Here you can find all the book reviews in alphabetical order.
Books A-Z
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Glider pilots at Arnhem
Pen & Sword2014English298 pg.9781473822795Review written by: Joris GonggrijpIn a nutshell: on the 17th of September 1944, 11.500 men from the 1st Airborne Division, including the 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade landed across the north bank at the Rijn by Arnhem to occupy ‘the bridge’. On the 25th of September, 2.500 men were taken back with boats to the south bank of the […]
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Aces of the Reich
Pen & Sword Books2013English240 pg.9781848327221Review written by: Max HeldringTake the book in your hands, which, by the way, is provided with a beautiful cover and then, with the book in your mind, go back to the 30’s, were it all began with the development of the German Luftwaffe. Because of the treaty of Versailles the Germans were after WO I tied with hands […]
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COBRA! THE Attack helicopter
Pen & Sword Books2014English248 pg.9781781593387Review written by: Joris GonggrijpThe book tells about the genesis of the first attack helicopter. This was born out of necessity. Vietnam became soon too dangerous for unprotected helicopters of the Air Cavalry. What becomes apparent in this book, is that from the early beginning of WO II and the by everyone known M.A.S.H. helicopter for transport of the […]
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Imperial Outpost in the Gulf
2012English238 pg.After having reviewed ‘History in the Arab Skies’ by Gerald Butt, quite by chance I came across this little gem of a book about Sharjah airfield, close to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Its author, Nicholas Stanley-Price, was the cultural heritage advisor to the Sharjah Museums Department in the UAE from 2007 to […]
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Gerhard Fieseler. The man behind the Storch
Helion & Company2018English328 pg.ISBN-10: 1911512749 ISBN-13: 978-1911512745Review written by: Max HeldringReaders that are familiar with the military aviation history know the Fieseler Storch. A famous STOL aircraft built during the second world war by Gerhard Fieseler for the German Luftwaffe with its specific silhouette and characteristics. But the name of the book ‘does not cover the load’ as we Dutch used to say. The book […]
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Zemke's Wolfpack- A Photographic Odyssey of the 56th Fighter Group During the Second World War
Fighting High Publishing2015English208 pg.ISBN-10: 0992620783 ISBN-13: 978-0992620783Review written by: René VerjansZemke’s Wolfpack…Talking about splendid books! This is one! Compilated with lots of love by the 2 authors… The book starts with a short but powerful description with regards to them to whom this book is contributed; the people that were part of the 56th ‘Fighter group’ (FG). Beautiful and short but intense! The 56th FG […]
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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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Fighters over the fleet- Naval Air Defence from Biplanes to the Cold War
Seaforth Publishing2016English460 pg.9781848324046Review written by: Rene VerjansYou 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 […]
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Orville Wright: How We Invented the Airplane
Dover Publications Inc.1988English96 pg.ISBN10 0486256626 ISBN13 9780486256627Review written by: Pedro Blas GonzalezHuffman 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 […]
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Langs hier, langs daar
Martin Leeuwis Publications2022Dutch192 pg.978 94 90008 277Review written by: Rene VerjansUnfortenately only in Dutch