremberg Raid' Martin Middlebrook - 'The Berlin Raids' Martin Middlebrook - 'The Battle of Hamburg' Martin Middlebrook cheers gt ------------------ Please visit: GT's HANGAR Bombing the Reich "You'll have to put her down Baz, we're badly on fire." Dedicated to the memory of Squadron Leader Ian Bazalgette VC DFC. IP: Logged
Karaya 2 Pilot	posted 09-10- 06:10 AM (2) "The Blonde Knight of Germany" By Raymond & Toliver The story of Major Eric Hartmann - Karaya One, the greatest fighter pilot of ALL time with 352 confirmed victories over the Eastern Front from 1942 to 1945. (3) "The Lonely Warrior" By Victor Huart The story of Jean Offenberg, a Belgian who left his homeland when the Nazis invaded it and escaped to Britain to fight in exile with the RAF. (4) "Wing Leader" - By Group Captain James Edgar "Johnnie" Johnson D.S.O and two bars, D.F.C. and bar. Top scoring British fighter pilot of WWII with 38 confirmed victories. Very old book and no ISBN. First published by Chatto & Windus 1956 and then by Penguin Books in 1959. (5) Any book in the "Yeoman" series by Robert Jackson. All fictional. Look for 'Squadron Scramble, Hurricane Squadron, Target Tobruk, Malta Victory, Mosquito Squadron, Operation Diver, Tempest Squadron and Final Battle. All released through Corgi Books with the paperback version cover illustrations by Brian Knight. The ISBN for Tempest Squadron is 0 - 552 - 12148 - 7. Karaya Two =FC= [This message has been edited by Karaya 2 (edited 09-10-2001).] IP: Logged
Burkey Pilot	posted 09-10- 09:56 AM Wing leader - excellent book. The Forgotten Soldier, Guy Sajer - Amazing true life account of a French man (boy) in the GrossDeutchland fighting on the Eastern Front. Hell on earth and it shows just how much the german soldier had to endure, if he survived. IP: Logged
Steffen Pilot	posted 09-10- 10:08 AM Hi, it is "Warplanes of the Luftwaffe". ISBN 1-874023-56-5 It says: ... is the most complete volume available on the military aircraft of the Third Reich. The combination of detailed texts, technical details and superb illustrations provide a unique reference work covering the aircraft, their histories, their achievements and their colours" And I must say, thats true. Steffen IP: Logged
Sunray Pilot	posted 09-10- 11:16 AM Reach for the Sky, The Tumbling Mirth, Boys, Bombs and Brussels Sprouts, Fighter Command, The First Special Service Force, All the Bantam War books, et (many) al. I'll get the numbers and post same. IP: Logged
Rendsburger Pilot	posted 09-10- 11:21 AM Thanks guys, many books i never heard before and in german book stores it�s difficult to find books about WWII if it hasn�t something to do with Hitler or Holocaust. Now going to amazon... Rendsburger IP: Logged
mposis Pilot	posted 09-10- 04:48 PM Fiction The Last Dogfight by Martin Caidin - novel about Japanese Navy fighters pilots vs US Army fighter pilots The Fighters by Colin Willock - novel about Luftwaffe fighter pilots vs RAF figther pilots Non-fiction Samurai by Saburo Sakai,Martin Caidin,Fred Saito Japanese Destroyer Captain by Tameichi Hara,Fred Sato,Roger Pineau Scorched Earth by Paul Carrell Try www.bibliofind.com since most if these books are out of print IP: Logged
Spanky the Mad Dog Pilot	posted 09-10- 05:30 PM Thats easy The Guns of Normandy, A Soldier's Eye View, France 1944. Its based the true story of a Canadian artillery officer, specifically a FOO (forward observation officer) in France just after the landing and the push towards Paris. A FOO had a life expectancy of 3 months at the time. Its not all about artillery though (although those parts alone are great) he also did alot of interviews during the war, so the story of the average Canadian soldier is in here too. Its a great book, and great as a Canadian to find some true stories of our boys in the war, let me tell ya ours were just as brave and hard working as any in that war. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0771015038/qid=1000159771/s r=2-1/ref=aps_sr_b_1_1/107-1829903-4354131 [This message has been edited by Spanky the Mad Dog (edited 09-10-2001).] IP: Logged
Jeeves JAG	posted 09-10- 06:30 PM "Those Who Fall" by John Muirhead (sp?)...an exellent account of B-17 crews http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/104-3414704-8232715 I just ordered the new Ambrose book on B-24 crews (our own Spoon had a review of it at simhq last week) and one on the Memphis Belle written by Robert Morgan himself ------------------ Brought to you by the campaign for a better Dauntless! Jeeves =FC= IP: Logged
71hemicuda Pilot	posted 09-10- 06:54 PM Black Thursday! Kicks butt. ------------------ "Campaign For A Better Havoc." IP: Logged
Jonners Pilot	posted 09-11- 03:13 AM For fiction I've got to recommend 'Piece of Cake' by Derek Robinson - a story of a Hurricane Squadron during the battle of France and Britain..touching and tragic, but so funny in places I laughed out loud when reading it. Leo Kesslers' books are fairly gruesome but undemanding reading, usually about the SS battalions in some form or another. A non-fiction book I'd suggest is 'Enemy coast ahead' by Wing Commander Guy Gibson, telling the true story of the 'Dambuster raid', stirring stuff. For a good overview of the war I can suggest 'The world at war' by Mark Arnold-Forster....it accompanied the TV series narrated by Laurence Olivier. No ISBN's, I'm afraid, Sorry. Ah yes, 'The Jungle is Neutral' by F Spencer Chapman, an outstanding story of stay-behind parties in Malaya - Spencer Chapman was in Malaya for the duration of the war, trying to organise Chinese resistance groups against the Japanese - he came out of the jungle green and had caught, and almost died from, malaria several times! It is still regarded as the definitive jungle survival manual by many Armed services. I think he also spent quite a lot of time in Tibet and climbed K2....I think. ------------------ 'After a scrap, I usually have to drink my tea through a straw' - S/Ldr Barton [This message has been edited by Jonners (edited 09-11-2001).] IP: Logged
Snickers Pilot	posted 09-11- 05:32 PM Wow I cant believe it (no one said it yet) ... How about "God Is My Co-Pilot" Robert L Scott.... First read it when I was 12. Thats what got me hooked on flying.... IP: Logged

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