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Barrett Tillman

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Born: December 23 1948

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Born a fourth-generation Oregonian, descended from American pioneers, Revolutionary War Patriots, Pilgrims and Pocahontas, Tillman was raised on the family wheat and cattle ranch. His younger brothers include a breeder of exotic animals and a Rhodes Scholar. In high school he was an Eagle Scout[citation needed], won two state titles as a rudimental drummer, and was a champion speaker and debater. Tillman was first published in 1964 at age 15 and graduated from the University of Oregon in 1971 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism.

Like his father, a Navy trained pilot in World War II, Tillman developed an early passion for aviation and learned to fly at age 16. Over the next several years he flew a variety of vintage and historic aircraft, including a pre-WW II Navy trainer and a restored dive-bomber. The latter became the subject of his first book, The Dauntless Dive Bomber of World War II, published in 1976. It established the format for many subsequent books, operational histories of U.S. Navy aircraft.

After college Tillman worked as a freelance writer until 1982 when he founded Champlin Fighter Museum Press in Mesa, Arizona, publishing out-of-print and new titles on military aviation.

In 1986 he moved to San Diego to become managing editor of The Hook, quarterly journal of the Tailhook Association. He remained in that position for three years before deciding to focus full time to writing fiction. His first novel was published in June 1990. Warriors[1] depicted a Mideast air war and became an immediate best seller when Iraq invaded Kuwait two months later.

Tillman's next two novels appeared in 1992: The Sixth Battle, which captured a wide following among computer war gamers; and Dauntless, intended as the first in a trilogy. It was followed by Hellcats, nominated as military novel of the year in 1996. He has also published original fiction in the Stephen Coonts anthologies, Combat and Victory.

Tillman remains active as a magazine writer. He is a regular contributor to The Hook, Flight Journal, and several firearms publications. He has also reported from Africa for Soldier of Fortune magazine.

Tillman is a former executive secretary of the American Fighter Aces Association.[2]

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Books from Barrett Tillman

Whirlwind: The Air War Against Japan, 1942-1945

Clash of the Carriers: The True Story of the Marianas Turkey Shoot of World War II

Enterprise: America's Fightingest Ship and the Men Who Helped Win World War II

Forgotten Fifteenth: The Daring Airmen Who Crippled Hitler's War Machine

The Sixth Battle

On Yankee Station: The Naval Air War Over Vietnam

LeMay

On Wave and Wing: The 100 Year Quest to Perfect the Aircraft Carrier

Corsair: The F4U in World War II and Korea

Hellcat, the F6F in World War II

The Me 262 Stormbird: From the Pilots Who Flew, Fought, and Survived It

TBD Devastator Units of the US Navy

Pushing the Envelope: The Career of Fighter Ace and Test Pilot Marion Carl (Bluejacket Books)

The Blue Devils

TBF/TBM Avenger Units Of World War 2

Wildcat Aces of World War 2

When the Shooting Stopped: August 1945

U.S. Navy Fighter Squadrons in World War II

Victory

Victory - Volume 4