Best Reference books

[ILuvMigs]

Hey all,

Looking for suggestions on the best Reference books for A-6 Intruder, F-14 Tomcat, F-15 Eagle, P-47 Thunderbolt and A6M Zero variants.

Thanks,

Edited December 22, 2014 by ILuvMigs

[ziggyfoos]

Depends. What are you primarily looking for - photo coverage of the variants or description/history of the variants?

Edited December 22, 2014 by Steve Belanger

[Andre]

For detailed shots of almost every nook and cranny of the F-14, Daco's

Uncovering the Grumman F-14A/B/D gets my nod.

HTH,

Andre

[habu2]

F-15 would have to be Jake's book - unfortunately it's out of print.

[Check Six]

F-15 would have to be Jake's book - unfortunately it's out of print.

^^^I concur^^^

Jake has promised an updated version of said tome.

[Check Six]

For detailed shots of almost every nook and cranny of the F-14, Daco's

Uncovering the Grumman F-14A/B/D gets my nod.

HTH,

Andre

Hubba, hubba!

Thanks for the heads up!

[ILuvMigs]

Steve, I was looking for a bit of both, but photo coverage mostly. Andre I will concur on the Daco stuff, don't have the F14 book and am looking but it seems to be out of print. HABU 2 I was also looking for the Modern Eagle guide and Hog guide but as mentioned no joy. Any ideas on the other aircraft I mentioned?

[ziggyfoos]

Steve, I was looking for a bit of both, but photo coverage mostly. Andre I will concur on the Daco stuff, don't have the F14 book and am looking but it seems to be out of print. HABU 2 I was also looking for the Modern Eagle guide and Hog guide but as mentioned no joy. Any ideas on the other aircraft I mentioned?

I probably should've just answered originally with both options provided.

The F-14 Daco book as mentioned is the one I'd pick too for photos. The Squadron Walk Around may be best bet alternative if you can't find the Daco one at reasonable prices. Nowhere near the various coverage but at least it does show detailed areas. I had sold my Daco awhile ago - and then regretted it; and bought it again luckily when it was still readily available. There's an older AirTime F-14 hardcover book that I think covers the history well and it is also well illustrated too.

For the A-6, there isn't a go-to book for photo coverage anywhere near the Daco F-14 book. I think I have pretty much every A-6 book there is and for detail photo coverage the best bet I think would be the Squadron Walk Around and the Verlinden books but they're not great (and they mostly cover only the later E, and the Verlinden book also has some pages covering the Prowler), also the FAOW and Detail & Scale books have some detail shots but not as large in size. For the A-6A the options are even more limited, really only few random close up photos in various books (including the D&S and FAOW books), but the old/original A-6 in Action title has overall photos of mostly just the A model since that book was released in the early 70s, compared to the newer A-6 in Action book which by far covers the E and TRAM and Prowler with very little of the A. For the history of the A-6 (as in reading), Morgan's big "Intruder" book is the bible and extensively covers the entire span of the A-6 and its operations.

I can't speak for the other three aircraft you asked about.