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Old 26th Mar 2002, 22:37
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BeauMan
 
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I've got a few which I keep turning to periodically:. .. .Robert Prest's "F4 Phantom - A Pilot's Story" (which someone mentioned earlier). .. ."Fighter Pilot's Summer" about Paul Richey and 609 Sqn's sweeps in 1941. .. ."The First of the Many" written during the war about the 8th Air Force. This is a very thought-provoking book, and I can't speak too highly of it. The wartime censor has changed the names of some of the US aircrew who came from occupied Europe, or whose families were of German descent, in order to protect those families during the war. Some of the accounts written in the book are extremely moving, as the author conveys the sense of uncertainty regarding when / if the war will end, and whether the aircrews he writes about will live to see the day. Very moving.. .. .And finally (although I can't remember the title), the story of one of Paul Richey's fellow 609 Sqn members, Jean Offenberg. I'll try and dig it out tonight and post the title.
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