cammerjeff
Tech Sergeant
Made a day trip to the USAF Museum in Dayton OH10 and picked up these 3.
A new book in my library. (8 Viewers)
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A4K
Brigadier General
Bacon for the Babs books mate! (I have pt.II)
Viking1066
Brigadier General
Both of the Babs books are quite good.
cammerjeff
Tech Sergeant
Both the Bab's books look very good at first glance, but as an ex Mechanic the Flying Tigers book adapted from a crew chief's diary was is very interesting to me.
Sadly the original author died and it was finished up by the author on the book. Though short on pages, it hits above its weight with a pictures, information and interior pictures and drawings i never saw before.
Usually not a profile book guy, but this one has tons of photos and come on...Pacific B-17's...how could you not?
I don't know anything about this book. Is it a poor mans "Sled Driver"?
I love this series of books, and ship wrecks...
Donivanp
Colonel
Nice
MiTasol
Major
Anyone interested in me posting this one. I have not read it yet but scanned and cleaned the first few pages. 350 odd pages total
Donivanp
Colonel
Oh the places I could go!!!
A4K
Brigadier General
Interesting looking document. The darker (but very realistic) side of warfare. After all, It shouldn't be a natural process to happily go and kill people, nor have them trying to kill you...
So what your saying is it's not about Terry?
Donivanp
Colonel
I think the names were changed to protect the guilty!
Donivanp
Colonel
In todays mail
This on I received about two weeks back. I've never been a fast reader, but this I could not put down. 370 pages in three day is a fast read for me but it is a MUST READ!!!
This on I received about two weeks back. I've never been a fast reader, but this I could not put down. 370 pages in three day is a fast read for me but it is a MUST READ!!!
A4K
Brigadier General
Nice ones Don!
Love this series, just wish they had more pages. Didn't know one of the first ones built, lasted a while after the war before being assigned to fire training and destroyed. One was the mount of a posthumous VC winner and another flew 33 missions! The most of the breed. Cool little book and not a bank breaker.
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Lucky13
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"Il-2 Sturmovik [Ground Attack Aircraft]: A Legend for All Times", by Oleg Rastrenin.
The book is the most comprehensive and detailed description of the Il-2 history of all known to me. The author - Oleg Rastrenin - is one of the best historians of Soviet aviation, who has long specialized in ground attack aviation and the Il-2 in particular. The author's view is rather critical, the book honestly describes all the problems of the Il-2 - from design flaws to poor manufacturing quality, as well as provides a serious analysis of the combat effectiveness of this aircraft. The author extensively quotes Soviet documents or refers to them, including those containing statistical data. The book could well be called "Il-2 Encyclopedia", and I know very few aviation monographs in general, which could be compared with it in terms of completeness of disclosure of the topic.
To everyone who is interested in the Soviet aviation history and/or the Il-2 story in particular and can read Russian, I strongly recommend to buy this undoubtedly excellent book. For those who do not speak Russian, I can only recommend any publications by Oleg Rastrenin in English (or any other available language).
Donivanp
Colonel
I have a very interesting Finnish book, I can't seem to finish it because I can't read Finnish, go figure!
Viking1066
Brigadier General
I have many excellent reference books on IJNAF and IJAAF aircraft, all in Japanese!!
Donivanp
Colonel
As do I, they also did others like the P-47, B-24, Ju 87, and I bought Kokufsn periodicals religiously while I was over there. Best aviation photographers anywhere!
