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Title: Soviet Aces of World War 2 (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces No 15) by Hugh Morgan ISBN: 1-85532-632-9 Publisher: Osprey Pub Co Pub. Date: November, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (4 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Unsatisfactory and unreliable study
Comment: I found this book unsatisfactory in several respects. To start with, it failed to leave me with more than a supeficial impression of what it meant to be a Soviet pilot in WW2 - I found the book dry and impersonal. Secondly, it left unanswered many of the questions I had before I read it, like why soviet pilots were able to score so many victories with the P39, which was neglected by US pilots. Finally, there is one damning aspect: the book is inconsistent, contradicting itself often. For instance, it will say that a given version of a Yak fighter was introduced in combat, say, in february 1943; a few pages later, a caption will say that pilot XYZ scored a kill on that fighter version in november 1942... There is plenty of similar mistakes. If you are looking for reliable references, look elsewhere. The only positive thing I can say is that there are very few studies of Soviet pilots in WW2, so this book somehow fills a gap.
Rating: 5
Summary: Superb
Comment: Expect excellence from Osprey's "Aircraft of the ACEs" series. This one, #15, is no exception. A brief history of the V-VS preceeds the chronicle of its record, from battle to battle, during the War. After the massive losses of Barbarossa, the Red air force very gradually, and at great cost, achieved air superiority. The progression of improvements in tactics is covered quite nicely in the text. The book contains many rare action photos from Soviet and German military archive, descriptions of all the fighter aircraft in the Soviet inventory, bios of the ACEs, color plates of uniforms and individual pilots' aircraft, reproductions of propaganda posters, and plenty of lists and stats. In addition is information about the famous "Free French" Normandie Niemen regiment and Polish, Czech, Romanian and Yugoslav divisions; female regiments and women ACEs; "suicide" (taran) rammers; and "legless wonders" -- amputees who returned to the front and flew with artificial limbs. Readers of this book will also appreciate Osprey #6,"Fw 190 ACEs of the Russian Front" and Time-Life's out-of-print (Epic of Flight) "The Soviet Air Force at War".
Rating: 4
Summary: Yet another fine volume in Osprey's growing series!
Comment: Hugh Morgan does a fine job of bringing these heretofore unknown pilots to life, considering the limited research material that he had to work with. What makes this volume interesting to me is that it goes into more detail than other volumes about the different Soviet aircraft which were flown. It's very easy to assume that all they had were MiGs and YaKs! Mr. Morgan clears that issue up very nicely. This book is well worth buying.
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Title: Bf 109 Aces of the Russian Front (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces No 37) by John Weal ISBN: 1841760846 Publisher: Osprey Publications Pub. Date: 25 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Italian Aces of World War 2 (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces No 34) by Giorgio Apostolo, Giovanni Massimello ISBN: 1841760781 Publisher: Osprey Pub Co Pub. Date: November, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Aces of the Russian Front (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces, No 6) by John Weal ISBN: 1855325187 Publisher: Osprey Pub Co Pub. Date: December, 1995 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: German Jet Aces of World War 2 (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces No 17) by Hugh Morgan, John Weal ISBN: 1855326345 Publisher: Stackpole Books Pub. Date: May, 1998 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Bf 109 Aces of North Africa and the Mediterranean (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces, No 2) by Jerry Scutts, Tony Holmes ISBN: 1855324482 Publisher: Osprey Pub Co Pub. Date: November, 1994 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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