Whats YOUR best book of 2003.

It has to be FIRST LIGHT by Geoff Wellum, it is a superb read:) 🙂

It sort of does in the front. Unfortunately, time has clouded memory on who took what, and many came from personal collections. Some are also miscaptioned (it isn’t Jacquemin, its Adam climbing out of the cockpit for example). Believe me, the effort involved in even captioning was massive… Unfortunately I don’t even know who took a lot of them.

I have to agree with the comments made regarding 609 at War…it is one of my most treasured books 🙂

I agree also with Steve Young’s comment concerning Under An English Heaven, I bought the book for my Mum for Mother’s Day last year as she enjoys aviation fiction, and when I read Moggy’s positive review of the book I was soon on the ‘phone to Mum asking to borrow it 🙂

Ettrick40…does 609 at War not at least have a list of the contributors of the photos used in the book? Ok this isn’t the same as a specific reference for each photo, but?…

Ashley

For me the best is also Runways to victory.609 at War is also interesting but I regret that the author did’nt give the origin of the pic’s

By the spine.

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Ahh, those Heinkels can be real pesky buggers! 😉

(sorry DazDaMan, deleted in error; ‘finger trouble’. Here it is again; with quote)

Absolutely fabulous book……….

……….apart from the rather bizarre and unlikely (Independent) review quote on the front cover; “…..Reading it, you feel you are in the Spitfire with him, at 20,000ft, chased by a German Heinkel, with your ammunition gone”!!!

Originally posted by SteveYoung
609 at War goes without saying, mine is now a very treasured posession. 🙂

Under an English Heaven and First Light are my other two stars of 2003. 2004 will have to go some to match these.

I think the same three as Steve. For me the added bonus was meeting some of 609’s veterans when I bought the book and then capping it all by getting Betty (Johnny Wiseman’s sister) and Ron Haddon (Alan Haddon’s brother) to sign the book at the unveiling of the Memorial on the Monday. As Steve says that is one treasured posession.

Regards,

kev35

A bit hard to say what my fave of 2003 is – I read quite a few!!

Hmmm….

“First Light”, Geoff Wellum. NOTHING quite like it in this area, in my opinion.

What IS the quote on the front?? IT’s hard to see in the image.

That’s a tough one.

I guess of the books I’ve purchased in the last year or so, I go back to two of them fairly often.

First is:

“The Long Campaign-The History of the 15th Fighter Group in World War II” by John Lambart.

I tracked down a used copy of this and really enjoyed learning about that part of the airwar in the Pacific, in particular the VLR missions in 51s escorting the B29s to Tokyo. I now believe those were probably the toughest missions a fighter pilot flew in WW2.

Second is:

“Mustangs & Unicorns-A History of the 359th Fighter Group”-by Jack Smith.

I like Group histories and this is about one of the lesser known 8th AF 47/51 Groups. A good mix of images and information.

Dan

I agree with several of the above, but for me it has to be “Footprints On The Sands Of Time”. An absolutely astonishing piece of research detailing the circumstances and fates of every RAF Bomber Command POW – quite outstanding.

609 at War goes without saying, mine is now a very treasured posession. 🙂

Under an English Heaven and First Light are my other two stars of 2003. 2004 will have to go some to match these.

The Men who flew the Memphis Belle

The Men who flew the Memphis Belle – by Bob Morgan.

Very readable indeed.

VBR

Jason Webb