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Dance With Wings Dance With Wings Amelia Carr Multi-generational saga, secrets that have torn a family apart revealed. Strong love story set against the background of the ATA in World War 2, present day section told through the eyes of the peop… OL15348073W
Lost in Shangri-la Lost in Shangri-la Mitchell Zuckoff Describes the 1945 odyssey of three plane crash survivors in New Guinea who endured a harrowing journey through the jungle to seek help, their encounter with a primitive tribe who had never seen whit… OL15445037W
The Battle of Britain The Battle of Britain James Holland British historian Holland (Italy’s Sorrow: A Year of War, 1944–45, 2007, etc.) provides a thorough reconsideration of the Battle of Britain that is both staggeringly technical and dramatically engagi… OL16182647W
Enduring Courage Enduring Courage John F. Ross From the Introduction... Rickenbacker lived at a time when the latest machines of the industrial revolutions were ripping apart the ages-old rhythms of plow and steam. When he was seven, the first… OL17322120W
A good war A good war Patrick Bishop Adam Tomaszewski is a Polish airman, flying Hurricanes alongside British pilots as the Battle of Britain rages in the summer skies over Kent and Sussex. Far from home and facing death daily Adam is d… OL17887441W
Blitz Blitz Vince Cross It's 1940 and with London under fire, Edie and her little brother are evacuated to Wales. Miles from home and missing her family, Edie is determined to be strong, but when life in the countryside pro… OL17906737W
Bombers of World War II Bombers of World War II Nancy Robinson Masters Introduces the different kinds of bombers used during World War II, their capabilities, the kinds of missions on which they were sent, and any special characteristics. OL18006677W
Fire and Fury Fire and Fury Randall Hansen During the Second World War, Allied air forces dropped nearly two million tons of bombs on Germany, destroying some 60 cities, killing more than half a million German citizens, and leaving 80,000 pil… OL18155856W
Angels in the sky Angels in the sky Robert L. Gandt "The gripping story of how an all-volunteer air force helped defeat five Arab nations and protect the fledgling Jewish state. In 1948, only three years after the Holocaust, the newly founded nation o… OL19721986W
The Flying Tigers The Flying Tigers Samuel M. Kleiner "The thrilling story behind the American pilots who were secretly recruited to defend the nation's desperate Chinese allies before Pearl Harbor and ended up on the front lines of the war against the … OL19746807W
The unsubstantial air The unsubstantial air Samuel Hynes "The vivid story of the young Americans who fought and died in the aerial battles of World War I. The Unsubstantial Air is a chronicle of war that is more than a military history; it traces the lives… OL19988586W
The Kamikaze hunters The Kamikaze hunters Will Iredale "Follows a group of young men who fought towards the end of World War II, from their enlistment and initial training to the terrifying and unexpected reality of fighting against pilots who would rath… OL20031836W
The Jail Busters The Jail Busters Robert Lyman In February 1944, the French Resistance in the Amiens area was in turmoil. Its strength had been decimated by German aggression and the work of a number of traitors in their midst, and hundreds of it… OL20350889W
The last British Dambuster The last British Dambuster George Johnson I was anxious to fight. Hitler was the bastard that had started all this and he needed sorting out. We were under threat. Everything we stood for - our country, our families and our way of life - was… OL20807140W
Flying ace Flying ace Jim Eldridge Historical fiction. Jack Fairfax is the 19-year-old second son of Lord and Lady Fairfax. The Fairfaxes are steeped in military tradition, and don't approve of Jack's volunteering for the Royal Flying… OL20849917W
Apache Apache Macy, Ed Pilot "An astonishing first book, 'Apache' is a story of courage, comradeship, technology and tragedy, during the ongoing war in Afghanistan. 'Apache' is the first book to come from the cockpit of the most… OL20942465W
Battle of Britain Battle of Britain Chris Priestley It's 1939 and Harry Woods is a Spitfire pilot in the RAF. When his friend Lenny loses his leg in a dogfight with the Luftwaffe, Harry is determined to fight on. That is, until his plane is hit and he… OL20985036W
Heroes all Heroes all Steve Bond For years, Steve Bond has been interviewing and recording veterans from all sides of the conflict, including air and ground crew. His aim was to transmit their engaging stories faithfully to a wider … OL21768107W
Bomber Bomber Len Deighton The classic novel of the Second World War that relates in devastating detail the 24-hour story of an allied bombing raid.Bomber is a novel war. There are no victors, no vanquished. There are simply t… OL2425038W
Battle order 204 Battle order 204 Christobel Mattingley The riveting true story account of a young WW2 pilot's heroic journey, illustrated throughout with fascinating photographs, maps and excerpts from his log books.'Bomb doors open!'It was the call that… OL2479027W
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