A new book in my library. (9 Viewers)

[GTX]

Wait a minute...is this real?

 

[Sabrejet]

Does it have any details or photos covering the unit's operations in Iraq?

It covers the unit's two periods of operations (Bf.110 and Me.410) during WW2.

 

[Capt. Vick]

 

[GTX]

Latest arrival - second attempt from the bookseller as the first copy arrived badly damaged in transit but quickly replaced.

It's big, 438 pages in total, weighing in at a hefty 2.6 kilos with the slip case. Top quality printing, lots of photographs (many never previously published), first person accounts of flying, maintaining and operating the C-130A, E & H Hercules in RAAF service. Profile artwork by Juanita Franzi.

The Airmobility Workhorse, focuses on the operational history of the Lockheed C-130 Hercules in Royal Australian (RAAF) service, spanning the A, E and H models from 1958 to 2012, leaving the J model to be covered in the future.

The C-130 was the catalyst for a transformational shift from Second World War technology to leading-edge aircraft systems in RAAF air mobility and in the broader Air Force.

It is a detailed and balanced reflection of what the mighty Hercules did for Australia and how it affected who flew it, fixed it, supported it, flew as passengers or benefitted from the missions it conducted. This aricraft was truly Australia's Airmobility Workhorse.

About the Author

Air Commodore Bill Kourelakos recently retired from the RAAF in 2020 after 32 years of military service in both the Canadian Forces and the Royal Australian Air Force. His career consisted of four tours as a C-130 Navigator; over 20 deployed operations; a variety of staff appointments in Air Mobility Group, Air Force Headquarters, and Joint Operations Command; and Commands / Deputy Commands in No 36 and 37Squadrons, Task Group 633.4, No 86 Wing, Air Mobility and Training Development Unit, Northern Command, Headquarters Air Command, and Air Mobility Group.

Along with being a qualified teacher specialising in History, his broad career makes him eminently qualified to write the history of the mighty C-130 Hercules.



More than enough here to keep me reading its contents for a few weeks.

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Just received a copy of this.

 

[Airframes]

Just ordered, expected tomorrow and Saturday.

 

[Wurger]

 

[A4K]

Awesome Terry.
Can you please let me know if they mention the SPGs at Pegasus Bridge? 'Wagger' Thornton said he knocked out a 'Mk.IV tank' , but other books only mention SPGs being in the area at that time. I'm thinking maybe it was a type of SPG based on a Panzer IV chassis (?)

 

[Airframes]

Will do Evan. However, in my Normandy thread I mention this, and reached the same conclusions as Neil Barber, in the Appendix of his Pegasus Bridge book.
It was very probably a Unic P107, converted French half track, as shown below.

 

[me 262]

Just ordered, expected tomorrow and Saturday.

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the first image in your signature is when Germany runs out of spare parts and so just tapes the plane together lol

 

[A4K]

Must have missed that bit, sorry!
Whatever it was, in the one Wagger knocked out, a wounded crewman had dived out the front of it and was found half stuck underneath.

 

[Airframes]

Sent you a PM Evan.

The book arrived this morning, soft back edition, covering from Normandy to war's end in Germany, 494 pages including appendices and with an unexpected bonus in the form of a second, slim book with all relevant maps.

 

[A4K]

Cheers Terry! Great scores mate.

 

[Viking1066]

Picked up a couple of more well priced.

 

[Greg Boeser]

What's Volume 1?

 

[Greg Boeser]

 

[Viking1066]

What's Volume 1?

2. I have 1 in digital format. Volume 1 is the Japanese air strikes and landings.

 

[Wayne Little]

Some nice stuff Guys.

This arrived last week.

 

[A4K]

Looks good Wayne - is it?

 

[Wurger]

 

[Wayne Little]

Looks good Wayne - is it?

Pretty good from my point of view. 230 profiles 30 of them New, the rest taken from volumes 10-14 improved or updated. As i don't have 13 and 14 there is more than 30 new to me...