· *Masters of the Air: America’s Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany* by Donald L. Miller.
· *Thunderbolt!: An Extraordinary Story of a World War II Ace* by Robert S. Johnson.
· *Kamikaze: A Japanese Pilot’s Own Spectacular Story of the Famous Suicide Squadrons* by Yasuo Kuwahara and Gordon T. Allred.
· *God Is My Co-Pilot* by Robert L. Scott and C. L. Chennault.
· *The Blond Knight of Germany* by Raymond F. Toliver and Trevor J. Constable.
· *Wings of Morning: The Story of the Last American Bomber Shot Down Over Germany in World War II* by Thomas Childers.
· *Ploesti: The Great Ground-Air Battle of 1 August 1943* by James Dumas and Carroll Stewart.
· *Into the Fire: Ploesti: The Most Fateful Mission of World War II* by Duane Schultz.
· *Samurai!: the Unforgettable Saga of Japan’s Greatest Fighter Pilot* by Saburo Sakai and Martin Caidin.
· *The Divine Wind* by Rikihei Inoguchi and Tadashi Nakajima.
· *Stuka Pilot* by Hans Ulrich Rudel.
· *Fire in the Sky: The Air War in the South Pacific* by Eric Bergerud.
· *The Luftwaffe War Diaries: The German Air Force in World War II* by Cajus Bekker.
· *Black Sunday: When Weather Claimed the U.S. Fifth Air Forc*e by Michael John Claringbould.
· *Return of the Enola Gay* by Paul W. Tibbets.
· *The 9th Air Force in World War II* by Kenn C., Rust, George J. Letzer, James J. Grygier and Richard Groh.
· *Flyboys: A True Story of Courage* by James Bradley*.*
· *Wings, Women, and War: Soviet Airwomen in World War II Combat* by Reina Pennington*.*
· *A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II* by Adam Makos and Larry Alexander.
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I would recommend A piece of cake (and sequel) by Derek Robinson. Brilliant works.
The Wikipedia quote says a lot:
Although a work of fiction, the novel purports to be as historically accurate as possible. Notable themes are the development of aerial warfare tactics, the Hawker Hurricane fighter, the British class system within its military, and the difficulty of training and integrating new pilots during wartime. The novel was controversial because it challenged the greatly inflated British claims of Luftwaffe aircraft destroyed during the Battle of Britain, and theorized that the air battle was “irrelevant” to the possibility of a Nazi invasion of Britain following the fall of France. Robinson defends his work by stating that the truth of “faults and deficiencies” only enhances admiration for the courage and resilience of RAF pilots.
The book was followed by a sequel, A Good Clean Fight, following the exploits of a number of the surviving characters of Piece of Cake in North Africa
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· *Masters of the Air: America’s Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany* by Donald L. Miller.
· *Thunderbolt!: An Extraordinary Story of a World War II Ace* by Robert S. Johnson.
· *Kamikaze: A Japanese Pilot’s Own Spectacular Story of the Famous Suicide Squadrons* by Yasuo Kuwahara and Gordon T. Allred.
· *God Is My Co-Pilot* by Robert L. Scott and C. L. Chennault.
· *The Blond Knight of Germany* by Raymond F. Toliver and Trevor J. Constable.
· *Wings of Morning: The Story of the Last American Bomber Shot Down Over Germany in World War II* by Thomas Childers.
· *Ploesti: The Great Ground-Air Battle of 1 August 1943* by James Dumas and Carroll Stewart.
· *Into the Fire: Ploesti: The Most Fateful Mission of World War II* by Duane Schultz.
· *Samurai!: the Unforgettable Saga of Japan’s Greatest Fighter Pilot* by Saburo Sakai and Martin Caidin.
· *The Divine Wind* by Rikihei Inoguchi and Tadashi Nakajima.
· *Stuka Pilot* by Hans Ulrich Rudel.
· *Fire in the Sky: The Air War in the South Pacific* by Eric Bergerud.
· *The Luftwaffe War Diaries: The German Air Force in World War II* by Cajus Bekker.
· *Black Sunday: When Weather Claimed the U.S. Fifth Air Forc*e by Michael John Claringbould.
· *Return of the Enola Gay* by Paul W. Tibbets.
· *The 9th Air Force in World War II* by Kenn C., Rust, George J. Letzer, James J. Grygier and Richard Groh.
· *Flyboys: A True Story of Courage* by James Bradley*.*
· *Wings, Women, and War: Soviet Airwomen in World War II Combat* by Reina Pennington*.*
· *A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II* by Adam Makos and Larry Alexander.
I would recommend A piece of cake (and sequel) by Derek Robinson. Brilliant works.
The Wikipedia quote says a lot:
Although a work of fiction, the novel purports to be as historically accurate as possible. Notable themes are the development of aerial warfare tactics, the Hawker Hurricane fighter, the British class system within its military, and the difficulty of training and integrating new pilots during wartime. The novel was controversial because it challenged the greatly inflated British claims of Luftwaffe aircraft destroyed during the Battle of Britain, and theorized that the air battle was “irrelevant” to the possibility of a Nazi invasion of Britain following the fall of France. Robinson defends his work by stating that the truth of “faults and deficiencies” only enhances admiration for the courage and resilience of RAF pilots.
The book was followed by a sequel, A Good Clean Fight, following the exploits of a number of the surviving characters of Piece of Cake in North Africa
Info here
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piece_of_Cake_(novel)
Tales of the South Pacific by James Michener – his first work based on his WWII experiences, won the Pulitzer
Non fiction but reads like fiction:
The first and the last by Adolf Galland