what do you read?

[hazed-]

after reading mausers post 'wings magazine on the luftwaffe' and reading miko's reply it got me thinking...where on earth did he read this info?
So please everyone post 2 titles of books you would recommend reading on WW2?
Also how about someone telling us where HTC gets their stats for aircraft?

P.s. just interesting reads will do   no ideology toejame  

[Karnak]

Bombers of World War II and Fighters of World War II, both by Metrobooks.

They both have some stupid editing errors (listing aircraft that are not in the book in the Table of Contents and not listing others that are) and lack sections on some major aircraft such as the B-17 and P-38, yet have 2 sections for other aircraft such as the Spitfire and Bf110.


The Great Book of World War II Airplanes by Crescent Books.
Very thick, very heavy book that only covers 12 aircraft, the P-38, P-51, B-17, Hellcat, Corsair, Spitfire, Mosquito, Lancaster, Bf109, Fw190, Ju87 and Zero.  Lots of good illistrations, icluding some that are not covered like the A7M2 Reppu "Sam".


Ok, I hedged and got three in there.  Its only a bit of my library anyways.  

Sisu
Karnak

[Torque]

Playboy and Swank they have great articles on furballs.    

[ZOSO]

Lots of suggestions here http://www.jackedin.com/prop/booklist.html

Eric Hammel's Aces against Japan is very good.  I guess he has a whole series out.

See if your local library is online.  I've come across some real gems in the old stacks, and browsing online makes them a breeze to find.

Right now I'm reading Carrier Combat by Lieut. Frederick Mears.

[Glasses]

Right now am reading The path of war from David Irving a good read he's a controversial author and I like  controversy :-)

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Glasses---I may have 4 eyes ,but you only have one wing.

[juzz]

I think HTC gets their "plane stats" from extensive research involving primary sources of information. Ie: not from Janes.  

Currently I'm reading Soviet Combat Aircraft of the Second World War, Volume Two: Twin-Engined Fighters, Attack Aircraft and Bombers by Gordon/Khazanov/Medved'

Another good book is Test Pilots by Wolfgang Späte.

[Beurling]

You cant go wrong with the osprey aces series.

About 17 usd a book.

[funked]

For US fighters the Bible is "America's Hundred Thousand".

There is a series of books called "Warbird Tech Series" that has some awesome information on US planes too.

"Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War" by Rene Francillon is the best book I have seen on those aircraft.

"Warplanes of the Third Reich" is out of print and has quite a few errors.  But it is still the closest thing to an encyclopedia for German planes.

[Sundog]

I recently picked up `Black Cross/Red Star: Volume I' about the air war on the Eastern Front. I have only read one chapter so far, but it should shape up to be an excellent series.

Then anything from Monogram Aviaiton, Classic-Books in the UK, and Schiffer Publishing (America's Hundred Thousand is on this label). All the Ace series books and the Two Volumes of Soviet WW2 A/C mentioned above.

I also highly recommend the Wings of Fame Quarterly Publications. These cover aircraft, battles, squadrons, etc. However they aren't limited to World War II only.  They have covered the Me-109 and the Spitfire in great depth already (Each two parts NOT in Succession) so look for those on the back issue list.

Monogram-Aviation
Classic-Publications
Schiffer Books
Wings of Fame