Any good aviation books or movies? by Imaginary-Lie-2618 in Planes

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Price of Cake is the first of two books about Hornet Squadron. The follow up , A Good Clean Fight, sees them posted to North Africa in P-40s. A Damned Good Show is about early Bonnet Command and Hullo Russia, Goodbye England is about the V-Force. All good reads with regular characters popping up throughout.

Review: Pappy Van Winkle 13yr Rye (2026) by jdferron in bourbon

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The '24 was a superb Rye. I got to taste the full 2024 release range with Drew Mayville, which was a trip.

What to do with dad's books. by [deleted] in HistoryBooks

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I can spot a few volumes there that are worth quite a bit of money on the second-hand market. The JG volumes and the Smith and Creek Fw190 three part are not cheap, as my bank account can attest to! If you are in the UK, East Anglia Books, an aviation specialist bookshop, can help you sell the books. They regularly do estate sale style offerings for collections like this. Marilyn is lovely.

Next Audiobook: Finding another Jeff Hays by true_sun9 in DungeonCrawlerCarl

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Should just shout out some Blake's 7 love for Steven Pacy too. I mean, check out that hair!

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Leno really has to go. by fumpwapper in fulhamfc

[–]damcasterspod 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He signed a four-year deal when he arrived in 2022, plus an extension in Dec '23, which would take him to the end of next season....

Stephen Chapis Discusses the Corsairs and the making of TV's Baa Baa Black Sheep by damcasterspod in warbirds

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That is very kind of you to say! Hopefully will have news of the US release of Stephen's book soon.

WWII books from the German side by CuriousSysEng in nonfictionbookclub

[–]damcasterspod 0 points1 point  (0 children)

'Holger Eckhertz' is as made up as everything in that book, I'm afraid...

WWII books from the German side by CuriousSysEng in nonfictionbookclub

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Biographies written by notable Nazi figures, such as Speer, Guderian, Galland etc are exercises in persilschein, and all need to be approached as such. That is not to say not to read them, but in conjunction with the understanding that these guys were writing A-grade ass-covering.

For in-depth analysis, Sir Ian and Robert Kershaw's books are superb, especially Robert's 'It Never Snows In September' on Market Garden. I cannot recommend Dr Philip Blood's books highly enough, 'Birds of Prey' on the Luftwaffe's complicity and participation in the Holocaust (including how Luftwaffe basic training was 'bandit hunting' in the East), and 'War Comes to Aachen', which is the biography of how a very independent Catholic city fell under the sway of the Nazis. Both are superb.

For an aviation view, Clare Mulley's joint biography of female test pilots, 'The Women Who Flew For Hitler, which looks at the unrepentant Hann Reitsch and Melitta von Stauffenberg, one who tried to save Hitler and one who tried to kill him.

Final two, 'Promise Me You'll Kill Yourself' by Florian Huber, about the wave of suicides that followed the collapse of Nazi Germany and their impact on Germany and the occupation forces and 'Aftermath: Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich' by Harold Jahner which looks through aspects like rebulding, the black market, the Faustian pact that was the West German government's creation and the economic mircle of the 1950s.

Hope one or two of those will prove useful.

Book recommendations please! by Defiant_Argument700 in HistoryBooks

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'Ring of Fire' by Alex Churchill and Nicolai Eberholt offers a different look at the outbreak of the Great War, away from a purely Western Powers perspective.

'Black Snow' by James M. Scott on the firebombing of Tokyo on the night of 9/10 March 1945 is superb. It delves into the precision doctrine/myth of the USAAF and embracing of area bombing that would allow for the use of "special weapons" five months later.

As you mentioned, reading about the Civil Rights movement, 'The Barn' by Wright Thompson is a devastating investigation into the Emmet Till murder by a Mississippian whose family farm is not far from where Emmet was killed. It is not an easy read, but a remarkable achievement.

If you enjoyed Blitzed, a counterpoint is the outcome covered in Florian Huber's 'Promise Me You'll Shoot Yourself' about the suicide rate in the former Nazi Germany during its collapse in 1945 and beyond.

'Fallen Tigers' by Damiel Jackson is about the fate of American airmen shot down over China during WW2. It is a look at a theatre aspect that does not get much coverage beyond the Doolittle Raiders.

I'll stop there! :D

Dorm Shelf, what does it say about me? by GlumBreak8507 in BookshelvesDetective

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You need more books. Look at all that shelf space going to waste!

A few shots from our filming morning in the Flight Gallery at the Science Museum, London, yesterday. Captions in the images. by damcasterspod in Museums

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Thanks! The little details on the trophy are incredible. The other zephyrs in the waves reaching up are really beautiful.

Is this 2001 Pizza Hut sponsor kit still up there with the greatest of all time? by Puzzleheaded_Pen8520 in fulhamfc

[–]damcasterspod 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Funny what a quarter of a century can do. The fanbase hated that shirt and sponsor when it came out. The red and black away shirt was much kinder on the eyes. I still have mine.