Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The dambuster who cracked the dam The dambuster who cracked the dam Arthur G. Thorning xii, 178 p. , [48] p. of plates : 25 cm OL13741352W
Night witches Night witches L. J. Adlington Rain Aranoza is a teenage bomber-pilot from Rodina, a nation of science and fact ruled by the all knowing Aura, where the belief in witches or any type of superstition is outlawed. Rain's regiment is… OL17875302W
Behind enemy lines Behind enemy lines Matt Chandler Experience the thrilling and true story of Lt. Robert Grimes as he runs for his life to evade being captured by Nazi soldiers. Readers will follow Grimes as he escapes danger with help from the Comet… OL20057565W
Wild blue Wild blue Stephen E. Ambrose This title describes how the United States Air Force recruited, trained and then chose the few who would undertake the most demanding and dangerous jobs in WWII. These were the boys turned pilots, bo… OL22061575W
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
Flights of passage Flights of passage Samuel Lynn Hynes He was a teenager when he left his Minnesota home in 1943 to learn to fly. By the end of World War II, he was a battle-worn Marine bomber pilot who'd survived scores of missions in the Pacific. With … OL3280313W
A Damned Good Show A Damned Good Show Derek Robinson,Robinson, Derek They joined an R.A.F. known as "the best flying club in the world," but when war pitches the young pilots of 409 Squadron into battle over Germany, their training, tactics and equipment are soon foun… OL4162009W
The Wild Blue The Wild Blue Stephen E. Ambrose The very young men who flew the B-24s over Germany in World War II against terrible odds were yet another exceptional band of brothers, and, in The Wild Blue, Ambrose recounts their extraordinary bra… OL478606W
Evader Evader T. D. G. Teare More thrilling than any fiction, this book charts the true story of RAF crewman Denys Teare's year in Occupied France, a year spent a half-step ahead of Gestapo troopers determined to hunt him down. OL5997959W
Far East mosaic Far East mosaic William Henry Baumer 320 p. : 24 cm OL7309071W