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Title: OK, I've read "Yeager"
Post by: Greese on October 03, 2001, 11:52:00 AM

Great book.  But I want more.  I must have more.

Any ideas on similar books?  Thanks.

Title: OK, I've read "Yeager"
Post by: Toad on October 03, 2001, 01:06:00 PM

Tom Blackburn's book "The Jolly Rogers".

"Thunderbolt" by Bob Johnson

"To Fly and To Fight" by Bud Anderson

"Gabby, a Fighter Pilot's Life" by Gabby Gabreski.

That ought to get you started.

Doolittle's "I Could Never Be So Lucky Again" is another good one.

Title: OK, I've read "Yeager"
Post by: Yeager on October 03, 2001, 01:43:00 PM

Yeagers second book "Press On" is an excellent read as well but deals more with his life after the military.

If you liked "Yeager" you will like "Press On"

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Title: OK, I've read "Yeager"
Post by: Greese on October 03, 2001, 01:48:00 PM

Thanks for the tips.  I'll definetley look them up.  

I saw Chuck Yeager a year ago out at Edwards.  He's getting old, but he still gets around ok.  I bought an autographed book that I haven't even looked at yet, kind of afraid to read it, but it's all about him breaking the sound barrier.  Lots of pictures.

Title: OK, I've read "Yeager"
Post by: Dune on October 03, 2001, 02:35:00 PM

Also try:

"Mustang Ace" by Robert Goebel
"Memiors of a Checkertail Ace" by Herschel Green
"War Diary of Helmut Lipfert" by Lipfert (250+ kill LW ace on the Eastern Front)

Title: OK, I've read "Yeager"
Post by: Eagler on October 03, 2001, 02:37:00 PM

The Wild Blue by Stephen Ambrose (Band of Brothers & many others)

WW2 bomber life .. very good .. so far