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Offline Hawklore

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« on: October 29, 2002, 11:21:44 AM »
I was just wondering if you guys would tell me a couple of good WWII Chapter books about pilots, Fictional or Not.


One I have read is:

Under a War Torn Sky.

(Petty nice one thing i was stuck on was a twin engined twin tailed german plane that shot rokets. I thought 110 but this was during the day.)
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« Reply #1 on: October 29, 2002, 12:10:19 PM »
Hmm

I Think the one called

Piece of Cake
by Derek Robinson
 About the invasion of france and some Huricane pilots.

The Jolly Rogers
by Tom Blackburn, James Stockdale
About Vf-17 fighting in the solomons.

A book called Khohns War by fredrick arnold... I think
about a jewish pilot, flying P-38s, the auther claimed it was true with just names changed, it turns out he was full of toejam, but it was still an ok read.

LoL hopefully in the future there will be a book called
Forked tails and gull wings,  by me! Fiction.
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« Reply #2 on: October 29, 2002, 12:49:02 PM »
"War In The Air" by Stephen Coontz is a good starter.  Its a compilation of the best parts of other air combat books, mostly memoirs of the guys that did the flying.  Passages include pilot's memories from The Great War, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and Desert Storm.  Start with that one and pick the best passages, then buy the books that the passages came from to read the rest of their stories.

One worth reading is "To Fly and Fight" by C.E. "Bud" Anderson.  You can get an autographed copy from his website.  For a view from the other side, check out "I Flew For The Fuhrer" by Heinz Knoche.

I also enjoyed "Baa Baa Black Sheep" by Maj. Greg Boyington and "Samurai!" by Saburo Sakai.
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« Reply #3 on: October 29, 2002, 02:36:39 PM »
"JG26 Top Guns of the Luftwaffe"
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« Reply #4 on: October 29, 2002, 02:40:44 PM »
"Snoopy Vrs the Red Baron" is my personal favorite.


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Another intersting one.
« Reply #5 on: October 29, 2002, 02:43:21 PM »
The Blond Knight of Germany
by Raymond F. Toliver, Trevor J. Constable
about Erich Hartmann the top german Ace.
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« Reply #6 on: October 29, 2002, 03:04:38 PM »
GtoRA2 - you know if there are any web sites that go into the 'full of $hi+" bits of the fredrick arnold book (when i read it the title was "doorknob five two") - that book seemed to be a bit more outlandish than the other dozens of pilot autobiographies i've read, but i just chalked it up to arnold being a profesional writer who happened to be a WWII pilot (some of the seem to be by professional pilots that happened to be in WWII)
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« Reply #7 on: October 29, 2002, 05:26:37 PM »
No, I read it in the mag Airclassics, I can not remeber what issue though.


Hmmm. It was the first WW2 book I read, lol like when I was in 5th grade.
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« Reply #8 on: October 30, 2002, 12:31:42 AM »
maybe you read a different book than "Doorknob Five Two".
some of the action in "Doorknob Five Two" is a bit racy for a 5th grader.
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« Reply #9 on: October 30, 2002, 09:34:02 AM »
Like where he did the nurse on the guard rail crossing the Atlantic?


Or how about the part where he watches his racist wingman get wasted and does nothing?


Or the part where he toejams himself?


Or maybe the part with the hooker when he is 12?

Lol it is the same book.
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« Reply #10 on: October 30, 2002, 11:36:35 AM »
Helmut Lipfert's Diary.. can find it at http://www.historicaviation.com

You can find numerous other WWII books there as well.

American Airmen in Europe is another good one.
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« Reply #11 on: October 30, 2002, 02:52:59 PM »
"The Wrong Stuff". a must read
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« Reply #12 on: October 30, 2002, 03:42:35 PM »
One called "Echoes: an Anthology of WarBirds Fiction" available at the following

link...http://www.senet.com.au/~mhyde/burbanks_books_simulator.htm#fiction
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« Reply #13 on: October 30, 2002, 11:19:24 PM »
ja - dats da same book - my copy is autographed by "The Nose" (got it used)
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