Great Books For The WWII Aviation Reader

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"America's Hundred Thousand" by Francis H. (Diz) Dean. Schiffer Books. ISBN 0-7643-0072-5 (a good one)

"The Black Sheep" by Bruce Gamble. Presidio Press. ISBN 0-89141-644-7

"Aces Against Japan" by Eric Hammel. Pocket Books. ISBN 0-671-52908-0

*"The Lockheed Lightning" by Warren Bodie. Widewing Publishing. ISBN 0-9629359-0-5

"American Combat Aircraft Of WWII" by David Donald. Motorbooks Int. ISBN 0-7603-0463-7

"Thunderbolt" by Robert S. Johnson. The Honoribus Press. ISBN 1-885354-05-3

"Clash Of Wings" by Walter J. Boyne. Touchstone Books. ISBN 0-684-83915-6

"Republic's P-47 Thunderbolt" by Warren Bodie. Widewing Publishing. ISBN 0-9629359-1-3

*"The Forked Tailed Devil: The P-38" by Martin Caidin. Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-345-31292-9

"The Oxford Companion to WWII" by I.C.B. Dear & M.R.D. Foot. The Oxford University Press.
ISBN 0-19-866225-4

"Happy Jack's Go Buggy" by Ilfrey & Copeland. Schiffer Books. ISBN 0-7643-0664-2

"Winged Victory" by Geoffrey Perret. Random House Books. ISBN 0-679-40464-3

"JG 26" by Donald L. Caldwell. Ivy Books. ISBN 0-8041-1050-6

"Luftwaffe Fighter Aces" by Mike Spick. Ivy Books. ISBN 0-8041-1696-2

*"Pilot" by Tony LeVier. Bantam Books. ISBN 0-553-28785-0

"Flying Tiger: A Crew Chief's Story" by Frank & Terry Losonsky. Schiffer Books. ISBN 0-7643-0045-8

"Beware The Thunderbolt: The 56th Fighter Group In WWII" by David R. McLaren. MBI Publishing.
ISBN 0-887-40660-2

"The 20th Fighter Group" by Ron MacKay. Squadron Signal Publications. ISBN 0-897-47368-2

"The 357th Over Europe" by Merle Olmsted. Specialty Press. ISBN 0-933-42473-6

"Protect And Avenge: The 49th Fighter Group In WWII" by Ferguson & Pascalis. Schiffer Books.
ISBN 0-88740-750-1

"Air War Europa" by Erik Hammel. Pacifica Press. ISBN 0-935553-25-8

"Wings Of War" by Jeffery Ethell. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-249-8

"War Eagles In Color" by Ethell & Bodie. Widewing Publications. ISBN 0-9629359-2-1

"The Complete Encyclopedia Of World Aircraft" by David Donald. Barnes & Noble Books. ISBN 0-7607-0592-5

"USAAF Handbook 1939-1945" by Martin W. Bowman. Stackpole Books. ISBN 0-8117-1822-0

"P-38 Lightning Aces of the Pacific and CBI" by John Stanaway. Ospray Publishing. ISBN 1-85532-633-7

*"Fortress In The Sky" by Peter M. Bowers. Sentry Books. No ISBN. Limited run in 1976.

"We Slept At Dawn" by George W. Prange. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-050669-8

"Destiny: A Flying Tigers Rendezvous With Fate" by Erik Shilling. Self Published in hard cover, profusely
illustrated. Contact Erik Shilling, 5641 Carol Ave. Alta Loma, CA. 91701

"Aces Wild: The Race For Mach 1" by Al Blackburn. Scholarly Resources. ISBN 0-8420-2732-7 (available 11/98)

"Aircraft of World War II" by Bill Gunston. Chancellor Press. ISBN 1-85152-865-2

"Lockheed P-38 Lightning" by Steve Pace. Motorbooks International. ISBN 0-76030-151-4

*"Russian Civil & Military Aircraft" by Nowarra & Duval. Fountain Press. ISBN 0-852-42460-4

"Spitfire" by Pace & Ethell. Motorbooks International. ISBN 0-76030-300-2

*"Tumult in the Clouds" by James A. Goodson. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-90477-0

*"Tale of a Tiger" by Robert T. Smith. Tiger Originals. ISBN 0-9618012-0-4

"8th Air Force at War" by Martin Bowman. Patrick Stephens LTD. ISBN 1-85260-444-1

"Flak and Barbed Wire" by Gordon Stooke. Australian Military History Publications. ISBN unknown. See below.

"Flying Tiger to Air Commando" by Chuck Baisden. Schiffer Books. ISBN 0-76430-690-1

*"U.S. Naval Aircraft Since 1911" by Swarnborough & Bowers. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-968-5

"Mustang Aces of the Eighth Air Force" by Jerry Scutts. Osprey Books. ISBN 1-85532-447-4

"The 55th Fighter Group" by John M. Gray. Specialty Press. ISBN 1-58007-004-3

"Blood, Tears And Folly by Len Deighton. HarperCollins. ISBN 0-06-017000-X

"Duel for the Sky" by Christopher Shores. Grub Street. ISBN 1-898697-99-X

"B-25 Mitchell" by Steve Pace. Motorbooks International. ISBN 0-87938-939-7

"Why The Allies Won" by Richard Overy. Norton & Company. ISBN 0-395-31619-X

*"Chennault" by Jack Samson. Doubleday. ISBN 0-385-23171-7

*"The American Fighter" by Angelucci & Bowers. Orion Books. ISBN 0-517-56588-9

"The Air Racer" by Charles A. Mendenhall. Specialty Press. ISBN 0-933424-01-9

"Beyond The Dikes" by Howard R. DeMallie. Self published. ISBN 1-883938-86-4

"The Mighty Eighth" by Gerald Astor. Dell Publishing. ISBN 0-440-22648-1


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