What is the definitive Book on....

[muckmaw]

Aircraft of WWII? I'd like to pick it up, and could use some advice.

Also, What would you recommend as required reading for WWII ACM. (What book can I get to get more kills in AH?)


Thanks in advance.

[Sabre]

Well, there are no books out there dedicated to ACM in WWII aircraft, at least none I've come across.  However, Robert Shaw's book "Fight Combat: Tactics and Maneuvering" is the closest thing to a bible on ACM as you can get.  While it was written in the jet-age, almost all of it is still applicable.  Barnes & Noble often carries it, and Amazon too I believe.

By the way, Bob Shaw will be a guest lecturer at the USAF Academy in Colorado Springs next month.  I'll be attending, and have Bob's permission to publish the transcript on "The Wargamer" on-line magazine site, http://www.wargamer.com .  The lecture is scheduled for 14 or 15 Feb, so expect the article to be posted a few weeks later.

[Nifty]

Originally posted by Sabre
By the way, Bob Shaw will be a guest lecturer at the USAF Academy in Colorado Springs next month.  I'll be attending, and have Bob's permission to publish the transcript on "The Wargamer" on-line magazine site, http://www.wargamer.com .  The lecture is scheduled for 14 or 15 Feb, so expect the article to be posted a few weeks later.

Sweet!  Thanks for doing that for the flight sim community.  You gonna get your copy of his book signed?

(amazon does carry it, I ordered mine through there as it wasn't in my local B&N.)

[Tjay]

Originally posted by muckmaw

Also, What would you recommend as required reading for WWII ACM. (What book can I get to get more kills in AH?)


 

You might also find some of the stuff written about ACM SPECIFICALLY in flight sims rather than real life useful. IMHO RL ACM doesn't always translate well to the little screen. I have some old yellowing printouts, but squadron websites are a good place to start.