A new book in my library.

[A4K]

Sounds good Wayne! Should be some Aussie and Kiwi kites in there...

 

[MiTasol]

Just got this one

and my daughter asked if I wanted this one for xmas. Silly question.

All I can find on it on the net is this quote which not seem to relate to the copy she has got me as she mentioned that it is labelled to Joe Bloggs xmas 1945

THE REAPER'S HARVEST THE STORY OF THE THIRD ATTACK GROUP WW2: 4to hardcover volume with embossed pictorial cover. A history and remembrance of the third attack group working out of Australia in WW2. Seems to be missing a title page but all the numbered pages are here. Quite interesting and scarce. 121 pages back end papers are a map of New Guinea and islands around it.

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[Lucky13]

 

[Wurger]

 

[Lucky13]

 

[Wurger]

 

[Lucky13]

I'll be needing another bookshelf again soon!

 

[Wurger]

 

[MIflyer]

This E-book is on sale today and since the Doolittle Raid is one of my favorite subjects I'll buy a copy for $2.99.

 

[MIflyer]

"I WILL RUN WILD"

That is what Adm Yamamoto really said. That famous "awaken a sleeping giant" quote was a complete fabrication for the movie Tora Tora Tora and was based on a very similar quote from an American newsman that first hit the airwaves on the evening of 7 Dec 1941.

 

[Viking1066]

 

[MIflyer]

Okay, here is another one that looks very promising. It was an ebook on sale for $2.99 but I found a print copy on ebay for $10 including shipping. I have not read much about the Beaufighter except for nightfighter crew biographies. I have a Revell 1/32 kit I have not yet put together, the ship attack version.

 

[Wayne Little]

Sounds good Wayne! Should be some Aussie and Kiwi kites in there...

Not in this one my friend all USAAF P-40's so hopefully a separate or combined later issue down the track....?

Anyway got my hands on it Friday.....

 

[MIflyer]

I sent a picture of a WWII USAAF P-40 in New Guinea to a friend of mine in Australia. He responded that if they really were in New Guinea they would have Aussie markings. The only Aussie aircraft in New Guinea I can recall reading about were Boomerangs. How many airplanes did the Aussies and Kiwis have in New Guinea and the Solomans?

 

[A4K]

Loads mate! The RNZAF alone used the Avenger, Dauntless, Dakota, Catalina, Hudson, Lodestar, Ventura, Sunderland, Corsair, Kittyhawk & Warhawk.

Wayne, I hope you're right mate!

 

[Micdrow]

Not in this one my friend all USAAF P-40's so hopefully a separate or combined later issue down the track....?

Anyway got my hands on it Friday.....

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Great score Wayne

 

[MIflyer]

Here's a couple of interesting looking e-books that are available on sale today.

 

[Wurger]

 

[yosimitesam]

Just finished this. It is detailed and fascinating. Interestingly, a lot of wood and concrete were used in building temporary patches to torpedo and bomb holes in the ships before pumping them out. Raising a huge ship on the bottom is as much figuring out how to get it out of the mud as it is getting it buoyant. I didn't know what a tremie pipe was until I read this book. (I'll bet a some of you know what this is.) The book discusses the dangers of the enormous amount of H2S (hydrogen sulfide) gas that builds up in a ship that's been flooded for more than month. It's very toxic and very explosive and it caused some tragedies during the time of the salvage. The author uses a lot of Naval terminology, particularly for the various "stuff" inside a warship. (It's a Naval Institute Press book.) There are more types of openings within a huge warship than you would imagine. The book is well worth the read.

 

[Wurger]