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| Optio | Post; Fighter Planes.Any one that know's a book were the characters are like fighter pilots or something, and the story circles that topic.(WW2.).? |
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| Milites Gregarius | What about some books written by fighter pilots? Pierre Clostermann: The Big Show (Luftens ørner in Norwegian) He also wrote: Flames in the Sky and a novel called: Leo 25 Airborne Adolf Galland: The First and the Last: Germany's Fighter Force in WWII (Fortunes of War). South Miami, Florida: Cerberus Press, 2005. ISBN 1-84145-020-0. Johannes Steinhoff: The Final Hours (ISBN 1-57488-863-3) and "Messerschmitts over Sicily: Diary of a Luftwaffe Fighter Commander" (Stackpole Military History Series Paperback) Roland Beamont: Phoenix into Ashes - Roland Beamont - William Kimber - 1968 - ISBN 0718301218 Typhoon and Tempest at War - Arthur Reed & Roland Beamont - Ian Allen - 1977 - ISBN 0-7110-0542-7 Fighter Test Pilot: From Hurricane to Tornado - Roland Beamont - HarperCollins - 1986 - ISBN 0-85059-850-8 My Part of the Sky - Roland Beamont - Patrick Stephens - 1989 - ISBN 1-85260-079-9 Testing Early Jets - Roland Beamont - Airlife - 1990 - ISBN 1-85310-158-3 Tempests over Europe - Roland Beamont - Airlife - 1994 - ISBN 1-85310-452-3 Douglas Bader who was a seriously stubborn person also wrote some books: Bader, Douglas. Fight for the Sky: The Story of the Spitfire and Hurricane. Ipswich, Suffolk, UK: W.S. Cowell Ltd., 2004. ISBN 0-304-35674-3. Brickhill, Paul. Reach for the Sky: The Story of Douglas Bader DSO, DFC. London: Odhams Press Ltd., 1954. ISBN 1-55750-222-6. Brookes, Andrew. Crash! Military Aircraft Disasters, Accidents and Incidents. London: Ian Allen Ltd., 1991. ISBN 0-7110-1965-7. One may also notice that Roald Dahl, the guy who wrote "Charlie and the chokolate factory" first published his story "Shot down over Libya" during the war. I take it you have enough reading for a few months there. |
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| Fridgeraider (Instructor) | Roald Dahl has a book called - "Going Solo" That is his story as a World War II pilot. That might be the proper English title. It is the sequel to his autobiography of his youth called "Boy." I think that's what it was called.
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Buck Danny (French) -Story involves a US Navy Carrier Pilot. This comic is actually quite old, it was written originally Just after WWII and has continued to the Post-Modern Era. Because of the age of the series it has gone through many different authors and artists. ![]() Les Tigres Volant (French) -about the American AVG (Flying Tigers) in China. ![]() Dan Cooper (French) -About a Canadian test Pilot. ![]() Biggles (British-French) Like Buck Danny this book was originally written in the 1930s by a British Author WE Watts. Its about a British RFC pilot in WWI and WWII. This series was discoutinued after Watts death, however the French restarted the series during the 1990s. With new writers and artists. ![]() Many of the French Books have been translated into other languages I have seen Buck Danny in the UK in English for example.
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| Centurion | "Sönerna" Colin Willock.
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