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Very cool Jan. Had my eye on the first one. Let me know how it is when you can brother.
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It's good, particularly its illustrations and the range of side views, although photographically its historic images are nothing that haven't appeared already, but its good to see close ups of the RAF Museum's one in colour. The text is okay, standard fare really, following previous publications about the Defiant and adding nothing new to the story, but also following the same old line of the Germans being surprised over Dunkirk by its rearward firing guns. No effort to redeem the type's combat record by including too much on its effectiveness as a night fighter. The Defiant, Blenheim and Havoc Aces is a great little book with personal recollections of the types' service careers from combat reports. If you want good books on the Daffy, seek out The Defiant File by Alec Brew:

Amazon product ASIN 0851302262
View: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0851302262/View: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Defiant-File-Military-Monographs-Alec/dp/0851302262?tag=duc08-21


or The Turret Fighters by the same author:

Amazon product ASIN 1861264976View: http://www.amazon.com/The-Turret-Fighters-Defiant-Aviation/dp/1861264976?tag=duckduckgo-d-20


This is also a goodie, one of its authors is the same as the Osprey book:

Amazon product ASIN 2953254439
View: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/2953254439/View: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Boulton-Paul-Defiant-Allied-Wings/dp/2953254439?tag=duc08-21
 
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fubar57 said:
Takes a bit Paul. I ended up editing, deleting and reposting....twice for a few of my posts. So far I've found uploading one at a time works the best.


Geo
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Thanks Geo, yeah takes a bit of getting use to like all things, At least the pictures showed up above LOL. Just weird how the note showed up at bottom instead of top before the pictures but will figure it out at some point
 
That's a great selection Paul !
I'm particularly interested in the KG53 book. There's a well-known photo of one of their He-111s in the Bob (A1 + BT), for which I've traced the Werke nummer, and have info about it being damaged, and two of the crew wounded, in one of the September London raids.
If you find any info on this aircraft, and crew, for the August 13th to September 6th period, I'd be interested. Might even look out for the book.
 
Thanks Paul, and if those three volumes are the same size and weight as the 'BoB - Then and Now' book, you'll definitely have to reinforce your book shelves !!!
 
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