Donivanp
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Just ordered it from Thrift books!
A new book in my library. (9 Viewers)
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Wildcat
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David Vincent is an excellent researcher and author. Get his RAAF Hudson books if you don't already own them. Here are my latest two -
Thanks for the info Andy and great scores there. I have quite a few of the Pacific profiles books but not those two.
Viking1066
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I will,definitely get No.17
SamuelK
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I finished Don Williams' The CAC Boomerang last month. Overall it was an easy read that I completed over two days. It provides the reader context on Australia's aircraft manufacturing industry at the time and the need to supplement imported aircraft due to the current Allied war situation in late 1941/early 1942. Additionally, it covers the combat career of the Boomerang along with a few nice biographies of the men who flew them.
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Scored my copies of the latest titles on Friday.
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Hey Paul, they are the latest releases only out 2 weeks ago. I could have got mine a week earlier but couldn't get down to my mates shop then.
The Big plus is Avonmore is based in Adelaide.
And Yor Book purchase real nice man....
Donivanp
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Just ordered of the last few days
Thanks Wayne,
Don/Wayne Here is a scan of a page from the book. It usually takes a couple of months after release to hit us in the US
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MiTasol
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Is this one complete? I have the microfilms of Kenney's journal on CD and that is missing a block of pages so if this is complete I will grab a copy ASAP.
You will find it most interesting - including his comments on his aircrew suffering from scurvy due to the lack of good food.
Donivanp
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Great stuff.
Adding to the above collection of "Pacific profiles" a book, I got in January (was ordered as a Christmas present but didn't come in time):
I'm somehow disappointed (just MHO). It's a good source covering so many a/c with names, serials and history. There are plenty of details about markings and insignia, which are good and profound. This I can't deny and for this only the book is very useful. But there are some mistakes as well. The author shows many of the Pacific modifications (known as D1, D2, G1, G12) but for readers who didn't know anything about those mods, it won't be easy to determine all the fine differences. The 3 last B-25D blocks -25, -30, -35 are mentioned as "hybrid-variants" with waist windows and tail gunner-position but the author doesn't describe some important differences between them and the modifications with similar features.
The profiles are not very good as well. One and the same side view has been used for all early (B,C/D, G) and another one for the couple of late (H, J) models. The latter wrongly do not show the "fat body" in the rear. The waist windows of the mods and the late H-J are shown in the same way and they are too big. The navigator's dome is always ridiculously small - check the cover above.
I found a couple of mistakes too (e.g. misidentified a/c based on the nose art/name only and as we know there were dozens of planes with the same name).
Nevertheless I must say that this is an interesting source, covering (almost) all groups and squadrons using B-25 in many different roles in the Pacific.
Cheers!
I'm somehow disappointed (just MHO). It's a good source covering so many a/c with names, serials and history. There are plenty of details about markings and insignia, which are good and profound. This I can't deny and for this only the book is very useful. But there are some mistakes as well. The author shows many of the Pacific modifications (known as D1, D2, G1, G12) but for readers who didn't know anything about those mods, it won't be easy to determine all the fine differences. The 3 last B-25D blocks -25, -30, -35 are mentioned as "hybrid-variants" with waist windows and tail gunner-position but the author doesn't describe some important differences between them and the modifications with similar features.
The profiles are not very good as well. One and the same side view has been used for all early (B,C/D, G) and another one for the couple of late (H, J) models. The latter wrongly do not show the "fat body" in the rear. The waist windows of the mods and the late H-J are shown in the same way and they are too big. The navigator's dome is always ridiculously small - check the cover above.
I found a couple of mistakes too (e.g. misidentified a/c based on the nose art/name only and as we know there were dozens of planes with the same name).
Nevertheless I must say that this is an interesting source, covering (almost) all groups and squadrons using B-25 in many different roles in the Pacific.
Cheers!
Donivanp
Colonel
Well I just got my new porn n' airplanes book.....
Donivanp
Colonel
Just arrived from Amazon, 562 pages for reading. But only about 8 pages of pictures, I don't know how I'll ever read it!
Donivanp
Colonel
This just in from Jeff Bezos
