Historical References

[JohnRatzenberger]

Here ask questions and post historical information and references about the subject of the GB.

[splash]

The Works had "Wings on my sleeve" selling for about £6 it's an excellent read with lots of excellent photos.

Wings on my sleeve
By Eric Winkle Brown
ISBN 978-0-7538-2209-8

[Tarkas]

And of course, there's the "Wings" trilogy -- Wings of the Luftwaffe, Wings of the Weird and Wonderful and Wings of the Navy. I read quite a few of the articles in those books when they were originally published in Air Enthusiast/Air International back in the 70s (okay, I'm dating myself here ), and they haven't aged at all. Well illustrated books.

Then there's his book on the Miles M.52 -- interesting, but with just a hint of annoyance at having the prize of supersonic flight snatched from him by short-sighted politicians (is that a tautology? ).

Basically, anything Winkle ever wrote is worth reading.

[MarkyM607]

And of course, there's the "Wings" trilogy -- Wings of the Luftwaffe, Wings of the Weird and Wonderful and Wings of the Navy. I read quite a few of the articles in those books when they were originally published in Air Enthusiast/Air International back in the 70s (okay, I'm dating myself here ), and they haven't aged at all. Well illustrated books.

Then there's his book on the Miles M.52 -- interesting, but with just a hint of annoyance at having the prize of supersonic flight snatched from him by short-sighted politicians (is that a tautology? ).

Basically, anything Winkle ever wrote is worth reading.

True. I have Wings on my Sleeve and Wings of the Navy, and Wings of the Luftwaffe but didn't know about the Weird and Wonderful. Thanks for that, will have to look for it. He does seem to have an honest, truthful not arrogant or whatever way of writing, which could have been the case considering everything he got up to!.