16 Top history books like Typhoon Pilot by Desmond Scott

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Typhoon Pilot

By: Desmond Scott

4.33

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

A decorated WWII flying ace and Royal Air Force Group Captain recounts his experience in the air ov…

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1. Carrier Pilot: One of the greatest pilot's memoirs of WWII - a true aviation classic.

By: None

3.97

Format: None pages,

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Cover of Duel Under the Stars: The Memoir of a Luftwaffe Night Pilot in World War II by Wilhelm Johnen

2. Duel Under the Stars: The Memoir of a Luftwaffe Night Pilot in World War II

By: Wilhelm Johnen

4.22

Format: 293 pages, Kindle Edition

"The enemy bomber grew larger in my sights and the rear gunner was sprayed by my guns just as he op… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of Radio Operator on the Eastern Front: An Illustrated Memoir, 1940–1949 by Erhard Steiniger

3. Radio Operator on the Eastern Front: An Illustrated Memoir, 1940–1949

By: Erhard Steiniger

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

This is the true and dramatic testimony of a German grenadier during World War II. read more

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  • world war ii
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Low Attack: The Story of Two Mosquito Squadrons in World War Two (Memoirs of World War Two in the Air Book 4) by John Wooldridge

4. Low Attack: The Story of Two Mosquito Squadrons in World War Two (Memoirs of World War Two in the Air Book 4)

By: John Wooldridge

4.08

Format: 140 pages, Kindle Edition

A vivid account of two Mosquito squadrons which revolutionised aerial warfare.Perfect for people wh… read more

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Cover of Into the Silk: The Dramatic True Stories of Airmen Who Baled Out — And Lived (Developments in Aviation Book 1) by Ian Mackersey

5. Into the Silk: The Dramatic True Stories of Airmen Who Baled Out — And Lived (Developments in Aviation Book 1)

By: Ian Mackersey

4.24

Format: 281 pages, Kindle Edition

From World War Two to the Jet Age, Ian Mackersey charts the thrilling and personal accounts of airm… read more

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  • aviation
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Duel of Eagles: The Classic Pilot's Account of the Battle of Britain (Peter Townsend's Air War Collection Book 1) by Peter Townsend

6. Duel of Eagles: The Classic Pilot's Account of the Battle of Britain (Peter Townsend's Air War Collection Book 1)

By: Peter Townsend

4.55

Format: 577 pages, Kindle Edition

'REMARKABLE' Sunday Times -- 'A FINE BOOK' Len Deighton 'The greatest book on the Battle of Britai… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Night Intruder: A Personal Account of the Radar War Between the RAF and Luftwaffe Night-Fighter Forces (Memoirs of World War Two in the Air Book 1) by Jeremy Howard-Williams

7. Night Intruder: A Personal Account of the Radar War Between the RAF and Luftwaffe Night-Fighter Forces (Memoirs of World War Two in the Air Book 1)

By: Jeremy Howard-Williams

4.24

Format: 200 pages, Kindle Edition

An engrossing memoir of one RAF fighter pilot’s battle against the Luftwaffe in the dead of night.I… read more

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Cover of The Vulcan and the Straits (Jox McNabb Aviation Thrillers Book 4) by Patrick Larsimont

8. The Vulcan and the Straits (Jox McNabb Aviation Thrillers Book 4)

By: Patrick Larsimont

4.57

Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition

Don’t miss another thrilling adventure with the daring Treble Ones! Perfect for fans of Derek Robin… read more

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Cover of Walker, R.N.: The Greatest U-Boat Hunter of the Battle of the Atlantic (Submarine Warfare in World War Two) by Terence Robertson

9. Walker, R.N.: The Greatest U-Boat Hunter of the Battle of the Atlantic (Submarine Warfare in World War Two)

By: Terence Robertson

4.61

Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition

The astounding biography of the most successful anti-submarine commander of the Second World War.Pe… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Wingless Victory: The Story of Sir Basil Embry’s Escape From Occupied France in the Summer of 1940 (Remarkable Survivors from World War Two) by Anthony Richardson

10. Wingless Victory: The Story of Sir Basil Embry’s Escape From Occupied France in the Summer of 1940 (Remarkable Survivors from World War Two)

By: Anthony Richardson

4.32

Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition

The true story of an airman’s audacious escape from occupied France in World War Two.Perfect for fa… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Big Show: The Classic Account of WWII Aerial Combat (Pierre Clostermann's Air War Collection Book 1) by Pierre Clostermann

11. The Big Show: The Classic Account of WWII Aerial Combat (Pierre Clostermann's Air War Collection Book 1)

By: Pierre Clostermann

4.57

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

'THE BIG SHOW is as close as you'll ever get to fighting for your life from the cockpit of a Spitfi… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • world war ii
  • autobiography
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of Flame Thrower: Memoir of a Crocodile Tank Commander, D-Day to the Rhine by Andrew Wilson

12. Flame Thrower: Memoir of a Crocodile Tank Commander, D-Day to the Rhine

By: Andrew Wilson

4.41

Format: 196 pages, Kindle Edition

Normandy, June 1944. Tank commander Andrew Wilson, a twenty-year-old lieutenant, is in charge of a … read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
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13. Typhoon Pilot

By: Desmond Scott

4.33

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

A decorated WWII flying ace and Royal Air Force Group Captain recounts his experience in the air ov… read more

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  • biography
  • military fiction
  • world war ii
  • autobiography
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of Luftwaffe Fighter Ace: From the Eastern Front to the Defence of the Homeland by Norbert Hannig

14. Luftwaffe Fighter Ace: From the Eastern Front to the Defence of the Homeland

By: Norbert Hannig

4.25

Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition

Herr Norbert Hanning’s wartime career makes for fascinating and highly informative reading on an as… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • world war ii
  • aviation
Cover of Wing Leader: The Incredible Story of the Top-Scoring RAF Fighter Ace of WWII by J.E. Johnson

15. Wing Leader: The Incredible Story of the Top-Scoring RAF Fighter Ace of WWII

By: J.E. Johnson

4.48

Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition

Johnnie Johnson joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in 1939 as a week-end flier, and finis… read more

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  • autobiography
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
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16. Flames in the Sky

By: Pierre Clostermann

4.15

Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition

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  • aviation
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Luftwaffe Fighter Pilot: Defending the Reich Against the RAF and the USAAF by Wolfgang Fischer

17. Luftwaffe Fighter Pilot: Defending the Reich Against the RAF and the USAAF

By: Wolfgang Fischer

4.18

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

Within weeks of war being declared, Wolfgang Fischer had volunteered to join the Luftwaffe and spen… read more

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  • world war ii
  • autobiography
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Cover of Mosquito: The Original Multi-Role Combat Aircraft by Graham M. Simons

18. Mosquito: The Original Multi-Role Combat Aircraft

By: Graham M. Simons

4.21

Format: 517 pages, Kindle Edition

The "Wooden Wonder" - as the de Havilland Mosquito was affectionately known - entered the 1939-1945… read more

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  • military fiction
Cover of Tiger Battalion 507: Eyewitness Accounts from Hitler's Regiment by Helmut Schneider

19. Tiger Battalion 507: Eyewitness Accounts from Hitler's Regiment

By: Helmut Schneider

4.00

Format: 323 pages, Kindle Edition

‘May the army of millions of dead of all nations bear witness to humanity for the hope that future … read more

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  • history
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Cover of THE MIGHTY ENDEAVOR American Armed Forces in the European Theater in World War II (World War II Army Histories) by Charles B. MacDonald

20. THE MIGHTY ENDEAVOR American Armed Forces in the European Theater in World War II (World War II Army Histories)

By: Charles B. MacDonald

4.40

Format: 685 pages, Kindle Edition

THE ESSENTIAL HISTORY OF US INVOLVEMENT IN WORLD WAR II.Exploring the friction between American and… read more

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Cover of Fly For Your Life: The Story of Spitfire & Hurricane Ace Robert Stanford Tuck by Larry Forrester

21. Fly For Your Life: The Story of Spitfire & Hurricane Ace Robert Stanford Tuck

By: Larry Forrester

4.76

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

Fly For Your Life is the official biography of Royal Air Force (RAF) Ace Robert Stanford Tuck. Thru… read more

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Cover of Duel in the Dark: A Fighter Pilot's Story of the Blitz (Peter Townsend's Air War Collection Book 2) by Peter Townsend

22. Duel in the Dark: A Fighter Pilot's Story of the Blitz (Peter Townsend's Air War Collection Book 2)

By: Peter Townsend

4.33

Format: 249 pages, Kindle Edition

‘A WAR HERO – DASHING AND DISTINGUISHED’ NEW YORK TIMES Adolf Hitler’s plan to eliminate Britain f… read more

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Cover of The Black Bull: From Normandy to the Baltic with the 11th Armoured Division by Patrick Delaforce

23. The Black Bull: From Normandy to the Baltic with the 11th Armoured Division

By: Patrick Delaforce

4.39

Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition

This WWII history chronicles the legendary British Armored Division in combat across northern Europ… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
Cover of Tank Commander: From the Fall of France to the Defeat of Germany: The Memoirs of Bill Close by Bill Close

24. Tank Commander: From the Fall of France to the Defeat of Germany: The Memoirs of Bill Close

By: Bill Close

4.17

Format: 203 pages, Kindle Edition

A remarkable World War II survival story and combat memoir by “an indestructible wartime tank comma… read more

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  • history
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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Armed Rovers: Beauforts and Beaufighters Over the Mediterranean by Roy Conyers Nesbit

25. The Armed Rovers: Beauforts and Beaufighters Over the Mediterranean

By: Roy Conyers Nesbit

3.99

Format: 291 pages, Kindle Edition

The little-known story of how the Royal Air Force kept supplies from reaching Rommel’s Afrika Korps… read more

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  • aviation
Cover of Stand By for Action: The Memoirs of a Small Ship Commander in World War II by William Donald

26. Stand By for Action: The Memoirs of a Small Ship Commander in World War II

By: William Donald

4.38

Format: 228 pages, Kindle Edition

A naval memoir of the Second World War by a sea-officer who was awarded a DSC for providing anti-ai… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of They Gave Me a Seafire by R.M. 'Mike' Crosley

27. They Gave Me a Seafire

By: R.M. 'Mike' Crosley

4.20

Format: 542 pages, Kindle Edition

“Superb . . . one of the most honest, candid, and truly delightful memoirs . . . the perfect memori… read more

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  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of Mosquito Mayhem: de Havilland's Wooden Wonder in Action in WWII by Martin W. Bowman

28. Mosquito Mayhem: de Havilland's Wooden Wonder in Action in WWII

By: Martin W. Bowman

3.90

Format: 464 pages, Kindle Edition

“This is the book that puts the flesh on the bones of its reputation as one of the best aircraft of… read more

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  • aviation
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Damned Un-English (An Underhand Invention Book 1) by Andrew Wareham

29. Damned Un-English (An Underhand Invention Book 1)

By: Andrew Wareham

4.40

Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition

Lieutenant Gilbert Maltravers is bored. It is 1912 and he has been promoted as fast as any in his D… read more

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Cover of Flying Start: A Fighter Pilot's War Years by Hugh Dundas

30. Flying Start: A Fighter Pilot's War Years

By: Hugh Dundas

4.31

Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition

“A personal and vivid view of the Royal Air Force’s (RAF) engagement of the Luftwaffe in World War … read more

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  • world war ii
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Cover of COMPANY COMMANDER the classic infantry memoir of WWII (World War II Army Histories) by Charles B. MacDonald

31. COMPANY COMMANDER the classic infantry memoir of WWII (World War II Army Histories)

By: Charles B. MacDonald

4.49

Format: 411 pages, Kindle Edition

In this extraordinary book, Charles B. MacDonald recounts his personal, authentic story of the fron… read more

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