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Pages: 96 (Paperback)
ISBN: 184603177X
Pub: Osprey Publishing
Pub date: 2007-04-10
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 297536
Reader Reviews:
another Osprey Aces 'potboiler' (2/2 people found this helpful)
This latest volume is a little bit more interesting & detailed than some of John Weal's recent aces titles - if you can call his Osprey Aces volumes "detailed" at all. If you've got a decent library proceed with caution - Mr Weal himself (yes, I do know him) readily admits that these slim volumes are 'potboilers'. One thing I will say though - John Weal makes good use of German language sources and he writes very fluently and with a certain flair.
Where this work falls down somewhat is in the range of sources used - the author relies on rather older works as references, and his views seem a little out of touch with the latest research - he still labels VVS equipment in 1941 as outdated and obsolete, while Christer Bergstrom's latest works for Eagle Editions and Ian Allan draw new conclusions.
..Elsewhere it is also strange to note that Weal's account of the shootdown of Heinz Ewald by his own flak differs somewhat from what Ewald has to say about this episode himself. In fact I have just been reading the account of Gustav Denk's loss (II./JG52) as provided by the unnamed 'fledgling wingman'....bizarrely I had to go to another book to find out that his wingman was Helmut Lipfert and that this account was lifted direct from Lipfert's book published by Schiffer, uncredited in Weal's text - no footnote, nothing..
I'd also say that in this age of superlative computer artwork renderings, say the latest works by Tom Tullis or Claes Sundin, Weal's profiles look rather amateurish and outdated and I thought the book was a little slimmer than the usual Osprey aces titles...only 86 pages of text & profiles...(not the 96 indicated above)
a good basic reference work to get the names and some info about the service life of the pilots, but only a taster for more detailed research
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