Books A-Z

Here you can find all the book reviews in alphabetical order.

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  • Dowding's Eagles

    Dowding's Eagles
    Norman Franks
    Pen and Sword Books
    2015
    English
    X X X X X
    272 pg.
    9781473844209
    Review written by: Joris Gonggrijp

    Amongst 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 […]

  • Fighters over the fleet- Naval Air Defence from Biplanes to the Cold War

    Fighters over the fleet- Naval Air Defence from Biplanes to the Cold War
    Norman Friedman
    Seaforth Publishing
    2016
    English
    X X X X X X
    460 pg.
    9781848324046
    Review written by: Rene Verjans

    You 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 […]

  • Orville Wright: How We Invented the Airplane

    Orville Wright: How We Invented the Airplane
    Orville Wright (edited by Fred C. Kelly)
    Dover Publications Inc.
    1988
    English
    X X X X X
    96 pg.
    ISBN10 0486256626 ISBN13 9780486256627
    Review written by: Pedro Blas Gonzalez

    Huffman 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 […]

  • Langs hier, langs daar

    Langs hier, langs daar
    Peer Dekkers
    Martin Leeuwis Publications
    2022
    Dutch
    X X X X X
    192 pg.
    978 94 90008 277
    Review written by: Rene Verjans

    Unfortenately only in Dutch

  • The Hawker Hurricane: World War II from Primary Sources

    The Hawker Hurricane: World War II from Primary Sources
    Pen & Sword Digital
    Pen & Sword Digital
    2014
    English
    X X X X X
    5060247620961

    This 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 […]

  • NINE WINGCOS and the Lancaster

    NINE WINGCOS and the Lancaster
    Peter Baxter
    Fighting High Ltd
    2018
    English
    X X X X X
    256 pg.
    978 1 9998128 3 6

    Sorry, this entry is only available in Dutch.

  • RAF Tanker Navigator

    RAF Tanker Navigator
    Peter Bodle and Tony Golds
    Pen & Sword Books
    2012
    English
    X X X X X
    192 pg.
    9781844157440
    Review written by: Max Heldring

    This 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 […]

  • Kamikaze - To Die for the Emperor

    Kamikaze - To Die for the Emperor
    Peter C Smith
    Pen and Sword Books
    2014
    English
    X X X X X
    237 pg.
    9781781593134
    Review written by: Joris Gonggrijp

    This 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 […]

  • Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II- The 'Warthog' Ground Attack Aircraft

    Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II- The 'Warthog' Ground Attack Aircraft
    Peter C Smith
    Pen & Sword Books
    2020
    English
    X X X X X
    448 pg.
    9781526759269
    Review written by: Joris Gonggrijp

    279th Review Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II- The ‘Warthog’ Ground Attack Aircraft- Peter C Smith Developing the A-10 Killing tanks is what this one purpose warplane was designed for, and during the Gulf Wars she fulfilled this job par excellence! That, in a nutshell, is what this book is about. After WW I the US […]

  • Lightning from the Cockpit- Flying the Supersonic Legend

    Lightning from the Cockpit- Flying the Supersonic Legend
    Peter Caygill
    Pen & Sword Books
    2013
    English
    X X X X X
    192 pg.
    978 1 84415 355 8
    Review written by: Max Heldring

    The Lightning was my favorite jetfighter controlling the skies in the sixties over England. Of course I have read more books about the Lightning but never so detailed in describing the history and characteristics of this legend. The first test flight took place in august 1954 and it was in service for more then 28 […]