Warbird Information Exchange

I'm always looking to expand my book collection and find some good recommended books. Obiviously with this motley bunch related to military aviation.

Currently reading: "Baa Baa Black Sheep" by Col. Gregory "Pappy" Boyington.
-Obiviously most should know what this book is about.





Previous to that I read: "Battlegroung Atlantic" by Richard N. Billings.

-about the search for and sinking of the Gold laiden Japanese Submarine I-52 by the Avengers and Wildcats of the USS Bogue.




Also before that i finished up "Flyboys" by James Bradley

-about a group of NAVY, MARINE and USAAC personnel shot down and captured on Chi Chi Jima who were horribly treated and butchered (i.e. eaten) at the hands of the occupying Japanese.





Next up on deck is: "Sharks Over China" by Carl Molesworth.

-about the 23rd Fighter Groups creation out of the Flying Tigers and wartime career.




I'm curious what everyone outher is reading and would recommend.

Thanks


Shay
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This is my current book of choice..........




It has very lifelike illustrations and is a great read for both young and old...





Gary

I would highly reccomend he following:

Decision at Nagasaki: The Mission That Almost Failed

The Man Who Flew the Memphis Belle

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Ten years after it came out I'm finally about to read Bill Robinet's By The Skin of My Teeth, about his cropdusting adventures in the 1950s.

John

Jeppesen's Instrument Commercial Guided Flight Discovery manual...

Also on the side I'm reading a book widely read and appreciated by our (American) Founding Fathers called Lex Rex. Tough read, but very good. Makes one appreciate their level of knowledge and understanding of government.

Ryan

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The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD. - Prov. 21:31 - Train, Practice, Trust.

Ditto, Ryan!

I, too, am reading the thrilling Jepp Instrument/Commercial curriculum and doing the DVD course as well. Since I got the kit for Christmas '06 I decided to finally get off my duff and get ready for the test. Another little project seemed to take up the first part of the year.

Scott

I recently finished reading "Under His Wing", the life story of WWII fighter pilot Lt. Colonel James B. Cheney.

Col. Cheney was a member of the 361st Fighter Group, 376th Fighter Squadron. His outfit was stationed at the former RAF Bottisham base.

He flew both the P-47 and P-51 fighters during his duty in England and shot down several enemy aircraft. After being promoted to 376th Squadron Commanding Officer, Cheney, himself was shot down and spent the remaining days of the war in a German Stalag. These days as a prisoner were far from uneventful!

Any of you folks that attended the Gathering of Mustangs and Legends may have seen or spoken to Col. Cheney, as he was in the Legends tent on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday as my memory serves me. He was selling copies of his book, as well as doing general signing.

I enjoyed "Under His Wing" quite a bit. It is written in a casual style and not only discusses Col. Cheney's military service but his childhood life and his tribulations after the War years.


Ted

Most of all my stuff is in storage so I have to make due

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T-6G / LT-6G Illustrated Parts Manual....

Bela P. Havasreti

Just finished "The Wrong Stuff...The Adventures and Misadventures of an 8th Air Force Aviator" by Truman Smith. It's an autobiography of an ex-B-17 pilot but it's written more as a human interest story than a technical discription of that part of the war. Very interesting.

Then there's "Missions Remembered" which is recollections of the WW II air war by a group of fighter pilots from Tennessee. They are fighter pilot short stories from all theaters of WW II. Interesting and you can read a little at a time without having to remember where you left off.

"A Real Good War" is an autobiographical novel by Sam Halpert who was a B-17 Navigator with the 8th AF. It's written with 'raw and vivil language and vivid discriptions' which make it seem factual and it probably is but it is a novel, not a history. A good read.

"Forever Remembered" is a book of interviews by Irv Broughton of WW II veterans from all the different aspects of the Air War. Recommended and very interesting.

All are available from Amazon.com.

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It's what you learn after you think you know it all, that counts.

"A Structural Analysis of the Strapless Evening Gown".

I think it's "A Stress Analysis of the Strapless Evening Gown"

That's right, that's right. The "structural analysis" was the hands-on, practical part of the exercise. Not sure how I did but I got breakfast out of the deal!

My last few reads that were warbird related were:

1) Jump, Dammit Jump (483rd BG)

2) Fly Fast, Sin Boldly

3)Corky Meyers Flight Journal

4)First Man


Steve G

If you can find a copy get 'PO James Neale Thorne' by Olive Floyd.
1947 bio of a young America pilot with the RAF who scored 5 kills
and was KIA at Arnehm (SP) while flying a Mustang MkII.
Also H*ll in the Heavens by Capt John Foster of VMF-222

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