Author Topic: WWII Books (Read 356 times)

Creamo · « **on:** June 02, 2002, 02:02:39 AM »

Went Garage Sale shopping today which is a lot of fun, but didn’t anticipate this?

$5 got me a TIMELIFE series called “Wings of War”

It has embossed covers, and silver laid page ends, in mint condition. Wow. Sweet stuff.

The books actually “crack” from never being opened. I opened one book and it was a Typhoon raid by the author, describing it in detail! After I got home, I realized “Samurai” was included, the best WWII book I have read in hoopty paperback(AH Players find it, 1.10 will be most intriguing.)

So what would this normally cost, and have you read any of the books in the series?

No Parachute- LEE
Fighter over Finland – Luukkanen
Fighting the Flying Circus – Rickenbacker
I Flew For The Furer – Knoke
Heaven High---Hell Deep – Archibold
The Big Show – Clostermann
Flight To Arras – Saint Expery
Sagittarius Rising – Lewis
Wing Leader – Johnson
My Secret War – Drury
Low Level Mission – Leon Wolf
Samuria! – Sakai

What a sweet display, so nice I almost don’t want to read them, but will pour threw them anyway breaking the virgin seals.

Are any of these authors notable? Of course, and I know Sakai is.

Furious · « **Reply #1 on:** June 02, 2002, 05:27:52 AM »

Rickenbacker was a US WWI ace.

Thats the only one I know.

might try http://www.alibris.com to find price.

F.

airspro · « **Reply #2 on:** June 02, 2002, 07:05:34 AM »

I have read from that list .

I Flew For The Furer – Knoke
The Big Show – Clostermann
Wing Leader – Johnson
Samuria! – Sakai

But is THe Big Show about a French pilot flying for Brit's ? If thats the book it a damn fine read . The rest nice all so , so don't get me wrong .

I have to ask because I sent alot of my books on to my squad mates and don't have them now .

Most likely you bought a dead guys books , I got some like that before , the "widow" says wtf is this toejam ? and takes it to the yard sale

Creamo · « **Reply #3 on:** June 02, 2002, 12:21:04 PM »

The big Show is about a French fighter ace in the RAF so it says.

Not so sure about the dead guy thing. I commented that they appeared that had never been read and she rolled her eyes, looked at her husband disgusted, and pry would have given them away.

Oh well, they found a good home.

I'm hoping next week someone really pisses their wife off and they have a TM Cougar in a box with a orange $.50 yard sale sticker on it.

Swager · « **Reply #4 on:** June 02, 2002, 12:52:10 PM »

Wait Creamo!

You bought all these for $5??

I got these, mailed to me once a month, thru Time/Life.

I believe they were like $15 a book!!! Maybe more, I cant remember

Bastiage!! Most of them are excellent reads!!

I have all of them. I noticed one you dont have that is excellent, "A Thousand Shall Fall" by Maury Peden. Book about British Bomber pilots flying Lanc's and B-17s at night.

"Night Fighter" and "War in a Stringbag" are also good.

My look practically new also. Enjoy!

Creamo · « **Reply #5 on:** June 02, 2002, 01:07:18 PM »

Thats what they would be, a once a month book deal. Too bad it's incomplete sounds like. Still, yeah someone pry paid around $240 for them. You'd think that would be incentive alone to read them.

Since you have the same setup, whats with the Label "Ex Libris" Wing of War all about? Like a personal tag or something?

Swager · « **Reply #6 on:** June 02, 2002, 03:44:44 PM »

I believe it means 'The Library Of". Then there is a blank area where one can put their name. I pasted mine to the inside front cover. I never printed on them though. So they are all blank. Maybe I'll have them printed up real nice by someone because my printing stinks.

My total collection is 23 books.

Swager

funkedup · « **Reply #7 on:** June 02, 2002, 05:13:32 PM »

Creamo, jackpot!

Closterman was one of the leading Tiffy aces.

Johnson was the leading RAF ace and a great tactical leader. He flew Spitfires exclusively.

Knoke was unapologetic Nazi who had an extensive career flying 109s. Wounded and shot down several times. He invented the technique of dropping bombs on bomber formation.

St. Exupery was a P-38 recon pilot and wrote a noted series of childrens books before the war.

Wmaker · « **Reply #8 on:** June 02, 2002, 05:51:01 PM »

Eino Luukkanen, CO of the real life Lentolaivue 34.
He scored 56 victories during 441 sorties (the biggest number of flown operational sorties in the whole Finnish Air Force).

More about Mr. Luukkanen and Lentolaivue 34:
http://www.muodos.fi/LLv34/ (click the "history" link)

straffo · « **Reply #9 on:** June 03, 2002, 02:24:22 AM »

Now I fully understand the BASTARD part of the FDB

Wtg Creamo !

concerning the books :

The Big Show – Clostermann
Cloclo is the leading french ace of WWII he ended Wing Commander in the RAF (at this time he was still a leutnant for the French Air Farce

) he flyed spit and Tempest for the rest ... just read that book

Flight To Arras – Saint Expery
St Ex is THE flying poet (sorry Richard Bach is only 2nd

)
He was one of the "précurseur" of French Aéropostale (airmail) Flight To Arras is the story of his war in the french army in 1939/40.
st Ex wrote : the little prince, night flying(*) which are mandatory read for anyone interrested in flying (IMO of course)

(*)I'm not sure of the tittle translation

straffo · « **Reply #10 on:** June 03, 2002, 02:29:21 AM »

Quote

Originally posted by funkedup
St. Exupery was a P-38 recon pilot and wrote a noted series of childrens books before the war.

errr ...

he just wrote one

Courrier Sud (Southern Mail), 1929
Vol de Nuit (Night Flight), 1931
Terre des Hommes (Wind, Sand, and Stars), 1939
Pilote de Guerre (Flight to Arras), 1942
Lettre à un Otage (Letter to a Hostage), 1943
Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince), 1943 <== this one
Citadelle (The Wisdom of the Sands), posthumous

funkedup · « **Reply #11 on:** June 03, 2002, 03:13:37 PM »

Thx Straffo I think I confused his books with somebody else. I did read Le Petit Prince au lycée.

Sabre · « **Reply #12 on:** June 03, 2002, 03:40:13 PM »

I've read two of them, Fighting the Flying Circus and Samurai. Both good books. Nice haul.

eskimo2 · « **Reply #13 on:** June 03, 2002, 04:53:47 PM »

Creamo,
It's your lucky day!
I'm giving you the opportunity to DOUBLE your money!
That's right, I'll give you a whopping $10 for your books!
What a shrewd business man you'l be, doubling your money!

Think about it.

eskimo

Tac · « **Reply #14 on:** June 03, 2002, 05:23:35 PM »

You have to credit that guy.. writing a book about a child's innocence in the midst of the most horrible war in human history. Wow.