Suggested good reading… please

“Terror in the Starboard Seat” was written by Dave Macintosh if memory serves. A classic about flying 418 Squadron Mossies.

Dan

Indeed.

The classic antidote to watching too much Pearl Harbor 😉

Moggy

Richard Bach’s ‘Gift of Wings’ Should be made compulsory reading for all aspiring PPLs

‘Terror in the Right Hand Seat’ Can’t recall the author. Honest navigator on intruder Mosquitos who spent the war trying to stay out of trouble.

“Tail End Charlies” By the bloke that was navving a Tornado in the Gulf and was shot down – though the book is a superb piece about the late WW2 bomber campaign.

“Pegasus Bridge” Stephen Ambrose

Moggy

“Terror in the Starboard Seat” was written by Dave Macintosh if memory serves. A classic about flying 418 Squadron Mossies.

“Wing Leader” by Johnnie Johnson is one of the best.

“Nanette” by Edwards Park about flying P39s with the 41st FS, 35th FG 5th AF is probably my favorte of all time fighter pilot book however.

Similar to the Mossie book in the reflections of an average pilot caught up in events he had no control over, who was terrified most of the time but got the job done.

Dan

not bad….

duel of eagles
the big show
reach for the sky

all for £17.90! cheers for the hints guys…. with myy ppl confuser, trevor thom meterorology (sp) im gonna be a boring nerd on my hols!!! how to annoy the missus…. hehe

sorry archer – yes John Comer’s one was the one i read

thanks guys…. gonna give ‘The Big show’ a Read if its a bit lihe first light and the bader book sounds a treat given my wee leg problem. print this lot off and go shopping…..

cheers

I have to agree with Moondance, the Big Show is a stunning read, right up there with Mr Wellums First Light…go get it!

I know it is not of the era but Chickenhawk is a great read too, a vietnam Huey Pilot!

If you have a fable for autobiographies check this thread out: 😉

http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?p=753519#post753519

The Brylcreem Boy (written by Bob Freeman)

Check Out: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0704102633/qid=1130768352/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_8_2/026-5578277-6364442

i havent read many aviation history books heres the list: Rahl (??) Dahl’s book on his time in the desert, First Light, Nine lives, Combat Crew and fighter boys.

Do you mean ‘Combat crew’ by John Comer? If not (apparently there are more books with that title) I can recommend it. Article here by the way.

I’ll second Bach’s ‘A Gift of Wings’, and add ‘Stranger to the Ground’, ‘Biplane’ and ‘Nothing by Chance’. Roland Beaumont has also written some good books (autobiographical). Neville Duke’s ‘Test Pilot’ is also a must-read, as well as ‘Fate is the Hunter’ by Ernest K. Gann. I would also try Alex Henshaw’s ‘Flight of the Mew Gull’ and especially ‘Sigh for a Merlin’. ‘Spitfire’ by Jeffrey Quill is an autobiographical account of the development of this great aircraft, and a last one is ‘Reach for the sky’, the biography of Douglas Bader, written by Paul Brickhill.

That should keep you busy for a while! 😀

The Big Show

Moondance, can you tell me what is different about the expanded edition please? And, going off thread a bit, does anyone know if relations between Pieere Clostermann and his English colleagues were ever repaired after his comments about the Falklands war?

Richard Bach’s ‘Gift of Wings’ Should be made compulsory reading for all aspiring PPLs

‘Terror in the Right Hand Seat’ Can’t recall the author. Honest navigator on intruder Mosquitos who spent the war trying to stay out of trouble.

“Tail End Charlies” By the bloke that was navving a Tornado in the Gulf and was shot down – though the book is a superb piece about the late WW2 bomber campaign.

“Pegasus Bridge” Stephen Ambrose

Moggy

“The Big Show” by Pierre Clostermann, a vivid air combat autobiography, now available in a much expanded new edition.