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Air Forces, Military Aviation Non-Fiction Books
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- 20th Century
- 9 visitors recommend:
The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s over Germany
Source: Amazon
Author: Stephen E. Ambrose
- "Long before he entered politics, when he was just in his early 20s, South Dakotan George McGovern flew 35 bomber missions over Nazi-occupied Europe, earning a Distinguished Flying Cross for bravery under fire. Stephen Ambrose, the industrious historian, focuses on McGovern and the young crew of his B-24 bomber, volunteers all, in this vivid study of the air war in Europe." (2001)
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- 5 visitors recommend:
Decision at Nagasaki: The Mission that Almost Failed
Source: Bockscar.com co-pilot home page
Author: Lt. Col. Fred Olivi (USAF Ret.)
E-mail: info@bockscar.com
- This book by the co-pilot of Bockscar, the plane that dropped the second atomic bomb, tells the story of the "mission that almost failed" -- but succeed, and thereby ended World War II.
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- 1 visitors recommend:
Britain's Shield: Radar and the Defeat of the Luftwaffe
Source: Sutton Publishing
Author: David Zimmerman
- "This is the first comprehensive study of how a small group of scientists, engineers, airmen and politicians sought to integrate radar into the British Air Defenses." (September 2001)
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- 0 visitors recommend:
Deadly Sky: The American Combat Airman in World War II
Source: Presidio Press
Author: John C. McManus
- "Using the same approach as in Deadly Brotherhood, his previous book on combat soldiers and marines, author McManus examines the dangerous world of the American combat airmen in World War II." Amazon.com readers give it 4.5 stars. (April 2000)
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