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Spot on review! The author at times would preface his supposition with what he thought people were thinking with "I imagine Lilya was thinking" this, other times not. I also wonder if he had documentation that certain German pilots were actually Nazis or if he just assumed they were. Not a bad...

I will be there.

Read this one....excellent read! Especially liked reading about Stigler when he was in Africa.

Did you use a flat or gloss black on this? Thanks!

Very impressive brush work!

"I Flew For the Fuhrer" by Heinz Knoke. Introduction by Jack Pudney, who couldn't quite figure out Knoke in his interviews with him after the war. Book is based on Knoke's diary during the war and originally published in 1953. Quite an amount of detail with some of his missions and victories...

The next to last one is a Taylor, entitled "Victory over Dunkirk", signed by Robert Stanford Tuck.

As a Ravens fan, let me enjoy this past season a little more before thinking of next year. Ozzie is going to have a rough time keeping some key players with the money that Flacco is going to get now. Reed, Kruger, Ellerbe, and Cary Williams are all free agents.

It certainly wasn't my intent to start a big to do whenI posted on this book. I have found the book so far to be well written, informative, and a good read. I would recommend it based on those reasons alone. I haven't finished it yet to find the authors conclusion on their "thesis". I will say...

Started this one the past week. Originally written as Heaton's master thesis at Temple University. I haven't finished it yet, but so far it has been a good read. Heaton's thesis is that the night bombing campaigns were not as effective as advertised and may have been a waste of materiel and...

Finished this book. Pace picked up from Battle of Britain to the end of the war. Interesting story on how it was more Goering than Hitler on the 262 being looked at as a bomber. Wasn't aware of the discord between Herrmann and Galland, either. It doesn't seem Galland was given credit for his few...

Did get "Attack of the Airacobras" and "Red Sky, Black Death" for Christmas. Have to finish a book before I start one of them. I did read the Kozhedub interview. Interesting reading....especially as I prefer Pokryshkin to Kozhedub for some reason.

Just got this today. A collection of selected works of a few artists. Robert Taylor, Roy Grinnell, and Nicolas Trudgian are the biggest names of the bunch. It is interesting to see the different styles of the artists by just turning the page. Taylor's work really shines, especially in comparison...

Just finished the chapters on Battle of Britain....good stuff. I had never heard the story of Galland performing an "outside loop" before reading this.

Started this one last week. Not the page turner that "the Star of Africa" was, but decent so far. I've read about his early life and the campaigns in Spain, Poland and France. I was hoping the author would give more detail about his victories but not much to be gleaned from on that end...