- Vintage
Aircraft Nose Art - There are B&W pictures of nose
art on B-17's, B-24's,
B-29's, B-26's, B-25's, A-26's, P-51's, C-47's, C-87's,
P-38's, P-47's, P-61's. There are also some color pictures
and also there are some pictures of the back of a few flight
jackets. The pictures are 99% bombers. This is a picture book
with info below the pictures if available.
- Warbird
Digest - High quality journal devoted to the operation
and restoration of vintage military aircraft. Packed with
outstanding photography and coverage of the fascinating
and expanding worldwide warbird movement. Input from those
who fly and restore these marvelous machines gives readers
the insider's view.
- Warbirds
International - Magazine devoted to vintage and veteran
military aircraft. Provides complete coverage on their operation
and restoration, photographs, and articles on salvaging downed
aircraft.
- Weird
& Wonderful Aircraft (The Story of Flight - Weird
& Wonderful Aircraft The Story of Flight.
- World's
Greatest Aircraft - World's Greatest Aircraft.
- Shot
to Hell: Stories and the Photos of Ravaged WWII Warbirds
- Most of the photos in this fascinating collection have
never before been published, they are well reproduced,
and the captions are crisp and infomative. Plus I could not
find one error of fact. People who read this sort of material
know that in itself is an achievement! Although this is mostly
a picture book, the accompanying text flows smoothly and provides
a good sense of the times.
- Smithsonian
- The Smithsonian covers and chronicles the arts, environment,
sciences and popular culture of the times. Composed for modern,
well-rounded individuals with diverse interests.
- P-51
Mustang Pilot's Flight Manual - Used primarily as a long-range
bomber escort in raids over Germany, the North American P-51
Mustang earned a reputation for toughness and agility in dogfights.
Carrying a two-stage supercharged V-12 Merlin engine and armed
with six .50 caliber machine guns, the P-51 helped the Allies
gain air superiority in the skies over Europe. P-51s were
flown by the famed Tuskegee Airmen, and remained in service
during the Korean War. World airforces made extensive use
of the Mustang, some into the 1980's. Originally published
by North American Aviation and classified "Restricted",
this manual was declassified long ago and is here reprinted
in book form. This affordable facsimile has been reformatted,
and color images appear as black and white. Care has been
taken however to preserve the integrity of the text.
- Very
Long Range P-51 Mustang Units of the Pacific War - pilots
called themselves the 'Tokyo Club'. It was a simple task to
become a member. All you had to do was strap yourself into
a heavily loaded P-51 Mustang, take off from Iwo Jima (a postage-stamp
sized volcanic island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean),
fly 650 miles north over the sea - often through monsoon storms
- in your single-engined aircraft to Japan, attack a heavily
defended target in the vicinity of the enemy's capital city
and then turn around and fly home while fretting over your
shrinking fuel supply and perhaps battle damage as well. If
your gas held out and you were not blown off-course on your
return trip, you landed back at 'Iwo' after an eight-hour
flight. Do it once and you earned membership in the club.
Do it 15 times and you earned a trip home. But make one mistake
or have one touch of bad luck, and you had a very good chance
of ending up dead. This book will tell the little-known story
of these brave men and their efforts to defeat the aerial
forces defending Japan during the final five months of World
War 2. Used initially to provide fighter escort for B-29s
bombing Tokyo and other Japanese cities, the Iwo Jima-based
P-51s enjoyed such success that they were soon called on to
make low-level attacks against ground targets in preparation
for the invasion of Japan. The book will cover the three Mustang-equipped
Very Long Range fighter groups of the USAAF's Seventh Fighter
Command - the 15th, 21st and 506th FGs - based on Iwo Jima
with an action-packed text, many rare photos drawn from
private collections and appendices providing statistical
information. These units flew some of the most colourful P-51s
ever seen in USAAF, and the author has extensive photographic
references available to allow Jim Laurier to produce profile
illustrations of 30 P-51D/Ks in their finery.
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