Good Books List

[James Wheeler]

Hi All,

The thread I started asking about the ammo capacity of the Mk1a Spitfire made me think it might be an idea for us to perhaps share any good War aviation related books we have read.

I will start the list with the following:

"Scramble!" by W/Cdr J.R.D 'Bob' Braham who was apparently Britain's most decorated fighter pilot - flew night fighters mostly (no ISBN, too old)
"Night Fighter Ace" by Tony Spooner (about W/Cdr Bob Braham) ISBN: 0-7509-3473-5
"Shot Down In Flames" by Geoffrey Page ISBN: 1-902304-10-1
"Fighter Pilot" by Paul Richey ISBN: 0-85052-700-7

Get posting!

[rrmerlin]

These are some of the books I have read and have not been able to put down.  It took me some time, but well worth it,
A few might be out of print but can be found through bibliofind.com or other book finder service.  Amazon.com and co.uk also
have used book service.  Enjoy. David Streeter

Duel of Eagles - The Greatest ook on the Battle of Britain ever written- Peter Townsend - ISBN 0-7607-5415-2

The most Dangerous Enemy - A History of the Battle of Britain - Stephen Bungay - ISBN 1- 85410-801-8

First Light -The true story of the boy who became a Man in the skies above Britain - Geoffrey Wellum- ISBN 0-471-42627-X

Spitfire Summer - When Britain stood Alone- Malcolm Brown - (The official IWM exhibition book)  It will make you teary-eyed

Spitfire- A Test Pilot's Story- how the Spitfire evolved and its test pilots - Jeffry Quill-ISBN 0-7195-3977-3

Battle of Britain Illustrated- Paul jacobs and Robert Lightsey -Aviation Week Books- Fantastic art and illustrations-ISBN 0-07-138545-2l

The Few-Summer 1940, The battle of Britain- Philip Kaplan & Richard Collier  Wonderful Photgraphs ISBN  0-297-84345-1

[James Wheeler]

Hi, I merged your topic into this one so we can keep the list together

[stevie k]

    "Not much of an Engineer" by Sir Stanley Hooker. Rolls Royce engineer who took the Merlin engine supercharging beyond all   
   expectations.

  stevie k

[geoff]

Hi everybody, here's just a few of my 70+ book collection.

YEAGER an autobiography of General Chuck Yeager? ?ISBN 0 553 17307 3

SKUNK WORKS by Ben Rich (Clarence Kelly's successor) about U2 & F117? ?ISBN 0 7515 1503 5

F4 PHANTOM -  Pilot's Story by Robert Prest

The ISRAELI AIR FORCE STORY by Murray Rubinstein & Richard Goldman? ISBN 0 85368 462 6

MIG PILOT by John Barron (The MIG25 defection to Japan)? ISBN 0 0700 3850 3

TESTED by Dennis Pascoe (Story of Marshall Aerospace test pilots 1919 - 1999)? ISBN 9 02304 35 7

TEST PILOT  by Brian Johnson (Book of the BBC series)

FIGHTER TEST PILOT by Roland Beamont (Hurricane to Tornado)

ISRAEL'S BEST DEFENSE by Col. "Cheetah" Cohen,? the full story of the Israeli Airforce from the beginning.? ISBN 1 8530 484 1

and finally my pride of place goes to the autographed copy of TEST PILOT by Neville Duke? ?ISBN 1 904010 40 7

[Clive From Canada]

There's some I can highly recommend...

A Thousand Shall Fall by Murray Peden.

Peden describes his RCAF experience from raw recruit through pilot training, OTU and then on "ops" flying Stirlings. Eventually moves onto B-17s with 100 Group. His writing style is easy and descriptive. One can easily visualize what he is writing about. Not a "how I won the war" book, but "what my experiences" were. An excellent book on one man's experiences and one I have read many, many times and still like it!

Ghosts of Targets Past by Phillip Gray.

The recollections and experiences of a Lancaster pilot later in the war. Gray completed 13 trips before the war ended. (Phillip also works on our Lancaster project.) Pretty good book overall!

Cheers,
Clive. Stranded in the colonies (Canada)