Pilots & Reminiscences
O'NEAL, Mary Lee Strickland
Why Did You Start Without Me?
Memoir of Brigadier-General Auby Strickland by his daughter. He served at the end of WWI, became a pilot and advanced flight instructor in the 1920s, and held senior commands throughout WWII and in postwar Germany.
PEARSON, Air Cdre. H.M. (Toby)
Pilot, Diplomat & Garage Pilot
Autobiography of Pearson, from his upbringing in Argentina, work with the Peruvian Air Force and involvement in the Spannish Civil War to Fighter Command in WWII. After the war assignments included RAF liason with Armstrong Siddeley, Peru and Hong Kong.
RIABOFF, Alexander & HARDESTY, Von (ed.)
Gatchina Days - Reminiscences of a Fighter Pilot
TREDREY, F.D.
Pilot's Summer - An RAF Diary
Recollections of the author in flight training at the Central Flying School during a three month period in the late 1920s.
WINSTON, Robert A.
Dive Bomber - Learning to Fly the Navy's Fighting Planes
The author recounts his experiences at US Navy flying school in Pensacola in the 1930s, followed by flying from the carriers Lexington and Enterprise. The sequel to this book, 'Fighting Squadron', covered his WWII flying (see separate listing).