World's Best Trained Fighter Pilots - April 2024

The Last Fighter Pilot: The True Story of the Final Combat Mission of World War II

*A NATIONAL BESTSELLER!*The New York Post calls The Last Fighter Pilot a "must-read" book.From April to August of 1945, Captain Jerry Yellin and a small group of fellow fighter pilots flew dangerous bombing and strafe missions out of Iwo Jima over Japan. Even days after America dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima on August 6 and Nagasaki on August 9, the pilots continued to fly. Though Japan had suffered unimaginable devastation, the emperor still refused to surrender. Bestselling author Don Brown (Treason) sits down with Yelllin, now ninety-three years old, to tell the incredible true story... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1621575063
• ASIN: 1621575063
• ISBN: 1621575063
• Brand: Regnery History
• Manufacturer: Regnery History

Even Firefighters Go to the Potty: A Potty Training Lift-the-Flap Story

Clang! Clang! Clang! The fire truck is pulling out of the station. But wait! Where is the firefighter going? To the potty! Even firefighters go to the potty! Toddlers are uneasy about toilet training. And in most cases, even if they know they have to go, sometimes they are too busy to bother. In this hilarious gate-fold story, each person--from a firefighter on the way to answer a fire alarm to a zoo keeper on the way to feed the polar bears--stops what they are doing to go to the potty. With humor and no pedantics, toddlers learn that everybody uses the potty.

• ASIN: 1416927204
• ASIN: 1416927204
• ISBN: 1416927204
• Brand: Little Simon
• Manufacturer: Little Simon

Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot

The parents of James Leininger were first puzzled and then disturbed when their two-year-old son began screaming out chilling phrases during recurrent nightmares, such as, "Plane on fire! Little man can't get out!" The centerpiece of a loving family of three, James was a happy, playful toddler who had only just begun stringing together sentences. Determined to understand what was happening to their son, Bruce and Andrea set off on a journey of discovery that was to rock them to their core. For the more they researched the arcane comments and fragmented details little James revealed, the more t... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0446509345
• ASIN: 0446509345
• ISBN: 0446509345
• Brand: Grand Central Publishing
• Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing

Carrier Pilot: One of the greatest pilot's memoirs of WWII - a true aviation classic.

‘It has everything a war memoir should have’ LEN DEIGHTON‘OF ALL THE AIRCRAFT I HAD EVER SEEN, THESE WERE THE MOST WICKED-LOOKING BASTARDS. THE CORSAIR LOOKED TRULY VICIOUS …’In 1942 Norman Hanson learnt to fly the Royal Navy’s newest fighter: the US-built Chance Vought Corsair. Fast, rugged and demanding to fly, it was an intimidating machine. But in the hands of its young Fleet Air Arm pilots it also proved to be a lethal weapon.Posted to the South Pacific aboard HMS Illustrious, Hanson and his squadron took the fight to the Japanese. Facing a desparate and determined enemy, Kami... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01MQGD6AF
• ASIN: B01MQGD6AF
• Manufacturer: Silvertail Books

The Cloudbuster Nine: The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win World War II

In 1943, the New York Yankees won the World Series but one of the nation's strongest baseball teams practiced on a skinned-out college field in the heart of North Carolina. Ted Williams, Johnny Pesky, and Johnny Sain were among a cadre of fighter-pilot cadets who wore the Cloudbuster Nine baseball jersey at an elite Navy training school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  As a child, Anne Keene's father, Jim Raugh, suited up as the team bat boy and mascot. He got to know his baseball heroes personally, watching players hit the road on cramped, tin-can buses, dazzling factory... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1683582071
• ASIN: 1683582071
• ISBN: 1683582071
• Brand: Sports Publishing
• Manufacturer: Sports Publishing

Night Witches: The Amazing Story Of Russia's Women Pilots in World War II

In 1941, as Nazi hordes swept east into the Soviet Union, a desperte call went out for women to join the Russian air force. The result—three entire regiments of women pilots and bombers—was a phenomenon unmatched in World II. Through interviews with these courageous pilots, the author uncovers their story. Soon to be a major motion picture.

• ASIN: 0897332881
• ASIN: 0897332881
• ISBN: 0897332881
• Brand: Myles, Bruce
• Manufacturer: Chicago Review Press

The Queen's Wing: A completely gripping fantasy romance (The Queen's Wing Series Book 1)

'Took my heart out of my chest, stomped on it and then put it back, while whispering, "Keep reading"… I sat and ugly cried for 15 minutes... reminds me of something Sarah J. Maas would write.’ Awesome Alitza, 5 stars'I was born to fight,’ I used to say. But now I know it isn’t true. I was born to be a pawn in the great game of royal houses, married to someone – anyone – my family deems suitable…Bel would do anything to spend her days alongside her best friend and childhood sweetheart Shae – training in the art of Vairian combat, hoping to some day live up to the legacy left by ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07GRVMVHN
• ASIN: B07GRVMVHN
• Manufacturer: Bookouture

Spitfire Pilot: A Personal Account of the Battle of Britain

The battle for the skies of Britain has just begun.At the outbreak of the Second World War D. M. Crook, of No. 609 Squadron AAF, was at Yeadon, still undergoing his training; by the winter of 1939-40, he had his wings.Successfully applying to return to his Squadron, then on defence duties in northern England, Crook began to familiarise himself with their new fighter: the Spitfire.Soon they were posted to RAF Northolt, and it was at this time that Crook, much to his chagrin, was left grounded, undergoing knee surgery as they flew over Dunkirk.Following the Allied evacuation from France, Crook r... [Read More]

• ASIN: B017MJUTK2
• ASIN: B017MJUTK2
• Manufacturer: Endeavour Compass

Mission: Jimmy Stewart and the Fight for Europe

It’s a Wonderful Life was the first motion picture Jimmy Stewart made after returning home from World War 2, where he had participated in 20 often-brutal combat missions over Germany and France. When he left Hollywood in March 1941, Jimmy Stewart was America’s boy next door movie star and a recent Academy Award winner. He left all that behind to join the United States Army Air Corps and fulfill his family mission to serve his country—only to face obstacle after obstacle from both Hollywood and Washington. Finally he made his way to the European Theater, where several near-death experienc... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0996274057
• ASIN: 0996274057
• ISBN: 0996274057
• Brand: PALADIN
• Manufacturer: GoodKnight Books

Unsung Eagles: True Stories of America's Citizen Airmen in the Skies of World War II

The nearly half-million American aircrewmen who served during World War II have almost disappeared. And so have their stories. Award-winning writer and former fighter pilot Jay A. Stout uses Unsung Eagles to save an exciting collection of those accounts from oblivion. These are not rehashed tales from the hoary icons of the war. Rather, they are stories from the masses of largely unrecognized men who—in the aggregate—actually won it. They are the recollections of your Uncle Frank who shared them only after having enjoyed a beer or nine, and of your old girlfriend’s grandfather who pas... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00FOGG1H6
• ASIN: B00FOGG1H6
• Manufacturer: Casemate

Rupert Red Two: A Fighter Pilot's Life from Thunderbolts to Thunderchiefs

In 1945 Second Lieutenant Jack Broughton graduated from West Point with the silver pilot wings of a newly commissioned member of the Army Air Corps. Nearly thirty years later, he retired as a full colonel in the United States Air Force, an entity that didn't even exist when he first learned to fly. Along the way Colonel Broughton saw duty in virtually every fighter aircraft the Air Corps and then Air Force had to offer. He experienced the birth and coming of age of the U.S. Air Force and its bloodying in combat in Korea and Vietnam. In this, his third book, Broughton offers readers what is vi... [Read More]

• ASIN: B004NNUXSY
• ASIN: B004NNUXSY
• Manufacturer: Zenith Press

Zero!

“This is the thrilling saga of war in the air in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II told from the Japanese point of view. It is the story of the men who created, led, and fought in the deadly Zero fighter plane. In their own words, Jiro Horikoshi (who designed the Zero), Masatake Okumiya (leader of many Zero squadrons), and Saburo Sakai (Japan's leading surviving fighter ace) as well as many other men, tell the inside story of developing the Zero and Japan's air force. They tell what it felt like to bomb American ships and to shoot down American airplanes - and then of the... [Read More]

• ASIN: B06XGL1T5Z
• ASIN: B06XGL1T5Z
• Manufacturer: Verdun Press

One Man Air Force

After shooting down thirty German airplanes, the equivalent of nearly two whole Luftwaffe squadrons, Gentile is rightly respected as one of America’s greatest ever air aces.Gentile’s personal account of life fighting through the skies of World War Two provides fascinating insight into the mind of this young pilot. The feelings of engaging an enemy in a dogfight, of having a Messerschmidt close on your tail, and of soaring into the air in Spitfires, Thunderbolts and Mustangs are all encompassed within this memoir.The admiration that Gentile commanded was demonstrated when General Dwight D. ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B074HDG2DV
• ASIN: B074HDG2DV
• Manufacturer: Sheraton Publishing

The Miraculous Torpedo Squadron by Jūzõ Mori

This is the autobiography of Jūzõ Mori, a torpedo bomber pilot in the Imperial Japanese Navy during WWII. Never before translated into English, this book gives a vivid depiction of what it was like to fly and fight for the IJN. Contents include the author's youth in pre-war Japan, joining the navy and training to become a pilot, and his combat experiences during the war. Mori flew first in China, then took part in the attack on Pearl Harbor, the invasion of Wake Island, the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asian operations, the battle of Midway and the battle for Guadalcanal. This is a rare opport... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00THSCSS8
• ASIN: B00THSCSS8

Eye of the Viper: The Making of an F-16 Pilot

Every year, 1,000 fresh potential pilots undergo the intensive, six-month, 58-flight, $2 million-a-head fighter pilot basic training, where they are pushed to the extreme limits, propelled by the desire to earn their place in a warrior subculture. From the investigative science and medical writer, Peter A. Aleshire, comes Eye of the Viper, an intriguing book about the making of an F-16 fighter pilot.Blending intense human drama with a wealth of information about the world's most expensive, deadly, high-tech Air Force, the book follows a batch of fresh new recruits at Luke Air Force Base, the w... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1592282601
• ASIN: 1592282601
• ISBN: 1592282601
• Brand: Brand: The Lyons Press
• Manufacturer: The Lyons Press

How To Train Your Dragon 3 (Walmart Exclusive Gift + Blu-ray+ Digital+ DVD)

Details Coming Soon

• UPC: 403048172
• Rating: 4.622

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy)

Details Coming Soon

• UPC: 796828733
• Rating: 5.0

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (DVD + Digital Copy)

Details Coming Soon

• UPC: 331975663
• Rating: 5.0

How to Train Your Dragon: 3-Movie Collection (Blu-ray + Digital Copy)

Details Coming Soon

• UPC: 626247509
• Rating: 5.0

Mozart's Brain and the Fighter Pilot : Unleashing Your Brain's Potential

Integrating the latest research into brain science and psychology, the author introduces a program for enhancing one's cognitive abilities, organizing thoughts and ideas, strengthening sensory capacities, and developing

• UPC: 1871974
• Rating: 4.0

Star wars the vintage collection imperial tie fighter with pilot

The return of the Vintage Collection! Celebrate the legacy of Star Wars, the action-and-adventure-packed space saga from a galaxy far, far away, with premium, highly-detailed 3.75-inch scale figures and vehicles from Star Wars The Vintage

• UPC: 891805680
• Model: VIPRB-the vintage collection imperial tie fighter with pilot
• Color: Multicolor
• Rating: 3.222

Fighter Pilot : The Memoirs of Legendary Ace Robin Olds

The critically acclaimed, national bestselling memoir of ace American fighter-pilot Robin Olds, who served in World War II, but became a legend in Vietnam. Includes a 16-page photo

• UPC: 15528141
• Rating: 4.143

Soul Survivor : The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot

The parents of James Leininger were first puzzled and then disturbed when their two-year-old son began screaming out chilling phrases during recurrent nightmares, such as, "Plane on fire! Little man can't get out!" The centerpiece

• UPC: 13072606
• Rating: 4.167

Palace Cobra : A Fighter Pilot in the Vietnam Air War

• UPC: 44371777
• Rating: 5.0

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy)

Details Coming Soon

• UPC: 819291424