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Re: Book Review: Spitfire, The History

Posted by Dan Johnson on Thu Apr 11, 2002 02:40:17 PM

In reply top Book Review: Spitfire, The History posted by Mike Henniger on Thu Apr 11, 2002 01:45:05 PM

One bit of warning about an otherwise excellent book. Many of the photos are captioned inaccurately with Spitfires being misidentified by mark, etc.

Dan


: Book Review: Spitfire, The History
:
: Authors: Eric B. Morgan and Edward Skacklady
: Publisher: Key Publishing Ltd, London
: ISBN: 0 946219 10 9
: Edition: 1st Edition 1987 (others have followed)
:
: I have been looking for a book with Spitfire ?details?, an
: d I have found it. In ?Spitfire, The History? there is no
: t only a long and detailed history about the development t
: he design and development of the Spitfire, but it also lis
: ts all the serials, the TOS and SOS dates and squadron inf
: ormation for each airframe.
:
: In addition, the appendix includes; a list of the differen
: t type numbers (manufacturer models and mark designations)
: , a summary of the serial block allocations, a summary of
: the build contracts, a summary of the different spitfire e
: ngines, and the service entry dates for all airframes. Ea
: rlier in the book there is also a list of the airframes th
: at participated in the Battle of Britain.
:
: The same information I have highlighted above is also prov
: ided for the Seafire and Spiteful.
:
: This is an excellent book. My only concern is that I won?
: t be able to absorb it all before I have to return it to t
: he library. Now off to find a copy of my own?
:
: Regards,
:
: Mike

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