The 95th Bomb Group Library

There are a number of books that provide some good insight into the challenges, victories, and tragedies of the 95th BG. Here is a list of books that reference some aspect of the 95th BG, in alphabetical order by title

8th Air Force Album
(companion to "The Eighth Air Force Yearbook")
Author: John H. Woolnough
ISBN: LoCCCN 78-52071
Publisher: 8th AF News (8th AFHS)
YEAR: 1978
Binding: Hardbound
Comments: 95th BG, pp. 36, 136, 151, 177, 219

A Fort Called Situation Normal - The Final Chapter
Author: William D. Henderson
ISBN: copyrighted
Publisher: private printing
YEAR: 1999
Binding: Softbound
Comments: Albert J. Mailman crew, 334th BS; B-17F s/n 229943, "Situation Normal"

Air Force Combat Units of World War II:  The Concise Official Military Record
Author: edited by Maurer Maurer
ISBN: 0-7858-0194-4
Publisher: Chartwell Books
YEAR: 1994
Binding: Hardbound
Comments: Originally printed in 1961; 95th BG:  pp. 163-165

Airfields of the Eighth:  Then and Now
Author: Roger A. Freeman & After the Battle
ISBN: 0-900913-09-6
Publisher: Battle of Britain Prints
YEAR: 1983
Binding: Hardbound
Comments: Originally printed in 1978; 95th BG: Alconbury (#102; pp. 16-17), Framlingham (#153; pp. 90-95), Horham (#119; pp. 130-131)

All Out for Freedom
Author: William H. Rich
ISBN: copyrighted
Publisher: private printing
YEAR: 2004
Binding: Softbound
Comments: Roy Squyres crew, 412th BS

An Unexpected Coddiwomple
Author: Loretta M. Thompson
ISBN: 978-1-950385-12-6 (Hardcover);978-1-950385-10-2 (Softcover);978-1-950385-11-9 (eBook) Publisher: W. Brand Publishing
YEAR: 2019
Comments: “…a journey through a captivating collection of letters abundant with humor, intrigue, and romance, across the U.S., to the U.K., and back again.”

B-17s Over  Berlin - Personal Stories from the 95th Bomb Group (H) 
Author: Ian L. Hawkins
ISBN: 0-08-040569-X
Publisher: Potomac Books 
YEAR: 1990
Binding: Hardbound
ISBN:  0-02-881129-1
YEAR: 2005
Binding: Softbound ISBN: 9781 574888423 Comments: Originally published by Hunter Publishing Co. as "Courage * Honor * Victory"   NOTE:  OUT OF PRINT

Big War - Little People
Author: Warren G. Helm
ISBN: 10: 0557151872, 13: 978-0557151875
Publisher: lulu.com
YEAR: 2009
Binding: Softbound
Comments: The autobiographical account of 95th BG Pilot Lt. Warren G. Helm's experiences during World War II.

Bombs Away - by Pathfinders of the 8th Air Force
Author: M.J. Thixton, G.E. Moffat, & J.J. O'Neil
ISBN: 0-917678-39-7
Publisher: FNP Military Division
YEAR: 1998
Binding: Hardbound
Comments: Bill Owen crew, 412th BS; transferred to 482nd BG (Pathfinders) 14 Nov 1943

Brother Bob's War
Author: Ralph Ekwall
ISBN: 
Publisher: Willard's Books
YEAR: 
Binding: Softbound  - $15.95 (includes S&H)
Willard's Books
PO Box 45804
Omaha, NE 68145-0804
Comments:

Come Fly with Me: 
Experiences of an Airman in World War II
Author: Lloyd O. Krueger
ISBN:0-595-09135-0
Publisher: toExcel Press
YEAR: 2000
Binding: Softbound
Comments: Franklin H. Cobb crew, 336th BS

Contrails
Author: Capt. David B. Henderson - 95th BG
ISBN: n/a
Publisher: A.H. Pugh Printing
YEAR: 1945
Binding: Hardbound
Comments: Original 95th BG pictorial history

Contrails II - A Pictorial History of the 95th Bomb Group (H) 
Author: 95th BG Assoc. - Wm. "Dub" Vandegriff
ISBN: 0-9741346-0-0
Publisher: Walsworth Publishing 
YEAR: 2003
Binding: Hardbound
Comments: Revised/updated from original "Contrails"

Courage * Honor * Victory - A First Person History of the 95th Bomb Group (H)
Author: Ian L. Hawkins
ISBN:0-961-9361
Publisher: Hunter Publishing Co.
YEAR: 1987
Binding: Hardbound
Comments: Original printing. Later published as B-17s Over Berlin.

Crackup!
Author: Len Morgan
ISBN:0-8168-4513-1
Publisher: Aero Publishers Inc.
YEAR: 1985
Binding: Softbound
Comments: 2nd printing; 95th BG pics:  s/n's 231329, 231632, 231989

Double Strike: 
The Epic Air Raids on Regensburg/Schweinfurt
Author: Edward Jablonski
ISBN: 0-385-07540-5
Publisher: Doubleday & Co. 
YEAR: 1974
Binding: Hardbound
Comments: 17 August 1943; target:  Regensburg, Germany; 95th BG Distinguished Unit Citation #1

Eighth Air Force Story
Author: Kenn C. Rust
ISBN: 0-911852-81-6
Publisher: SunShine House Inc.
YEAR: 1989
Binding: Softbound
Comments: Originally printed in 1978; narrative

Fateful Flight of the Lonesome Polecat II
Author: Michael I. Darter
ISBN: 0-595-32588-2
Publisher: iUniverse
YEAR: 2004
Binding: Softbound & Hardbound
Comments: Fred A. Delbern crew, 412th BS; B-17F s/n 230255 "Lonesome Polecat II"(hb isbn 0-595-66651-5)

Fighter Losses of the Mighty Eighth: 
A Chronological Survey of 'Fighter' Losses
Author: William H. Adams
ISBN: copyrighted
Publisher: 8th AF MMF Publication
YEAR: 1995
Binding: Softbound
Comments: Project Bits & Pieces; all Spitfire, P-38, P-47, & P-51 fighter losses by date; July 1942 - April 1945

Fletcher's Gang: 
A B-17 Crew in Europe, 1944-45
Author: Eugene Fletcher
ISBN: 0-295-96604-1
Publisher: Univ. of Washington
YEAR: 1988
Binding: Hardbound
Comments: Eugene Fletcher's crew, 412th BS

Flying Fortress: 
The Boeing B-17
Author: Ernest R. McDowell
ISBN: 0-89747-189-X
Publisher: Squadron/Signal Publ.
YEAR: 1987
Binding: Softbound
Comments: 95th BG pics:  s/n's 237991, 297230, & 23153; 3rd AD; 4th CBW; 13th CBW; 95th - 100th - 390th BGs

"Gone With the Wind", He Said: The Cold Case Search for my MIA Brother
Author: Michael I. Darter
ISBN:978-1-4931-6253-6
Publisher: Xlibris
YEAR: 2014
Binding: E-Book, Softbound & Hardbound
Comments:Fred A. Delbern crew, 412th BS, B-17F 42-30255, "Lonesome Polecat II"

Haven, Heaven, & Hell:  Part 1, The USAAF Aircraft & Airmen Interned in Switz during WW2
Author: Roy J. Thomas
ISBN: copyrighted
Publisher: Puka Press
YEAR: 1991
Binding: Softbound
Comments: 95th BG a/c s/n's:  231329(3-16-44); 230233(4-13-44); 231632 & 231993 (4-24-44); 231989(2-25-45); pp. 10, 24, 26, 75

Heavy Bombers of the Mighty Eighth:  An Historical Survey of B-17s & B-24s
Author: Paul M. Andrews & William H. Adams
ISBN: copyrighted
Publisher: 8th AF MMF Publication
YEAR: 1995
Binding: Softbound
Comments: Project Bits & Pieces; all B-17 & B24 s/n's by air division, by Bomb Group August 1942 - June 1945

Heavy Date Over Germany: The Life and Times of B-17 Tail Gunner Ray Perry
Author:  Jewllee Jordan Kuenstler
ISBN-10: 193333780X
ISBN-13: 978-193333780
Publisher: State House Press
Year:  December 4, 2019
Binding:  Paperback (230 pages)
Comments: Ray Perry is father of Rick Perry, former governor of Texas.

Hubert - Diary of an Airman
Author: Sabra G. Whatley
ISBN: copyright pending
Publisher: ABC Printing
YEAR: 1994
Binding: Softbound
Comments: Max E. Wilson crew, 335th BS; B-17G s/n 231632

Impact
The WWII American bomber that changed the lives of ten Americans and the entire town of Weisel, Germany
Author: Theo Dillenberger
ISBN: 978-0-557-02112-3
Publisher: Lulu.com (English)
Comments: The story of the Ourant crew and the fate of their B-17. The author lives in Weisel, Germany near the site of the crash.

Last Flight of the Lonesome Polecat II and Her Brave Crew
Author: Michael I. Darter
ISBN: copyrighted
Publisher: private - book draft
YEAR: 2000
Binding: Softbound
Comments: Fred A. Delbern crew, 412th BS; B-17F s/n 230255 "Lonesome Polecat II." Published as “Gone With the Wind”, He Said: The Cold Case Search for My MIA Brother.

Memorials of the 95th Bomb Group (H)
Author: H.G. Mumford & M.D. Stewart
ISBN: copyrighted
Publisher: 95th BG (H) Memorials Foundation
YEAR: 1997
Binding: Softbound
Comments: 95th BG memorials:  Horham (UK), Tucson, Dayton, Savannah, Arlington, and US Air Force Academy. OUT OF PRINT (PDF can be viewed here)

Night of the Intruders: The Slaughter of Homeward Bound USAAF Mission 311
Author: Ian McLachlan
ISBN:1-85260-450-6
Publisher: Patrick Stephens Ltd.
YEAR: 1994
Binding: Hardbound
Comments: First-hand Accounts Chronicling the Slaughter of Homeward Bound. Target:  Hamm, Germany; 95th BG lead on 22 April 1944

Mighty Eighth War Diary
Author: Roger A. Freeman
ISBN:0-531-03735-5
Publisher: Jane's Publishing Inc.
YEAR: 1981
Binding: Hardbound
Comments: Day by day chronology of 8th AF missions; R.A. Freeman w/ A. Crouchman & V. Maslen

Mighty Eighth War Manual
Author: Roger A. Freeman
ISBN: 0-7106-0325-8
Publisher: Jane's Publishing Inc.
YEAR: 1984
Binding: Hardbound
Comments: Operational technique & procedure, armament & equipment, and installations of the 8th AF

My War
Author: John C. Walter
ISBN: 1-4184-4725-0
Publisher: AuthorHouse
YEAR: 2004
Binding: Softbound
Comments: John C. Walter crew, 412th BS; ISBN 1-4184-4726-9 hardcover

No Foxholes in the Sky
Author: Harry M. Conley
ISBN: 0-917678-55-9
Publisher: FNP Military Division
YEAR: 2002
Binding: Hardbound
Comments: 95th BG, 334th BS Commanding Officer

Operational Record of the 95th Bomb Group (H) - A Supplement to C * H * V (Vol II Suppl)
Author: Paul M. Andrews
ISBN: n/a
Publisher: 95th BG Assoc.
YEAR: 1987
Binding: Softbound
Comments: Courage * Honor * Victory – Volume II Supplement – An Operational Record of the 95th Bomb Group (H)

Our Last Mission
Author: Dawn Trimble Bunyak
ISBN: 0-8061-3547-6
Publisher: University of Oklahoma
YEAR: 2003
Binding: Hardbound
Comments: Dunham's crew, 335th BS; Lawrence Pifer's story; Bob Renner (co-pilot)

Our Recollections:  95th Bomb Group (H)
Author: 95th BG (H) Veterans
ISBN: copyrighted
Publisher: 95th BG (H) Mem Fdn
YEAR: 1999
Binding: Compact Disc
Comments: 42 interviews w/ 95th BG veterans, 2.5 hours of audio, & hundreds of pictures

Refuge from the Reich: American Airmen & Switzerland during World War II
Author: Stephen Tanner
ISBN:1-885119-70-4
Publisher: SARPEDON
YEAR: 2000
Binding: Hardbound
Comments: 95th BG s/n's 231329, 231632, & 231989

Strangers in a Strange Land: 
Vol. II, Escape to Neutrality
Author: Hans-Heiri Stapfer & Gino Kunzle
ISBN: 0-89747-278-0
Publisher: Squadron Signal Publ
YEAR: 1992
Binding: Softbound
Comments: USAAF a/c interned in Switzerland during WW2; 95th BG pics s/n's:  231329, 230233, 231632, 231993, 231989

Tales to Noses Over Berlin: The Eighth Air Force Missions
Author: Ray Bowden
ISBN: 1-898575-02-9
Publisher: Design Oracle Partnership
YEAR: 1996
Binding: Softbound
Comments: Missions flown to Berlin by the 8th AF in WW2

The 95th Bomb Group (H) History & Missions 
Author: William "Ed" Charles
ISBN: copyright pending
Publisher: private
YEAR: 2002
Binding: CD & VHS
Comments: 1.5 hours of narrated 95th BG (H) history with photos & slides

The First Five Years of the 8th AF News: 
1975 - 1979; Vol. 1 thru 5
Author: John H. Woolnough
ISBN: LoCCCN 81-68346
Publisher: 8th AF News (8th AFHS)
YEAR: 1981
Binding: Hardbound
Comments: Vol. 1, No. 1 (Jan. '75) thru Vol. 5, No. 4 (Nov. '79); 95th pics:  s/n 231992 @ pg. 232

The Mighty Eighth Combat Chronology:  Heavy Bombers & Fighter Activities, 1942 - 1945
Author: Paul M. Andrews & William H. Adams
ISBN: copyrighted
Publisher: 8th AF MMF Publication
YEAR: 1997
Binding: Softbound
Comments: Day by day a/c incidents & losses, by air division

The Munster Raid:  Before and After
Author: Ian Hawkins
ISBN:0-917678-49-4
Publisher: FNP Military Division
YEAR: 1999
Binding: Hardbound
Comments: 10 October 1943; target:  Munster, Germany; 95th BG Distinguished Unit Citation #2; s/n's 23497, 230817, 230272, 230273, 25986

The Second Five Years of the 8th AF News: 
1980 - 1984; Vol. 6 thru 10
Author: John H. Woolnough
ISBN: LoCCCN 85-71259
Publisher: 8th AF News (8th AFHS)
YEAR: 1985
Binding: Hardbound
Comments: Vol. 6, No. 1 (Feb. '80) thru Vol. 10, No. 4 (Oct. '84)

The Trials & Tribulations of  a Lady
Author: Lloyd O. Krueger
ISBN: 80-903030-4-8
Publisher: L.O.K.
YEAR: 2001
Binding: Softbound
Comments: The Complete History of a Particular B-17G, "Haard Luck" No. 42-97334; Franklin H. Cobb crew, 336th BS

The Wild Blue Yonder and Beyond - The 95th Bomb Group in War and Peace
Authors: Rob Morris and Ian Hawkins
ISBN: 9781597977128
Binding: Hardcover
Potomac Books, Inc.
Year: 2012

Untold Valor
Author: Rob Morris
ISBN: 1-4134-7278-8
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
YEAR: 2005
Binding: Hardbound
Comments: Leonard Hermann, Bob Capen & Frank Coleman stories; LoCCN 2004098603; sb ISBN 1-4134-7277-X

V I P Pilot:  World War II - Korea - Vietnam
Author: Albert T. Keeler
ISBN: copyrighted
Publisher: private printing
YEAR: 2000
Binding: Softbound
Comments: George J. Dancisin crew, 412th BS; Al Keeler's autobiography