ecia ib s 

a 
to saving lives - 

Fasckt- escape and 

Ammican pilots in the 

Brickhill, Paul, Beach for Z;ne sky, 

Korton, \ 1954., (D786-13t34; 

Tbe inspiring biography of Dozuglas 

legless ace of the Battle of Britain, 

brilliant study ia courage and forti 

the 

Bridgeman, KUh, and Hazard, Zacqueline, The 

lonely skg. New York, Holt, 195 (TLF335-Z-5 

The story of a top engineer- test pUo%, P-ying the Douglas Skyrocket in 1951, I+, Eridgema 

made aviation history by trapellkg at &QS~ 

twice the speed of sound at m altitude of 

80,ooO feet. 

This book gives a panoramic view of today's 1-b 

Force. 

cal, operational and statistical data, 

the aircraft industry and its role 3.n the defense 

of the Nation. 

It also serves as a handbook of histori- Covers 
B-igess, T&ic. Frontier to spce. ndon, Chapman 

Fov ran has extended. his knowledge of the 

atnosphere above the troposphere to the frontier 

of interplanetary space, 

in the operating altitude of" manned aircraft, 

development of guided missiles and long-range 

rockets and artificial sateUites, these upper 

regions take on a new significance, 

and I?r;tl, 1955 e (TLZl031-B95) 

Vith continued increase 

Cai6ir1, !'artin. Air force. New York9 Rim 

Thts book is the pictorial docurnentati 

fifty years of development of American 

Contains many new pho bographs of plane 

airmen. The book WEIS done with the CQ 

and assistance of the Air Force. 

( UG 227- C13 ) 

Galland, Adolf. The first and the last. Kew Pork9 

!!olt, 1954, (M87-Gl.6) 

The story of the rise and fdll of the German 

Fighter Forces durirzlg the years 1938 to 1945, 

The author vas a Nazi fighter pilot who was engaged in combat during the Spanish Civil War as 

well as !;lorld :Jar 11. 

Harper, Harry. lfq fifty years in figsing. London, 

Associated Xewspapers, Ltde 1956. (TLB29%H29) 

The autobiography of the world's first air reporter and a lifelong air historian. 

illustrated; many of the photographs have never 

been published before, 

Profusely 

Heinkel, Ernst. He 1000. LOnd0n9 'thatchinson, 1956, 

(T~~3290~46) 

The autobiography of one of Gemany's greatest 

aircraft manufacturers. 

account of the development of aviation under 

Wtler. Contains many fine illustraticns, 

Heinkel gives a candid 

2 
Includes fine portraits of RPLF leaders 

Lasly, TiJ'alter, Turn the tigers loose, Fkw Turk 

Ballantine, 1956, (PZ3-=1,345t) 

This novel is an outgrowth of the author% eonbat experience as Director of Operations for a 

wing of night bombers in Korea,+ The book was 

mitten by an Air Force Colon& on active duty 

This bo~k is by the author of t %s tEmding 

- 

studies, The German Air Force an e Soviet Air 

Force, Pire Lee now attempts t~ re-thidc some of 

the aspects of past, present and 

He pleads for greater flmcibllity 

airpower. 

- 

Roberts, Joseph B. and Briand, Paul L,, eds, The 

sound of wings. New York, Holt, 1957, 

(PN6O73. eA2-264) 

A book of readings for the Air Age edited by two 

instructors in the English Department of the Air 

Force Academy, 

Rowe, Basil L, Under my wings. Indianapolis, BobbsXerrU, 1956. (TL;8290-€@7) 

The autobiography of the chief pilot of Fan 

American Afrways Q 35,m horns fn 

his forty years af flying, 

3 
Sa: 

s1 

u, 

cal, S&WQ with Caidin, Emtin, and 

Samurai! New York, Duttan, 1957 

The corrrbrt story of Japan% greatest 

S=zburo Sakai. 

brings to American readers ?-&e e~olisns 

feelings of the men who spear-headed Ja 

the air. 

This book for the first 

essq Sir John, The central. blue, N 

This autobiography of Kkrshal. Sir J 

is also in effect a history of the Royal A 

Force. 

world's foremost IgUittiry strategists, 

Fraegeq 1957. (M89.6-S63) 

Sir John is acknowledged as one of the 

lectorsky, A, C,, ed. The book af the sa. 

Appl eton-Century-Crof ts, 1956, (Ph'6cEL.S 

This is a collection of writings abut 

all its aspects from the ewliest thes _ - 

present. It is beautifully flhstrated 

gravure and in line drawings, 

fi?eiJ York 

the sky in 

to the 

both in 

43-s74) 

S. Air University. US, Air force dictionary, 

!-kshington, Government Printing Cffiee for Air 

Eivcrsity Press, 1956, (UGEK9-AZj) 

Contains the vocabulary of the air and of airmanship, 

nmbering over 16,500 entries with ze0,ooo quota- 

 rase, 

It is the most conplete work of its kind, 

L' ulons, each ,U,ustrating the use of some word or 

4 
the pilot, the engineer, the air commier or 

the aviation sales representative, 

I!flliams, Beryl and Epstein, Samuel, The rocket 

pioneers, Mew Pork, 3, Eessner, 19558 

The rocket is one of the oldest man-ma6e devices 

In this book the exciting story of the pionee 

of rocketry is -told. 

by the &esiderat of the American 

(TT,E5l5-%4) 

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