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War in the Air

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This is a collection of 26 in-the-cockpit memoirs of air warfare: three from World War I, seven Vietnam and the rest (inevitably) WWII. All are taken from best selling biographies. Experienced readers will find nothing new, but it is always fun to go through these well-chosen yarns again, and the book will be a treasure for newcomers. Best of all, it stimulates the reader to track down the original books and points the way to lots of reading fun.

I especially liked the way he presents different sides of air battles like germans, japanese, american and english. When reading you realize that they all form a special brotherhood. And reading the vietnam parts of the book really makes you shudder about that rotten war.

I just finished this book, and I actually ended up buying several of the books from which the excerpts were taken. I couldn't wait to receive the full versions so I could read the full accounts.

This collection of stories about WWII airmen on both sides of the conflict truly captivated me. I was sorry to finish the work. The story of the P-47 pilot trying to get his damaged plane back to safe territory made me feel like I was in the cockpit of the Thunderbolt with him! I could not wait to share the book with my friends.