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General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: iTunes on November 20, 2008, 12:14:06 PM
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Hey Guys :)
Xmas time is approaching and Mrs iTunes is looking for some hints from me, She knows I like to read so I'm looking for any good recommendations from WW2, Preferably German 109 or failing that, Just something considered a good read overall.
Thanks in advance fellas and a big <S> to you all.
iTunes
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Helmet Lipfert's Diary. He flew 109s on the Eastern Front.
'Bodenplatte' by Manrho and Putz
The best book written so far. Not as dry as it might sound.
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I generally prefer personal accounts -
Gunther Rall - A Memoire is a good read.
The Blonde Knight of Germany (biography of Erich Hartmann) is another.
Messerschmitts Over Sicily, based on Johannes Steinhoff's (Geschwaderkommodore JG77) War Diary is so so but worth reading.
Regards,
Hammer
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Thanks for that fellas :) I printed this thread off and passed it over to Mrs iTunes.
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Tunes if you look real hard in barns and nobles or the like I'm sure someone must have published "see heir Spottz fly", or "ME109's for dummies" or maybe "my Messerschmidt and me", a touching coming of age story.
:rofl :rofl
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FLOTSOM
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Are those from the same publisher as "Run, Stang, Run!" ?
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Tunes if you look real hard in barns and nobles or the like I'm sure someone must have published "see heir Spottz fly", or "ME109's for dummies" or maybe "my Messerschmidt and me", a touching coming of age story.
:rofl :rofl
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FLOTSOM
LOL! You Boys.... :aok
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Wife bought the Gunther Rall - A Memoire book for me...
I liked it :aok
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I don't have much on the shelf concerning the LW, but I did get and enjoy "The First And The Last" by Adolf Galland.
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I would start looking for Luftwaffe Unit Histories as well, having source material is always desireable in a scenario environment.
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Even though not a luft kinda guy, I thoroughly enjouyed reading one called simply "JG 26" by Caldwell. A great read - a book written much like a unit history, but with additional historical research (and, well, with better writing than most unit historians muster).
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Fly Boys, Flags of our Fathers, Citizen Soldiers, Retreat? Hell, we're just attacking in another direction....
Those are good books to start you off. :salute
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I've posted on this topic many times and even started a few. Do a search because my posts (actually had Forum worth, were pretty much ignored) were descriptive.
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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GERMAN TANKS OF WORLD WAR TWO
Peter Chamberlain and Hilary Doyle - Tech Editor Thomas L. Jentz
Arms & Armour Press, London 2001
ISBN: 1-85409-518-8-PBK
An absolute must have for any "TREAD-HEAD" out there. List all armored vehicles used by the German Army including captured vehicles.
:salute
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Itunes, do you read German?
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Target Berlin Mission 250 - March 6, 1944 by Jeff Ethell
http://www.amazon.com/Target-Berlin-Greenhill-Military-Paperbacks/dp/1853674915
Jagdgeschwader 301/302 "wilde Sau": In Defense Of The Reich With The Bf 109, Fw 190 And Ta 152 by Willie Reschke
http://www.amazon.com/Jagdgeschwader-301-302-wilde-Sau/dp/0764321307
JG 26 - Top Guns of the Luftwaffe by Donald Caldwell
http://www.amazon.com/JG-26-Top-Guns-Luftwaffe/dp/0804110506/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1227545040&sr=1-2
I flew for the Fuhrer by Heinze Knoke
http://www.amazon.com/Flew-Fuhrer-Cassell-Military-Paperbacks/dp/0304366382/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1227545134&sr=1-1
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"To Win the Winter Sky" - Danny Parker.
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Janes Fighting Aircraft of World War II
a very detailed explination of all the worlds airforces and aircraft including experimental
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Hey Guys :)
Xmas time is approaching and Mrs iTunes is looking for some hints from me, She knows I like to read so I'm looking for any good recommendations from WW2, Preferably German 109 or failing that, Just something considered a good read overall.
Thanks in advance fellas and a big <S> to you all.
iTunes
I'd suggest you visit this link to Eagle Editions Publishing. Some great Luftwaffe stuff. The D9 books are supposed to be top of the list on 190 work. I don't have those, but have both the JG300 histories which are fantastic.
http://www.jjfpub.mb.ca/eagle_editions1.htm
The Luftwaffe reading list on the Schiffer publications site is large as well with some specific books on the different 109 variants.
http://www.schifferbooks.com/newschiffer/category_books.php?category_id=99
And if you use either site for suggestions, go to www.abebooks.com and search there for the titles. You might find them used or a bit less expensive then on the company sites.
Good luck with your wish list :)