INDIAN AVIATION BOOKS

BOOK LISTINGS RELATED TO INDIAN AVIATION.

Indian

-Bharat Kumar, Air Marshal. An Incredible War - IAF in Kashmir War 1947-1948. Center for Air Power Studies, 2007.(ISBN:8187966556)
-Bonarjee, V.S.C. My days in the Indian Air Force 1940-1948. Privately Published, 1998.
-Chaturvedi, Air Marshal M. S. History of the Indian Air Force. Vikas, 1978.
-Chakko, Gp Capt Jacob . Memoirs. National Printing Press, 1999.
-Chhina, R.T.S. The Eagle Strikes: The Royal Indian Air Force 1932-1950 . CAFHR USI of India, 2006
-Dutt, K.N. A coin of Indian metal : The life of Wg Cdr KK Majumdar DFC and Bar . Christian Litt Society of India, 1949
-Gibbs, Air Marshal G.E. Survivors Story . Hutchinson , 1961
-Green,W, P S Chopra and G. Swanborough The IAF and its Aircraft. Golden Jubilee. 1932-82. Ducimus,UK 1982 (No ISBN)
-Gupta, SC History of the Indian Air Force 1933-45, Pubications Division, Ministry of Defence 1961.
-Jafa, DS Three Nations, One People. Minerva Publishers
-Jagan Mohan, PVS and Samir Chopra The India-Pakistan Air War of 1965. Manohar, New Delhi, 2005 (ISBN:8173046417)
-Ivelaw-Chapman, John High Endeavour : Life and times of Air Chief Marshal Ronald Ivelaw-Chapman.
-Kapila, AVM Viney The Indian Air Force : a balanced strategic and tactical application. Ocean Books, 2002.
-Karim, Major General  Afsir, The Story of India's Airborne Troops. Lancer,  1992.
-Khan, Air Marshal M. Asgar. The First Round (The Indo-Pakistan War 1965). Vikas,  1969.
-Lal, Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra. My years with the IAF. Lancer International, 1986.
-Limaye, Wg Cdr A.S. When Lightnings Strike : No.20 Squadron, Indian Air Force 1956-2006. Society for Aerospace Studies, 2006. (No ISBN)
-Praval, K.C. India's Paratroopers. Thompson Press, 1974.
-Pushpindar Singh, Ravi Rikhye, P Steinemann. Fiza'ya: Psyche of the Pakistan Air Force. Society for Aerospace Studies, 1991.
-Pushpindar Singh. Aircraft of the Indian Air Force, 1933-73. English Book Store,  1974.
-Pushpindar Singh. Fly Navy. Society for Aerospace Studies
-Pushpindar Singh. The Battle Axes. No. 7 Squadron, Indian Air Force. 1942-1992. Society for Aerospace Studies.(No ISBN)
-Pushpindar Singh. Diamonds in the Sky : Story of HAL 1941-2001 , Society for Aerospace Studies
-Pushpindar Singh. History of Aviation in India - Spanning a Century of Flight., Society for Aerospace Studies 2003 (ISBN:8190191500)
-Rajkumar, Air Marshal Philip. The Tejas Story: The Light Combat Aircraft Project. Manohar, New Delhi 208. (ISBN:8173047642)
-Ramunny, Wg Cdr Murkot. The Sky was the Limit. Northern Book Center,New Delhi 1997. (ISBN:8172110847)
-Ranbir Singh, Gp Capt. & Malhotra S.S. AVM Profiles of Courage, Patriot Publishers, New Delhi 1993 (ISBN:8170501512)
-Ranbir Singh, Gp Capt. Footprints of Courage in Sands of Time, Book Mates Publishers, New Delhi 1995 (No ISBN)
-Ranbir Singh, Gp Capt. & Malhotra S.S. AVM  Yaadein - In and out of the Cockpit, ??,??, 1998
-Ranbir Singh, Gp Capt. Indian Air Force - In the footsteps of our Legends, Book Mates Publishers, New Delhi 1998
-Ranbir Singh, Gp Capt. Marshal Arjan Singh DFC: Life and times, Ocean Books, New Delhi 2002 (ISBN:8188322040)
-Ranbir Singh, Gp Capt. Memorable War Stories, Ocean Books, New Delhi 2002 (ISBN:8188322660)
-Reddy, Mrs P Anuradha. Aviation in the Hyderabad Dominions , Self-Published 2001. (ISBN:8175252596)
-Roopinder Singh. Marshal of the Air Force Arjan Singh - Rupa Charitravalli series , Rupa Publications 2002
-Russell, Wg Cdr W W . The Forgotten Skies , 1946
-Sabharwal, Wg Cdr D P. Cobras : 3 Squadron Indian Air Force - Diamond Jubilee , No.3 Squadron, IAF 2002
-Sharma, PN. Inside Occupied Kashmir.  New Delhi Press 1958
-Saigal, Air Cmde A L . Birth of an Air Force: the memoirs of Air Vice Marshal Harjinder Singh. Palit & Palit, 1977.
-Saigal, Air Cmde A L . The Indian Air Force - The Fledgling Years 1932-45 ??????
-Saigal, Air Cmde A L . Plain Peak to Gold Braid ??????
-Seth, Vijay. The Flying Machines - Indian Air Force 1933-99. Seth Communications, 2000.
-Tanham, George K. The Indian Air Force: Trends & prospects. Rand, Santa Monica, CA 1995. (ISBN:0833015567)
-Verma, Virendra. Hunting Hunters - Battle of Longewala December 1971. Youth Education Publishers, Dehradun 1992.
-Verma, Virendra. Our Vintage Transport Aircraft. Youth Education Publishers, Dehradun 1992.

Overseas Published books (With some relevance to the IAF)

-Chaudary, Zafar. Air Marshal. An airman remembers. PAF Press, Fergusson Printers 1993
-Fricker, John. Battle for Pakistan. Ian Allan, London 1978.
-Hussain, Syed S. and Squadron Leader M. Tariq Quershi. History of the PAF 1947-1982. PAF Press, Masroor, Karachi 1982.
-Rafi, Rais, Air Cmde PAF Bomber operations 1965 & 1971 Wars. PAF Book Club, Karachi 2001.
-Shah, Mansoor. Air Cmde The Gold Bird - Pakistan and its Air Force, Observations of a pilot - Oxford University Press, Karachi 2002
-Thomas, Geoff. Eyes of the Phoenix. Hikoki 1988.
-Tufail, Kaiser. Great Air Battles of the PAF. Ferozesons , Karachi 2004.

Overseas Published books (Aircraft books containing info on IAF)

-Bingham, Victor. Folland Gnat - Red Arrow and Sabre Slayer. 1999 (ISBN:1900511789)
-Jackson, Robert. Canberra - The Operational Record. Ian Allan.
-Jackson, Robert. Hawker Hunter - The Operational Record. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington DC 1989. (ISBN:087474377X)
-Jackson, Robert. F-86 Sabre - The Operational Record. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington DC 1994. (ISBN:1560985313)
-Kightly, James. Westland Lysander. Mushroom Model Magazine Special, Poland 2006. (ISBN:8391717844)
-Mason, Francis. Hawker Hunter - Biography of a Throughbred. Haessner Pub Co, UK 1981 (ISBN:0850594766)
-Smith, Peter. Vultee Vengeance. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington DC 1989. (ISBN:???)
-Terbeck, Helmut. Spitfire International. Air Britain
-Warner, Graham. The Bristol Blenheim - An Illustrated History. Crecy Publishing Ltd, UK 2005. (ISBN:0859791017)
-Watkins, David. De Havilland Vampire : The Complete History. Alan Sutton Publishing LTd, UK 1996 (ISBN:0750912502)

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