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Summary: A first class reference source.
Review:
This author's list of credits is quite impressive. He is an internationally recognised air historian, has over 20 books published and contributes to "Jane's All the World's Aircraft." In this book he has concentrated on all those aircraft employed by the Axis Powers of WW2 and, in short, he has made an excellent job of it too.
Laid out in strict alphabetical order by make, each aircraft commences with a text headed "History and Notes" in which all the relevant history is covered and the numerous variations of different aircraft explained. To this is added plans and the occasional photograph. Most interestingly, instead of treating the reader to an artist's impression of a single profile example, we get several different profiles of each aircraft showing their numerous variations and livery. In the case of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, for example, there are 10 such profiles.
In my own work I frequently find myself researching whatever aircraft was involved with the sinking of a particular ship and this book gives me all the historical and technical details I could ever want.
An excellent choice for those with a deeper interest in the subject.
NM.
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Summary: An excellent book
Review: I found this book in the discount section at a local bookstore, and having always had an interested in wartime aircraft, I decided to buy it. For the low price I am very impressed at what this book offers. You get illustrations, photographs, statistics, and even the stories behind over 100 different warplanes used by the Axis Powers (Germany, Japan, and Italy.) As I expected, the more popular aircraft seemed to have more pages devoted to them than the less popular ones. Just about any Axis aircraft that was involved in the second world war can be found in this book, be it a fighter, bomber, or attack plane. If you're interested in learning more about these classic warplanes and you want a book thats inexpensive but still effective at getting this point across, this book is for you.
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Summary: A first class reference source.
Review: This author's list of credits is quite impressive. He is an internationally recognised air historian, has over 20 books published and contributes to "Jane's All the World's Aircraft." In this book he has concentrated on all those aircraft employed by the Axis Powers of WW2 and, in short, he has made an excellent job of it too.Laid out in strict alphabetical order by make, each aircraft commences with a text headed "History and Notes" in which all the relevant history is covered and the numerous variations of different aircraft explained. To this is added plans and the occasional photograph. Most interestingly, instead of treating the reader to an artist's impression of a single profile example, we get several different profiles of each aircraft showing their numerous variations and livery. In the case of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, for example, there are 10 such profiles. In my own work I frequently find myself researching whatever aircraft was involved with the sinking of a particular ship and this book gives me all the historical and technical details I could ever want. An excellent choice for those with a deeper interest in the subject. NM.
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