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24 books recommended for fans of Brassey’s Air Combat Reader by Philip Handleman, tied together by themes of Aviation & Space, Aviation, World War I, and Wars & Conflicts.

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The Red Baron — Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen

Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen

Themes: Aviation & Space • Aviation • World War I

Zeppelin Blitz The German Air Raids on Great Britain During the First World War — Neil Storey

Zeppelin Blitz The German Air Raids on Great Britain During the First World War

Themes: Aviation & Space • Aviation • World War I

Aircraft of World War I 1914–1918 Identification Guide — Jack Herris

Aircraft of World War I 1914–1918 Identification Guide

Themes: Aviation & Space • Aviation • World War I

Marked for Death — James Hamilton-Paterson

Marked for Death

James Hamilton-Paterson

Themes: Aviation & Space • Aviation • World War I

Lancaster Target — Jack Currie

Lancaster Target

Themes: Aviation & Space • Aviation • World War I

Gott Strafe England The German Air Assault Against Great Britain 1914-1918 — Nigel J. Parker

Gott Strafe England The German Air Assault Against Great Britain 1914-1918

Nigel J. Parker

Themes: Aviation & Space • Aviation • World War I

Sisters in Arms The Women Who Flew in World War II — Helena Page Schrader

Sisters in Arms The Women Who Flew in World War II

Helena Page Schrader

Themes: Aviation & Space • Aviation • Wars & Conflicts

RAF on the Offensive The Rebirth of Tactical Air Power 1940-1941 — Greg Baughen

RAF on the Offensive The Rebirth of Tactical Air Power 1940-1941

Themes: Aviation & Space • Aviation • Wars & Conflicts

Bf 109 Jabo Units in the West — Malcolm V. Lowe

Bf 109 Jabo Units in the West

Malcolm V. Lowe

Themes: Aviation & Space • Aviation • Wars & Conflicts

Operation Vengeance The Astonishing Aerial Ambush That Changed World War II — Dan Hampton

Operation Vengeance The Astonishing Aerial Ambush That Changed World War II

Themes: Aviation & Space • Aviation • Wars & Conflicts

Luftwaffe Training Aircraft The Training of Germany’s Pilots and Aircrew Through Rare Archive Photographs — Chris Goss

Luftwaffe Training Aircraft The Training of Germany’s Pilots and Aircrew Through Rare Archive Photographs

Themes: Aviation & Space • Aviation • Wars & Conflicts

Beaufighter Boys True Tales from Those Who Flew Bristol’s Mighty Twin — Graham Pitchfork

Beaufighter Boys True Tales from Those Who Flew Bristol’s Mighty Twin

Graham Pitchfork

Themes: Aviation & Space • Aviation • Wars & Conflicts

War in the Air-Combat, Captivity, Reunion The Things Our Fathers Saw, Vol. 3 — Matthew Rozell

War in the Air-Combat, Captivity, Reunion The Things Our Fathers Saw, Vol. 3

Themes: Aviation & Space • Aviation • Wars & Conflicts

Fabled Fifteen The Pacific War Saga of Carrier Air Group 15 — Thomas McKelvey Cleaver

Fabled Fifteen The Pacific War Saga of Carrier Air Group 15

Thomas McKelvey Cleaver

Themes: Aviation & Space • Aviation • Wars & Conflicts

Soviet and Russian Special Mission Aircraft — Yefim Gordon

Soviet and Russian Special Mission Aircraft

Themes: Aviation & Space • Aviation • Wars & Conflicts

Freedom Flyers The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II — J. Todd Moye

Freedom Flyers The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II

Themes: Aviation & Space • Aviation • Wars & Conflicts

Wiltshire Airfields in the Second World War — David Berryman

Wiltshire Airfields in the Second World War

Themes: Aviation & Space • Aviation • Wars & Conflicts

185 The Malta Squadron — Anthony Rogers

185 The Malta Squadron

Themes: Aviation & Space • Aviation • Wars & Conflicts

Hit & Run Daring Air Attacks in World War II — Robert Jackson

Hit & Run Daring Air Attacks in World War II

Themes: Aviation & Space • Aviation • Wars & Conflicts

Into the Night Sky RAF Middleton St George – Bomber Airfield at War — Paul Tweddle

Into the Night Sky RAF Middleton St George – Bomber Airfield at War

Themes: Aviation & Space • Aviation • Wars & Conflicts

Great Tales from British History: the Night of the Dam Busters — W. B. Bartlett

Great Tales from British History: the Night of the Dam Busters

Themes: Aviation & Space • Aviation • Wars & Conflicts

Spitfire Pilots’ Stories — Alfred Price

Spitfire Pilots’ Stories

Themes: Aviation & Space • Aviation • Wars & Conflicts

Grumman F4F Wildcat Early WWII Fighter of the US Navy — David Doyle

Grumman F4F Wildcat Early WWII Fighter of the US Navy

Themes: Aviation & Space • Aviation • Wars & Conflicts

Black Tulip The Life and Myth of Erich Hartmann, the World’s Top Fighter Ace — Erik Schmidt

Black Tulip The Life and Myth of Erich Hartmann, the World’s Top Fighter Ace

Themes: Aviation & Space • Aviation • Wars & Conflicts

A curated shelf of 24 read-alikes for Brassey’s Air Combat Reader by Philip Handleman — spanning Aviation & Space, Aviation, World War I and featuring authors such as Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen, Neil Storey, Jack Herris, James Hamilton-Paterson, and others.

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