Updated 2/13/17
Below
is a list of books that I am offering as free to anyone who wants them,
if you pay the shipping. Please respond via PM. I will update the list
as books are claimed on a first come basis. Listings in red have
already been claimed. I may added a few more to list as I reorganize my
library. I will change the update date when I do.Flying
Forts - The B-17 in World War II - Martin Caidin... The story of the
B-17 and the men who flew her from prewar trials to war end. Some
photos, mostly text. 516 pages
The Admiral's Wolf Pack - Jean Noli - German U-boat campaigns of WWII as told by the men who were actually there. All text. 396 pages
The
Eighth Sea - frank T. Courtney - An autobiography of a man who's career
spans most of avaitions history from 1913 through the 1960's.
Mostly text with some photos. 297 pages
Up and At 'Em -
Harold E. Hartney - The war memoirs of the renowned Commander of the
First Pursuit Squadron in WWI. Mostly text with some photos. 360 pages
The Cactus Air Force - Thomas G. Miller - The story of the fliers who saved Guadalcanal. Mostly text with some photos and maps. 242 pages
Aphrodite:
Desperate Mission - The story of the top secret mission to save London
from German rockets. The mission cost the life Of Joe Kennedy Jr.
Mostly text, some photos. 328 pages
Mig Pilot - John Barron - The story of Viktor Belenko who defected from Russia in a Mig-25. Mostly text, some photos. 224 pages
Zero
- Masatake Okumiya and Jiro Horikoshi with Martin Caiden - a Japanese
flying officer and the engineer who developed the Zero tell the inside
story. All text. 424 pages
McKinley's Bulldog - The Battleship Oregon - Sanford Sternlicht - The history of the ship. Mostly text with a few photos. 161 pages
Batfish - Hughston E. Lowder - The champion submarine killer submarine of WWII. Mostly text, some photos. 251 pages
Bombs Away - Edited by Stanley M. Ulanoff - 60 true stories of air power from WWI to present (1971). Mostly text, some photos. 540 pages
Enola
Gay - Gordon Thomas and Max Witts - The story of the plane and the
missions based on interviews of both sides. Mostly text, some
photos. 331 pages.
Big Friend, Little Friend - Richard E. Turner - Memoirs of a World War II Fighter Pilot. Mostly text, some photos. 171 pages
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Boat Captain - Zenji Orita with Joseph Harrington - How Japan's
Submarines almost defeated the U.S. Navy in the Pacific. Mostly text,
some photos. 317 pages
Double Strike - Edward Jablonski - The epic air raids on Regensburg and Schweinfurt. Mostly text, some photos. 271 pages
Pacific
Sweep - Willaim N. Hess - The 5th and 13th Fighter Commands in WWII -
An illustrated and anecdotal history. Mostly text, some photos. 278
pages
The Coast Watchers - Commander Eric A. Feldt, R.A.N. -
Title pretty much says it all. All text with a few illustrations. 240
pages
Silent Victory - Volume 1&2 - Clay Blair, Jr. -
Detailed account of the U.S. submarine war against Japan. Mostly text,
some photos. Both volumes combined 1055 pages
The Wartime Journals of Charles A. Lindbergh - Title says it all. Mostly text, 76 photos. 1038 pages
Wings
Over the Seven Seas - Wilbur H. Morrison - U.S. Naval Aviation's fight
for survival - Mostly text but a fair number of photos. 267 pages
Anphibian
- Grover Loening - The story of the Loening biplane. Text and lots of
photos but not strictly a picture book. 194 pages
Rickenbackers's Luck - Finis Farr - Biography. Mostly text, a few photos. 366 pages
The
Bombing of Nuremberg - James Campbell - A gripping recreation of the
most disastrous Allied night raid of WWII. Mostly text, a few photos.
196 pages
Journey of the Giants - Gene Gurney, Major USAF - The story of the B-29. Mostly text, some photos. 280 pages
Thud Ridge - Colonel Jack Broughton - Highly personal account of F-105's in Vietnam. Mostly text with a few maps. 254 pages
Aircraft
versus Submarine - Alfred Price - History of aircraft, weapons, tactics
and men involved from the beginning to the early 70's . Mostly text but
a fair number of photos. 268 pages
The Engines Were Rolls-Royce
- Ronald W. Harker - An informal history of that famous company by a
former employee. Text and a fair number of photos. 202 pages
Air
Power at Sea - John Winton - Highlights the part aircraft played in all
the great actions of WWII. Not a picture book but a good number of
photos with the text. 185 pages
The Fall of Fortresses - Elmer
Bendiner - A personal account of the most daring and deadly American
air battles of WWII. Mostly text, some photos 258 pages
The
Blond Knight of Germany - Raymond Toliver & Trevor Constable
- A biography of the greatest fighter pilot of all time. Mostly text,
some photos and diagrams. 317 pages
Deception
in World War II - Charles Cruickshank - Tells the story of the many
deceptions used by the Allies to deceive the enemy in WWII. Mostly
text, some photos 248 pages
The Ship That Wouldn't Die - F.
Julian Becton - Tells the story of the second destroyer named Laffey
during WWII. Mostly text, some photos. 320 pages
Heros
of the Sunlit Sky - Arch Whitehouse - Capsule biographies of the great
air aces of WWI. Mostly text and the jacket states 75 photos. 384 pages
The
Last Hero: Charles A. Lindbergh - Walter S. Ross - biography, writen in
1968, updated after his death in 1974. Mostly text, some photos. 400
pages
Unarmed and Unafraid - Glenn B. Infield - The first
complete history of the men, misssions, training and techniques of
aerial reconnaissance. Mostly text, some photos. 307 pages
Devine Thunder - The Life and Death of the Kamikazes - Bernard Millot - self explanitory. Mostly text, some photos. 243 pages