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Aviation Audiobooks

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    The Bomber Mafia

    A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

    by Malcolm Gladwell ...
    Narrated by Malcolm Gladwell ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 14 min

    In The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War, Malcolm Gladwell, author of New York Times bestsellers including Talking to Strangers and host of the podcast Revisionist History, uses original interviews, archival footage and his trademark insight to weave together the stories of a Dutch genius and his homemade computer, a band of brothers in central ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    All Things Wise and Wonderful

    The Classic Memoirs of a Yorkshire Country Vet

    by James Herriot ...
    Narrated by Christopher Timothy ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 14 min

    The third collection of memoirs from the author who inspired the BBC and Channel 5 series All Creatures Great and Small. This omnibus edition comprises of Vets Might Fly and Vet in a Spin.Training as an RAF pilot in the smoke and bustle of London is a far cry from James Herriot’s day job as a country vet in the Yorkshire Dales. And while he is keen to serve Queen and country, James cannot help but ... Read more

    $24.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Turning Point

    The Battle for Milne Bay 1942 - Japan's first land defeat in World War II

    by Michael Veitch ...
    Narrated by Michael Veitch ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 49 min

    The Battle for Milne Bay - Japan's first defeat on land in the Second World War - was a defining moment in the evolution of the indomitable Australian fighting spirit. For the men of the AIF, the militia and the RAAF, it was the turning point in the Pacific, and their finest - though now largely forgotten - hour. Forgotten, until now.In August 1942, Japan's forces were unstoppable. Having ... Read more

    $34.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Arnhem

    The Battle for the Bridges, 1944: The Sunday Times No 1 Bestseller

    by Antony Beevor ...
    Narrated by Sean Barrett ...

    Unabridged

    16 hours 46 min

    Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Arnhem by Antony Beevor, read by Sean Barrett.On 17 September 1944, General Kurt Student, the founder of Nazi Germany's parachute forces, heard the growing roar of aero engines. He went out on to his balcony above the flat landscape of southern Holland to watch the vast air armada of Dakotas and gliders,carrying the British 1st Airborne and the American ... Read more

    $21.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Jimmy Stewart

    Bomber Pilot

    by Starr Smith ...
    Narrated by Adam Grupper ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 35 min

    Of all the celebrities who served their country during World War II-and they were legion-Jimmy Stewart was unique. On December 7th, when the attack on Pearl Harbor woke so many others to the reality of war, Stewart was already in uniform-as a private on guard duty south of San Francisco at the Army Air Corps Moffet Field. Seeing war on the horizon, Jimmy Stewart, at the height of his fame after Mr ... Read more

    $24.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Mosquito Mayhem

    de Havilland’s Wooden Wonder in Action in WWII

    by Martin W. Bowman ...
    Narrated by Nigel Patterson ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 19 min

    "The flak started about four or five minutes before the target and immediately it was apparent that it was intense and extremely accurate. Oboe entailed the pilot flying dead straight and level for ten minutes on the attack run. Suddenly a tremendous flash lit up the sky about fifty yards ahead of our nose and exactly at our altitude. Within a tenth of a second, we were through the cloud of dirty ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    First Light

    Original Edition

    by Geoffrey Wellum ...
    Narrated by Andrew Brooke ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 29 min

    Penguin presents the audiobook edition of First Light by Geoffrey Wellum, read by Andrew Brooke.Two months before the outbreak of the Second World War, eighteen-year-old Geoffrey Wellum becomes a fighter pilot with the RAF...Desperate to get in the air, he makes it through basic training to become the youngest Spitfire pilot in the prestigious 92 Squadron. Thrust into combat almost immediately, ... Read more

    $19.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Last Fighter Pilot

    The True Story of the Final Combat Mission of World War II

    by Don Brown, Jerry Yellin ...
    Narrated by Robertson Dean ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 41 min

    On the morning of August 15, 1945, Captain Jerry Yellin flew the last combat mission of World War II out of Iwo Jima. Today, Captain Yellin is a sharp, engaging, ninety-three-year-old veteran whose story is brought to life by bestselling author Don Brown (Treason).From April to August of 1945, Captain Jerry Yellin and a small group of fellow fighter pilots flew dangerous bombing and strafing ... Read more

    $24.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Inferno: The True Story of a B-17 Gunner's Heroism and the Bloodiest Military Campaign in Aviation History

    by Joe Pappalardo ...
    Narrated by Matt Godfrey ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 48 min

    Joe Pappalardo's Inferno tells the true story of the men who flew the deadliest missions of World War II, and an unlikely hero who received the Medal of Honor in the midst of the bloodiest military campaign in aviation history.There’s no higher accolade in the U.S. military than the Medal of Honor, and 472 people received it for their action during World War II. But only one was demoted right ... Read more

    $31.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    How Carriers Fought

    Carrier Operations in WWII

    by Lars Celander ...
    Narrated by Sean Runnette ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 23 min

    In November 1921 the first purpose-built aircraft carrier was launched by the Japanese, followed a year later by the launch of the British Hermes. The conversion of battle cruisers into aircraft carriers after World War I required the consideration of issues including handling aircraft on the flight deck and the techniques of attacking enemy ships, and the evolution of carrier operations was ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Sniper on the Eastern Front

    The Memoirs of Sepp Allerberger, Knight’s Cross

    by Albrecht Wacker ...
    Narrated by Nigel Gair ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 9 min

    Josef “Sepp” Allerberger was the second most successful sniper of the German Wehrmacht and one of the few private soldiers to be honored with the award of the Knight’s Cross.An Austrian conscript, after qualifying as a machine gunner he was drafted to the southern sector of the Russian Front in July 1942. Wounded at Voroshilovsk, he experimented with a Russian sniper-rifle while convalescing and ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Hitler's Jet Plane

    The ME 262 Story

    by Mano Ziegler ...
    Narrated by Paul Woodson ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 1 min

    The first operational military jet in the world, towards the end of the Second World War the Me 262 was to be the German "miracle weapon." Mano Ziegler was involved from its inception and contributed to the design, testing, training, and even served in it operationally. Could the Me 262 have broken the Allied supremacy in the air? Why did it take so long to come into service and why were hundreds ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    I Flew for the Führer

    The Memoirs of a Luftwaffe Fighter Pilot

    by Heinz Knoke ...
    Narrated by P.J. Ochlan ...

    Unabridged

    17 min

    Heinz Knoke was one of the outstanding German fighter pilots of the Second World War. This vivid firsthand record of his experiences has become a classic among aviation memoirs and is a fascinating counterbalance to the numerous accounts written by Allied pilots. Knoke joined the Luftwaffe on the outbreak of war, and eventually became commanding officer of a fighter wing. An outstandingly brave ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The German Aces Speak II

    World War II Through the Eyes of Four More of the Luftwaffe's Most Important Commanders

    by Colin D. Heaton, Anne-Marie Lewis ...
    Narrated by P.J. Ochlan ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 31 min

    The much-anticipated sequel to The German Aces Speak gives voice to four more of WWII's most noteworthy German pilots. When The German Aces Speak published in 2011, Air & Space/Smithsonian magazine welcomed Colin Heaton's and Anne-Marie Lewis's masterful command of interview-based narrative, writing, “. . . what might have been numbing recitations of dogfights are instead vivid descriptions of ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Flying from the Black Hole

    The B-52 Navigator-Bombardiers of Vietnam

    by Robert O. Harder ...
    Narrated by Bob Souer ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 50 min

    Air Force navigators and bombardiers have long labored under the shadow of pilots-their contributions undervalued, misunderstood, or simply unknown to the general public. This was especially the case with the non-pilot officer aircrew in the Vietnam and Cold War-era B-52 Stratofortress. Of the six people who operated the bomber, three wore navigator wings-two of those men were also bombardiers, ... Read more

    $30.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Vulcan 607

    by Rowland White ...
    Narrated by Roy McMillan ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 29 min

    Random House presents the audiobook edition of Vulcan 607 by Rowland White, read by Roy McMillan.It was to be one of the most ambitious operations since 617 Squadron bounced their revolutionary bombs into the dams of the Ruhr Valley in 1943...When Argentine forces invaded the Falklands in the early hours of 2 April 1982, Britain's military chiefs were faced with a real-life Mission Impossible. Its ... Read more

    $21.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    The Hurricane Girls

    The inspirational true story of the women who dared to fly

    by Jo Wheeler ...
    Narrated by Claire Rushbrook ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 49 min

    Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Hurricane Girls by Jo Wheeler, read by Claire Rushbrook.While their husbands, brothers and sweethearts fought in Europe and their mothers, sisters and friends kept the home fires burning, for the first time, a group of remarkable women took to the skies. They weren't allowed into combat but risked their lives in bad weather and without radios to bring ... Read more

    $17.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    The Spitfire Kids

    The generation who built, supported and flew Britain's most beloved fighter

    by Alasdair Cross, BBC Worldwide ...
    Narrated by Alex Wingfield, Beth Eyre, Esther Wane, Gareth Armstrong, Julie Teal, Luke Thompson, Michael Fenner, Nicky Diss, Simon Slater, Thomas Judd ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 34 min

    'An inspirational read celebrating the incredible young people who gave so much for this iconic British aircraft'. John Nichol, bestselling author of Spitfire: A Very British Love StoryDespite the many films and television programmes over the decades since the end of the Second World War that portrays our allied heroes as grown-up men and women, the Battle of Britain was in the main actually ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Aerial Warfare

    The Battle for the Skies

    by Frank Ledwidge ...
    Narrated by Jonathan Yen ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 42 min

    Aerial warfare has dominated western war-making for over 100 years, and despite regular announcements of its demise, it shows no sign of becoming obsolete. Frank Ledwidge offers a sweeping look at the history of air warfare, introducing the major battles, crises, and controversies where air power has taken center stage, and the changes in technology and air power capabilities over time. ... Read more

    $23.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Stuka Attack

    The Dive Bombing Assault on England During the Battle of Britain

    by Andy Saunders ...
    Narrated by John Lee ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 45 min

    The Junkers 87 Stuka was an iconic weapon of World War Two and an aircraft name that was, and still is, instantly recognized worldwide. Its roles in Poland and the Battles of France and the Low Countries are almost legendary, but in the U.K. its import during the Battle of Britain is one that has never been covered in any specific detail. Here, Andy Saunders takes a critical look at every ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Australia's Dambusters

    Flying into Hell with 617 Squadron

    by Colin Burgess ...
    Narrated by Steve Shanahan ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 45 min

    A truly comprehensive account of 617 Squadron, RAF, who carried out one of the most dangerous and audacious aerial bombing raids of World War II.It was the evening of 16 May 1943.Nineteen modified Lancaster bombers from 617 Squadron RAF, under the command of youthful Wing Commander Guy Gibson, roared into the night sky from their Lincolnshire base. They were on a top-secret Bomber Command mission, ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    The Sonic Warrior

    by Cap. Kevin M. Smith ...
    Narrated by Cap. Kevin M. Smith ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 1 min

    Captain Kevin Smith is a first generation Sonic Warrior.Sonic Warriors are Fighter Pilots trained to perform combat operations at the speed of sound, securing control of the airborne battle-space .As a Sonic Warrior, Captain Smith was able to perform at high velocities and G forces, while occupying a new reality never before encountered by humankind.Sonic Warriors, venturing into the unknown, rely ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Cinderella Boys

    The Forgotten RAF Force that Won the Battle of the Atlantic

    by Leo McKinstry ...
    Narrated by Peter Noble ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours

    The remarkable story of the unsung RAF wing who rescued Britain from Hitler's U-boats and made Allied victory possible.In early 1943 Britain was engaged in an epic struggle for survival. As the deadly wolf packs of German U-boats roamed the Atlantic, supply lines and shipping losses fell victim to the carnage.In desperation, Churchill turned to the RAF's maritime wing - an overlooked, underfunded ... Read more

    $46.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Last to Die

    A Forgotten Bomber and the Final Air Combat of World War II

    by Stephen Harding ...
    Narrated by Jack Garrett ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 43 min

    On August 18, 1945, US Army sergeant Anthony J. Marchione bled to death in the clear, bright sky above Tokyo. Marchione, a gunner in the US Air Force, died like so many before him in World War II-quietly, cradled in the arms of a buddy. Though tragic, Marchione's death would have been no more notable than any other had he not had the dubious distinction of being the last American killed in World ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial