Vic Balshaw
Major General
Added this to the book shelves today and hope to get Vol 1 in the post tomorrow.
A new book in my library.
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Benevolens Magister
Good stuff David and Vic.
Dave,
You may want to put Luftwaffe Over America on the back burner, I have this book and it's almost unreadable. Maybe because of the translation from German, but whatever it is the only redeeming fact I took away from it was a confirmation that the JU-390 DID NOT fly all the way across the Atlantic to within 12 miles of NYC.
Just my opinion though...
Regards, Jim
You may want to put Luftwaffe Over America on the back burner, I have this book and it's almost unreadable. Maybe because of the translation from German, but whatever it is the only redeeming fact I took away from it was a confirmation that the JU-390 DID NOT fly all the way across the Atlantic to within 12 miles of NYC.
Just my opinion though...
Regards, Jim
al49
Tech Sergeant
Hi,
just added the following books to my collection:
The second from the top is a 300 pages book and tells the history of Campoformido airport (North-east Italy) from 1943 till 1998 and includes the struggle of 1st Gruppo Caccia ANR against the overwhelming allied air-force, as well as the not easier years of reconstruction of the Italian air-force. Unfortunately is written in Italian only, so a bit of a problem if you do not speak the language. But there are many interesting pictures too.
Alberto
just added the following books to my collection:
The second from the top is a 300 pages book and tells the history of Campoformido airport (North-east Italy) from 1943 till 1998 and includes the struggle of 1st Gruppo Caccia ANR against the overwhelming allied air-force, as well as the not easier years of reconstruction of the Italian air-force. Unfortunately is written in Italian only, so a bit of a problem if you do not speak the language. But there are many interesting pictures too.
Alberto
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Benevolens Magister
Nice selection Alberto.
Yes, got that one as well some years ago. Nice one.
I also got the Few in Dutch translation last year. Easy to read and very interesting.
I bought myself this one:
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Looks like everyone's doing well in the books department....hopefully tomorrow for me!
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vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
Whoa, NICE!
Crimea_River
Marshal
Ooo nice!
Aaron Brooks Wolters
Brigadier General
I agree!
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Looks like a good book, Marcel...one subject that rarely gets attention. You always hear how the Brewster sucked in U.S. service, and how well it did with the Finns, but rarely it's Allied service in the Pacific.
Wayne...I am jealous!!!
Wayne...I am jealous!!!
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Thanks guys, i must say this is a real nice book especially with the stuff on the KG(J) aircraft with the checkerband markings, gonna do a few of these 262's
Aaron Brooks Wolters
Brigadier General
That sounds like a plan! 
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
Aaron Brooks Wolters
Brigadier General
What was disappointing about it Dave?
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
It did not have as much detail as I was hoping. A number of the ships listed stated it was not sure what markings the aircraft used.
Aaron Brooks Wolters
Brigadier General
So it was not complete.
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Friend of mine grabbed these two for me today, from a charity shop - £10 for the pair!
The first is a huge volume, with a wealth of interesting photos, many in colour, and was originally £25 when published in 1990.
The second is a slightly unusual work, being a folio covering 25 surviving members from the Battle of Britain. Each one has a brief history, a silhouette cameo portrait, a handwritten account of an action, and colour photo of some personal memorabilia.
The original edition was published in 1990, the 50th Anniversary of the BoB, as a limited edition of 410, at a price of £1,600 per copy !
It was then the most expensive (current) book in the World, although I seem to recall that each copy was personally signed, and accompanied by other artefacts. All proceeds went to the RAF Benevolent Fund.
The first is a huge volume, with a wealth of interesting photos, many in colour, and was originally £25 when published in 1990.
The second is a slightly unusual work, being a folio covering 25 surviving members from the Battle of Britain. Each one has a brief history, a silhouette cameo portrait, a handwritten account of an action, and colour photo of some personal memorabilia.
The original edition was published in 1990, the 50th Anniversary of the BoB, as a limited edition of 410, at a price of £1,600 per copy !
It was then the most expensive (current) book in the World, although I seem to recall that each copy was personally signed, and accompanied by other artefacts. All proceeds went to the RAF Benevolent Fund.
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Aaron Brooks Wolters
Brigadier General
Very, very nice Terry!
