Bedtime reading

[Barrett]

Another informal poll.
What WW I books are you reading currently? What other approximately related topics? Fiction counts here, folks. (Am awaiting Boom's latest contribution to "Duel Over Douai" regarding The Gotha Raid.)
I'm re-reading parts of "The Zeppelin in Combat." So far no dreams of Elke Sommer from The Movie, but I can hope, can't I???

[PeterL]

Barrat, I understand the Sears $ Roebuck catalogue has a great towels section

[Vigilant]

_Passchendaele in Perspective_ ed. P.Liddle. It has a (not very original) chapter on RFC operations over the battle in the salient. My main conclusion so far is that you were a lot better off in the air than on the ground! Some interesting stuff on counter-battery work too.

Just finished 'Goshawk Squadron' and 'Biggles, Pioneer Air Fighter' and enjoyed them both immensely. 'Goshawk Squadron' was wonderfully intense. I have started reading bits and pieces from Gibbons 'The Red Knight of Germany' and 'Up and At 'Em' On the non aviation side I am halfway through Solzhenitsyn's 'October 1916'.

MDD

[Darryl]

Hi Barrett,

RAF Squadrons, "a complete history of the movement and equipment of all squadrons and their antecedents since 1912" Jefford (what can I say, I AM a boring guy)

About to start the entire "Raleigh/Jones" fest
which should arrive tommorrow by gold plated Airmail. (anybody getting a few books airfrieghted should check with their bank first!!!!!!!)

regards

Darryl

High In the Empty Blue (again). Also reading through a stack of American Aviation Historical Society Volumes I picked up. Last but not least my guilty pleasure, Bag of Bones by Stephen King. I KNOW its not aviation but I always allow myself one "pulp" book during the summer. So far it's pretty good.

Those AAHS journals by the way are fascinating. If you can find 'em grab 'em !

Now back to 1917 France or a Cottage in Western Maine that doesn't feel, well, quite right ! HHHHMMMMMMMMMMMM............

John G.

CRASH PILOT by DICK GRACE who intentioanlly crashed nearly 50 a/c intentionally for the film industry. He fought in the Great War and like many could not get it out of his system. Does anyone know of any other pilots such as him and of any books that detail their preps for the prangs?

All,
I was at a second hand book store yesterday and picked up two books. First was 'RICHTOFEN- A True History of the Red Baron' by Burroughs (1969) & 'Great Battles of World War One: In The Air' compiled by Platt (1966).
Al, you will love what the opening line about Bishop is as written by A. Roy Brown (credited with killing MvR). He wrote: "THE greatest living, fighting airman is Billy Bishop - Lieutenant Colonel William Avery Bishop, V.C., the Canadian ace - with his record of having bagged , officially, seventy-two German planes."
That's what a contemporary had to say of him, now you can feel vindicated.
VBR,
Jim

Gotta go with John G., I'm also getting started on 'High in the Empty Blue'.Other than WWI things, I'm (on the beach vacation) going to start 'Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea'...now that I look at it, kind of a "blue" theme.Maybe I'll read 'The Blue Max' too, then.

[Kirby]

Just starting "The Red Baron's Last Fight (A Mystery Investigated)" by Norman Franks & Alan Bennett. Just picked it up at the Air Force Museum book store last Sunday.

Kirby