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Micdrow said:
Yakovlev Fighter
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Does this book contain anything substantially new compared to "Yakovlev's Piston-Engined Fighters" by Gordon and Khazanov, Midland Publishers, 2002 (Red Star No.5)?

In addition. As it turned out, a library nearby has this book - I can compare the two books by myself next week.
 
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Ditto. Mr. Wolf aggregated a bunch of material, but did not spend much effort separating the wheat from the chaff.
 

Morning bf109xxl

I dont have Vol 5 of the Red Star but comparing the thickness of other Red Star books to one I got yesterday there is quite a difference in thicknesses as seen in picture below.

 
Agree

Wolf series does have errors and if you have lots of access to TO manuals or other books on the subject then you probably wont learn much new. I find them useful as a quick reference guide if want to know something to look up quickly but they do have mistakes in them. His A-20 Havoc book I find really interesting as I dont have alot of books on that subject so pro's and con's on any book series.

Probably one of the best books on the B-25 is the book is B-25 Mitchell The Magnificent Medium by N.L Avery if you can find it cheap in my option but even that book finds me wanting more info. Why I had started the B-25 weapons thread.

All the best

Paul
 
Micdrow said:
I dont have Vol 5 of the Red Star
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A scanned version of this book is available in PDF if necessary.
Micdrow said:
but comparing the thickness of other Red Star books to one I got yesterday there is quite a difference in thicknesses as seen in picture below.
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Thank you very much, very illustrative! Now I am very curious what exactly was added to the new book - the old one was largely based on the book by A.T.Stepanets, who was a leading engineer at the Air Force Research Institute (NII VVS) during the war - he was directly involved in the testing and improvement of the Yak fighters.
 
Greg Boeser said:
Ditto. Mr. Wolf aggregated a bunch of material, but did not spend much effort separating the wheat from the chaff.
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I have always found errors in anything I read. Maybe not when I'm reading it but later when I delt with the subject for awhile or after reading more about the subject. I spent twenty years as an avionics specialist and had to "A" page Technical Orders (TO's). Changes and corrections on the aircraft and systems, most of which were older than or nearly as old as I was. So yeah. Issues may be found but I'm not likely to read it cover to cover unless I'm suffering from insomnia. I use it as a reference to get a better idea and if I don't think I have what I want, I look elsewhere. I already have his book on the B-32, and 26 as well as the A-20.
 
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