Lords of the Sky: Fighter Pilots and Air Combat, from the Red Baron to the F-16

5 best books like Lords of the Sky: Fighter Pilots and Air Combat, from the Red Baron to the F-16 (Dan Hampton): Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific, A Man On the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts, The German Aces Speak: World War II Through the Eyes of Four of the Luftwaffe's Most Important Commanders, I Flew for the Führer, Red Eagles: America's Secret MiGs

Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific

Author

Robert Leckie

Now the inspiration behind the HBO series THE PACIFIC

Here is one of the most riveting first-person accounts to ever come out of the Second World War. Robert Leckie was 21 when he enlisted in the US Marine Corps in January 1942. In Helmet for My Pillow we follow his journey, from boot camp on Parris...

A Man On the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts

Author	Andrew Chaikin
ISBN	0140272011

On the night of July 20, 1969, our world changed forever when two Americans, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, walked on the moon. Now the greatest event of the twentieth century is magnificently retold through the eyes and ears of the people who were there. Based on the interviews with twentythree moon...

The German Aces Speak: World War II Through the Eyes of Four of the Luftwaffe's Most Important Commanders

Author

Colin D. Heaton

For the first time, four German WWII pilots share their side of the story.
 
Few perspectives epitomize the sheer drama and sacrifice of combat more perfectly than those of the fighter pilots of World War II. As romanticized as any soldier in history, the WWII fighter pilot was viewed as larger...

I Flew for the Führer

Author	Heinz Knoke
ISBN	0304366382

Heinz Knoke was one of Nazi Germany’s outstanding pilots, and this dramatic record of his experiences, illustrated with personal photos, has become a classic among aviation memoirs. He joined the Luftwaffe at the outbreak of the war, rose to the rank of commanding officer, and received the Knight’s...

Red Eagles: America's Secret MiGs

Author	Steve Davies
ISBN	1846033780

From the late 1960s until the end of the Cold War, the United States Air Force acquired and flew Russian-made MiG jets, culminating in a secret squadron dedicated to exposing American fighter pilots to enemy technology and tactics.

Red Eagles tells the story of this squadron from the first...