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Manfred von

Richthofen

Der rote Kampfflieger

1920

 

Duncan

Grinnell-Milne

Wind in the wires

1926

 

(Manfred von

Richthofen)

Red Knight of Germany

1927

Floyd Gibbons

Lowell

Thomas

European Skyways

1928

 

Antoine de

st-Exupéry

Courrier Sud

1929

 

Andries

Viruly

Voor vrij? ..Contact!

1929

 

Evert van

Dijk

Over den Oceaan

1930

 

Antony

Fokker

de Vliegende Hollander

1931

Bruce Gould

Charles R.

Samson

Cairo to Cape Town

1931

 

Antoine de

st-Exupéry

Vol de Nuit

1931

 

Amelia

Earhart

The fun of it

1932

 

David

Garnett

A rabbit in the air

1932

 

WE

Johns

Biggles: pioneer air fighter

1932

 

Anne Morrow

Lindbergh

North to the Orient

1935

 

Ernst

Udet

Mein Fliegerleben

1935

 

Cecil

Lewis

Sagittarius Rising

1936

 

Norman

Macmillan

Freelance pilot

1937

 

Anne Morrow

Lindbergh

Listen! The wind

1938

 

Ivan

Smirnoff

Smirnoff vertelt

1938

 

Antoine de

st-Exupéry

Terre des Hommes

1939

 

Beryl

Markham

West with the night

1940

 

(Jan

Bach)

Een zwerver in het luchtruim

1941

C.C. Küpfer

Leonard

Cheshire

Bomber Pilot

1943

 

(James H.

Flatley)

The Grim Reapers

1943

Stanley Johnson

Richard

Hillary

The last enemy

1943

 

Ted W.

Lawson

30 seconds over Tokyo

1943

 

Robert L.

Scott

God is my co-pilot

1943

 

Barry

Sutton

The way of a pilot

1943

 

Guy

Gibson

Enemy coast ahead

1944

 

Clyde

Fenton

Flying doctor

1947

 

Ursula

Barnett Potter

I'll fly no more

1951

 

Pierre

Clostermann

The big show

1951

 

André

Jubelin

The flying sailor

1951

 

Ph. Joubert

de la Ferté

The fated sky

1952

 

Roderick

Chisholm

Cover of darkness

1953

 

Neville

Duke

Test Pilot

1953

 

Neville

Duke

Sound Barrier

1953

 

Charles A.

Lindbergh

The Spirit of st Louis

1953

 

Richard

Pape

Boldness be my friend

1953

 

(Douglas

Bader)

Reach for the sky

1954

Paul Brickhill

Adolf

Galland

The first and the last

1954

 

Hugh

Popham

Sea Flight

1954

 

Nevil

Shute

Slide rule

1954

 

Johnnie

Johnson

Wing Leader

1956

 

René

Mouchotte

Diaries 1940 - 1943

1956

 

Ivan

Southall

They shall not pass unseen

1956

 

(R Stanford

Tuck)

Fly for your life

1956

Larry Forrester

W.A.

Waterton

The quick and the dead

1956

 

Colin

Hodgkinson

Best foot forward

1957

 

Yasuo

Kuwahara

Kamikaze

1957

Gordon T. Allred

C.F.

Rawnsley

Night fighter

1957

R. Wright

Willem van

Veenendaal

Tussen hemel en aarde

1957

 

Jo

Capca

Red sky at night

1958

Kendall McDonald

Hans Ulrich

Rudel

Stuka Pilot

1958

 

Bernt

Balchen

Come north with me

1959

 

Denis

Barnham

One man's window

1959

 

 

anonymous

The pitcher and the well

1961

JD McDonald

JRD (Bob)

Braham

Scramble!

1961

 

Ernest K.

Gann

Fate is the Hunter

1961

 

(Pat

Pattle)

Ace of aces

1965

ECR Baker

Duchess of

Bedford

The flying Duchess (Diaries)

1968

John Bedford

J.A.

Kent

One of the few

1971

 

A.G.

Dudgeon

The luck of the devil

1985

 

Roald

Dahl

Going solo

1986

 

(Beryl

Markham)

Straight on till morning

1987

Mary S. Lovell

Samuel

Hynes

Flights of passage

1988

 

R. van

Z. Bergmann

Het doel bereikt

1990

 

Edna

Gardner Whyte

Rising above it

1991

Ann L. Cooper

         

Berthold K.

Jochim

der letzte Flug der Wundervogel

?

 

(Hervé

Ledaim)

Fighter under a soviet star

?

L. Duhau

Gerhard H.

Rudolf

Jäger gegen Rote Falken

?

 

(James H.

Lacey)

Ginger Lacey - fighter pilot

196?

Richard T. Bickers

 

 

 

 

 

 

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