Here you can find all the book reviews in alphabetical order.
Books A-Z
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Zemke's Wolfpack- A Photographic Odyssey of the 56th Fighter Group During the Second World War
Fighting High Publishing2015English
208 pg.ISBN-10: 0992620783 ISBN-13: 978-0992620783Review written by: René VerjansZemke’s Wolfpack…Talking about splendid books! This is one! Compilated with lots of love by the 2 authors… The book starts with a short but powerful description with regards to them to whom this book is contributed; the people that were part of the 56th ‘Fighter group’ (FG). Beautiful and short but intense! The 56th FG […]
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Dowding's Eagles
Pen and Sword Books2015English
272 pg.9781473844209Review written by: Joris GonggrijpAmongst the twenty-five BoB veterans you will find, next to representatives of the whole Commonwealth, also a Polish, a Czech and a Belgian man, but no Dutch man. These I have also not been able to find on the BoB memorial plate in St. Pauls Cathedral, during a recent visit. I must admit that due […]
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Fighters over the fleet- Naval Air Defence from Biplanes to the Cold War
Seaforth Publishing2016English
460 pg.9781848324046Review written by: Rene VerjansYou have books and you have books! This is a BOOK! More than 450 pages with literally everything that concerns aviation at sea. This book from Norman Friedman tells concrete about the development of fighter planes and aircraft carriers from the English Royal Navy, the US Navy and the ‘Imperial Japanese Navy’ from the 20ies […]
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Air Navigation: Fundamentals, Systems, and Flight Trajectory Management
Springer2024English
814 pg.978 3 031 52994 8Review written by: Max HeldringThe title says it all. Every facet of navigation is explained in this book. Simple souls will say start up, taxi out, take off and fly direct to your destination. Well you should read this book first.
The author lifts you up to academical levels not only with explaining the function of every instrument on board your plane that needs you to fly safe and economical possible to every given airport but includes safe flight planning, atmospheric physics , procedures, human interface, aerodynamics, air traffic services etc. etc.
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Orville Wright: How We Invented the Airplane
Dover Publications Inc.1988English
96 pg.ISBN10 0486256626 ISBN13 9780486256627Review written by: Pedro Blas GonzalezHuffman Prairie is an isolated, quiet place eight miles outside of Dayton, Ohio. The field takes its name from a banker named Torrance Huffman who owned the cow pasture at the time the Wright brothers flew the Wright Flyer III, the aircraft that proved that controlled flight was possible. The field is vast. Wilbur and […]
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Langs hier, langs daar
Martin Leeuwis Publications2022Dutch
192 pg.978 94 90008 277Review written by: Rene VerjansUnfortenately only in Dutch
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The Hawker Hurricane: World War II from Primary Sources
Pen & Sword Digital2014English
5060247620961This DVD I recently encountered somewhere on the internet and because I became interested in aircraft from the time of WO II through trips in Tiger Moths, I bought this one. The DVD shows the history of the ‘Hawker Hurricane’ which was designed by Sydney Camm and from 1937 flown through countless countries, but mainly […]
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NINE WINGCOS and the Lancaster
Fighting High Ltd2018English
256 pg.978 1 9998128 3 6Sorry, this entry is only available in Dutch.
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RAF Tanker Navigator
Pen & Sword Books2012English
192 pg.9781844157440Review written by: Max HeldringThis book tells about the daily life of a RAF navigator, who for the biggest part of his military career flew on the then 4 engine RAF jets like the Vickers Valiant and the Handley-Page Victor. Tony Golds – our main character- joined the RAF almost directly after his study. That was in 1960, the […]
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Kamikaze - To Die for the Emperor
Pen and Sword Books2014English
237 pg.9781781593134Review written by: Joris GonggrijpThis book, detailing the creation and execution of the Japanese kamikaze – divine wind – suicide attacks, was a real eye-opener for me. Never before have I read such a detailed account of this desperate stratagem. Moreover, the profound effect the attacks had on the allied fleet in the closing years of the war was […]