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  1. 04-26-2012 05:05 PM #1
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    WWII bomber books suggestions.

    Been talking to a couple friends who had family who were in US bombers crews during WWII and that has got me interested in reading some books on it. Looking for any suggestions. Not worried about plane type.
    I did read unbroken already.
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  2. 04-26-2012 05:33 PM #2
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    30 Seconds over Tokyo
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    12 O'clock High, the book and the movie. Catch-22 the book; the movie not so much.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zcowboy View Post
    Been talking to a couple friends who had family who were in US bombers crews during WWII and that has got me interested in reading some books on it. Looking for any suggestions. Not worried about plane type.
    I did read unbroken already.
    My great uncle was a bombardier in a B-24 over Germany. Some amazing stories there.

    I think a great one is the Dam Busters. Supposedly Peter Jackson (the Lord of the Rings director) is making a movie based on the book.
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    Peter Jackson's movie fell through I think.
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    Louie's autobiography Devil at My Heels.

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    The Airmen and the Headhunters.
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  9. 04-30-2012 03:26 AM #9
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    Bomber Command by Max Hastings. The book *NOT* the documentary. Maybe one of the best air war books I've ever read. It encompasses the entire WWII British and later Allied bombing campaign showing the political climate, strategy, tactics, and personal views of many of the generals and veterans. Packed with information but easy to read.
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    Despite what some of the reviewers say, Hastings doesn't indict the strategic bombing campaign or the leaders who ordered it and carried it out. He does, however, show the problems, cost, collateral damage, and the overall ineffectiveness of their policies. He's fair, even with 'Bomber' Harris.
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  11. 05-10-2012 01:12 PM #11
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    My only recommendation is to read as many of these books as you possibly can. Perhaps upset the disturbing balance between all the $#@!got vampire $#@! girls and GOTJ read and real life books having to do with war.
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    This is about one bomber that met a tragic end, but is a good story and good read.

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/155..._encoding=UTF8
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    Unbroken- more so about a downed bomber in the Pacific and the survival story of Louis Zamperini (US Olympian and airman during WWII), but a bomber story none-the-less and a great read.
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    Martin Middlebrook wrote several dam good works on Bomber Command. Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo is special for me. My Dad was at Walter Reed with the author and went out doing a little socializing with Lawson and a couple of the other guys who were injured. The navigator was in a body cast that included both shoulders and arms. The others would have to help him drink a few beers and ... well, that is when you find out who your friends are. I grew up on Gray St. in Killeen (named after one of the pilots) and went through school with his nephew.
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  15. 06-14-2012 01:33 AM #15
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    The Wild Blue by Stephen Ambrose....mainly about George Mcgovern and his missions in a B24, something that he never exploited when running for office.
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    Quote Originally Posted by THujone View Post
    My only recommendation is to read as many of these books as you possibly can. Perhaps upset the disturbing balance between all the $#@!got vampire $#@! girls and GOTJ read and real life books having to do with war.
    I am pleased to see that you made this statement. I was getting ready to see if the $#@! drawer extraordinaire approved of aviation novels with war themes.
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  17. 07-19-2012 06:08 AM #17
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    Tangentially related, is this Lemay biography worth a damn??

    http://www.amazon.com/Lemay-Life-War.../dp/1597772712
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  18. 07-19-2012 10:49 AM #18
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    I Could Never Be So Lucky Again, Jimmy Doolittle's autobiography is very good. Not entirely about bombers, but a very well written book about a guy who was there at many of the great moments of early aviation history - hell he created the moments. Most of the time, autobiographies are about "how great am I" (see Yeager), but considering all he did, this one is very self effacing considering all he did.
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