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anonymous |
The pitcher and the well |
1961 |
JD McDonald |
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(Jan |
Bach) |
Een zwerver in het luchtruim |
1941 |
C.C. Küpfer |
(Douglas |
Bader) |
Reach for the sky |
1954 |
Paul Brickhill |
Bernt |
Balchen |
Come north with me |
1959 |
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Ursula |
Barnett Potter |
I'll fly no more |
1951 |
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Denis |
Barnham |
One man's window |
1959 |
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Duchess of |
Bedford |
The flying Duchess (Diaries) |
1968 |
John Bedford |
JRD (Bob) |
Braham |
Scramble! |
1961 |
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Jo |
Capca |
Red sky at night |
1958 |
Kendall McDonald |
Leonard |
Cheshire |
Bomber Pilot |
1943 |
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Roderick |
Chisholm |
Cover of darkness |
1953 |
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Pierre |
Clostermann |
The big show |
1951 |
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Roald |
Dahl |
Going solo |
1986 |
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Evert van |
Dijk |
Over den Oceaan |
1930 |
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A.G. |
Dudgeon |
The luck of the devil |
1985 |
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Neville |
Duke |
Test Pilot |
1953 |
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Neville |
Duke |
Sound Barrier |
1953 |
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Amelia |
Earhart |
The fun of it |
1932 |
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Clyde |
Fenton |
Flying doctor |
1947 |
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Ph. Joubert |
de la Ferté |
The fated sky |
1952 |
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(James H. |
Flatley) |
The Grim Reapers |
1943 |
Stanley Johnson |
Antony |
Fokker |
de Vliegende Hollander |
1931 |
Bruce Gould |
Adolf |
Galland |
The first and the last |
1954 |
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Ernest K. |
Gann |
Fate is the Hunter |
1961 |
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Edna |
Gardner Whyte |
Rising above it |
1991 |
Ann L. Cooper |
David |
Garnett |
A rabbit in the air |
1932 |
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Guy |
Gibson |
Enemy coast ahead |
1944 |
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Duncan |
Grinnell-Milne |
Wind in the wires |
1926 |
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Richard |
Hillary |
The last enemy |
1943 |
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Colin |
Hodgkinson |
Best foot forward |
1957 |
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Samuel |
Hynes |
Flights of passage |
1988 |
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Berthold K. |
Jochim |
der letzte Flug der Wundervogel |
? |
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WE |
Johns |
Biggles: pioneer air fighter |
1932 |
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Johnnie |
Johnson |
Wing Leader |
1956 |
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André |
Jubelin |
The flying sailor |
1951 |
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J.A. |
Kent |
One of the few |
1971 |
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Yasuo |
Kuwahara |
Kamikaze |
1957 |
Gordon T. Allred |
(James H. |
Lacey) |
Ginger Lacey - fighter pilot |
196? |
Richard T. Bickers |
Ted W. |
Lawson |
30 seconds over Tokyo |
1943 |
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(Hervé |
Ledaim) |
Fighter under a soviet star |
? |
L. Duhau |
Cecil |
Lewis |
Sagittarius Rising |
1936 |
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Anne Morrow |
Lindbergh |
North to the Orient |
1935 |
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Anne Morrow |
Lindbergh |
Listen! The wind |
1938 |
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Charles A. |
Lindbergh |
The Spirit of st Louis |
1953 |
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Norman |
Macmillan |
Freelance pilot |
1937 |
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Beryl |
Markham |
West with the night |
1940 |
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(Beryl |
Markham) |
Straight on till morning |
1987 |
Mary S. Lovell |
René |
Mouchotte |
Diaries 1940 - 1943 |
1956 |
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Richard |
Pape |
Boldness be my friend |
1953 |
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(Pat |
Pattle) |
Ace of aces |
1965 |
ECR Baker |
Hugh |
Popham |
Sea Flight |
1954 |
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C.F. |
Rawnsley |
Night fighter |
1957 |
R. Wright |
Manfred von |
Richthofen |
Der rote Kampfflieger |
1920 |
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(Manfred von |
Richthofen) |
Red Knight of Germany |
1927 |
Floyd Gibbons |
Hans Ulrich |
Rudel |
Stuka Pilot |
1958 |
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Gerhard H. |
Rudolf |
Jäger gegen Rote Falken |
? |
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Charles R. |
Samson |
Cairo to Cape Town |
1931 |
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Robert L. |
Scott |
God is my co-pilot |
1943 |
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Nevil |
Shute |
Slide rule |
1954 |
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Ivan |
Smirnoff |
Smirnoff vertelt |
1938 |
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Ivan |
Southall |
They shall not pass unseen |
1956 |
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Antoine de |
st-Exupéry |
Courrier Sud |
1929 |
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Antoine de |
st-Exupéry |
Vol de Nuit |
1931 |
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Antoine de |
st-Exupéry |
Terre des Hommes |
1939 |
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Barry |
Sutton |
The way of a pilot |
1943 |
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Lowell |
Thomas |
European Skyways |
1928 |
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(R Stanford |
Tuck) |
Fly for your life |
1956 |
Larry Forrester |
Ernst |
Udet |
Mein Fliegerleben |
1935 |
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Willem van |
Veenendaal |
Tussen hemel en aarde |
1957 |
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Andries |
Viruly |
Voor vrij? ..Contact! |
1929 |
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W.A. |
Waterton |
The quick and the dead |
1956 |
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R. van |
Z. Bergmann |
Het doel bereikt |
1990 |
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