Here you can find all the book reviews in alphabetical order.
Books A-Z
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AFRICA@WAR 33: SHOWDOWN IN WESTERN SAHARA VOLUME 1. AIR WARFARE OVER THE LAST AFRICAN COLONY, 1945-1975
Helion and Company2018English
72 pg.9781912390359Review written by: Joris GonggrijpThe title of this book(let) doesn’t cover the content: in a very clarifying manner the geopolitical developments in the western part of the Sahara are stated, from the pre-historical time! At the end of the 15th century begins ‘our’’ Western interference with this area. Ending in the colonisation by Spain and France from 1830 onwards. […]
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African MiGs Volume 1 and 2
Harpia Publishing L.L.C.2010English
256 pg.978-0-9825539-8-5Review written by: Rene VerjansSpecial books they are these 2 volumes about a large group of countries in the continent Africa and then especially in –what the writers call- the ‘Sub-Sahara’. Not that I normally am so interested in the air forces of African counties, but I was simply curious about these air forces of which you seldom hear, because […]
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Heldere hemel
Prometheus2012Dutch
92 pg.978-90-596-5149-4Sorry, this entry is only available in Dutch.
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Review The Empire Strikes South Japan’s Air War Against Northern Australia 1942-45
Avonmore Books2020English
184 pg.ISBN-10: 0648665933 ISBN-13: 978-0648665939Review written by: Joris GonggrijpAfter many books which present only the allied version of WW II theaters it is refreshing to review this book ‘The Empire Strikes South’ which describes both sides of the conflict. Having visited family close to Darwin and being confronted over there with the still vivid memory of the devastating Japanese bombardment on Februay 19th, […]
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Wings: FLYBOY
Barrington Stoke2016English
88 pg.978-1-78112-535-9A book for children (8-18 yrs); of course you will let that one be read and reviewed by your daughter! ‘Funny’, ‘different’ and ‘unexpected’ my daughter called this book. It is namely not a story that you will read every day. It is a book for children and adolescents, but of course can also be […]
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Wings: Typhoon
Barrington Stoke2016English
105 pg.978-1-78112-537-3My daughter had books to read from school, so I made time to read this children book myself…. Two sisters, Maddie and Jess, play soccer on the last day of a summer soccer camp. Jess can easily shoot at goal but is totally distracted by an after burner of a Typhoon from the base nearby […]
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Albatros D.III/D.V: Aces’ Fighter (Famous Airplanes)
Kagero2018English
92 pg.ISBN-10: 8365437953 ISBN-13: 978-8365437952Review written by: Max HeldringReview Albatros D.III/D.V: Aces’ Fighter (Famous Airplanes) This book written in 2 languages namely English and Polish is solemny and ultimately dedicated to the Albatros WW 1 fighter plane. An A4 size laminated soft cover book with a high quality paper that gives the reader a very good description of the history, development, design and […]
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Average A Training Diary
EDD Industries2015English
190 pg.978-0-9932785-0-1Review written by: Max HeldringAfter an intensive pilot training of 3 years in the RAF the author is stationed as a fighter pilot in an operational squadron. About this training period and the first year with the 54th squadron of the RAF as a fighter pilot on the Sepecat Jaguar the author wrote a diary with the most important […]
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Hawker VC The first RFC ACE
2013English
247 pg.Review written by: Joris GonggrijpSorry, this entry is only available in Dutch.
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Spitfire on my tail - a view from the other side
Independent BooksEnglish
9781872836003It is again the second world war, which yields a very good book. This time it’s a book by a German Messerschmitt 109-pilot who was shot down on October 27, 1940 by a Spitfire over the south east of the United Kingdom. The Battle of Britain was in full swing and not long after that […]