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From Sapper to Spitfire Spy
Pen and Sword Books2015English294 pg.9781473843882Review written by: Joris GonggrijpThe name of the author does already gives the suspicion that this again would be a sort of ‘daddy adoration book’. And yes, indeed it is, and she doesn’t hide it! Dad was not much of a talker, but he has precisely documented how it went with him during WW II (diary, journal, letters to […]
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Dowding's Eagles
Pen and Sword Books2015English272 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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Blue Diamonds
Pen and Sword Bookds2015English320 pg.9781473823273Review written by: Max HeldringThe author has conscientious collected in this book all weapon facts from the 14th squadron of the RAF in the 1945-2015 period. Who else can do this better than Michael Napier, who himself has served a long time at this squadron and has written a beautiful book about that time (Tornado above Tigris). This book […]
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The Pilot, Fighter Planes and Paris
Check Six Books2015English214 pg.ISBN-10: 0692392068 ISBN-13: 978-0692392065Review written by: Joris GonggrijpThree storylines converge in this book: flying fighter planes, interesting women and Paris. The Pilot travels, nameless, through time as a fighter pilot from the Sopwith Camel up to the Starfighter F 104, which brings him wide and far over the globe. He experiences in each of these periods, which embrace more than one human […]
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SUKHOI Su-15- The Boeing Killer
Pen and Sword Books2015English96 pg.978 1473823907Review written by: Max HeldringThis is one of the many photo books published by Pen & Sword Books in A4 size with 96 pages filled with an overview of the history of this Russian warplane with more then 170 black and white and colour photos of the Su-15. The authors describe within the smallest details the development and the operational live […]
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Fighters over the Falklands: Defending the Islanders' way of life
Fonthill Media2013English207 pg.ISBN-10: 1781552223 ISBN-13: 978-1781552223Review written by: Rene VerjansAfter reading ‘The Phantom in Focus’ I obviously was curious about the above stated book of this author. Curious especially about how this book from 2013 would hold itself with respect to the more known, somewhat older good Falkland books ‘Vulcan 607’ and ‘Harrier over the Falklands’. Well now, this book of David Gledhill accomplishes […]
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Secret Wings
Pen and Sword Books2015English216 pg.978 1 47382 344 0Review written by: Joris GonggrijpThe title of this book was so inviting that I happily welcomed it for a book review. The reading of it turned out to be an almost impossible task for me. Every page contains an avalanche of facts and references; soon I got stuck. No way to get through! After having taken a bit of […]
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The Phantom in focus- A navigator's eye on the Britain's cold war warrior
Fonthill2012English285 pg.ISBN10 1781554218, ISBN13 9781781554210Review written by: René VerjansThis book is really like bringing the birds to the cat! About 30 years ago, in my spotting days, you could regularly find me at RAF Wildenrath, positioned in West Germany, westerly of the Ruhr area. The Lightning’s were phased out and the 19th and the 92nd squadron flew with… Phantoms! For those I developed […]
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Eagle in the Sky
Contento De Semrik (www.Semrik.com)2012English406 pg.978-965-550-148-3Review written by: Max HeldringRan Ronen (1936) started his career in the IAF (Israeli Air Force) in the beginning of 1954. After his basic training on the Stearman and the Harvard he started his operational training on the Spitfire, which formed the backbone of the IAF together with the Mustang fighter. After that period he followed a conversion training […]
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Airmen behind the medals- third volume
Pen and sword Books2015English233 pg.9781473828155Fine concept is there behind this book that already is the third version in a series of Graham Pitchfork. The book describes 21 stories of brave people that flew and didn’t flew in the Second World War in all kinds of missions. The medals that have been earned are shown and of course the stories […]