A new book in my library. (2 Viewers)

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Another good one.

 

[Micdrow]

Another good one.

Thanks Aaron

 

[Micdrow]

Couple of new arrivals today.

 

[Wurger]

 

[ARTESH]

may i post my library too?

 

[Wurger]

Generally the thread is about the WW2 books. If your books are of the era and have been bought recently , why not?

 

[ARTESH]

Generally the thread is about the WW2 books. If your books are of the WW2 era and have been bought recently , why not?

Greeting sir.

How are you?

No.

I only have less than 5 books about ww2.

they are really really hard to find.

But lots of books about Iran / Iraq war. 100 % in Persian.

I should open a new topic or send them here?

 

[Wurger]

Hello,

THX I'm fine.

These of the WW2 you may post here but those about Iran/Iraq war don't seem to be relevant for posting here. Also please note that the title of the thread is " New book in my library ". The "New" means "just bought".

 

[Micdrow]

Little bit of a change of pace. Just arrived in mail today. Looks to be a great read when I get a chance. Little over 360 pages. Full of pictures of crew, aircraft serial numbers and aircraft pictures and such. Signed by author.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Micdrow]

Yeah it finally arrived from over sea's. Been waiting for this one for over a month and it was well worth the wait. Any one who likes nose art and B-25 will like this one. Only thing I would have liked to see so far was that it was hard cover instead of soft cover.

 

[Wurger]

 

[vikingBerserker]

Nice!

 

[Micdrow]

Had to stop at Barnes and Noble on way home to pick this one up. For some reason this series only seems to be sold by them. At least from what I have found so far. I do have the first one on the B-17.

 

[buffnut453]

Just received this one a few days ago:

If any are unfamiliar with this series, it provides a brief individual airframe history for the aircraft types within the serial range (in this case K1000-K9999). This volume covers an diverse mix of types including as the Vildebeest, Wellesley, Hart, Hind, Audax, Fury, Bulldog, Heyford, Hector, Gauntlet, Gladiator, Blenheim, Spitfire, Shark, Wapiti, Whitley and several others. It's been OOP for some time so prices can be a bit spendy but I picked this up for what I believe was a reasonable price....and I'm really glad I did.

My one gripe is nothing to do with the book but with USPS. The vendor was in Fairfax, VA, and I live in Leesburg, VA, about 30 miles away...and yet delivery went via Greensboro, NC, Capitol Heights, MD and Washington DC before finally getting to Leesburg....and then another day to get it to me from there. Got to wonder at the logic of such a route.

 

[Wurger]

What does the part for the Vildebeest contain?

 

[buffnut453]

The Vildebeest section covers individual airframe histories for most of the airframes that served in the RAF. Some 6 contracts are identified covering the vast majority of Vildebeest production, comprising:

13 Mk I (out of total of 22)
30 Mk II (entire Mk II production run)
106 Mk III (out of total of 150)
10 Mk IV (out of total of 18)

The following chapter covers all 197 Vickers Vincent airframes delivered to the RAF.

 

[Wurger]

THX. Any drawings there?

 

[buffnut453]

No drawings but it does include a number of pics I hadn't seen before. The purpose of the volume is purely to provide a textual summary of each airframe's usage in the Service with pics only for illustrative purposes (ie there's no attempt to show a photograph of every airframe - the book's already 450+ pages long as it is!).

 

[Wurger]

OK. THX for the info.