Jimmy Stewart: Bomber Pilot
10 best books like Jimmy Stewart: Bomber Pilot (Starr Smith): The Star of Africa: The Story of Hans Marseille, the Rogue Luftwaffe Ace Who Dominated the WWII Skies, A Question of Honor: The Kosciuszko Squadron: Forgotten Heroes of World War II, Dam Busters: The True Story of the Legendary Raid on the Ruhr, The Blond Knight Of Germany: a biography of... Erich Hartmann, Hell Hawks!: The Untold Story of the American Fliers Who Savaged Hitler's Wehrmacht, Jimmy Stewart: A Biography, Jean Arthur: The Actress Nobody Knew, The Man Who Flew the Memphis Belle: Memoir of a WWII Bomber Pilot, American Patriot: The Life and Wars of Colonel Bud Day, You'll Be Sor-ree: A Guadalcanal Marine Remembers The Pacific War
The Star of Africa: The Story of Hans Marseille, the Rogue Luftwaffe Ace Who Dominated the WWII Skies
| Author | Colin D. Heaton |
| ISBN | 0760343934 |
The Star of Africa is a biography of the dramatic life and meteoric career of German Luftwaffe Captain Hans-Joachim Marseille, known to Germans and Allies alike during World War II as "The Star of Africa." Marseille, a legendary figure in the annals of military history, had over 100 kills to his name...
A Question of Honor: The Kosciuszko Squadron: Forgotten Heroes of World War II
| Author | Lynne Olson |
| ISBN | 0375411976 |
A Question of Honor is the gripping, little-known, and brilliantly told story of the scores of Polish fighter pilots who helped save England during the Battle of Britain and of their stunning betrayal by the United States and England at the end of World War II.
Centering on five pilots of the...
Dam Busters: The True Story of the Legendary Raid on the Ruhr
| Author | James Holland |
| ISBN | 0593066766 |
A combination of scientific innovation and heroism led to one of the lesser known but extremely important bombing raids of WWII. It was all due to the imagination of a civilian engineer/airplane designer named Barnes Wallis and his commitment to the idea of the destruction of the three major dams in...
The Blond Knight Of Germany: a biography of... Erich Hartmann
| Author | Raymond F. Toliver |
| ISBN | 0830681892 |
Erich Hartmann, the highest-scoring fighter ace in history, will always remain one of my favorite historical figures, and not only due to his incredible achievements in aerial combat but due to his personality and principles, which remained unchanged throughout his whole life, and which I admire...
| Author | Robert F. Dorr |
| ISBN | 0760329184 |
Hell Hawks sets a new standard for histories of the tactical anti-war in Europe. Veteran authors Bob Dorr and Tom Jones combine masterfully crafted veteran interviews with the broader picture of the air war fought by the Thunderbolt men. You gain a new appreciation of just how tough their deadly task...
Jimmy Stewart: A Biography
| Author | Marc Eliot |
| ISBN | 1400052211 |
Jimmy Stewart’s all-American good looks, boyish charm, and deceptively easygoing style of acting made him one of Hollywood’s greatest and most enduring stars. Despite the indelible image he projected of innocence and quiet self-assurance, Stewart’s life was more complex and sophisticated...
Jean Arthur: The Actress Nobody Knew
| Author | John Oller |
| ISBN | 0879102780 |
The luminous star of Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Shane, and other classic films was, as the subtitle aptly puts it, "the actress nobody knew." Jean Arthur (1900-91) kept her personal life private, disdained the Hollywood publicity machine, and was called "difficult" because of her perfectionism...
The Man Who Flew the Memphis Belle: Memoir of a WWII Bomber Pilot
| Author | Robert K. Morgan |
| ISBN | 0451205944 |
Well, that was disappointing.
I'm not going to rate this book since, technically, I didn't read it. (I literally skimmed the whole thing in about thirty minutes.) I did make a couple notes though, stuff about B-17s and USAAF life during the war. But as for the book it's self? Nope.
First...
American Patriot: The Life and Wars of Colonel Bud Day
| Author | Robert Coram |
| ISBN | 0316758477 |
To me, this was a story about two halves of an amazing life. If this was a review of Colonel Day the man, then obviously he merits five stars. His absolutist personality worked wonders in the military and clearly drove him to achieve unthinkable levels of heroism while simultaneously inspiring a devoted,...
You'll Be Sor-ree: A Guadalcanal Marine Remembers The Pacific War
| Author | Sid Phillips |
| ISBN | 0615336833 |
Sid Phillips knew he was a long way from his home in Mobile, AL, when he plunged into the jungles of Guadalcanal in August 1942. A mortarman with H-Company (the same company as Helmet For My Pillow author Robert Leckie), 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment of the 1st Marine Division, Sid was only a 17-year-old...
A Dawn Like Thunder: The True Story of Torpedo Squadron Eight
| Author | Robert J. Mrazek |
| ISBN | 0316021393 |
One of the great untold stories of World War II finally comes to light in this thrilling account of Torpedo Squadron Eight and their heroic efforts in helping an outmatched U.S. fleet win critical victories at Midway and Guadalcanal. These 35 American men--many flying outmoded aircraft--changed...
A Company of Heroes: Personal Memories about the Real Band of Brothers and the Legacy They Left Us
| Author | Marcus Brotherton |
| ISBN | 0425234207 |
The author of We Who Are Alive and Remain presents remembrances from the families of the soldiers of Easy Company
A Company of Heroes is an intimate, revealing portrait of the lives of the men who fought for our freedom during some of the darkest days the world has ever known-men who returned home...
Deliver Us From Darkness: The Untold Story of Third Battalion 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment during Market Garden
At short notice on Sept 17, 1944 the 101st Airborne Division parachuted into Holland as part of Operation Market Garden. The plan was to secure the main highway that passed through the city of Eindhoven - facilitating the advance of Gen. Sir Miles Dempsey's Second British Army towards Arnhem. The objective...
| Author | Fred Haynes |
| ISBN | 0805083251 |
"The Lions of Iwo Jima" tells the full story of one of the greatest units fielded in the history of the U.S. Marines. Combat Team 28, 4500 men strong, trained for a full year, landed on the black sands of Iwo Jima on February 19, 1945, and raised the flag atop Mount Suribachi after four days of ferocious combat....
I Could Never Be So Lucky Again
| Author | James H. Doolittle |
| ISBN | 0887407374 |
Pilot, scholar, daredevil, general . . . James "Jimmy" Doolittle was one of America\s greatest heroes. In a life filled with adventure and achievement, Doolittle did it all. As a stunt pilot, he thrilled the world with his aerial acrobatics. As a scientist, he pioneered the development of modern aviation...
| Author | Ernest Borgnine |
| ISBN | 0806529415 |
We wept at his Oscar-winning role in Marty. . .we gasped when he took on Frank Sinatra in From Here to Eternity. . .we were riveted by his compelling performances in The Dirty Dozen, Bad Day at Black Rock, and Ice Station Zebra. . .and we laughed at his television sitcom McHale's Navy. We loved all of Ernest...
Flying Tigers: Claire Chennault and His American Volunteers, 1941-1942
| Author | Daniel Ford |
| ISBN | 0061246557 |
During World War II, in the skies over Rangoon, Burma, a handful of American pilots met and bloodied the "Imperial Wild Eagles" of Japan and in turn won immortality as the Flying Tigers. One of America's most famous combat forces, the Tigers were recruited to defend beleaguered China for $600 a month...
| Author | Geoffrey Wellum |
| ISBN | 0141008148 |
"In First Light, Geoffrey Wellum tells the inspiring, often terrifying true story of his coming of age amid the roaring, tumbling dogfights of the fiercest air war the world had ever seen.
It is the story of an idealistic schoolboy who couldn't believe his luck when the RAF agreed to take him...
Wings Of Morning: The Story Of The Last American Bomber Shot Down Over Germany In World War II
| Author | Thomas Childers |
| ISBN | 0201407221 |
On April 21, 1945, the twelve-member crew of the Black Cat set off on one of the last air missions in the European theater of World War II. Ten never came back. This is the story of that crew—where they came from, how they trained, what it was like to fly a B-24 through enemy flak, and who was waiting for them...
Black Sheep One: The Life of Gregory "Pappy" Boyington
| Author | Bruce Gamble |
| ISBN | 0891418016 |
Black Sheep One is the first biography of legendary warrior and World War II hero Gregory Boyington. In 1936, Boyington became an aviation cadet and earned the “wings of gold” of a naval aviator. After only a short period on active duty, however, he was “encouraged” to resign from the Marine...
Twelve Desperate Miles: The Epic World War II Voyage of the SS Contessa
| Author | Tim Brady |
| ISBN | 0307590372 |
The Dirty Dozen meets Band of Brothers in this true story of how a rusty old New Orleans banana boat staffed with an unlikely crew of international merchant seamen, a gang of inmates from a local jail, and a French harbor pilot spirited out of Morocco by O.S.S. agents in the trunk of a Chevy, were...
Medal of Honor: Profiles of America's Military Heroes from the Civil War to the Present
| Author | Allen Mikaelian |
| ISBN | 0786885769 |
Medal of Honor portrays 11 recipients of this sacred U.S. military decoration, from the Civil War through the Vietnam War, and examines what drove them to go so far above and beyond the call of duty. Among the stories is an account of the life of the only woman ever to receive the medal; of an officer who staged...
The Few: The American "Knights of the Air" Who Risked Everything to Fight in the Battle of Britain
| Author | Alex Kershaw |
| ISBN | 0306813033 |
By the summer of 1940 World War II had been under way for nearly a year. Hitler was triumphant and planning an invasion of England. But the United States was still a neutral country and, as Winston Churchill later observed, "the British people held the fort alone." A few Americans, however, did not remain...
Stealing Secrets: How a Few Daring Women Deceived Generals, Impacted Battles, and Altered the Course of the Civil War
| Author | H. Donald Winkler |
| ISBN | 1402242743 |
The clever, devious, daring women who helped turn the tides of the Civil War
During America's most divisive war, both the Union and Confederacy took advantage of brave and courageous women willing to adventurously support their causes. These female spies of the Civil War participated in...
