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What is your favorite WWII pilot biography/book?
« on: June 20, 2000, 12:01:00 PM »
I just finished reading "I flew for the Fueher". All I can say is amazing...you can get it online at Amazon.com

Offline Asmodan PL

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What is your favorite WWII pilot biography/book?
« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2000, 06:57:00 PM »
Great    
my favorite WWII book is ""Sqadron 303" by Arkady Fiedler

great book read it    

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What is your favorite WWII pilot biography/book?
« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2000, 07:32:00 PM »
Well, I am currently reading "Deadly Sky: The American Combat Airman in World War II."  It is really interesting.  Not so much for stories and such, but it really goes into the experiences of the pilots (bomber and fighter) during the war.  I find the section on how they viewed the Japanese versus how they viewed the Germans very revealing.

I have also been thumbing through "The Black Sheep" by Bruce Gambel.  very insightful and revealing, particularly about Boyington and the "errors" in his own book.

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What is your favorite WWII pilot biography/book?
« Reply #3 on: June 20, 2000, 07:39:00 PM »
That is on my "to read" list!

I have read the following first hand accounts, all of which are excellent.

Thunderbolt! -Robert Johnson
P-47 Pilot

Bomber Pilot- Philip Ardery
B-24's

Samurai!- Saburo Sakai
Leading surviving Japanese ace of WWII
(out of print, but *well* worth finding)

Bloody Skies- Melvin McGuire
B-17 Gunner

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What is your favorite WWII pilot biography/book?
« Reply #4 on: June 21, 2000, 08:27:00 AM »
Robert Johnson's "Thuderbolt!" is really great. Would recommend to everyone, plus many of the books printed, have a copy of his signature on the first page. At least mine does...

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