Well I finally found a copy I was willing to pay for. I have been looking for a copy of this book in decent shape for a while now and finally have it. The author was a navigator bombardier with the Marine 611 squadron from its organization in 1943 to its decommissioning in late 1945. As of right now I have about 4 different books in different stages of reading and now they will all wait some more as I really going to jump into this one. From the brief page skimming I read he does not hold back on some of the realitys of war that a lot of books don't tell about so should be interesting plus seems to have quite a bit of data. Time will tell
A new book in my library. (10 Viewers)
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vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
No idea they flew the, that looks really interesting!
fubar57
General
Nice
buffnut453
Captain
I think I was bidding against you!
Mon Capitan...by way of a mea culpa for schwacking you in the last auction, I got a notice today that copies both books are being auctioned again and the bidding is starting low. If you're lucky, you may have the last laugh by getting them cheaper than me!
fubar57
General
Very nice selection Paul. Interested in the first Ki.43 book
fubar57
General
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Going all out there Paul, Nice stuff man....
Thanks Master Wayne, as of right now in about 4 weeks I hope to see these three. I will bring back some pictures of these for you.
Mon Capitan...by way of a mea culpa for schwacking you in the last auction, I got a notice today that copies both books are being auctioned again and the bidding is starting low. If you're lucky, you may have the last laugh by getting them cheaper than me!
But they are for sale in England and the postage will kill me!
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Shipping from the UK shouldn't be too bad for books Jim. I've sent stuff to the US and Canada that only cost, on average, £6 - just over $8 US.
Most UK dealers will ensure that books are sent as 'printed matter', which has a, or had, a lower rate. Even if that has now been scrapped, and the rate is calculated on size/weight, I wouldn't expect more than £9 max to send books.
Most UK dealers will ensure that books are sent as 'printed matter', which has a, or had, a lower rate. Even if that has now been scrapped, and the rate is calculated on size/weight, I wouldn't expect more than £9 max to send books.
Well then I have consistently been played!
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Thanks Paul, I look forward to those Pics....
George, the book has arrived but got to be honest. I was disappointed in it. There are no color profiles in the book. The profiles they do show are just circles with different patterns on the drawings letting you basically guess what the colors should be. Paper quality is not the highest either. Pictures could have been sharper if they had used a semi gloss paper. Another disappointment was there was no details on the aircraft them selves such as dimensions and spec's. If you are looking for a book on the Ki-43 than I recommend Richard M Bueschel's book by Schiffer. Way cheaper in price and more bang for your buck though they do not have any color profiles in there book either and no major spec's as well. It does have semi gloss pages and more pictures So far its the best one I found so far on the Ki-43 in English which is also pictured below though both could have been better.
All the best
Paul
fubar57
General
A shame Paul, could have used another good English language book. I have the Schiffer book among others. The better ones are Aero Detail #29, Japanese/English and Famous Airplanes of the World #65, strictly Japanese
buffnut453
Captain
If you want colour profiles on the Ki-43, I would recommend the Osprey "Aircraft of the Aces" book by Nick Millman. Yes, it only covers aces...but it's a great volume and has a lot of general operational history of the type.
