Thu Apr 17, 2008 4:33 pm
I forget the author but, "Beyond the Call of Duty" - it is about MOH Bernard Fisher's career. Has several excellent chapters on the action that earned him the MOH.
Tom P.
Tom P.
Thu Apr 17, 2008 5:32 pm
CHARLES DEMOULIN, Mes oiseaux de feu
The title of the translation is "Firebirds, Flying The Typhoon In Action". Charle Demoulin was a belgian soldier who escape the german and became pilot in the RAF.
RENÉ MOUCHOTTE, Les Carnets de René Mouchotte (1940-1943)
The title of the translation is "The Mouchotte Diaries 1940 - 1943". The personnal diary of a french pilot who escape France after the french capitulation and became the first non britsh to command a RAF squadron.
These two titles can be compare with The Big Show of Pierre Clostermann
JEFFREY QUILL, Spitfire, a Test Pilot Story
The title says a lot... From the begining of is career with the RAF before to war to the end of his flying time.
The title of the translation is "Firebirds, Flying The Typhoon In Action". Charle Demoulin was a belgian soldier who escape the german and became pilot in the RAF.
RENÉ MOUCHOTTE, Les Carnets de René Mouchotte (1940-1943)
The title of the translation is "The Mouchotte Diaries 1940 - 1943". The personnal diary of a french pilot who escape France after the french capitulation and became the first non britsh to command a RAF squadron.
These two titles can be compare with The Big Show of Pierre Clostermann
JEFFREY QUILL, Spitfire, a Test Pilot Story
The title says a lot... From the begining of is career with the RAF before to war to the end of his flying time.
Thu Apr 17, 2008 5:32 pm
CHARLES DEMOULIN, Mes oiseaux de feu
The title of the translation is "Firebirds, Flying The Typhoon In Action". Charle Demoulin was a belgian soldier who escape the german and became pilot in the RAF.
RENÉ MOUCHOTTE, Les Carnets de René Mouchotte (1940-1943)
The title of the translation is "The Mouchotte Diaries 1940 - 1943". The personnal diary of a french pilot who escape France after the french capitulation and became the first non britsh to command a RAF squadron.
These two titles can be compare with The Big Show of Pierre Clostermann
JEFFREY QUILL, Spitfire, a Test Pilot Story
The title says a lot... From the begining of is career with the RAF before to war to the end of his flying time.
The title of the translation is "Firebirds, Flying The Typhoon In Action". Charle Demoulin was a belgian soldier who escape the german and became pilot in the RAF.
RENÉ MOUCHOTTE, Les Carnets de René Mouchotte (1940-1943)
The title of the translation is "The Mouchotte Diaries 1940 - 1943". The personnal diary of a french pilot who escape France after the french capitulation and became the first non britsh to command a RAF squadron.
These two titles can be compare with The Big Show of Pierre Clostermann
JEFFREY QUILL, Spitfire, a Test Pilot Story
The title says a lot... From the begining of is career with the RAF before to war to the end of his flying time.
Thu Apr 17, 2008 6:18 pm
Just a couple (of what's left after the garage sale) left that are pretty good..
"Gunther Rall" (autobiography)
More recent
"Chickenhawk"
"Shadow Flights"
"Flying Through Time" - great book!
"Gunther Rall" (autobiography)
More recent
"Chickenhawk"
"Shadow Flights"
"Flying Through Time" - great book!
Thu Apr 17, 2008 7:51 pm
Ahem...cough...cough...cough 
I heard there is a great book about a fighter pilot's life in WWII from basic training through the end of the war.
"Fire from the Clouds" available via PM, email, or reply on this thread. Remember $10 of the $20 goes to support this site.
I heard there is a great book about a fighter pilot's life in WWII from basic training through the end of the war.
"Fire from the Clouds" available via PM, email, or reply on this thread. Remember $10 of the $20 goes to support this site.
Thu Apr 17, 2008 9:21 pm
"To Fly And Fight", Bud Anderson. It' by far the best.
Thu Apr 17, 2008 9:29 pm
"DUSTOFF- The Story of an Army Aviator" by CW4 Mike Novosel (MOH)
He started as an AvCad in WWII, became a B-24 command pilot, and B-29 Commander by the end of the war, got RIF'd in the late 1940s, joined the USAF Reserve in the early 1950's and tried to volunteer for active duty in Viet Nam, but the USAF said they didn't need another Lt.Col. So he resigned his commission, and joined the US Army to instruct helicopter pilots- and ended up flying SF, then doing two tours with DUSTOFF, the guys who flew in and took out the casualties in unarmed Hueys... He got the Medal Of Honor for one long heavy duty mission in 1968 or 69.
Really a great book. He retired form the US Army as a CW4 in the 1980s; he was the last combat pilot of the WWII USAAF still on active duty. I looked him up a few months ago, and was sad to see he'd passed away in the 1990s IIRC.
Read this one- you won't be able to put it down...
Robbie
He started as an AvCad in WWII, became a B-24 command pilot, and B-29 Commander by the end of the war, got RIF'd in the late 1940s, joined the USAF Reserve in the early 1950's and tried to volunteer for active duty in Viet Nam, but the USAF said they didn't need another Lt.Col. So he resigned his commission, and joined the US Army to instruct helicopter pilots- and ended up flying SF, then doing two tours with DUSTOFF, the guys who flew in and took out the casualties in unarmed Hueys... He got the Medal Of Honor for one long heavy duty mission in 1968 or 69.
Really a great book. He retired form the US Army as a CW4 in the 1980s; he was the last combat pilot of the WWII USAAF still on active duty. I looked him up a few months ago, and was sad to see he'd passed away in the 1990s IIRC.
Read this one- you won't be able to put it down...
Robbie
MY SECRET WAR Rick Drury---
Thu Apr 17, 2008 9:56 pm
vietnam spad driver...
Fri Apr 18, 2008 12:40 am
Mad Rebel...a youth at War by John Oliphint
My Secret War by Richard S. Drury
My Secret War by Richard S. Drury
Fri Apr 18, 2008 1:05 am
Concur on Drury's "My Secret War."
Another Vietnam book - "A Lonely Kind of War," by Marshall Harrison.
"Enola Gay," Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan Witts. Absolutely riveting.
"Loving's Love," by the late Neal Loving. He was one of the pioneers of the homebuilt and midget air racing movements in the early fifties. Which was astonishing in light of the fact that he was African-American, and had lost both legs in a glider accident in WWII. One of the most inspiring books you'll ever read. Unfortunately,it's out of print, but you might be able to find a library with a copy.
My bit of shameless self-promotion: Check out the upcoming June issue of Flight Journal magazine for my latest article, "The Snake in the Cockpit." Those of you who subscribe to FJ should be getting the issue right about now. It will hit the newsstands in about a week.
Another Vietnam book - "A Lonely Kind of War," by Marshall Harrison.
"Enola Gay," Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan Witts. Absolutely riveting.
"Loving's Love," by the late Neal Loving. He was one of the pioneers of the homebuilt and midget air racing movements in the early fifties. Which was astonishing in light of the fact that he was African-American, and had lost both legs in a glider accident in WWII. One of the most inspiring books you'll ever read. Unfortunately,it's out of print, but you might be able to find a library with a copy.
My bit of shameless self-promotion: Check out the upcoming June issue of Flight Journal magazine for my latest article, "The Snake in the Cockpit." Those of you who subscribe to FJ should be getting the issue right about now. It will hit the newsstands in about a week.
Fri Apr 18, 2008 1:06 am
Concur on Drury's "My Secret War."
Another Vietnam book - "A Lonely Kind of War," by Marshall Harrison.
"Enola Gay," Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan Witts. Absolutely riveting.
"Loving's Love," by the late Neal Loving. He was one of the pioneers of the homebuilt and midget air racing movements in the early fifties. Which was astonishing in light of the fact that he was African-American, and had lost both legs in a glider accident in WWII. One of the most inspiring books you'll ever read. Unfortunately,it's out of print, but you might be able to find a library with a copy.
My bit of shameless self-promotion: Check out the upcoming June issue of Flight Journal magazine for my latest article, "The Snake in the Cockpit." Those of you who subscribe to FJ should be getting the issue right about now. It will hit the newsstands in about a week.
Another Vietnam book - "A Lonely Kind of War," by Marshall Harrison.
"Enola Gay," Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan Witts. Absolutely riveting.
"Loving's Love," by the late Neal Loving. He was one of the pioneers of the homebuilt and midget air racing movements in the early fifties. Which was astonishing in light of the fact that he was African-American, and had lost both legs in a glider accident in WWII. One of the most inspiring books you'll ever read. Unfortunately,it's out of print, but you might be able to find a library with a copy.
My bit of shameless self-promotion: Check out the upcoming June issue of Flight Journal magazine for my latest article, "The Snake in the Cockpit." Those of you who subscribe to FJ should be getting the issue right about now. It will hit the newsstands in about a week.
Fri Apr 18, 2008 5:06 am
If your looking for something a little less "warbird" but still aviation related, I highly recommend Mike Mullanes Riding Rockets. This is a very well written account of his 3 trips into space abord the shuttle. Not only is it hysterical, but the chapter on Challenger is heartbreaking (he was very close to one of the crew members). It's also a good look at astronaut office politics and what it takes to get a seat on the shuttle (and how easy it is to get bumped). Tom Jones's book Skywalking on the same subject is also good...
Fri Apr 18, 2008 7:38 am
AviaS199 Wrote, "My bit of shameless self-promotion: Check out the upcoming June issue of Flight Journal magazine for my latest article, "The Snake in the Cockpit." Those of you who subscribe to FJ should be getting the issue right about now. It will hit the newsstands in about a week."
I just read that story yesterday, Man that must have been one he11 of an ordeal! Good story & glad the ending was good, & I ain't giving up what it was about so everyone will have to buy a copy & read it for themselves.
Robbie
I just read that story yesterday, Man that must have been one he11 of an ordeal! Good story & glad the ending was good, & I ain't giving up what it was about so everyone will have to buy a copy & read it for themselves.
Robbie
Fri Apr 18, 2008 7:49 am
I would recommend "The Ravens" by Christopher Robbins
Fri Apr 18, 2008 10:12 pm
I just finished "The Few" by Alex Kershaw, also author of "The Bedford Boys. A while back I read "Masters of the Air" by Donald L. Miller. That one was some pretty heavy reading but being obsessed with WWII warbirds and always having been a WWII history buff I found it very educational.
Canso42.
Canso42.