[Colonel_Flagg]

I found Bert Stiles' book at a flea market and it just about knocked me over. I had literally been looking for it for years.

Freeman has actually written three excellent books about the Eighth, including the Mighth Eighth War Manual and Mighty Eighth War Diary. They are more technically oriented but a treasure trove of information. Well worth the effort, IMHO.

You mentioned you read quite a bit. I do as well - it's fun to talk about this subject. Presently I am reading Ian Kershaw's biography of Hitler at home and Churchill's "The Second World War" at work on my lunch breaks, in addition to various other books on infantry and armor tactics.

Yeah, I know .. I have no life :)

[SAMWolf]

I still have Churchill's books. Read then in High School.

I remember seeing "Serenade" somewhere, if I knew it was rare I would have grabbed it.

A couple of good books from the German perspective are:

"The Luftwaffee War Dairies" by Cajus Bekker and

"I fought you from the Skies" by Willi Heilman.

Then there are some excellent books on the Schweinfurt Raids by Martin Caiden.