Good Air Novels??
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I believe Col Jack Broughton of "Thud Ridge" fame also wrote one titled "Downtown" which continues his F-105 over NVN genre. I'll have to dig through my stacks when I get back home for the info on it.
Also recommend "Flights of Passage" for the historically minded. A great view of the training and combat experiences of a WWII USMC Avenger pilot. No glory stuff, just a well written, informative snapshot of how it was with some good flying thrown in. It's available thru Amazon.com
Also recommend "Flights of Passage" for the historically minded. A great view of the training and combat experiences of a WWII USMC Avenger pilot. No glory stuff, just a well written, informative snapshot of how it was with some good flying thrown in. It's available thru Amazon.com
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Don't know if they have been mentioned in this thread already, I've been on leave, but try:
Fighter Pilot by Paul Richey. A diary of 1 Sqn in France in 39'-40' and, allegedly the true story behind 'A piece of Cake'
Sigh for a Merlin by Alex Henshaw. Good Spitfire stuff.
Happy reading, I'm back on my head.
Fighter Pilot by Paul Richey. A diary of 1 Sqn in France in 39'-40' and, allegedly the true story behind 'A piece of Cake'
Sigh for a Merlin by Alex Henshaw. Good Spitfire stuff.
Happy reading, I'm back on my head.
To resurrect this topic - and send it at a tangent:
I've just picked up a book (from distributor Midland Counties Publications) "Bawdy Ballads and Dirty Ditties of the wartime RAF", edited by Harold Bennett, ISBN 1-873203-69-1, £9.95. It is exactly as described, hundreds of 'em!
I've just picked up a book (from distributor Midland Counties Publications) "Bawdy Ballads and Dirty Ditties of the wartime RAF", edited by Harold Bennett, ISBN 1-873203-69-1, £9.95. It is exactly as described, hundreds of 'em!
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Somebody mentioned Ernest K Gann. His "Fate is the Hunter" is outstanding. Describes the painter jumping off the scaffolding as he dropped take-off flap to clear the Taj Mahal minaret, had company engineers pushing and pulling throttle and boost levers to sort out 4 failing engines over the Pacific, approaching the west coast of Greenland at 50ft just below the cloud base to hit a one-way only fiord by DR to deliver a full C-47 load of bog rolls etc, etc ... brilliantly written flyers book.
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Excellent thread 
Just a couple of queries,once read a factual
novel about a Belgium pilot during WW2,
escapes Europe for Nth Africa,then arrives in
England and flies with RAF fighter Sqd's.
Sadly does not survive the war.
Also a book about Coastal Command Sunderlands
from an Aussie Squadron.
Any answers?? Cheers
Just a couple of queries,once read a factual
novel about a Belgium pilot during WW2,
escapes Europe for Nth Africa,then arrives in
England and flies with RAF fighter Sqd's.
Sadly does not survive the war.
Also a book about Coastal Command Sunderlands
from an Aussie Squadron.
Any answers?? Cheers
