Warbird books

A touche-and-go, obviously.

I presume this is about the post-war trainer variants of each type? :confused:

:):)

Coming soon!

The Decisive Dual:
Spitfire vs. 109

I presume this is about the post-war trainer variants of each type? :confused:

New Spitfire and Bf 109 “dual biography” on Amazon

Coming soon!

The Decisive Dual:
Spitfire vs. 109

A “dual biography” of the two great fighters, published by Little Brown.
by David Isby

Amazon is currently taking orders at ten quid and change a copy, which is a great deal for a 500-page hardback. (Cheaper than my books that Osprey publish).

Another one I don’t think anyone has mentioned yet is A Lancaster at Peace, the story of PA474

The Saga of Iron Annie by Martin Caidin…
I have not read it for many years but ISTR enjoying it very much

He rescued a JU52 from S America and flew it 🙂

rgds baz

Glad to be of help. Just keep in mind it’s more of a magazine/booklet but great photos.

Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby – A Lucky Lady of the Sky by Don Patterson (photos) and George Merva (text) 1988.

Thanks, that’s a new one on me. Duly ordered from the land of Amazonia 😀

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I’ve also got Smithsonian volumes on the Fw190 and Bleriot as well as those listed? The Wellington one was a not Smithsonian book, and is a general history of the type.

The Avro Survivors book by Aston was never published, nor was the Hawker one that was also promised.

There are actually two volumes about the Blenheim rebuild. Part two deals with both restorations.

Cees

Sally B – A very Special Lady by Ken Ellis 1992

And for perhaps the finest photo record of a restored B-17 with fantastic interior views..
Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby – A Lucky Lady of the Sky by Don Patterson (photos) and George Merva (text) 1988.

And to give more details on the books briefly mentioned by Ruskin in post 12….
Mosquito Survivors by the late Stuart Howe, Aston Publishers, 1986.
The book mentions his Avro Survivors and Paul Coggan’s Mustang Survivors.

P-Screamers, The History of the Surviving Lockheed P-38 Lightnings by A. Kevin Grantham, Pictorial Histories Publishing, 1994.

Also, the Smithsoniam’s National Air and Space Museum published a series of mongraphs on aircraft in their collection. They included the P-51B Excalibur III racer (mentioned by Ruskin above) and..
De Havilland DH-4: From Flaming Coffin to Living Legend by Walter Boyne
Messerschmitt Me 262: Arrow to the Future, by Walter Boyne,
The First Non Stop Coast to Coast Flight and the Historic Fokker T-2 Airplane by Louis Casey
and while not a warbird….Aeronca C-2: The Story of the Flying Bathtub by Jay Spencer,

And a forthcoming one on the DH9……;)

How far away is this one from expected publishing date Andy?

Warbird Books

‘One of Our Aircraft’, about the Loch Ness / Brooklands Wellington.

Probably won’t be flying at Legends this year, but a warbird nevertheless.

: )

Ian

See post #2

Vacher Hurricane R4118

Ah, my fave subject. Just some in my library in addition to those above….

Corsair KD431 – time capsule fighter
Mynarskis Lanc (actually the CWH Lancaster)
Yellow 10 – story of ultra rare Fw-190 D13
Excalibur III – story of Smithsonians P-51B
Last Canberra – PR.9 XH131
Helluva Pelican – A-20G 42-86786
Alpine Fighter Collections Hurricane P3351
Final Cut – Post war B-17 survivors
B-25 Mitchell in civil service – ditto
Consolidated PBY Catalina: The Peacetime Record
Lost Squadron – P-38 Glacier Girl
Mustang Restored – F-6D Lil’ Margeret
Living Lancasters – by Jarrod Cotter
Avro Lancaster – The Survivors
Lufthansa Ju-52 D-AQUI
Shackleton 1722 – SAAF museum
Aston Publications survivors series – Mossie, Dak, Spit etc….
Spitfire Survivors (new version) – Vol.1
The Last Flying Boat – Kermit Weeks Sunderland
Memphis Belle – Dispelling the myths
Stormbird Rising & Project 262 – mainly new builds but also US Navy’s Me-262B restoration
One Hurricane One Raid – recovery & restoration of P3175
The Reluctant Messerschmitt – recovery & restoration of a ‘109
50 years of Vulcan XH558 – TVOC publication
(and Clive Du Cros’ new build Spit and Messenger restoration}

…would you like more ?

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Home is the Halifax about the reconstruction of YAM’s Halifax
Spirit of Val about Tony Agars Mossie

Personally I love these subjects, about the recovery, restoration and anything else.
There is also a book about the restoration of P38 Joltin’Josie
A book about the history and recovery of the RAF Museum’s Hurricane wreck

Cees

Black 6: Extraordinary Restoration of a Messerschmitt Bf 109 Russ Snadden
Spirit Of Britains First Graham Warner

warbird Books

Nobody has mentioned “Black 6” yet – or is it relegated to the second division as it’s now on static display

I have a book on the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, I thinbk published by Osprey in the late 1980’s or early 1990’s, which is mostly photos and superb. Has there ever been other books on their aircraft with more of a text history of the aeroplanes?