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systemofadown1162
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Im looking for some literature and was wandering if anyone had some recomendations for books they enjoyed.

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G'day mate

Into the Teeth of the Tiger by Don Lopez is a great read. It centres around the author's experiences flying P-40s in the CBI theater. Talented flyer, great writer. He also wrote a follow up about flying the early jets post war, can't remember the title though.

Here's the Amazon link for his P-40 book:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/156098 ... oding=UTF8

Peter Dornan's "Australian Air Ace" about his father-in-law "Nicky" Barr is also a great read. P-40s in North Africa, escape/evasion/resistance in Italy and then a tiny bit of P-51 flying before heading home. Very personal.

Just started Bush Cotton's Hurricanes over Burma, will let you know how that goes!

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systemofadown1162 wrote:
Im looking for some literature and was wandering if anyone had some recommendations for books they enjoyed.


I've read a few thou, and enjoyed a lot. Can you be more specific?

Are you interested in wartime accounts, or aircraft restoration, or warbird histories, or fiction about 'planes or...

I could take a photo of my aviation bookshelves. Well... Several photos...
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If you can find it (maybe through a book search or rare book dealer) I would suggest Pilot Officer James Neal Thorne DFC by Olive Floyd published in the 50s. A very personal account of a young American pilot in the RAF with 5 kills and was KIA during the battle for Arnhem.

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STUKA PILOT!!! by Hans Ulrich Rudel An absolutely amazing read by the top German Stuka Pilot of WW2. His account of the war from 1939 to 1945 on the eastern front. Hard to put down. Rob
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You know, it’s weird; some of my favorite books are collections of articles, essays and speeches.

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Are you interested in wartime accounts, or aircraft restoration, or warbird histories, or fiction about 'planes or...

Doesnt matter.

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Being a book collector and seller it is hard to decide where to begin!!

Sigh for a Merlin - Alex Henshaw (Spitfire test pilot!!!)
Flight of the Mew Gull - Alex Henshaw (prewar flying London to Cape Town!!)
My Secret War - Richard Drury (Skyraider flying in Vietnam)
Nine Lives - Deere (Spitfire flying in WW2)
Roscoe Turner Aviations Master Showman - Glines
Flying Carpet - Halliburton (1931 flying a Stearman around the world!)

And this is just a short list.

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Sigh for a Merlin....yes! One of the best memoirs ever!

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Since you seem to be new to the field....
For a good overall lesson in US Military aircraft the best one volume source is US Military Aircraft Since 1909 by Gordon Swanborough and Peter M Bowers. Pulished by Putnam in 1962, 72 and 87.

In addition to AC histories and career details, there are photos, 3-view drawings, specifications and serial numbers. Plus introductory chapters on AC procurement, markings, and designations.

There is also a companion volume on Naval aircraft...published by Naval Institute press.

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So many books...and only 2 eyes...

"Duty: A father, his son and the man who won the war" by Bob Greene (a wonderful perspective of a relationship of a man with his veteran/father and ultimately with Paul Tibbets (post WWII).

"Flight of the Enola Gay" by Paul Tibbets (the real deal)

"War's End: an eyewitness account of America's Last Atomic Mission" by Charles Sweeney (another real deal and a different perspective).

"A Wing & a Prayer" by Harry Crosby (the real deal over Europe).

"The Lucky Bastard Club" by Eugene Fletcher (another real deal over Europe).

"Flying The Old Planes" by Frank Tallman (legendary Hollywood stunt pilot's flying notes of various aircraft, mostly WWI & WWII aircraft).

PM me if you want more...so many more... :lol:
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I read Thunderbolt! Bob Johnson's book, awesome!

Currently on Check Six! Boots Blesse's book, another great book and a great man indeed!
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"The Big Show" by Pierre Clostermann.

The best ever account of how it was shooting down Nazis over Europe.

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My question on this topic: How big of a list do you want?

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some general suggestions:

I highly suggest "To War in a Stringbag" by Charles Lamb; it centres around his experiences flying Swordfish in the Med., and is a very good read.

-"Reach for the sky" by Paul Brickhill
-"Tale of a Guinea Pig" by Geoffrey Page
-"The Straights of Messina" by Johannes Steinhoff
-"The First and the Last" by Adolf Galland is a must read

as mentioned above, "The Big Show" is very good indeed, and "Stuka Pilot" is also quite interesting. I seem to remember reading "I Flew for the Furher" at some point... "Baa Baa Black Sheep" is also a worthy read; the list goes on and on...

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