eBooks about the RAF and Commonwealth air forces during WWII

[phasselgren]

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:

• The Forgotten Air Force – The Establishment and Employment of Australian Air Power in the North-Western Area 1941-1945: a thesis by Peter Helson http://www.library.unsw.edu.au/~thesis/adt-ADFA/public/adt-ADFA20060509.120055/index.html

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

[phasselgren]

One addition to the thesis from The University of New South Wales - Australian Defence Force Academy:

The eagle and the albatross : Australian aerial maritime operations 1921-1971 http://www.library.unsw.edu.au/~thesis/adt-ADFA/public/adt-ADFA20031029.102545/index.html

Peter