- Ambrose, Stephen E., The Wild Blue, The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany, New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001.
- Army Air Forces, Target: Germany, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1943.
- Astor, Gerald, The Mighty Eighth, NY (?): Dell Publishing, 1997.
- Ayres, Travis L., The Bomber Boys, Heroes Who Flew the B-17s in World War II, New York: NAL Caliber (Penguin Group), 2005.
- Barning, Hinrich, Leidvoll! To Suffer!, Bremen: Verlag Nordkant WerbrungBremen, 2007. (Parallel German and English accounts of a B-17 crew.)
- Bendiner, Elmer, The Fall of Fortresses, New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1980. (About the Schweinfurt raid.)
- Birdsall, Steve and Freeman, Roger A., Claims to Fame, the B-17 Flying Fortress, London: Arms and Armour Press, 1997.
- Boiten, Theo and Martin Bowman, Battles with the Luftwaffe, The Bomber Campaign Against Germany, 1942-1945, New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2001.
- Bowers, Peter M. and Dan Hagedorn, Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress 1935-2010, Seattle: The Museum of Flight, 2010.
- Bowman, Martin, Castles in the Air, the Story of the B-17 Flying Fortress Crews of the US 8th Air Force, Willingborough, England: Patrick Stephens, 1984.
- Brennan, Dan, One of Our Bombers is Missing, New York: Belmont Tower Books, 1946. (A novel. Good descriptions of flak attacks on bombers.)
- Bushong, Richard B., My Wars: B-17s to F-4s, WWII to Viet Nam, published by author, 2008.
- Caidin, Martin, The B-17, the Flying Forts, New York: ibooks, 2001.
- Campbell, John M. and Donna Campbell, B-17 Flying Fortress Nose Art Gallery, Osceola WI: Motorbooks Intl. Publishers & Wholesalers, 1993.
- Crane, Conrad C., Bombs, Cities, & Civilians, American Airpower Strategy in World War II, Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 1993.
- Crosby, Harry H., A Wing and a Prayer, New York: HarperPaperbacks, 1993.
- Cruikshank, Charles, The Fourth Arm, Psychological Warfare, 1938-1945, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1981. (Listed also under “Resistance”. Has samples of propaganda leaflets dropped by USAAF.)
- Dillon, Neal B., A Dying Breed, The Courage of the Mighty Eighty Air Force, Grants Pass, Oregon: Hellgate Press, 2000.
- Fletcher, Eugene, Mister, The Training of an Aviation Cadet in World War II, Seattle:University of Washington Press, 1992.
- Fortier, Norman “Bud,” An Ace of the Eighth, An American Fighter Pilot’s Air War in Europe, New York: Presidio Press, 2003.
- Freeman, Roger A., B17 Fortress at War, New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1977.
- Freeman, Roger A. and David Osborne, The B-17 Flying Fortress Story, London: Arms & Armour, 1998
- Freeman, Roger A., The Mighty Eighth, A History of the U.S. 8th Army Air Force, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday and Co., Inc., 1970.
- Freeman, Roger A., The Mighty Eighth War Manual, London: Cassell & Co., 2001.
- Graham, Frederick P. and Harold Kulich, He’s In the Air Corps Now, NY: Robert W. McBride & Co., 1942.
- Hammel, Eric, Air War Europa, America’s Air War Against Germany in Europe and North Africa, Chronology, 1942-1945, Pacifica, CA: Pacifica Press, 1994.
- Hansen, Randall, Fire and Fury, the Allied Bombing of Germany, 1942-1945, New York: NAL Caliber (Penguin Goup), 2008.
- Hawkins, Ian (ed. Perry, Richard H.), Münster: The Way it Was, Anaheim, CA: Robinson Typographics, 1984.
- Harris, Arthur, Bomber Offensive, New York: The Macmillan Co., 1947.
- Hudson, Lt. Col. Charles S. and Olney, Ross R., Combat He Wrote, Coalinga, CA: Airborne Publishing, 1994.
- Jablonski, Edward, Double Strike, The Epic Air Raids on Regensburg/Schweinfurt, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1974.
- Jablonski, Edward, Flying Fortresses, The Illustrated Biography of the B-17s and the Men Who Flew Them, Garden City: Doubleday, 1965.
- Johnson, Frederick A., Weapons of the Eighth Air Force, St. Paul, Minn.: MBI, 2003.
- Koger, Fred, Countdown! 35 Daylight Missions Against Nazi Germany, Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books, 1990. (Experiences of a B-17 bombardier in 1944.)
- Kuhl, George C., Wrong Place!, Wrong Time!, Atglen, PA: Schiffer Millitary/Aviation History, 1993. (Second Schweinfurt Raid, Oct. 14, 1943.)
- Makos, Adam, A Higher Call, New York: Berkley Caliber, 2012. A Luftwaffe fighter pilot guides a crippled B17 to safety. An exceptionally interesting story, and true besides.
- McInnis, Ron, Flying Backwards in ’44, unpublished MSS provided to me by Colin McInnis. (Very good description of what missions were like, duties of crewmen.)
- McManus, John C., Deadly Sky, The American Combat Airman in World War II, Novata, CA: Presidio Press, 2002.
- Men of the Middle Tennessee WWII Fighter Pilots Association, Missions Remembered, Recollections of the World War II Air War, New York: McGraw Hill, 1998.
- Middlebrook, Martin, The Schweinfurt-Regensburg Mission, New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1983.
- Miller, Donald L., Masters of the Air, America’s Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany, New York: Simon and Schuster, 2006.
- Morgan, Robert, The Man Who Flew the Memphis Belle, New York: Dutton, 2001.
- Morrison, Wilbur H., Fortress Without a Roof, NY: St. Martin’s Press, 1982.
- Myers, Jack R., Shot at and Missed, Recollections of a World War II Bombardier, Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press, 2004.
- Murray, Williamson, “Did Strategic Bombing Work?”, in Cowley, Robert (ed.), No End Save Victory: Perspectives on World War II, New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2001.
- Myers, Jack R., Shot at and Missed, Recollections of a World War II Bombardier, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2004.
- Neillands, Robin, The Bomber War, The Allied Air Offensive Against Nazi Germany, New York: The Overlook Press, 2001.
- Novey, Jack, The Cold Blue Sky, A B-17 Gunner in World War Two, Charlottesville, VA: Howell Press, 1997.
- O’Neill, Brian D., Half a Wing, Three Engines, and a Prayer, B-17s Over Germany Special Edition, New York: McGraw-Hill, 1999.
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- Overy, R.J., The Air War, 1939-1945, New York: Stein and Day, 1981.
- Peasley, Budd J., Heritage of Valor, The Eighth Air Force in World War II, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1964.
- Prewitt, John, The Lucky Bastard, 1983 autobiography, Bellevue, Wash.
- Price, Alfred and Mick Spick, Handbook of Great Aircraft of WWII, Wigston, Leicestershire, England: Abbeydale Press, 2004.
- Steinbeck, John, Bombs Away, New York: The Viking Press, 1942.
- St. John, Philip A., WWII Bombardiers Vol. II, Paducah, Ky.: Turner Publishing Co., 1998.
- Sweeting, C.G., Combat Flying Clothing, Army Air Forces Clothing During World War II, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1984.
- Sweetman, John, Schweinfurt, disaster in the skies, New York: Ballantine Books, 1971.
- Watry, Charles A., Washout!, The Aviation Cadet Story, Carlsbad, CA: California Aero Press, 1983.
- Willmott, H.P., B-17 Flying Fortress, New York: Gallery Books, 1980.
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