WWII Aviation Books

[cav58d]

Looking for some recommendations on books.

I've read A Higher Call, Flyboys, Dumb But Lucky, Jimmy Stewart:  Bomber Pilot, I flew for the fuhrer, Hartmann's book, and like five or six others who's names are just not coming to me right now.

Would anyone else care to add some of their must reads?  Thanks!

[BFOOT1]

Scramble by Tom McNeil, 1000 Destroyed by Grover Hall, Two Man Air Force by Phillip Kaplan, The Star of Africa, Flying Start by Hugh Dundas, and that's all I can name from the top of my head.

[Devil 505]

Messerschmitts over Sicily by Johannes Steinhoff.

[Vraciu]

The Other Battle*
Shattered Sword*
Samurai!
The First and the Last
Stuka Pilot
Yeager
Into the Teeth of the Tiger
Fate is the Hunter
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Tale of a Guinea Pig
The Gray Eagles (Fiction)

*Impossible to put down.

[colmbo]

Of Course you ask this right after I packed all my books for our upcoming move!!!

An Ace of the Eighth - Norman Fortier
Woodbine Red Leader - George Loving
Mustang Ace - Robert Goebel
God is My Co-Pilot - Robert Scott
Jimmy Stewart: Bomber Pilot - Starr Smith

[Bizman]

Ilmari Juutilainen - Double Fighter Knight

[Brooke]

The Wrong Stuff, by Smith (personal tale of life as a B-17 pilot in 8th AF)
The Few, by Kershaw (The first Americans in the Battle of Britain)
Masters of the Air, by Miller (8th AF, stories from strategic to tactical, awesome)
Unbroken, by Hillenbrand (B-24 crewman, incredible tale of survival)
Fighter Pilot, by Olds (autobiography of Robin Olds)
JG26:  Top Guns of the Luftwaffe, by Caldwell (daily history of JG 26)
The First and the Last, by Galland (Galland's tale)
Zemke's Wolfpack, by Freeman (P-47's, Zemke, Johnson, Gabreski)
Top Guns, by Foss and Brennan (excellent collection from pilots)
Samurai, by Sakai (Saburo Sakai's story)
Midway, by Fuchida and Okumiya (Midway and a lot more by guys who were in the action)
Intrepid, by White and Gandt (detailed stories of USS Intrepid)
FLAK, by Veitch (stories from RAF, RAAF, RNZAF pilots)
Baa, Baa Black Sheep, by Boyington (Pappy's tales)
Aces High, by Yenne (about Bong and McGuire)
A Dawn Like Thunder, by Mrazek (detailed stories of VT-8)
America's Hundred Thousand, by Dean (nonfiction detailed info on all US WWII fighters)
The Lockheed P-38 Lightning, by Bodie (awesome nonfiction book on the P-38)
The Wild Blue, by Ambrose (B-24 stories)
Flying Through Midnight, by Halliday (interesting tales of a C-123 special-ops pilot -- this one is not WWII, though)

[MiloMorai]

Air Combat Over the Eastern Front and Korea  ISBN 978-1-84415-735-8

A Soviet fighter pilot remembers

Sergei Kramarenko https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Kramarenko

[Vraciu]

The Wrong Stuff, by Smith (personal tale of life as a B-17 pilot in 8th AF)
The Few, by Kershaw (The first Americans in the Battle of Britain)
Masters of the Air, by Miller (8th AF, stories from strategic to tactical, awesome)
Unbroken, by Hillenbrand (B-24 crewman, incredible tale of survival)
Fighter Pilot, by Olds (autobiography of Robin Olds)
JG26:  Top Guns of the Luftwaffe, by Caldwell (daily history of JG 26)
The First and the Last, by Galland (Galland's tale)
Zemke's Wolfpack, by Freeman (P-47's, Zemke, Johnson, Gabreski)
Top Guns, by Foss and Brennan (excellent collection from pilots)
Samurai, by Sakai (Saburo Sakai's story)
Midway, by Fuchida and Okumiya (Midway and a lot more by guys who were in the action)
Intrepid, by White and Gandt (detailed stories of USS Intrepid)
FLAK, by Veitch (stories from RAF, RAAF, RNZAF pilots)
Baa, Baa Black Sheep, by Boyington (Pappy's tales)
Aces High, by Yenne (about Bong and McGuire)
A Dawn Like Thunder, by Mrazek (detailed stories of VT-8)
America's Hundred Thousand, by Dean (nonfiction detailed info on all US WWII fighters)
The Lockheed P-38 Lightning, by Bodie (awesome nonfiction book on the P-38)
The Wild Blue, by Ambrose (B-24 stories)
Flying Through Midnight, by Halliday (interesting tales of a C-123 special-ops pilot -- this one is not WWII, though)

"Shattered Sword" totally debunked Fuchida's book.  You should check it out. 

[Mister Fork]

Shattered Sword author Jonathan Parshall did a great prez to the National WWII Museum Organization on youtube that discusses his book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23vL8AvqbDc

[Vraciu]

Shattered Sword author Jonathan Parshall did a great prez to the National WWII Museum Organization on youtube that discusses his book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23vL8AvqbDc

I gotta' see that. 

I read their book almost without stopping.  It was THAT good. Took me less than 48 hours. 

[999000]

Lady Be Good B24

[Brooke]

"Shattered Sword" totally debunked Fuchida's book.  You should check it out.

I'll check it out.  Thanks for the recommendation.

[Joker]

Some wonderful titles have been listed here.

Here's a few more:

The Cold Blue Sky
Shot at and Missed
Doorknob Five Two
Mission to Berlin
Doomed at the Start
Lucky 666
Hell's Angels
Lancaster Target
Fire in the Sky
Reach for the Sky
The Savage Sky

I have a fairly large collection ( over 1400 ) of WWII books, primarily related to the air war.
My kids tell me that nobody uses books any more, and that once I'm gone the whole batch will be in a yard sale for a quarter apiece....LOL.
I still enjoy spending an evening in my favorite chair with a cup of coffee and a book.
My Kindle is OK, but it just isn't the same.

[Vraciu]

I'll check it out.  Thanks for the recommendation.

Let us know what you think.   I am confident you'll love it.