[WWI] WW1 books

[Douglas Anderson]

Flying Minnows by Roger Vee (Vivian Voss)
WWI from a South African pilot.
There is an interesting anecdote where his observer runs out of ammunition while being chased by several Dr.1s and so starts throwing empty Lewis drums at the Germans.




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From: Bruce Boldner <bruce.boldner at bigpond.com>
To: World War I Modeling Mailing List <wwi at wwi-models.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 5:47:49 PM
Subject: Re: [WWI] WW1 books

Thanks Mike. I'll try and get my hands on a copy.

Regards,

Bruce.

At 12:24 AM 6/12/2009, you wrote:
>Bruce
>I would suggest getting/reading "No Parachute" by Arthur Gould Lee. Lots of
>good airplane stuff and he also knew how to write. He injects his own sense
>of humor into his writing and that sets it apart a little bit from other
>narratives by the pilots.
>Mike Muth
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: wwi-bounces at wwi-models.org [mailto:wwi-bounces at wwi-models.org] On
>Behalf Of Bruce Boldner
>Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 7:11 AM
>To: World War I Modeling Mailing List
>Subject: [WWI] WW1 books
>
>I've been noting the titles of ww1 books that list members have been
>recommending, with the intention to try and obtain them.
>
>Many of you, I am sure, will have read 'The Middle Parts of Fortune'
>by Frederic Manning.
>
>This isn't a novel about airplanes or tanks. However, it is the life
>of men in the trenches at Somme and Ancre in 1916, written by one who
>was there.
>
>For those of you who might not have read it, let me quote the
>opinions of greater men than I.
>
>Hemingway wrote of the book: "It is the finest and noblest book of
>men in war that I have ever read. I read it over once each year to
>remember how things really were so that I will never lie to
>myself  nor to anyone else about them."
>
>Lawrence of Arabia wrote: "No praise could be too sheer for this
>book. I am sure that it is the book of books as far as the British
>army-in -the -war is concerned."
>
>Bruce Boldner.


      
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