Aviation History Book Reviews
Published: August 11, 2001 at 1:01 am
The Jasta Pilots: Detailed Listings and Histories, August 1916-November1918, by Norman Franks, Frank Bailey and Rick Duiven, Grub Street, London, 1996, $49.95. Who Downed the Aces in WWI?, by Norman Franks, Grub Street, London,1996, $32.95. A spinoff of the collaborative …
Published: August 11, 2001 at 1:01 am
Fighter Squadron at Guadalcanal, by Max Brand, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Md., $26.Max Brand, a well-known 1930s novelist and author of Destry Rides Again, Dr. Kildare and many other stories, wrote his only nonfiction book in early 1943. The …
Published: August 11, 2001 at 1:01 am
Bomber Command Handbook, by Jonathan Falconer, Sutton Publishing Ltd., 1999, $49.95.This thoroughly researched and highly detailed book traces the six-year transition of Britain's Bomber Command from a small and ill-equipped handful of squadrons in 1939 into a numerically and …
Published: August 11, 2001 at 1:01 am
Return of the Enola Gay, by Paul W. Tibbets, Mid Coast Marketing, Columbus, Ohio, 1999, $21.95.On August 6, 1945, a bomb burst above the Japanese city of Hiroshima, effectively bringing to an end almost 61ž2 years of global warfare. …
Published: August 11, 2001 at 1:01 am
CHENNAULT'S FORGOTTEN WARRIORS — THE SAGA OF THE 308th BOMB GROUP IN CHINAOne of the great delights in reading aviation history is finding a book that covers a brand-new subject, one virtually unknown toyou, but so gripping that when …
Published: August 11, 2001 at 1:01 am
Squadron of Deception: The 36th Bomb Squadron in World War II, by Stephen Hutton, Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., Atglen, Pa., 1999, $39.95. For another change of pace from the usual fighters and bombers in the Schiffer series, Squadron ofDeception: The 36th …
Published: August 11, 2001 at 1:01 am
CLASSIC JETLINERSMany of the classic jetliners that once turned heads as they flew overhead and earned premium gate positions at airportsthroughout the world have been superseded by aircraft of newer technology. Nevertheless, many of them continue to earn theirkeep …
Published: August 11, 2001 at 1:01 am
The Boeing C-135 Series: Stratotanker, Stratolifter and other Variants, by Don Logan, Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., Atglen, Pa., 1998, $49.95.It is hard to believe that only five decades ago the Boeing Company had a total value of little more than …
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