11 January 1944 mission (Oschersleben)

[Alfred.MONZAT]

For those interested by the book, I got a copy from there (and look like there are still copies available): http://www.flashie.nl/T/BK/BK224774.HTM

[superbee]

I like reading books on one mission, with views from all sides."The killing sky" was a great read.

We should do a list of all the detailed one mission books out there.
Anybody have any favourites?

[Alfred.MONZAT]

Originally Posted by superbee

We should do a list of all the detailed one mission books out there.
Anybody have any favourites?

Good idea. Other than the three (all from Dutch authors) mentioned previously, I can advise the three from Alfred Price (18 August 1940, 15 September 1940 & 6 March 1944) and The Nuremberg Raid: 30-31 March 1944 (I have yet to read The Schweinfurt-Regensburg Mission: The American Raids on 17 August 1943 and Peenemunde Raid: The Night of 17-18 August 1943).

I have also read Operation Oyster World War II's Forgotten Raid: The Daring Low Level Attack on the Philips Radio Works but I can't say it made a lasting impression on me.

There are also The Battle of Heligoland Bight 1939: the Royal Air Force and the Luftwaffe's baptism of fire (18 December 1939), Battle Under the Moon (3-4 May 1994), Mighty by Sacrifice: The Destruction of an American Bomber Squadron, August 29, 1944, The Kassel Raid, 27 September 1944: The Largest Loss by Usaaf Group on Any Mission in WWII and Hitler's Last Christmas: The Day the Entire Mighty 8th Air Force Entered the Battle of the Bulge (24 December 1944) for which I would welcome any review.

There also books about the Ploesti raid on 1st of August 1944, the Augsburg raid (17 April 1942), the Doolittle raid of 18 April 1942,... and I also can name a few in French on Allied missions over France.

[SteveR]

I'm also quite fond of one-mission books so here's a few more.

Heroic Endeavor by Sean Feast (23 December 1944)

Bodenplatte by John Manhro (1 Jan. 1945)

Night of the Intruders by Ian McLachlan (22 April 1944)

The Münster Raid: Bloody Skies Over Germany by Ian Hawkins (10 Oct. 1943)

The Last Flight of the Luftwaffe by Adrian Weir (7 April 1945)

To Kingdom Come by Robert Mrazek (Stuttgart 6 Sept. 1943)

Alfred, I've got Hitler's Last Christmas; I'll read it next and post my impressions when finished.

[Edward]

A. Monzat posted
"For those interested by the book, I got a copy from there (and look like there are still copies available)"

Flash Aviation Shop
In stock : Yes
Price: Euro 25.00

Holy *&#@!

[Alfred.MONZAT]

Originally Posted by SteveR

I'm also quite fond of one-mission books so here's a few more.

Heroic Endeavor by Sean Feast (23 December 1944)

Bodenplatte by John Manhro (1 Jan. 1945)

Night of the Intruders by Ian McLachlan (22 April 1944)

The Münster Raid: Bloody Skies Over Germany by Ian Hawkins (10 Oct. 1943)

The Last Flight of the Luftwaffe by Adrian Weir (7 April 1945)

To Kingdom Come by Robert Mrazek (Stuttgart 6 Sept. 1943)

Alfred, I've got Hitler's Last Christmas; I'll read it next and post my impressions when finished.

Thank you, I didn't know most of them but I've read Andrian Weir's book, it is excellent and Bodenplatte is an obvious one I should have think of.

Originally Posted by Edward

Flash Aviation Shop
In stock : Yes
Price: Euro 25.00

Holy *&#@!

It looked to good to be true, but with 10€ more for postage here it is:

[superbee]

Thanks for the list,I have some of them, but I don't have the ones listed here.
Before I buy them, which ones has good accounts from the German side?

Also, what is the best new book on the Ploesti raid?The only book I have is the older one by Dugan and Stewart.

Heroic Endeavor by Sean Feast

Night of the Intruders by Ian McLachlan

The Münster Raid: Bloody Skies Over Germany by Ian Hawkins

To Kingdom Come by Robert Mrazek

Hitler's Last Christmas: The Day the Entire Mighty 8th Air Force Entered the Battle of the Bulge

Mighty by Sacrifice: The Destruction of an American Bomber Squadron

Battle Under the Moon

The Kassel Raid

[Frank Olynyk]

I ordered The Killing Sky from Flash Aviation: 25 Euros for the book, 25 Euros for shipping to the US, and an optional 7 Euros if you want tracking. Given the postal situation it will be a while before it gets here.

Ploesti: I would start by recommending Roger Freeman's Pictorial History of the Ploesti raid. A lot of pictures (obviously) with less text. But separate chapters on each of the five bomb groups and what happened to them. Plus a complete list of all aircraft participating (by group) with complete (maybe missing a few) lists of all crewmen on each aircraft, with the status of each aircraft after the mission (not a history of each surviving aircraft).

Enjoy!

Frank

[Alfred.MONZAT]

Let's add this one to the list:

"Target Leipzig: The RAF's disastrous raid of 19/20 February 1944" by Alan W. Cooper

[Nick Beale]

“Target Berlin” by Alfred Price and Geoff Ethell (raid of 6 March 1944).

Re an earlier post, If you like Martin Middlebrook’s approach then you should enjoy his other books too.

Max Hastings’ recent “Chastise” (the Dams raid) was a good read too although I’m not sure if it broke much new ground beyond offering the author’s characteristically sceptical reappraisal of his subject matter.