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

I- 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