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[Rob]

I believe The Big Show by Pierre Clostermann is an excellent first hand account of the air battles of WWII. I have read every book printed by allied and axis pilot-authors, Clostermann's is (to me) the best of them. I am not a fan of Heinz Knoke's 'I flew for the Fuhrer' as I found it very stilted.

Roland Beaumont was not the highest scorer, but to me he is the most famous Typhoon and Tempest pilot (he was shot down in his Tempest whilst attacking a train and became a POW, returning to test pilot duties after WWII): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Beamont

Well what do you know!! We agree Oz!

First read the The Big show way back as a kid in the seventies and loved it, six years ago it was reprinted complete and unabridged in hardback and I got it again.Excellent book and a great account from a pilot who was one of the backbone of the RAF,highly recommended.

Rob

 

[OzDigger]

Well what do you know!! We agree Oz!

First read the The Big show way back as a kid in the seventies and loved it, six years ago it was reprinted complete and unabridged in hardback and I got it again.Excellent book and a great account from a pilot who was one of the backbone of the RAF,highly recommended.

Rob

We agree Rob That's worth marking up on the scoreboard

 

[Rob]

We agree Rob That's worth marking up on the scoreboard

Quick, ring Satan Oz,ask him if its suddenly got really cold down there

Rob

 

[Phantom Warrior]

Nothing to get excited over. Just the laws of probability. If you two post enough, eventually you will say something the same. After all, even a broken watch is correct twice a day.

Terry

 

[OzDigger]

Nothing to get excited over. Just the laws of probability. If you two post enough, eventually you will say something the same. After all, even a broken watch is correct twice a day.

Terry

Thank you Satan, is it cold up there yet eh