Books and further reading about the Tomcat

[Mule]

I have a small collection of books on the subject of combat aviation but not much about the Tomcat. Can anyone recommend any good books to read about the F-14?

 

[Sergeant_Hamlet]

Have you read Black Aces High by Robert Wilcox?

Also, where did you get Shaw's Fighter Combat in print?

[Mule]

Have you read Black Aces High by Robert Wilcox?

Also, where did you get Shaw's Fighter Combat in print?

 

I haven't read that no but I will check it out, thanks.

 

I got Shaw's Fighter Combat from eBay a few years ago now. I also have the PDF.

 

Thanks for the recommendation.

[DD_Crash]

This is interesting https://www.amazon.co.uk/Grumman-Tomcat-1970-2006-Owners-Workshop/dp/1785211005/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1550506280&sr=8-1&keywords=haynes+f-14

[Mule]

This is interesting https://www.amazon.co.uk/Grumman-Tomcat-1970-2006-Owners-Workshop/dp/1785211005/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1550506280&sr=8-1&keywords=haynes+f-14

 

It is good. I have that along with the F/A-18 one. At first I thought they were going to be a bit gimmicky but in fact are insisghtfull and very interesting. I should have expanded the photo they are just to the left on an other shelf.

[Gianky]

Also, where did you get Shaw's Fighter Combat in print?

 

 

Fighter Combat was reprinted some years ago, I think in the very year I bought it, 2008. You can still find it on Amazon at affordable prices.

[shagrat]

Osprey Books Combat Aircraft Series mostly by Tony Holmes. "US Navy F-14 Tomcat units of Operation Iraqi Freedom" and "F-14 Tomcat units of Operation Enduring Freedom". If of interest "Iranian F-14 Tomcat units in combat" by Tom Cooper and Farzad Bishop.

Also "The F-14 Tomcat Story" Tony Holmes.

[shagrat]

Fighter Combat was reprinted some years ago, I think in the very year I bought it, 2008. You can still find it on Amazon at affordable prices.

Currently available...

https://www.amazon.com/Fighter-Combat-Maneuvering-Robert-Shaw/dp/0870210599

[Sergeant_Hamlet]

Three left in stock now. There were four earlier, but then I came along. :thumbup:

[Mule]

Osprey Books Combat Aircraft Series mostly by Tony Holmes. "US Navy F-14 Tomcat units of Operation Iraqi Freedom" and "F-14 Tomcat units of Operation Enduring Freedom". If of interest "Iranian F-14 Tomcat units in combat" by Tom Cooper and Farzad Bishop.

Also "The F-14 Tomcat Story" Tony Holmes.

 

Fantastic. Much appreciated.

[sirrah]

I have a small collection of books on the subject of combat aviation but not much about the Tomcat. Can anyone recommend any good books to read about the F-14?

 

Did you take that photo from my bookshelve?! :huh:

 

I have exactly the same collection :thumbup:

 

(With Vipers in the Storm as my personal favorite and Raven One as a little too "Iron Eagle" for me)

[punk]

Feet Wet by Paul Gilchrist is okay.

 

If you want fiction, I enjoyed the Punk's War trio by Ward Carrol and Sweetwater Gunslinger 201 by W.H. LeBarge.

 

If you want more of pictorial type reference books let me know and I can give you a fair sized list I found somewhere.

 

Salute,

[Mule]

Did you take that photo from my bookshelve?! :huh:

 

I have exactly the same collection :thumbup:

 

(With Vipers in the Storm as my personal favorite and Raven One as a little too "Iron Eagle" for me)

 

I agree with you about Raven.

 

One book that isn't on the shelf as I am reading it at the moment is "Fast Movers" by John Darrell. A really good book about pilots in Vietnam.

 

Vipers in the Storm is superb and I have read that many times.

 

:thumbup:

[Mule]

Feet Wet by Paul Gilchrist is okay.

 

If you want fiction, I enjoyed the Punk's War trio by Ward Carrol and Sweetwater Gunslinger 201 by W.H. LeBarge.

 

If you want more of pictorial type reference books let me know and I can give you a fair sized list I found somewhere.

 

Salute,

 

Feet Wet sounds like something I would enjoy. Could you pass on that list, please?

[DD_Fenrir]

This tome is particularly good and covers a wealth of technical and anecdotal information:

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Grumman-F-14-Tomcat-Shipborne-Superfighter/dp/B01K03DUN0

 

However, I notice the price... :surprise: :wacko:

 

Glad I picked mine up for £12 some 16 odd years ago!

 

If you can source an example in a secondhand store for more reasonable value then I can heartily recommend it.

[punk]

Tomcat books ...

AMERICA'S FIGHTERS OF THE 1970s: F-14 AND F-15 by R.Stern, Arms and Armour Press, ISBN 0-85368-608-4: A lot of b&w photos showing a lot of the early Tomcat years.

ANYTIME, BABY - HAIL AND FAREWELL OT THE US NAVY F14 TOMCAT by Erik Hildebrandt, ISBN 0-96740-405-3.

F-14 TOMCAT by T.Holmes, Osprey Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-517-05697-6: A fine collection of colourful photographs of (rare) Tomcats.

F-14 TOMCAT by L.Peacock, Osprey Combat Aircraft Series Vol.5, ISBN 0-85045-720-3: Rare (detail) photos & drawings of early F-14s.

F-14 TOMCAT ATLANTIC COAST MARKINGS 1974-1984 by B.Kinzey, Tab Books Inc., ISBN 0-8168-4526-3: A lot of photos of Pacific Coast squadron F-14s with quite some details.

F-14 TOMCAT IN ACTION, NO.32 by L.Drendel, squadron/signal publications, ISBN 0-89747-031-1: A nice review of the early F-14s history, with some stories and a number of rare photos, technical data and drawings.

F-14 TOMCAT IN ACTION, NO.105 by A.Adcock, squadron/signal publications, ISBN 0-89747-247-0: Nearly everything about all F-14 variants including fine photos.

F-14 TOMCAT IN ACTION, NO.206 by Lou Drendel, squadron/signal publications, ISBN 0-89747-539-9: The last of the series of three books in the IN ACTION series about the F-14, covering everything up to the scrapping of the mighty Tomcat.

F-14 TOMCAT PACIFIC COAST SQUADRONS 1974-1987 by B.Kinzey and R.Leader, Tab Books Inc., ISBN 0-8306-8032-2: A lot of photos of Pacific Coast squadron F-14s with quite some details.

F-14 TOMCAT SQUADRONS OF THE US NAVY by L.Peacock, Motorbooks International , ISBN 0-7110-1577-5: A fine book with a lot about the Tomcats history and action, squadron histories of all F-14 squadrons (except for VF-191 and VF-194) and quite a number of rare photos.

F-14 TOMCAT WALKAROUND, NO.3 by L.Dendrel, squadron/signal publications, ISBN 0-89747-337-X: A terrible lot of photos showing the F-14 details. Ideal for plastic modellers!

F-14A&B TOMCAT by B. Kinzey, Detail & Scale, ISBN 0-8168-5018-6: A book about the early years of the Tomcat with a lot of detail-photos.

FIGHTER COUNTRY - THE F-14 TOMCATS OF NAS OCEANA by D. Parsons &D. Nelson, Motorbooks International, ISBN 0-87938-442-5

GRUMMAN F-14, Vol. 25 by J.P.Stevenson, Aero Series of Tab Books Inc., ISBN 0-8306-8592-8: A wonderful old book about the early F-14 with an incredible lot of technical information - so much information that back in 1975 (when the book was published) it caused quite a stir in the Grumman Publications Department where noone could figure out how the author obtained so much information.

GRUMMAN F-14A/B by J.Miller, Aerofax Inc.: A terrible lot of photos with a lot of close-up views, here the F-14B means the early Grumman F-14B, not todays redesignated F-14A+.

GRUMMAN F-14 TOMCAT by D.Richardson, Osprey Air Combar: A great compilation of the early years of the F-14.

GRUMMAN F-14 TOMCAT - BYE BYE, BABY! by Dave Parsons, George Hall, Bob Lawson: Images and reminiscences from 35 years of active service.

GRUMMAN F-14 TOMCAT, LEADING US NAVY FLEET FIGHTER by D.Jenkins, Aerofax (Midland Publishing Ltd.), ISBN 1-85780-063-X: A find book about the Tomcat from its beginning until today including F-14Ds and the LANTIRN capable Tomcats.

GRUMMAN F-14 TOMCAT, PART II Koku-Fan No.89: Rare (detail) photos of early F-14s until 1977.

GRUMMAN F-14 TOMCAT SHIPBORNE FIGHTER by J.Lake, Warplane Classics/World Airpower, UK ISBN 1 874023 41 7, US ISBN 1-880588-13-7

IRANIAN F-14 TOMCAT UNITS IN COMBAT by T.Cooper/F.Bishop, Osprey Combat Aircraft 49, ISBN 1-84176-787-5

IRONWORKS - GRUMMAN's FIGHTING AEROPLANES by T.Treadwell, Motorbooks International, ISBN 0-87938-488-3: A complete collection of data from all Grumman fighters, plus many cutaway drawings, specifications and history.

JANES - HOW TO FLY THE F-14 TOMCAT by D. Rockwell, Harper Collins Publishers, ISBN 0-00-472254-X

MODERN FIGHTING AIRCRAFT: F-14, Vol. 8 by M.Spick, Arco Publishing Inc., ISBN 0-668-06406-4: A fine book with lots of prototype photos and technical information.

THE CUTTING EDGE by C.J.Heatley III, Airlife Publishing Ltd., ISBN 1-85310-245-8: A superb book with superb photos of Navy aircraft, well written text of different Navy pilots about their job.

THE ORIGINAL ADVENTURES OF TOMCAT & FRIENDS ON SEA, LAND & AIR by Lauren Kelly-Hill, ISBN 1-46090-291-2: A book for young teenagers about the Tomcat!

TOMCAT ALLEY by David Brown, Schiffer Publishing, ISBN 0-7643-0477-1: A photographic roll call of the F-14 Tomcat.

TOMCAT - THE GRUMMAN F-14 by Lou Drendel, Squadron Signal Publications, ISBN 0-89747-536-4: A great full colour book with many previously unpublished F-14 photos.

TOMCAT! THE GRUMMAN F-14 STORY by P.Gillcrist, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-88740-664-5: A book with well written text and stories covering the whole life of the Tomcat plus fine and sometimes rare photos.

US NAVY F-14 TOMCAT UNITS OF OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM by T. Holmes, Osprey Combat Aircraft 52, ISBN 1-84176-803-0: A wealth of information on the last major combat events for the F-14 before decommissioning.

 

Salute,

[macidcrook]

BLACK ACES HIGH is a great read. It puts in perspective of what a squadron actually went through during wartime. it also makes you want to have a Adriatic map!!

[Mule]

Thanks for all the suggestions. Plenty to keep me occupied for a long time.

 

Much appreciated.