Book Reviews

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  • Aircraft Carriers of the United States Navy

    Aircraft Carriers of the United States Navy
    Michael Green
    Pen and Sword Books
    2015
    English
    X X X X X
    208 pg.
    9781783376100

    I already own several of these “Images of War” books and what is nice about the series as a whole is the format; slightly smaller than A4, aromatic paper, and easily digestible information in bite-sized chunks. This book – as the name implies – concerns aircraft carriers. It details in four chapters the development of […]

  • RAF in Camera 1950s and -1960s (2 books)

    RAF in Camera 1950s and -1960s (2 books)
    Keith Wilson
    Pen and Sword Books
    2015
    English
    X X X X X
    300 pg.
    RAF 50s: 9781473827950 / RAF60s: 9781473837768

    Two books of each around 300 pages full with my favourite pictures! Splendid books…without exaggeration. When you see the front pages with the formation of  Hunters and Lightnings, than you are straight back in those years in which an enormous variety of planes flew within the RAF. The Second World War had only just come […]

  • 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 […]

  • Jack’s War- Letters to home from an American WW II Navigator

    Jack’s War- Letters to home from an American WW II Navigator
    Elisabeth Woolsey Herbert DVM (sister of Jack) (Editor)
    Elisabeth Woolsey Herbert DVM (sister of Jack)
    2015
    Englisch
    X X X X X
    293 pg.
    978-0-994-29720-4 (paperback), 978-0-994-29721-1 (e-book)
    Review written by: Joris Gonggrijp

    This book was published by the daughter of WW II veteran ‘Jack.’ Shortly after her father’s death, her family discovered a treasure trove of sorts containing her late father’s letters home to his parents, penned during the war. In addition, the chest contained a slew of mission notes complemented with maps that he had compiled […]

  • Men of the Battle of Britain

    Men of the Battle of Britain
    Kenneth G. Wynn
    Frontline Books
    2015
    English
    X X X X X X
    584 pg.
    9781473847675

    Men of the Battle of Britain!…This book is actually the most special one on my book shelve. It is the third edition of a book that was published in 1989 for the first time. The book is a kind of bible of ‘The Few’ that flew in the Battle of Britain. Around 3.000 people that […]

  • Verhaaltjes blijven komen

    Verhaaltjes blijven komen
    Jan Algera
    Martin Leeuwis Publicaties
    2015
    Dutch
    X X X X X
    233 pg.
    978-94-90008-17-8

    Sorry, this entry is only available in Dutch.

  • Looking down on the moon

    Looking down on the moon
    Charles Sage
    DogEar Publishing
    2014
    English
    X X X X X
    238 pg.
    978-1-4575-2642-8
    Review written by: Jorig Gonggrijp

    Looking down on the moon!… The main character of this book, Jack Roberts, is a somewhat cripple pilot who initially pilots for the East African Mission and later is recruited as a hireling-pilot. He uses a walking-stick that also is deployed as a very effective striking- and stabbing weapon. His handicap doesn’t restrict him in his […]

  • The Great leader and the fighter pilot

    The Great leader and the fighter pilot
    Blaine Harden
    Viking (Uitgeverij Balans for the Dutch version)
    2015
    English, Dutch and many more
    X X X X X
    304 pg.
    978-0670016570 (USA)

    Recently my eye fell on this book with a fighter jet on the cover and then I want to read it! Of all the aviation books that I read, this one is a bit odd but tasty, because it doesn’t only cover special aviation history, but also separately tells about the history of North Korea. […]

  • Polar Winds

    Danielle Metcalfe- Chenail
    Dundurn
    2014
    English
    X X X X X
    224 pg.
    1459723791

    It gives a special feeling when you are reading on the 38th degree of latitude with 35 degrees a book about aviation in the Canadian region above the 60st degree of latitude with temperatures in winter of 40 degrees Celsius below zero, a difference of 75 degrees Celsius! At least the book provides cooling with […]

  • Shot Down- The true story of WW II pilot Howard Snyder and the crew of the B-17 Susan Ruth

    Shot Down- The true story of WW II pilot Howard Snyder and the crew of the B-17 Susan Ruth
    Steve Snyder
    Sea Breeze Publishing, LLC
    2014
    English
    X X X X X
    978-0-9860760-0-8 ASIN: B00N4JLJ0O
    Review written by: Max Heldring

    With this book about Howard Snyder, who during WW II was the pilot on a B-17 from the 8th American Air Force, was a card from the author Steve Snyder, son of Howard Snyder, with the words: ‘It’s our duty to remember never forget’. This book goes further than only the events around Howard Snyder […]