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  • Modern USMC Air Power, Aircraft and units of the Flying ‘Leathernecks’

    Modern USMC Air Power, Aircraft and units of the Flying ‘Leathernecks’
    Joe Copalman
    Harpia Publishing
    2020
    English
    X X X X X
    256 pg.
    ISBN-10 : 1950394026 ISBN-13 : 978-1950394029
    Review written by: René Verjans

    The books of Harpia Publishing had caught my eye before; strong through its logical built up and great because of the good finish and razor-sharp beautiful pictures.

  • Secret Projects of the Luftwaffe- Volume 1 Jet Fighters 1939-1945- Dan Sharp

    Secret Projects of the Luftwaffe- Volume 1 Jet Fighters 1939-1945- Dan Sharp
    Dan Sharp
    Tempest Books
    2020
    English
    X X X X X
    336 pg.
    ISBN-13 : 978-1911658085 ISBN-10 : 1911658085
    Review written by: René Verjans

    In the category surprisingly interesting and fun books, this one from Dan Sharp goes straight to number 1!

  • The Wreck Hunter- Battle of Britain & The Blitz

    The Wreck Hunter- Battle of Britain & The Blitz
    Melody Foreman
    Frontline Books
    2019
    English
    X X X X X
    214 pg.
    9781526712585
    Review written by: René Verjans

    A great book is this from Melody Foreman, which takes you into the life from Terry Parsons who spent a great part of his life at digging up remains from planes that have crashed during the Battle of Britain (10 July – 31 October 1940) and The Blitz (7 September 1940 – 11 May 1941)

  • Tomcat Rio A Topgun Instructor on the F-14 Tomcat and the Heroic Naval Aviators That Fly It

    Tomcat Rio A Topgun Instructor on the F-14 Tomcat and the Heroic Naval Aviators That Fly It
    Dave Baranek
    Skyhorse Publishing
    2020
    English
    X X X X X X
    224 pg.
    EAN 9781510748224
    Review written by: Rene Verjans

    Review Tomcat Rio A- Topgun Instructor on the F-14 Tomcat and the Heroic Naval Aviators That Fly It- Dave Baranek Up with the best of the best I already had read a book of Dave ‘Bio’ Baranek (further referred to as ‘Bio’) and also this book ‘Tomcat Rio’ is a real great one! A book […]

  • The F-4 Phantom: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives (Images of War)

    The F-4 Phantom: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives (Images of War)
    Martin W. Bowman
    Pen & Sword Aviation; Illustrated Edition
    2018
    English
    X X X X X
    144 pg.
    ISBN-13 : 978-1526705761 ISBN-10 : 1526705761
    Review written by: Rene Verjans

    This book describes in 4 chapters who the most important users of the Phantoms were. Firstly, the US Navy and US MC; secondly the USAF; thirdly, the Royal Air Force and fourthly, the other users like, for example, Israel, Turkey, Greece, South-Korea and Japan.

  • Fury from the North: North Korean Air Force in the Korean War, 1950-1953

    Fury from the North: North Korean Air Force in the Korean War, 1950-1953
    Douglas C. Dildy
    Helion and Company
    2018
    English
    X X X X X
    88 pg.
    ISBN-10: 1912390337 ISBN-13: 978-1912390335
    Review written by: Max Heldring

    This book is part of an interesting series that describes the air wars of Asian conflicts after the Second World War. This time it is about the deploy of the KPAF, The North-Korean Air Force during the war between North- and South-Korea. It was a complicated conflict, by which not only Korea itself was involved, but […]

  • Boekbespreking Jachtvliegers doen een boekje open

    Boekbespreking Jachtvliegers doen een boekje open
    Martin Leeuwis
    Leeuwis Publications
    2020
    Dutch
    X X X X X X
    244 pg.
    978 94 90008 222
    Review written by: Rene Verjans

    Review Jachtvliegers doen een boekje open- Martin Leeuwis Als je dit oer-Hollandse boek ‘Jachtvliegers doen een boekje open’ ziet of in je handen hebt, wil je het op je boekenplank! Alleen de kaft al! De inmiddels wereldberoemde uitgever Martin Leeuwis -bekend van met name de uitgave van aviationhumor-boeken- heeft het hem weer geflikt. Deze keer […]

  • Call Signs- US Army Airplane Stories

    Call Signs- US Army Airplane Stories
    Steve Koenig
    BookBaby
    2019
    English
    X X X X X
    192 pg.
    ISBN-10: 1543981232 ISBN-13: 978-1543981230
    Review written by: Max Heldring

    This charming in hard cover and pocket sized executed book called ‘Call Signs- US Army Airplane Stories’ contains stories about the flight experiences of US Army pilots, a group of pilots that do not have the glamorous  image of the fighter and bomber pilots we mostly all read about. However it is a fascinating book […]

  • Through Adversity- Britain and the Commonwealth’s War in the Air 1939-‘45 Volume 1

    Through Adversity- Britain and the Commonwealth’s War in the Air 1939-‘45 Volume 1
    Ben Kite
    Helion and Company
    2019
    English
    X X X X X
    508 pg.
    ISBN-10: 1912866234 ISBN-13: 978-1912866236
    Review written by: Rene Verjans

    It is unique to see how, every now and then, some people do manage to write a totally new refreshing book about WO II, from just a different view. Ben Kite is one of them! Thousands of books have been written about the activities by the British and their allies in the air. Ben Kite […]

  • Bomber Command Pilot Leonard Cheshire's Classic Second World War Memoir

    Bomber Command Pilot Leonard Cheshire's Classic Second World War Memoir
    Leonard Cheshire and Robert Owen
    Fighting High Publishing
    2019
    English
    X X X X X
    208 pg.
    ISBN-10: 1999812867 ISBN-13: 978-1999812867
    Review written by: Max Heldring

    Many books on Bomber Command have been published after the war about the efforts of the RAF during WW 2 and especially about Bomber Command that from the beginning until the end of the war harassed Germany with continuous night bombardments. This book is an nice exception because it was written by Leonard Cheshire a highly […]