Books on war

[Ryan]

Found this trolling ebay, tanks and fighting vehicles Vanderveen collection, 4 books. I have these already otherwise I would be bidding. They're very good books.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/4-BOOKS-T...#ht_141wt_1146

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Ryan

Agree the four books shown are good ones I've got them in my collection as well. I don't think they have ever been equaled as a basic Military Vehicle Identification Reference Book.

The bottom left one is how I got into this whole thing of CMPs.

Good find for you guys in Australia.

Cheers Phil

[rob love]

Same here Phil...the bottom left book was one of the first books I bought on the subject of military vehicles, and 30+ years later, it still sits within arms reach of the computer. Dog eared and tattered, the bindings are starting to come apart. The commonwealth section was what got me hooked on the CMPs.

[Keith Webb]

I've been looking for another coy of that for years, have put in a bid.

A lot of the photos in the Commonwealth section come from a collection of images I purchased years ago.

[motto (RIP)]

'Too Young To Die' by Bryan Cox. ISBN 0 09 172741 3 (Paper) 0 09 172740 5 (Cased)
The story of a New Zealand fighter pilot in the Pacific War.
A very good insight into the not insignificant contribution made by NZ operated Corsairs. A contribution little known outside of their homeland.
I was particularly interested to read it due to a WW2 AIF friend of the family who was involved in fighting Japanese forces with NZ Corsairs carrying out ground attack from overhead. One of his clear memories was being showered with empty .50 Cal cases and how much they hurt. Something you don't tend to think about.

David

[Keith Webb]

I interviewed Bryan several years ago when he came to Temora. He had some excellent stories of his flying in Corsairs.
One of my friends, Dave Salter was also there with his ex-Kiwi Harvard, it was actually one which Bryan had flown at Ardmore during his training. Bryan was still flying and Dave took him up. He let Bryan fly it and once he had his eye in, he was even doing aerobatics.

Originally Posted by motto

'Too Young To Die' by Bryan Cox. ISBN 0 09 172741 3 (Paper) 0 09 172740 5 (Cased)
The story of a New Zealand fighter pilot in the Pacific War.
A very good insight into the not insignificant contribution made by NZ operated Corsairs. A contribution little known outside of their homeland.
I was particularly interested to read it due to a WW2 AIF friend of the family who was involved in fighting Japanese forces with NZ Corsairs carrying out ground attack from overhead. One of his clear memories was being showered with empty .50 Cal cases and how much they hurt. Something you don't tend to think about.

David

[hrpearce]

Greg gave me two books and Mum one.