WWII Reading List

[Twitch]

I would encourage everyone to scour used books stores for superb titles out of print. Some stores have huge war sections and prices are very low. Thrift stores have used books and occassionally you'll find a treasure in one.

 

[MikeyB17]

OK,let's see...

Virtually anything by Roger A.Freeman, in particular 'The Mighty Eighth' and the associated 'Mighty Eighth' titles-Mighty Eighth War Diary, ME War Manual, ME in colour, Airfields of the Eighth/Ninth Then and Now, he's written loads, probably the No.1 authority on the 8th. Some still available, some out of print, most available second hand.

Anything by Jeff Ethell, particularly his books using original WWII colour photographs.

Anything by Martin Bowman, his books are a wealth of WWII pictures and stories.

Anything by Philip Kaplan, he has co-written several books, including 'One last Look' already mentioned, on various military/aviation subjects, always loads of great photos and stories.

All of Jack Currie's books, especially 'Lancaster Target', IMHO probably the best book written about the RAF bomber war.

Len Deighton's aviation books, especially 'Bomber' and 'Goodbye Mickey Mouse'.

Joseph Heller's 'Catch-22'-of course-not only a literary classic but a classic of WWII aviation.

Any of Derek Robinson's aviation stories-especially 'Piece of cake'

Blimey, I could go on for hours...a few favourites of the many in the collection:-

John Comer 'Combat Crew'-8th AF gunner

Elmer Bendiner 'The fall of Fortresses'-8th AF navigator

Fred Koger 'Countdown'-8th AF bombardier

John Muirhead 'Those who Fall' -15th AF pilot

Thomas Childers-'Wings of Morning'-the story of the last aircraft shot down over Germany in WWII.

Jackson Granholm-'The Day We Bombed Switzerland'-8th AF navigator

Miles Tripp 'The Eighth Passenger'-RAF Lancaster bomb aimer

John Bushby 'Gunner's Moon'-RAF Manchester/Lancaster gunner (one of my faves)

Paul Brickhill 'The Dam Busters'-needs no introduction

Charles Lamb 'War in a Stringbag' Fleet Air Arm Swordfish pilot

John Kilbracken 'Bring Back my Stringbag' Another of the same.

Johnnie Johnson 'Wing Leader' RAF Spitfire pilot and commander

Dizzy Allen 'Fighter Pilot' Battle of Britain Spitfire pilot

Richard Hilary 'The Last Enemy' Spitfire pilot later killed in action

Norman Hanson 'Carrier Pilot' Fleet Air Arm Corsair pilot in the Pacific-another favourite

Edwards Park 'Nanette'-classic of P-39 pilots in the Pacific

Beirne lay Jr. and Sy Bartlett 'Twelve O'Clock High' -of course

Leon Wolff-'Low Level Mission' The Ploesti raid

James Duggan and Carrol Stewart 'Ploesti'

John Hersey 'The War Lover'-better than the film!

James B. Morehead 'In my Sights' Pacific P-40 pilot and 15th AF P-38 pilot!

Gregory Boyington 'Baa Baa Black Sheep' Slightly fanciful classic of VM214 USMC flying Corsairs in the Pacific

Bruce Gamble 'The Black Sheep' The Real Story!

Norman 'Bud' Fortier 'An Ace of the Eighth' P-47/P-51 pilot

Richard K. Curtis 'Dumb but Lucky' 15th AF P-51 pilot

Pip Beck 'A WAAF in Bomber Command' not often heard story of female wireless Op in WWII RAF

Jack Fishman 'And the Walls Came Tumbling Down' The Amiens Jail Mosquito raid

Don Charlwood 'No Moon Tonight' RAF Lancaster gunner

Hans-Ulrich Rudel 'Stuka Pilot' On the Russian front

Heinz Knoke 'I Flew for the Fuhrer' Luftwaffe Me 109 pilot

Johannes Steinhoff 'The Straits of Messina' Me 109 pilot and the Sicilian campaign

Same Author 'The Last Chance' Me 262 pilots and the fall of the 3rd Reich

Samuel Hynes 'Flights of Passage' USN Avenger pilot

Urrggh had enough plenty more where that came from but that'll do for now.

MB17

 

[boomerchop]

Thunderbolt

By Robert Johnson. I remember it from my youth. Almost cxertainly not still in print but possibly available in libraries.

Paul

 

[FredDairy]

If he's interested in paratroopers get him the Ambrose book Band of Brothers : E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest . Or if you really love him you'll get him the DVD box set .

A far as WW2 Books go I've really liked most of Stephen Ambrose's books. I'm constantly rereading Citizen Soilders and The Wild Blue : The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany 1944-45

I also liked Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley. Ghost Soldiers: The Forgotten Epic Story of World War II's Most Dramatic Mission by Hampton Sides is another I just read and enjoyed. These books and the Ambrose books almost read like novels. Just peruse the shelves of your local book store chances are you will find something good, then come home and buy it for under 3 bucks used on Amazon.

 

[jake431]

By Robert Johnson. I remember it from my youth. Almost cxertainly not still in print but possibly available in libraries.

Paul

Paul, it's still in print - I've seen it in Borders, of all places, numerous times.

-Jake

 

[locobuster]

I can highly suggest "Happy Jack's Go Buggy" by Jack Ilfrey and "Black Sheep One" by Bruce Gamble.

 

[Zemke Fan]

Thunderbolt...

Paul, it's still in print - I've seen it in Borders, of all places, numerous times. -Jake

The passage in this book (Ch. 12) during which Johnson describes his encounter with a FW-190 pilot who empties ALL of his ammo into Johnson's P-47 without destroying the jug is one of the most riveting pieces of combat prose I have ever read. You can truly feel the adrenaline rushing through Johnson's veins!

 

[Twitch]

I'm going to out on a limb and post a huge amout of my books that I've used in bibliographies during my writing:

Aders, Gebhard
German Night Fighter Force 1917-1945
Janes Publishing UK 1979

Aeronautical Staff of Aero Publishers, Inc.
Kamikaze
Aero Publishers, Fallbrook, CA 1966

Air Age Technical Staff
North American B-25
Air Age, Inc. NY, 1956

Air Age Technical Staff
Republic P-47 Thunderbolt
Air Age, Inc. NY, 1958

Allen, Thomas B. and Polmar, Norman
Codename Downfall: The Secret Plan to Invade Japan - and Why Truman Dropped the Bomb.
Simon and Schuster, NY 1995

Amtunn, H.
The Vanishing Paperclips, America's Aerospace Secret
Monogram Aviation Publications

Angelucci, Enzo
Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft
Rand McNally, NY 1983

Bach, Richard
Pilot Report Cavalier 2000
Flying April 1961

Baker, David
Adolph Galland
Windrow & Greene Ltd, London, 1996

Baker, Lawrence M.
Sabre
Air Combat March 1976

Barron, John
Mig Pilot
Avon Books, N.Y.,1981

Beale, Nick
Air War Italy 1944-45
Airlife Publishing Ltd, Shrewsbury, UK 1996

Bekker, Cajus
Defeat At Sea
Henry Holt & Co. NY 1955

Bekker, Cajus
The Luftwaffe War Diaries
Doubleday & Co., NY 1968

Bekke, C.D.
Defeat At Sea
Ballantine Books, N.Y., 1955

Bergaust, Erich
Hitler's Secrets Revealed
Bantam Books, NY, 1956

Bishop, Chris
The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II
Barnes & Noble Books, NY, 1998

Bickers, Richard Townsend
The Battle Of Britain
Salamander Books, Ltd. London 1990

Blair Jr., Clay
Silent Victory Vols.1 & 2
J.B. Lippincott Co., NY 1975

Blesse, Frederick
Check Six
Ivy Books, NY 1987

Bodie, Warren, M.
Whine From the Jug
Airpower July 1974

Bonds, Ray & Smith, Graham- Editors & numerous authors
The Battle of Britain
Salamander Books Ltd., London, 1990

Bower; Tom
The Paperclip Conspiracy, The Battle for the Spoils and Secrets of Nazi Germany London, 1987

Boyce, Col. Ward J.
American Fighter Aces Album
American Fighter Aces, AZ. 1996

Boyne, Walter
Clash of Wings
Simon & Shuster, N.Y., 1994

Boyne, Walter J.
Messerschmitt Me 262 Arrow to the Future
Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington DC 1980;

Brickhill, Paul
Reach For The Sky
Bantam Books, NY, 1954

Brickhill, Paul
The Dam Busters
Ballantine Books, NY, 1951

Brown; Captain Eric
Wings of the Luftwaffe
Airlife Publishing Ltd. UK 1993

Bruce, J.M.
Fighters Vols. 1, 2 & 3
Doubleday & Co. Inc. NY 1965- 68-69

Bullock, Alan
Hitler- A Study In Tyranny
Bantam Books, NY, 1961

Busch, Harold
U-Boats At War
Ballantine Books NY 1955

Butler, Phil
War Prizes
Midland Counties Publications, Leicester, UK , 1994

Caldwell, Donald L.
JG26 Top Guns of the Luftwaffe
Ivy Books, NY, 1991

Caidin, Martin
Black Thursday
Ballantine Books, NY 1960

Caidin, Martin
Me 109
Ballantine Books, NY 1968

Caidin, Martin & Hymoff, Edward
The Mission
The Popular Library, NY 1964

Chant, Chris
German Warplanes of WW II
Amber Books Ltd, London 1999

Childers, James Saxon
War Eagles
D. Appleton-Century Co., NY-London, 1943

Closterman, Pierre
The Big Show
Chatto & Windus Ltd. GB, 1951

Cooke, David
Fighter Planes That Made History
G.P. Putnam's Sons, N.Y. 1958

Cooke, David
Bomber Planes That Made History
G.P. Putnam's Sons, N.Y. 1959

Cooke, David
Racing Planes That Made History
G.P. Putnam's Sons, N.Y. 1960

Colby, C.B.
Bomber Parade
Coward-McCann, Inc., N.Y., 1960

Colby, C.B.
Fighter Parade
Coward-McCann, Inc., N.Y., 1960

Colby, C.B.
Jets of the World
Coward-McCann, Inc., NY, 1952

Colby, C.B.
Wings Of Our Air Force
Coward-McCann, Inc., NY, 1952

Colby, C.B.
Wings Of Our Navy
Coward-McCann, Inc., NY, 1952

Combined Intelligence Objectives, Sub-Committee, Establishments of the Forschungsanstalt der Deutsche Reichpost (Report No XXX-1, London, HMSO, 1946

Connell, Brian,
A Watcher On The Rhine
William Morrow & Co., New York,1957

Cooke, David C.
Transport Planes That Made History
G.P. Putman's Sons, NY, 1959

Cooke, David C.
Flights That Made History
G.P. Putman's Sons, NY, 1961

Commander In Chief Pacific Fleet report Serial 01849
Action Report
National Archives & Records Administration College Park, MD, 1942

Dabrowski; Hans Peter
Horten Flying Wing in World War II The History & Development of the Ho 229
Schiffer Publishing Atglen PA 1995

Dabrowski; Hans-Peter
Lippisch P13a & Experimental DM-1
Schiffer Publishing Ltd. Atglen PA 1993

Davies, J.B.
Great Campaigns Of WWII
Phoebus Publishing Co., London 1980

Deustch, Harold & Showalter, Dennis
What If?
Emperor's Press, Chicago, 1997

Diedrich, Hans-Peter
German Jet Aircraft
Schiffer Publishing, Atglen, PA 1999

Deighton, Len
Fighter
Ballantine Books, NY 1977

Donald, David
American Warplanes of WWII
Barnes & Noble, Inc. 2000

Donald, David
The Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft
Barnes & Noble Books, NY, 1998

Dornberg, John
Schizophrenic Germany
MacMillan Company, New York, 1961

Dorr, Robert, F.
US Fighters of WW II
Arms & Armour Press, London, 1991

Dressel; Joachim
Natter Bachem Ba 349 & Other German Rocket Fighter Projects
Schiffer Military Publications Atglen PA 1994

Ellis, Chris & Chamberlain, Peter
Tiger Mk 1 And Mk 2
War Monthly Vol. 1 No. 1, London, April 1974

Ethell, Jeffery L., & Sand, Robt. T.
Fighters Of World War II
MBI Publishing, Osceola WI, 1991

Ford, Brian
German Secret Weapons Blueprint For Mars
Ballantine Books, NY 1969

Forsyth, Robert
JV44 The Galland Circus
Classic Publications NY 1997

Fleming, Peter
Operation Sea Lion
Ace Books, Inc., NY, 1956

Fonck, Capt. Rene
Ace of Aces
Ace Books, Inc., NY, 1967

Freeman, Roger A.
Mustang At War
Roger A. Freeman U.S.A. 1974

Friedheim, Eric
Fighters Up
Macrae-Smith Co., PA 1945

Francillon, Dr. Rene J.
American Fighters of WWII
Doubleday & Co., NY 1968

Francillon, Dr. Rene J.
Japanese Navy Bombers of WWII
Doubleday & Co., NY 1969

Francillon, Dr. Rene J.
Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War
Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 1988

Francillion, Dr. Rene J.
Lockheed Aircraft Since 1913
Aero Publishers Fallbrook, CA, 1982

Fry, Garry & Jeffery Ethell
Escort to Berlin
Arco Publishing Inc., NY 1980

Gabreski, Francis
A Fighter Pilot?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s Life
Orion Books, NY, 1991

Galland, Adolph
The First And The Last
Ballantine Books, NY, 1954

Gibbs-Smith, C.H. & Bradford, L.E.
World Aircraft Recognition Manual
Putnam, London, 1956

Gillon, Frank
The Rise of the Fourth Reich
Conquest Magazine December 1961

Goodrich, W.S.
Strafer Pilot
Air Combat March 1976

Gray, Edwyn
Submarine Warriors
Bantam Books NY 1988

Green, Wm.
Famous Bombers of the 2nd World War Vol. 1
Hanover House, NY, 1959

Green, William
Famous Bombers of the 2nd Word War Vol.2
Doubleday & Co. NY 1960

Green, Wm.
The Complete Book of Fighters
Smithmark Publishers, NY, 1994

Green, Wm
The Observer?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s Book of Basic Aircraft
Fredrick Warne & Co. Ltd., London, 1967

Green, William
The World Guide to Combat Planes Vol. 1&2
Doubleday & Co. NY, 1967

Green, William
Fighters Vols. 1,2,3 & 4
Doubleday & Co., 1960-61-62 & 60

Green, William
Bombers & Reconnaissance Aircraft Vols. 7, 8, 9, 10
Doubleday & Co. NY 1967-67-67-68

Green, William
Flying Boats Vol. 5
Doubleday & Co., NT, 1962

Green, William
Floatplanes Vol. 6
Doubleday & Co. NY 1962

Green, William
Jet Aircraft of the World
Macdonald, London, 1955

Green, William
Rocket Fighter
Ballantine Books, NY, 1977

Green, William
Warplanes of the Third Reich
Galahad Books, NY, 1986

Griehl, Manfred
German Jets 1944-1945
Green Hill Books

Griehl, Manfred
German Rocket Planes
Green Hill Books

Griswold, Wesley S.
Remember the B-36?
Popular Science September 1961

Guderian, Heinz
Panzer Leader
Ballantine Books, NY, 1957

Gunston, Bill
Aircraft Of World War II
Crescent books NY 1980

Gunston, Bill
Fighting Aircraft Of WW II
Salamander Books Ltd, London 1988

Gunston, Bill
Classic WWII Aircraft Cutaways
Osprey Publishing, London, 1995

Gunston, Bill
The Encyclopedia of Modern Warplanes
Aerospace Publishing Limited, London, 1995

Gunston, Bill
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the World?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s Rockets & Missiles
Salamander Books Ltd, London 1979

Gunston, Bill
The Osprey Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft
Osprey Publishing, UK 1996

Gurney, Gene
Five Down And Glory
G.P. Putnam's Sons, NY 1958

Hart, B.H. Liddell
History of the Second World War
G.P. Putman?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s Sons, NY 1970

Hartz, Joe
Alone, Unarmed, Untouchable: The Amazing SR-71
Reader's Digest, January 1980

Hatfield, D.D.
Howard Hughes H-4 Hercules
Historical Airplanes, Los Angeles, 1972

Headquarters AAF Training Command
Pilot Training Manual for the Mustang (AAF Manual 51-127-5)
Office of Flying Safety, Winston-Salem, NC, 1945

Heppenheimer, T.A.
Revealed! Mach 5 Spy Plane
Polular Science November 1988

Herwig, Dieter & Rode, Heinz
Luftwaffe Secret Projects Strategic Bombers 1935-1945
Midland Publishing Ltd., UK 1992

Hess, William H.
Fighting Mustang: The Chronicle Of The P 51
Doubleday & Company, NY 1970

Hess, William N.
Allied Aces of WWII
Arco Publishing, N.Y., 1966

Hines, Paul- Sergeant
Dive Bomb Strike on Sinuiju
Man?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s Magazine July 1965

Hogg; Ian V.
German Secret Weapons of World War 2
ARCO Publishing Company, Inc.; 1970

Hogg; Ian V.
Armoured Fighting Vehicles Data Book
Greenhill Books, London 2000

Hogg; Ian & Weeks, John
Pistols Of The World 3rd Edition
DBI Books, Inc. Northbrook IL 1992

Holsken; D.
V-Missiles of the Third Reich, The V-1 and V-2
Monogram Aviation Publications.

Holmes, Tony
Aircraft of the Aces
Osprey Publishing Ltd, London, 2000

Horne, Alistair
Return To Power
Fredrick A. Praeger, Inc., New York, 1956

Hucker, Robert
P-38 Lightning Aces
Challenge Publications Canoga Park, CA 1993

Infield, Glenn
3,800 Bombers vs. The Luftwaffe
Atlas Publishing, NY 1963

Ingalls, Douglas J.
The McDonnell Douglas Story
Aero Publishers, Fallbrook CA, 1979

International Masters Publishers Staff
Aircraft of the World
International Masters Publishers, N.Y., 1997

Inoguchi, Rikihei & Nakajima, Tadashi
The Divine Wind
Bantam Books Inc. NY, 1960

Jablonski, Edward
Airwar Vols. 1& 2
Doubleday & Co., NY, 1971

Jackson, Robert;
Unexplained Mysteries of World War II- The Mystery of Germany?Ǭ¥s A-bomb
Grange Books; 1991

Jenkins, Dennis R.
Warbird Tech Series, Vol.6: Me262 Sturmvogel
Specialty Press, North Branch 1996

Johnson, Robert
Thunderbolt
Ballantine Books, NY, 1958

Keegan, John
Waffen SS: The Asphalt Soldiers
Ballantine Books, NY 1970

Kenney, Gen. George C.
Dick Bong Ace Of Aces
Popular Library, NY 1960

Kinert, Reed
Racing Planes & Air Races Vol. 1 & 2
Aero Publishers, Fallbrook, CA 1969

Knoke, Heinz
I Flew For The F?ɬºrher
Berkley Publishing Corp. NY 1953

Kurowski, Franz
Panzer Aces
Ballantine Publishing, NY, 1992

Kuwahara, Yasuo
Kamikaze
Ballantine Books NY 1957

Lee, Asher
The Soviet Air Force
The John Day Co., N.Y., 1962

Lenton, H.T.
German Submarines Vols. 1 & 2
Macdonald & Co., London, 1965

Lenton, H.T.
German Surface Vessels 1
Doubleday & Co. Inc. NY 1966

Lawrence, Fredrick
Arsenal Of Democracy
The MacMillian Co. NY 1988

Lewis, Jack
Assault Weapons 4th Edition
DBI Books, Inc. Northbrook IL 1995

Lewis, Latane
The Zany Pilot Who Kicked the Luftwaffe to Hell
Action For Men Vol. 6 No.2
Vista Publications, March, 1962

Lochner, Louis, P.
The Goebbels Diaries
Award Books, NY, 1948

Longmate; Norman
The Doodlebugs, The Story of the Flying Bombs
Smithmark, London, 1981

Lusar, Rudolph
German Secret Weapons of the Second World War
Neville Spearman Ltd., London 1959

MacEachin, Douglas J.
The Final Months of War with Japan: Signals Intelligence, US Invasion Planning and the A-Bomb Decision
National Technical Information Service, VA 1998

Macksey, Kenneth.J.
The Shadow of Vimy Ridge
Kimber Publishing, 1965

Macksey, Kenneth.J.
Tank
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1970

Mars, David
Umbrella Of Air Defense
Life Magazine June 1962

Mason, David
U-Boat- The Secret Mencae
Ballantine Books, NY, 1968

Mason, Francis K.
Royal Air Force Fighters Vol. 1
Doubleday & Co. NY 1969

Masters; David
German Jet Genesis
Jane's Publishing Co. Ltd. UK 1982

Matthews, Henry
Samolyat 346
HPM Publications, Montreal, 2000

Mikesh, Robert C.
Japanese Aircraft: Code Names & Designations
Schiffer Military/Aviation History, Atglen, PA, 1993

Military Aircraft #9 ?¢‚Ǩ‚Äú
Luftwaffe Secret Weapons 3
Delta Publishing, NY 1996

Millard, Don
Bring Back the Marooned Patrol
Argosy Magazine August 1962

Millot, Bernard
The Life & Death of the Orange Blossom
Air Combat September 1975

Miranda, Justo & Mercado, P.
Reichdream Dossiers 11,14,16 & 17
Reichdreams Research, Madrid, 2000

Miranda, Justo & Mercado, P.
Secret Wonder Weapons of the Third Reich
Reichdreams Research, Madrid, 2000

Mombeek, Eric
Luftwaffe- A Pictorial History
Crowood Ltd London 1983

Morgan, Terry
Bomber Aircraft of the United States
Arco Publishing, N.Y., 1967

Morrison, Samuel Elliot
The Two Ocean War
Little, Brown & Co., Boston 1963

Munson, Kenneth
Civil Airliners
The MacMillian Co. NY, 1967

Munson, Kenneth
Helicopters Since 1907
The MacMillian Co. NY, 1969

Munson, Kenneth
Bombers
The Macmillian Co., N.Y.,1966

Myhra, David
Secret Aircraft Designs of the Third Reich
Schiffer Publishing, Atglen, PA 1998

Myhra, David
Monogram Close-Up 12 Horten 229
Monogram Aviation Publications 1990

Nijboer, Donald
Cockpit
Boston Mills Press, Toronto 1998

Nowarra, Heinz J.
The Focke Wulf 190
Harleyford Publications GB 1965

Nowarra, Heinz J.
The Messerschmitt 109
Harleyford Publications GB 1964

Nowarra, Heinz
Jets of Second War;
Schiffer Publishing, Atglen, PA 1999

Nowarra, Heinz
Die Deutsche Luftrustung 1933-1945 ?¢‚Ǩ‚ÄúVols. 1, 2, 4 &4 ?¢‚Ǩ‚Äú
Bernard & Graefe, Ontairo 1985

Okumiya, Mastake & Horikoshi, Jiro
Zero
Ballantine o Books, NY, 1956

O?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢Leary, Michael
McDonnell?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s Parasite
Air Combat Summer 1974 issue

O'Neill, Richard
Suicide Squads
Lansdown Press, Philadelphia PA, 1990

Orita, Zenji
I-Boat Captain
Major Books, Canoga Park CA, 1976

Page, Martin
HS 129 Panzerjager
Classic Publications, London, 1997

Parry, Simon
Intruders Over Britain
Air Research Publishing, London, 1987

Pearl, Jack
Aerial Dogfights of WWII
Monarch Books, CT, 1962

Pitkin, Walter Jr.
What?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s That Plane
Penguin Books NY 1943

Pocock, Rowland, F.
German Guided Missiles
Arco Publishing Co., Inc, N.Y. 1967

Powers, Francis Gary
Operation Overflight
Holt, Rinehart & Winston, N.Y.,1970

Pratt, Fletcher
War For The World
Yale University Press, New Haven, CT., 1950

Price, Dr. Alfred
The Luftwaffe Data Book
Greenhill Books, London, 1997

Price; Alfred
Erich Bachem?Ǭ¥s Snake in the Sky
AIR International, July 1996

Radinger, Willy & Schick, Walter
Secret Messerschmitt Projects
Schiffer Publishing, Atglen, PA 1997

Rawnsley, C.F.
Night Fighter
Ballantine Books, NY,1957

Report V of Combined Intelligence Objectives Sub-committee, Institutes of the Bevollmaechtiger fur Hochfrequenz-Forschung" [Report No XXX-137], London, HMSO, 1945

Rico; Phillipe
Mystery Messerschmitt
Airpower, March 1995

Rolfe, Douglas
Airplanes of the World
Simon & Shuster, NY, 1954

Rudel, Hans
Stuka Pilot
Ballantine Books, NY, 1958

Lord Russell, Brigadier, of Liverpool, C.B.E., M.C.
Return of the Swastika?
David McKay Co., New York, 1969

Sakai, Saburo
Samurai
E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc. NY 1957

Sayers, Michael and Kahn, Albert E.
The Plot Against The Peace
Book Find Club, New York, 1945

Schaeffer, Heinz
U-Boat 977
W.W. Norton & Co., N.Y., 1952

Schick, Walter & Meyer, Ingolf
Luftwaffe Secret Projects Fighters 1939-1945
Midland Publishing Ltd. UK 1979

Schultz, Sigrid
Germany Will Try It Again
Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1944

Sharpe, Michael, Scutts, Jerry & March, Dan
Aircraft of WWII
PRC Publishing Ltd, London, 1999

Shirer, Wm. L.
The Rise & Fall of the Third Riech
Fawcett Publications, Greenwich, CT, 1959

Simon; Leslie E.
Secret Weapons of the Third Reich
WE, Inc., Publishers, 1971, USA.

Simon, Leslie E.
German Scientific Establishments Report P.B. 19849
Mapleton House Publications, NY 1947

Sims, Edward
The Aces Talk
Balantine Books NY 1972

Sims, Edward
Fighter Tactics & Strategy 1914-1970
Harper & Row Publishing, NY, 1972

Sims, Edward
American Aces
Harper & Brothers, NY, 1958

Skates, John Ray
The Invasion of Japan: Alternatives to the Bomb
University of South Carolina Press, 1995

Smith, Richard
The Me 262
War Monthly- Issue 1
Marshal Cavendish Ltd., London, 1974

Smith, J. Richard & Creek, Eddie J.
Arado 234 Blitz
Monogram Aviation Publications 1992;

Smith, J. Richard & Creek, Eddie J.
Monogram Close-Up 23 Arado 234
Monogram Aviation Publications 1983

Smith, J.R. & Kay, Anthony L.
German Aircraft of the Second World War
The Nautical & Aviation Publishing Co. 1970

Sol, Martin
The Proud Pair Of Fighter Aces Who Racked Up 66 Kills Between Them
Men Vol. 11 No. 7
Zenith Publishing, NY July 1962

Spagnuolo, Mark M.
Don S. Gentile Soldier of God and Country
College Press, MI 1986

Spauml, Wolfgang
Top Secret Bird
Pictorial Histories Publishing Company

Strange, Walter
Clash of Eagles
Conquest Magazine December 1961

Strawson, John
The Battle For North Africa
Charles Scribner's Sons, NY, 1969

Sterling, Forest J.
Wake Of The Wahoo
Chilton Books, PA 1960

Sundermann, James F.
World War II In The Air
Franklin Watts, Inc. NY, 1962

Sutton, Anthony C.
Wall Street and The Rise Of Hitler
?¢‚ǨÀú76 Press, Seal Beach, CA 1976

Swanborough, Gordon & Bowers, Peter M.
United States Military Aircraft Since 1909,
Smithsonian Publishing Washington DC 1989

Taylor, John W.R. & Swanborough, Gordon
Military Aircraft of the World
Charles Scribner's Sons, N.Y. 1979

Anatomy of Speed
Time Magazine- science section March 20, 1964

Taylor, John W.R.
Helicopters & VTOL Aircraft
Doubleday & Co. Inc., NY, 1968

Tetens, T.H.
The New Germany and The Old Nazis
Random House, New York, 1961

Thompson, Jonathan
Italian Civil & Military Aircraft
Aero Publishers, Fallbrook, CA 1963

Thorpe, Donald, W.
Japanese Camouflage Markings of WW II
Aero Publishers, Fallbrook, CA 1968

Tomas, Andrew
We Are Not The First
Bantam Books, NY, 1971

Training Service Section- General Motors War Products
A Power Primer
General Motors Corp., Detroit, 1944

Trimble, Robert
HE-162
Air Combat September 1975

Vader, John
Spitfire
Ballantine Books, NY, 1969

Vanderveen, Bart
The Observers' Fighting Vehicles Directory WWII
Fredrick Warne & Co. Ltd. London, 1969

Vanderveen, Bart
Modern Arms
Proost International Book Production, Belgium, 1992

War Department U.S.A.
Basic Field Manual FM 10-34 Military Intelligence Soviet-Russian Aircraft
Government Printing Office, Washington D.C. 1941

Werner, Herbert
Iron Coffins
Holt, Rinehart & Winston, N.Y., 1969

Westburg, Peter
The Mighty N
Air Classics February 1975

White, Theodore H.
Fire In The Ashes
William Sloane Associates, New York, 1953

Whiting, Charles
Patton
Ballantine Books, NY, 1970

Wilcox, Robert K.
Japan's Secret War: Japan's Race Against Time to Build Its Own Atomic Bomb Morrow Publishing, NY 1985

William. H. Wise & Co. Staff
Pictorial History of the 2nd World War Vols.1-4
Wm. H. Wise & Co., NY, 1944-45

Wilmot, Chester
The Struggle for Europe
Harper Publishing, NY 1952

Windrow, Martin C.
German Air Force Fighters Vol.1
Doubleday & Co. NY1968

Winkler, Paul
The Thousand-Year Conspiracy
Charles Scribner?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s Sons, 1943

Wolfert, Ira
One-Man Air Force
L.B. Fischer Publishing Corp., NY 1944

Yokota, Yutaka
Kamikaze Submarine
Nordon Publications, Inc, N.Y. 1962

Zemke, Hubert
Zemke?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s Wolfpack
Pocket Books, NY, 1988

 

[boomerchop]

Their Finest Hour

Based on a previous thread that ZemkeFan started, I ordered and have thoroughly enjoyed "One Last Look", on the Mighty Eighth. In doing some other research, I came across another Kaplan book, "Their Finest Hour", obviously on the Battle of Britian. I ordered it and it just arrived today. I'm looking forward to several delightful hours savoring that offering as well. Thanks ZemkeFan!

 

[boomerchop]

Paul, it's still in print - I've seen it in Borders, of all places, numerous times.

-Jake

I had no idea it would still be in print. I t was a great read. We had an aviation club while I was in jr. high and high school, built models and read everything we could get our hands on. A friend of mine actually met Robert Johnson one weekend at the Rhinebeck Aerodrome in New York state. Got his signature on a leather flying helmet he had purchased. Of course, the rest of us were insanely jealous.

I will have to look for Thunderbolt in the bookstores, thanks for the info Jake!