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24 books recommended for fans of Classic Jetliners by Mark Wagner, tied together by themes of Aviation & Space and Military.

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Douglas Bader A Biography of the Legendary World War II Fighter Pilot — John Frayn Turner

Douglas Bader A Biography of the Legendary World War II Fighter Pilot

John Frayn Turner

Themes: Aviation & Space • Military

The Red Baron — Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen

Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen

Themes: Aviation & Space • Military

From the Ground Up Stories from the Men and Women Who Built, Serviced and Flew Aircraft in WWII — Edward Smithies

From the Ground Up Stories from the Men and Women Who Built, Serviced and Flew Aircraft in WWII

Edward Smithies

Themes: Aviation & Space • Military

Black Snow Curtis Lemay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb — James M. Scott

Black Snow Curtis Lemay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb — James M. Scott

Themes: Aviation & Space • Military

The British Bomber Since 1914 — Francis K. Mason

The British Bomber Since 1914

Francis K. Mason

Themes: Aviation & Space • Military

Echoes of Eagles A Son’s Search for His Father and the Legacy of America’s First Fighter Pilots — Charles Woolley

Echoes of Eagles A Son’s Search for His Father and the Legacy of America’s First Fighter Pilots

Charles Woolley

Themes: Aviation & Space • Military

J2M Raiden and N1K1/2 Shiden/Shiden-Kai Aces — Yasuho Izawa

J2M Raiden and N1K1/2 Shiden/Shiden-Kai Aces

Themes: Aviation & Space • Military

AH-1 Cobra Gunship Vs NVA Armor Vietnam 1967–73 — Peter E. Davies

AH-1 Cobra Gunship Vs NVA Armor Vietnam 1967–73

Peter E. Davies

Themes: Aviation & Space • Military

Shooting Down the Stealth Fighter Eyewitness Accounts from Those Who Were There — Mihajlo S. Mihajlović

Shooting Down the Stealth Fighter Eyewitness Accounts from Those Who Were There

Mihajlo S. Mihajlović

Themes: Aviation & Space • Military

Polynesians Explorers Of The Pacific — J. E. Weckler Jr.

Polynesians Explorers Of The Pacific

J. E. Weckler Jr.

Themes: Aviation & Space • Military

The Man Who Flew the Memphis Belle Memoir of a WWII Bomber Pilot — Robert Morgan

The Man Who Flew the Memphis Belle Memoir of a WWII Bomber Pilot

Themes: Aviation & Space • Military

What’s Your Call Sign? The Hilarious Stories Behind a Naval Aviation Tradition — Ben Lobo Taggart

What’s Your Call Sign? The Hilarious Stories Behind a Naval Aviation Tradition

Ben Lobo Taggart

Themes: Aviation & Space • Military

Pantsir Missile/Gun Air Defense Complex — Hugh Harkins

Pantsir Missile/Gun Air Defense Complex

Themes: Aviation & Space • Military

Airlift and Airborne Operations in World War II — Roger E. Bilstein

Airlift and Airborne Operations in World War II — Roger E. Bilstein

Roger E Bilstein

Themes: Aviation & Space • Military

Faith, Hope and Malta GC Ground and Air Heroes of the George Cross Island — Tony Spooner

Faith, Hope and Malta GC Ground and Air Heroes of the George Cross Island

Themes: Aviation & Space • Military

South China Sea 1945 Task Force 38’s Bold Carrier Rampage in Formosa, Luzon, and Indochina — Mark Lardas

South China Sea 1945 Task Force 38’s Bold Carrier Rampage in Formosa, Luzon, and Indochina

Themes: Aviation & Space • Military

Close Call: RAF Close Air Support in the Mediterranean Volume II Sicily to Victory in Italy 1943-1945 — Vic Flintham

Close Call: RAF Close Air Support in the Mediterranean Volume II Sicily to Victory in Italy 1943-1945

Themes: Aviation & Space • Military

Aviation Awards — DEPARTMENT OF THE. NAVY

Aviation Awards — DEPARTMENT OF THE. NAVY

Department of the Navy

Themes: Aviation & Space • Military

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II A comprehensive guide to weapons systems, including tanks, small arms, warplanes, artillery, ships and submarines — Chris Bishop

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II A comprehensive guide to weapons systems, including tanks, small arms, warplanes, artillery, ships and submarines

Themes: Aviation & Space • Military

The Cretan Runner — George Psychoundakis

The Cretan Runner

George Psychoundakis

Themes: Aviation & Space • Military

Operation Allied Force 1999 NATO’s Airpower Victory in Kosovo — Brian D. Laslie

Operation Allied Force 1999 NATO’s Airpower Victory in Kosovo

Brian D. Laslie

Themes: Aviation & Space • Military

Immaculate Warfare Participants Reflect on the Air Campaigns Over Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq — Stephen D. Wrage

Immaculate Warfare Participants Reflect on the Air Campaigns Over Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq

Stephen D. Wrage

Themes: Aviation & Space • Military

Skalski Against All Odds — Franciszek Grabowski

Skalski Against All Odds

Franciszek Grabowski

Themes: Aviation & Space • Military

Marked for Death The First War in the Air — James Hamilton-Paterson

Marked for Death The First War in the Air

James Hamilton-Paterson

Themes: Aviation & Space • Military

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Aviation & Space, Military — the same threads that run through Classic Jetliners by Mark Wagner. Among the authors featured: John Frayn Turner, Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen, Edward Smithies, James M Scott, and others.

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