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Old 13th Nov 2001, 23:15
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Oh, where to begin?

Completely at random:

Just finished reading all 4 of Martin Middlebrook's "eyewitness accounts" of famous WW2 bombing raids. It has really opened my eyes to what boming in WW2 was really like for both sides - in the air and on the ground. The ones on Hamburg and Nuremburg are particularly good.

For lighthearted flying yarns I like Neil Williams' book "Airborne".

L. Scott Berg's biography of Lindbergh is a fascinating read, for the flying and the social history.

"The Bishop's Boys" by Tom Crouch is a great biography of the Wright brothers.

The Science Museum publishes a great little book by Andrew Nahum about the history of (WW1 era) rotary engines. Dispels many myths.
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