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Old 12th October 2007, 08:56
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eBooks about the RAF and Commonwealth air forces during WWII

I have found some free eBooks on the operations by commonwealth air forces during WWII especially from Australia. I hope that some of you can add some more books to the list. I prefer a normal book for reading but the possibility to use key-words or names when seeking information in eBooks saves a lot of time.

New Zealand
The official histories can be found on:
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/subject-000004.html
  • Royal New Zealand Air Force by J.M.S. Ross
  • New Zealanders with the Royal Air Force (Vol. I to III) by H.L. Thompson
In html and Microsoft Reader eBook-format

Australia
The official histories http://www.awm.gov.au/histories/volume.asp?conflict=2 all in PDF
  • Volume I – Royal Australian Air Force, 1939–1942 (1st edition, 1962) by Douglas Gillison
  • Volume II – Air War Against Japan, 1943–1945 (1968 reprint) by George Odgers
  • Volume III – Air War Against Germany and Italy, 1939–1943 (1st edition, 1954) by John Herington
  • Volume IV – Air Power Over Europe, 1944–1945 (1st edition, 1963) by John Herington
The site Digger History 2 (http://diggerhistory2.info/ ) has some books released by the RAAF during the war.
  • These Eagles - Story of the RAAF at War (1942)
  • RAAF Log (1943)
  • RAAF Saga (1944)
  • Victory Roll - the RAAF at War (1945)
Digger History 3 (http://www.diggerhistory3.info/) includes:
  • The Golden Years of RAAF - A History of Australian Flying Corps and RAAF until 1971
The University of New South Wales have some thesis on military subjects including:UK
The first of three volumes of the official history of the RAF can be found on http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/index.html
  • ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939–1945, VOLUME I. THE FIGHT AT ODDS By Dennis Richards, LONDON 1953
On Digger History (http://www.diggerhistory3.info/)
  • Coastal Command – The RAF in the Battle for the Seas1939-1942 (.htm-format)
Cheers
Peter
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