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Title: Spitfire Mark I/II Aces 1939-1941 (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces No 12) by Alfred Price ISBN: 1-85532-627-2 Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK) Pub. Date: 01 October, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (3 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Not the best.
Comment: Most of the Ospery titles have been very good. But this one was lacking something. It needed to cover more of the pilots who flew the planes rather than the plane. There were some BOB aces that weren't mention who did quite well.
The Ospery series is one of the best available, and well worth looking up. This book though doesn't cover the aces well enough.
Rating: 4
Summary: Fine photos and info on one of the best fighters of the war
Comment: Alfred Price is the doyen of Spitfire authors, having published at least a dozen books on the aircraft, so it was probably hard for him to come up with new angles to cover. In this book he succeeds admirably, covering the combat use of the first two versions of the Spitfire, and giving brief bios of several important aces who flew the aircraft. Price covers both the build-up to the Battle of Britain, and the Spitfire's important part in that epic struggle. Best of all is the visual material. Among the many photos of pilots and aircraft are several I haven't seen before. There are forty well executed color side profiles of aces' Spitfires; although the Dark Green and Dark Earth color schemes of most of the aircraft can get a bit boring, they are an invaluable aid, particularly to modelers. A fine job.
Rating: 2
Summary: The content missed the meaning of the title.
Comment: I found that Mr. Price spent more time on tactics and the aircraft itself than the pilots that flew it to 5 victories. I must admit I'm a bit bias having read Mr. Weal's BF109D/E aces book beforehand and was therefore hoping Mr. Price's book would follow the same writing style. I was disappointed. There had to be more than the 10 pilots Mr. Price focused on that achieved 5 victories in this marque of Spitfire.
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Title: Late Marque Spitfire Aces 1942-45 (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces, 5) by Alfred Price ISBN: 1855325756 Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK) Pub. Date: 01 September, 1995 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Spitfire Mark V Aces 1941-1945 (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces No 16) by Alfred Price ISBN: 1855326353 Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK) Pub. Date: 01 November, 1997 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Hurricane Aces 1939-40 (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces, 18) by Tony Holmes ISBN: 1855325977 Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK) Pub. Date: 01 February, 1998 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: BF 109D/E Aces 1939-1941 (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces No 11) by John Weal ISBN: 1855324873 Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK) Pub. Date: 01 October, 1996 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Ju 88 Kampfgeschwader on the Western Front (Osprey Combat Aircraft 17) by John Weal ISBN: 184176020X Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK) Pub. Date: 01 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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