The Book Topic.

[Del640]

OK,

So, we all love a good read, I love WWII reads and thought we could use this thread to post novels we've read/recommend/avoid etc..

So to start, I've just purchased this ....quite the formidable pilot and I'm looking forward to it!

 

[AlanG]

Good WWII reads?

Eighth Air Force - Donald L. Miller
Most Dangerous Enemy - Stephen Bungay
Luftwaffe Fighter Ace - Norbert Hannig
First Light - Geoffrey Wellum
Gun Button To Fire - Tom Neil
Nine Lives - Alan C Deere
Duel of Eagles - Peter Townsend
Aircrew - Bruce Lewis
Hell on Earth - Mel Rolfe
Bomber Flight Berlin - Mike Rossiter

 

[Tim Marlow]

Some I’ve read in the last few years that may be of interest…..

It’s an unusual take on wartime…..shows how the railways “stepped up”…..it’s worth reading just for the Dunkirk evacuation response alone…


A great take on a little known aspect of Alamein. Anyone that thinks Rommel is a tactical genius should read this!


Quite well known, but an exceptional tale of pilots experience in the Battle of Britain.


And something to listen to while reading them…..this woman has a VOICE….an exceptional talent that should be better known!


Edit…sorry Alan, didn’t realise you’d already posted Geoff Wellum’s book….

 

[Mini Me]

Herman Wouk's ....Winds of War it was also a TV mini series with Robert Mitchum with a Sequel entitled War and Rembrance.

Tigers in the Mud......Otto Carius

 

[Neil Merryweather]

I'm reading Masters of the Air by Donald L Miller, about the USAAF eighth air force. It's being made into a TV series and my current job is making props for it YAY!!!

 

[Tim Marlow]

I'm reading Masters of the Air by Donald L Miller, about the USAAF eighth air force. It's being made into a TV series and my current job is making props for it YAY!!!

Lucky man……getting paid for your hobby!

 

[AlanG]

If it's anything like his Eighth Airforce book then it'll be great.

 

[AlanG]

Forgot to mention this one too;

Jagdgeschwader 301/302 "Wilde Sau", In the Defence of the Reich - Willi Reschke

 

[adt70hk]

Forgot to mention this one too;

Jagdgeschwader 301/302 "Wilde Sau", In the Defence of the Reich - Willi Reschke

Can only second Alan's recommendation.

I got it after he recommended it. Not a cheap book new but worth every penny especially given as it's written from the German perspective by a pilot who actually flew in the wartime Luftwaffe...... It set me on the path of buying a couple of 109 kits from JG 300 too.

ATB.

Andrew

 

[minitnkr]

Anything by Steven Pressfield. Have a library of hundreds sorted by conflict, several unit histories & many reference titles. I also have most of AFV/G2 volumes & years of MM.

 

[Tim Marlow]

I think my unread books stash is bigger than my unbuilt kits stash. There are at least twenty in the “to read” pile…..I must therefore admit to recycling the non-reference works back through charity shops.

 

[JR]

Long list, but mainly on Russian accounts of WW2 , English war time life.
At the moment reading Britain's War by Daniel Todman.
All on my Kindle, as it's easier on my good eye with the other covered Also being able to increase the print size and the built in dictionary is really helpful .

 

[Deleted member 7917]

I think my unread books stash is bigger than my unbuilt kits stash.

Tim's post prompted me to look at my aviation book collection and found that at 293 books, it is larger than my kit stash. Many are reference publications which I use extensively when building a corresponding model. However, only half a dozen are unread.

My recent reads have included volumes 1 and 2 from the 'Alarmstart' (German for scramble) series describing German pilot experiences. Volume 1 was brilliant, describing the North West Europe conflict; volume 2 was not quite as informative and a little repetitive in the dogfight tactics and descriptions, and was concentrated on the Eastern Front. I'm yet to start the last volume in the trilogy - maybe next week when I finish the novel I'm part way through.

LibraryThing is the Scalemates for books and I have all my books catalogued there. It is a valuable tool that helps me find a book I'm looking for.

 

[Tim Marlow]

I have far too many books Murfie…..after moving a couple of years ago I realised I had to make space and gave away around a hundred to charity shops in the area. I still have a good five hundred of all sorts (not just reference) and they are dwarfed by my vinyl record and CD collection…but that’s for another thread….however, this autumn and winter is the period when we decorate and reorganise the sitting room, so there may well be more book culls coming up.

 

[Isitme]

The first one that says 'Fifty Shades of Grey' is banned....
Revelation - Ned B. Ricks (Novel of the Vietnam War)
Fighter Pilot - Christina Olds & Ed Rasimus (Story of Robin Olds - even funnier and more colourfull in real life)
The Heights of Courage - Avigdor Kahalani (A tank leaders war on the Golan)
Take These Men - Cyril Joly (Western Desert war)
Tank Across the Desert - George Forty (The war diary of Jake Wardrop)
Just a few in my collection.

 

[Del640]

Can only second Alan's recommendation.

I got it after he recommended it. Not a cheap book new but worth every penny especially given as it's written from the German perspective by a pilot who actually flew in the wartime Luftwaffe...... It set me on the path of buying a couple of 109 kits from JG 300 too.

ATB.

Andrew

I have a book called:
'I flew for the Führer' by Heinz Knoke

It's supposed to be a good German account, I'll start that after Gallands autobiography.

Del

 

[Dave Ward]

Books I have read more than once - all non-fiction, but all great studies.
Dreadnought - by Robert K Massie
To Lose A Battle: France 1940 - by Alistair Horne
1918 Year Of Victory: The End Of The Great War - Ashley Ekins ( ed )
Nemesis - By Max Hastings
Nomonhan, 1939 - by Stuart Goldman
The Civil War: A Narrative - by Shelby Foote ( 3 Vols! )
They're all a bit heavyweight, especially the last, but all classics in my opinion........................
Dave

 

[minitnkr]

Almost anything about Scipio Africanus.

 

[spanner570]

'The Forgotten Soldier' Guy Sajer

 

[Tim Marlow]

Dreadnought is excellent Dave, as are the Shelby Foote books, good shout…..
One for the flyboys that I just remembered…..

Excellent memoir about WW1 flying.


One from the OR perspective. Most memoirs tend to be written by officers, but this isn’t…