19 Top history books like Malta Spitfire: The Diary of an Ace Fighter Pilot by George Beurling

Cover of Malta Spitfire: The Diary of an Ace Fighter Pilot by George Beurling

Malta Spitfire: The Diary of an Ace Fighter Pilot

By: George Beurling

4.24

Format: 212 pages, Kindle Edition

An aviator's true story of WWII air combat, including two dramatic weeks in the skies above the bes…

If you liked the history plot in Malta Spitfire: The Diary of an Ace Fighter Pilot by George Beurling , here is a list of 19 books like this:

Cover of Wings on My Sleeve (Phoenix Press) by None, Eric M.  Brown

1. Wings on My Sleeve (Phoenix Press)

By: None , Eric M. Brown

4.38

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

Eric Brown went to Germany in 1939 on an exchange course, and his first experience of the war came … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • war
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of An Ace of the Eighth: An American Fighter Pilot's Air War in Europe by Norman "Bud" Fortier

2. An Ace of the Eighth: An American Fighter Pilot's Air War in Europe

By: Norman "Bud" Fortier

4.22

Format: None pages, Paperback

FOR A FIGHTER PILOT IN THE MIGHTY EIGHTH, DEATH WAS ALWAYS A HEARTBEAT AWAY. When the skies of Euro… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • war
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory by Ben Macintyre

3. Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory

By: Ben Macintyre

4.25

Format: 127 pages,

In 1943, from a windowless London basement office, two intelligence officers conceived a plan that … read more

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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war

4. First Light

By: Geoffrey Wellum

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

"In First Light, Geoffrey Wellum tells the inspiring, often terrifying true story of his coming of … read more

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5. Ace! A Marine Night-Fighter Pilot in World War II

By: Eric Hammel , None

5.00

Format: 172 pages,

ACE! A Marine Night-Fighter Pilot in World War II by Colonel R. Bruce Porter with Eric Hammel "My f… read more

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6. 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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7. Knots and Crosses (Inspector Rebus, #1)

By: Ian Rankin , Mircea Pricăjan

3.00

Format: None pages,

Detective John Rebus: His city is being terrorized by a baffling series of murders...and he's tied … read more

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8. The Jungle Is Neutral

By: F. Spencer Chapman

3.00

Format: None pages,

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9. 52 Pick Up

By: Elmore Leonard

3.69

Format: 355 pages, Paperback

Detroit businessman Harry Mitchell is a self-made man, happily married for over twenty-two years an… read more

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10. A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal

By: John Le Carré , Ben Macintyre

3.85

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Master storyteller Ben Macintyre's most ambitious work to date brings to life the twentieth century… read more

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Cover of Brothers in Arms: One Legendary Tank Regiment's Bloody War from D-Day to VE-Day by James  Holland

11. Brothers in Arms: One Legendary Tank Regiment's Bloody War from D-Day to VE-Day

By: James Holland

4.47

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

Celebrated military historian James Holland chronicles the experiences in World War II of the legen… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific by Robert Leckie

12. Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific

By: Robert Leckie

4.22

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

Now the inspiration behind the HBO series THE PACIFIC Here is one of the most riveting first-per… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
"It was a darkness without time. It was an impenetrable darkness. To the right and left of me rose those terrible formless things of my imagination, which I could not see because there was no light. I…"

-Robert Leckie, Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific

"And now to that Victim whose Sign rose above the world two thousand years ago, to be menaced now by that other sign now rising, I say a prayer of contrition. I, whom you have seen as irreverent and i…"

-Robert Leckie, Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific

"There was no feeling of dedication because it was absolutely involuntary. I do not doubt that if the Marines had asked for volunteers for an impossible campaign such as Guadalcanal, almost everyone n…"

-Robert Leckie, Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific

Cover of Normandy '44: D-Day and the Epic 77-Day Battle for France by James  Holland

13. Normandy '44: D-Day and the Epic 77-Day Battle for France

By: James Holland

4.45

Format: 650 pages, Hardcover

D-Day, June 6, 1944, and the seventy-six days of bitter fighting in Normandy that followed the Alli… read more

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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
Cover of All About Me! My Remarkable Life in Show Business by Mel Brooks

14. All About Me! My Remarkable Life in Show Business

By: Mel Brooks

4.24

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

At 95, the legendary Mel Brooks continues to set the standard for comedy across television, film, a… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"I didn’t realize it but I might have created the first cell phone. Had I patented it, I probably would have made so much money that I wouldn’t have had to write this book."

-Mel Brooks, All About Me! My Remarkable Life in Show Business

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

15. 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

16. 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 A Wing and a Prayer: The "Bloody 100th" Bomb Group of the US Eighth Air Force in Action Over Europe in World War II by Harry H. Crosby

17. A Wing and a Prayer: The "Bloody 100th" Bomb Group of the US Eighth Air Force in Action Over Europe in World War II

By: Harry H. Crosby

4.58

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

"Written from the unusual perspective of a navigator, this is a compelling account of the air war a… read more

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

18. 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
  • memoir
  • war
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of Big Week: The Biggest Air Battle of World War II by James  Holland

19. Big Week: The Biggest Air Battle of World War II

By: James Holland

4.30

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

During the third week of February 1944, the combined Allied air forces based in Britain and Italy l… read more

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  • history
  • war
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Submariners: Life in British Submarines, 1901-1999 (20th Century Naval Innovations) by John Winton

20. The Submariners: Life in British Submarines, 1901-1999 (20th Century Naval Innovations)

By: John Winton

4.33

Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition

‘The entire span of British submarine history has been carefully recorded the tragedies in both pe… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Fighting Through From Dunkirk to Hamburg: A Green Howard’s Wartime Memoir by Bill Cheall

21. Fighting Through From Dunkirk to Hamburg: A Green Howard’s Wartime Memoir

By: Bill Cheall

4.15

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

When Bill Cheall joined up in April 1939, he could not have imagined the drama, trauma, rewards and… read more

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Cover of Wing Leader: The Incredible Story of the Top-Scoring RAF Fighter Ace of WWII by J.E. Johnson

22. 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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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • war
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of Flames in the Sky by Pierre Clostermann

23. Flames in the Sky

By: Pierre Clostermann

4.15

Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition

English (translation) read more

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  • aviation
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
Cover of Desperate Journey: Escape from Burma in 1942, through 900 miles of arduous, Japanese-occupied territory by Francis Clifford

24. Desperate Journey: Escape from Burma in 1942, through 900 miles of arduous, Japanese-occupied territory

By: Francis Clifford

4.48

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

“This is a story of escape; a true account of how a dwindling group of soldiers made their way to s… read more

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Cover of 'Young Man, You'll Never Die': A World War II Fighter Pilot In North Africa, Burma & Malaya by Merton Naydler

25. 'Young Man, You'll Never Die': A World War II Fighter Pilot In North Africa, Burma & Malaya

By: Merton Naydler

4.15

Format: 249 pages, Kindle Edition

A British Royal Air Force pilot recounts fighting over African deserts and Asian jungles during Wor… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
Cover of Flying Start: A Fighter Pilot's War Years by Hugh Dundas

26. 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
  • aviation
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Malta Spitfire Pilot: Ten Weeks of Terror, April–June 1942 by Denis Barnham

27. Malta Spitfire Pilot: Ten Weeks of Terror, April–June 1942

By: Denis Barnham

4.21

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

An RAF fighter pilot’s “intensely vivid” account of the siege of Malta in World War II ( The Times … read more

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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
Cover of Woodbine Red Leader: A P-51 Mustang Ace in the Mediterranean Theater by George G. Loving

28. Woodbine Red Leader: A P-51 Mustang Ace in the Mediterranean Theater

By: George G. Loving

3.96

Format: 320 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A COMBAT ACE’S ACCOUNT OF PILOTING THE GREATEST SINGLE-SEAT FIGHTER IN WORLD WAR II World War II m… read more

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  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • history
Cover of Malta Spitfire: The Diary of an Ace Fighter Pilot by George Beurling

29. Malta Spitfire: The Diary of an Ace Fighter Pilot

By: George Beurling

4.24

Format: 212 pages, Kindle Edition

An aviator's true story of WWII air combat, including two dramatic weeks in the skies above the bes… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • war
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of Nine Lives (Fighter Pilots) by Al Deere OBE  DSO  DFC  & Bar

30. Nine Lives (Fighter Pilots)

By: Al Deere OBE DSO DFC & Bar

4.43

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The renowned autobiography of New Zealand's most famous RAF pilot who saw action from the Munich Cr… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • biography
Cover of Widowmaker: Living and Dying with the Corsair by Tim Hillier-Graves

31. Widowmaker: Living and Dying with the Corsair

By: Tim Hillier-Graves

4.17

Format: 228 pages, Kindle Edition

The dramatic history behind one of WWII’s most powerful—and dangerous—planes, “spiced with many fir… read more

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Wings on My Sleeve (Phoenix Press)

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4.38

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An Ace of the Eighth: An American Fighter Pilot's Air War in Europe

Norman "Bud" Fortier

4.22

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Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory

Ben Macintyre

4.25

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James Holland

4.47

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

Ian Mackersey

4.24

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

Peter Townsend

4.55

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

Terence Robertson

4.61

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