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    Default Published Memoirs of Pilots

    • Manfred von Richthofen, The Red Battle Flyer, 1918.
    • Billy Bishop, Winged Warfare: Hunting the Huns in the Air, 1918.
    • George F. Campbell, A Soldier of the Sky, 1918.
    • Eddie Rickenbacker, Fighting the Flying Circus, 1919.
    • Ernst Udet, Ace of the Black Cross, 1937.
    What am I missing?

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    Wings of War: An Airman's Diary of the Last Year of the War by Rudolf Stark

    Wind in the Wires by Duncan Grinnell-Milne
    Last edited by Larry R.; 03-08-2023 at 18:33.

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    Flying Fury by James Mccudden

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    Fighting Airman: The Way of the Eagle by Major Charles J. Biddle.
    Ace of Aces by Capt. Rene Fonck.
    Up & at 'Em, War Memoirs of an American Ace by Harold E. Hartney.
    Flying in Flanders by Willy Coppens de Houthulst.
    Last edited by RJG173; 03-08-2023 at 22:32. Reason: Correct titles.
    So how many books are in your personal library?

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    Thanks, guys! I had no idea that this much was out there!

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    And one of my favorites, Sagittarius Rising by Cecil Lewis

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    - Notes of a lost pilot by Jean Béraud-Villars
    (translation of Notes d'un pilote disparu by Lieutenant Marc)
    - High Adventure: A Narrative of air fighting in France by James Norman Hall

    Not translated in English afaik :
    - Au ciel de Verdun: Notes d'un aviateur by Bernard Lafont
    - En plein vol : souvenirs de guerre aérienne by Marcel Nadaud
    - Mémoires, suivi de Journal de guerre by Roland Garros
    - Souvenirs d'un artilleur et pilote de la Grande Guerre, 1914-1918 by René de Lavaissière de Lavergne
    ...

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    Not war memoirs per se, but a biography by his brother (also WW1 pilot) :

    Immelmann: The Eagle of Lille, by Frantz Immelmann

    Btw his account of his brother’s Immelmann turn is laconic : “a short climb in combination with a half-roll”.
    Last edited by Le Piaf; 03-20-2023 at 05:50.

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    Some more for your reading pile Luke:
    King Of Airfighters: Major "Mick" Mannock
    The First Fighter Pilot - My Wartime Diary 1914-1916: Oswald Boelcke
    With the French Flying Corps - The Experiences of an American Pilot During the First World War: Carroll Dana Winslow
    Flying For France - With the American Escadrille at Verdun: James R. McConnell
    The Story Of The Lafayette Escadrille Told By Its Commander: Captain Georges Thenault
    McScotch Fighter Pilot: William MacLanachan

    "He is wise who watches"

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    Thanks, guys.

    And Boelcke has one?! Wow. I think my life is now complete.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Larry R. View Post
    Wings of War: An Airman's Diary of the Last Year of the War by Rudolf Stark[B]/B]

    Wind in the Wires by Duncan Grinnell-Milne
    The Rudolph Stark is a very good read. Quite a philosophical chap

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    Quote Originally Posted by Larry R. View Post
    Wings of War: An Airman's Diary of the Last Year of the War by Rudolf Stark

    Wind in the Wires by Duncan Grinnell-Milne
    Both are excellent reads.

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    Recollections of an Airman, by L.A. Strange

    I don't have this in my collection, but I bet it's a good read.

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    Quote Originally Posted by camel crew View Post
    The Rudolph Stark is a very good read. Quite a philosophical chap
    Just finished reading Stark's memoir. A sad ending. He published in 1933; we have nothing more about him from that point.

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    Memoirs of German Pilots in the First World War (a series published by Aeronaut Books) :
    - Volume 1 : Hans-Joachim Buddecke, Adolf von Tutschek, Heinrich Gontermann
    - Volume 2 : Erwin Böhme, Emil Schaefer, Willy Rosenstein
    - Volume 3 : Rudolf Stark, Hans Waldhausen

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    Ooooh, didn't know Volume 3 was out!

    I have the other two.
    I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!

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    In addition to those above, also some bios (can't ignore the excellent Blue Max Airmen series from Aeronaut Books):

    No Parachute, Arthur Gould Lee
    Open Cockpit, Arthur Gould Lee
    Iron Man Rudolf Berthold, Peter Kilduff
    Don't Let Them Bag the Nines, Capt F. Williams MC DFC
    Bomber Pilot 1916-1918, C.P.O. Bartlett
    Guynemer the Ace of Aces, Jacques Mortane
    An Airmans's Outings with the RFC, June-December 1916, Alan Bott
    The Luckiest Man Alive: the life of ww1 aviator capt john h hedley, Jack Stokes Ballard
    Flying Fox, Otto Fuchs: a German aviator's story 1917-1918, Adam Wait
    The Happy Warrior, James McCudden
    Mannock VC, Ace With One Eye, Frederick Oughton
    War Birds, Elliott White Springs
    Letters from a War Bird: correspondence of Elliott White Springs, David Vaughan



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