WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND!

Written by Roger Naylor, a long-time member of our P-38 Association, all the feedback on this book is great.  You tend to forget that it's a novel, so realistic is the storytelling.  A must read!

P-38 Fighter pilot Lee Marks tastes the blend of excitement and fear as he enters the unusual air war over 1944 New Guinea. Faced with deadly Japanese fighters, killer storms, and a devious commanding officer, Marks must quickly learn the idiosyncrasies of all if he is to survive.

The rousing story traces the Allied course of action in the unorthodox New Guinea campaign, and it explores the war, the men who make the war, and the natives who find themselves the hosts. The novel is sprinkled with GI humor, the uplifting ingredient that kept it all together, and it flies on the wings of the P-38 Lightning, Lockheed Aircraft’s pinnacle of WW II engineering.

This new, illustrated series examines the history of the pilots, units, and aircraft that formed the RAF Eagle Squadrons, the U.S. 8th Air Force's VIII Fighter Command, and the 9th Air Force in the European Theatre of Operations. 

Written by recognized authorities on Allied airpower during the Second World War, this book contains a detailed narrative accompanied by hundreds of rare photographs, beautiful color profiles, detailed nose art, scrap views, and unit emblems.

"Undoubtedly one of the finest stories of aerial combat that has ever been written."

This autobiography was originally written in 1946 by eight-victory WWII Fighter Ace, Jack Ilfrey. This new edition has been expanded with many new photographs (many never before published), a special color photo section, and three detailed aircraft profile paintings. The reader will fly through the skies with Ilfrey in his P-38 as he and his unit, the famed 94th Fighter Squadron, become the first group of American aircraft to fly from the USA to England. Thrill to the stories of aerial combat over North Africa as Ilfrey becomes one of America's first WWII air aces. Marvel at the flying exploits of Ilfrey as a member of the 20th Fighter Group/8th Air Force and join him on his incredible evasion story through German occupied France.

The Lockheed P-38 Lightning is known today as a fighter airplane, but in fact it was never intended to combat other fighters, nor was it created as a fighter. It was designed to intercept and destroy enemy bombers. Simply put, it was a flying anti-aircraft weapon-not a combat plane.

But, from the first test flights at Lockheed in 1937, the plane that was to become the P-38 made it clear that it truly was a new generation of fighter. And it demanded a new kind of pilot-one who could handle the kind of firepower and speed that foreshadowed the modern jet fighter. Here is the story of pilot and plane in development and in combat, as they swept the skies of Europe, North Africa, and the Pacific. A magnificent story of one of the finest weapons to be applied in World War II, told by Martin Caiden and the men who flew the "Fork-Tailed Devils.

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$12.75

Featuring the extra security of a second engine, long endurance and formidable firepower, the Lockheed P-38 Lightning became famous both in the Pacific and throughout Europe in the final two years of the conflict. An engineering marvel at the time and truly an aircraft deserving of the Legends of the Air title.

The 152-page "Zero, Hurricane & P-38" book features around 60,000 words of text accompanied by 48 specifically commissioned color sideview drawings, technical cutaways, maps, specification and production tables, and hundreds of photographs.

$15.37

This volume uses the best archival material available sourced directly from Lockheed themselves, and illustrates all the major prototype, pre-production and frontline variants under construction at the famous Burbank, California, plant during WWII.

$17.46

If you had to select only one P-38 book from the many on the shelves, this is the one. Excellent quality from author Warren Bodie, outstanding quality in production, details that just don't quit, and a ton of photos.

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This book is for the enthusiast who has read all the combat stories, seen all the camouflage and markings books and now wants to learn the fascinating technical details behind the design and performance of the P-38.

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This is an excellent picture book and a very nice introduction to research on the P-38. It features photos taken in color from production shots to training photos, to pictures taken at wartime bases of operation

$12.95

The inside story of the P-38, from its early design phases all the way through full wartime production.  Good presentation. Complete detail of the evolution of the plane. Lots of photos, including many rare variants. Good explanation of the engine and turbocharger. Some tales from the field. List of squadrons equipped with the a/c.

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The history of the 1st Fighter Group in WWII is told using both official records and personal recollections. Flying the P-38 throughout the war, they fought from bases in England, North Africa and Italy, and downed of over 400 Axis aircraft. 190 pgs., 177 photos/illustrations

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This regional best seller is a keeper.  In addition to an exciting story, it's loaded with resources in the back of the book for those of you who might be trying to find out about your friends or relatives who were participants in WWII.

And a life-long mystery is solved at last.

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AVIATION HISTORY MAGAZINE

19.95

"If you do have any interest at all in Aviation History, this magazine presents a seldom-failing insight into lost, little-known, and obscure aspects of the entire century of aviation. The writing is literate and interesting, and they come up with some marvellous, mostly unpublished, pictures. I would recommend at least a trial subscription - my bet is that you'll like it."

- Peter Baxter (Elkins, WV)
 

World War II magazine

$19.95

Military History magazine

$10.95

- Jim Lindner