Red Stars 6-Aeroflot Origins/Lennart Andersson
 

Bumped into this on Apali´s website: http://www.apali.fi/kauppa/product_details.php?p=292

Re: Red Stars 6-Aeroflot Origins/Lennart Andersson
 

AFAIK, this title has not yet been published. But let's wait the author's note (he frequents this board).

P.S. I, for sure, am eagerly waiting for this title for quite a while...

Re: Red Stars 6-Aeroflot Origins/Lennart Andersson
 

Yep, the publication date should be August 14.

Re: Red Stars 6-Aeroflot Origins/Lennart Andersson
 

This title has now finally appeared and is available from the publisher. In due time I hope that it will be retailed by the major internet aviation bookshops including Air-Britain Store.

Here you can find some information and a few page samples
http://z-bok.se/catalog.11.html

and this is the publishers online web shop:
http://www.apali.fi/kauppa/product_details.php?p=275

Lennart Andersson

Re: Red Stars 6-Aeroflot Origins/Lennart Andersson
 

Yesterday I received a copy of this book.
In a nutshell: a fascinating book, containing a wealth of information. It's even better than I've imagined.
Therefore I can unequivocally state: the latest book of Lennart Andersson is a reference work, indispensable for anyone interested in Soviet aviation.
Highly recommended.

Re: Red Stars 6-Aeroflot Origins/Lennart Andersson
 

...and here's a challenge for the Author:

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/8...dbysoviets.jpg

Re: Red Stars 6-Aeroflot Origins/Lennart Andersson
 

Well, that's easy :). It is a PWS 26 that was captured in Poland in 1939.

The same photo was published in "Polish Wings 7" together with a colour profile that shows CCCP-C235. I think that the registration looks more like CCCP-232(x), but have not seen any document that refers to PWS-26 aircraft.

Lennart

Re: Red Stars 6-Aeroflot Origins/Lennart Andersson
 

I fully agree with you.

Re: Red Stars 6-Aeroflot Origins/Lennart Andersson
 

My God, I must have this book ! I thought it would be available much later, but nice surprise, it's here !! :)

Re: Red Stars 6-Aeroflot Origins/Lennart Andersson
 

The Apali website sells only for customers from Finland. Where from have you bought the book Denes ?!
Oh sorry, I just saw that foreign customers should contact by e-mail the webstore.

Re: Red Stars 6-Aeroflot Origins/Lennart Andersson
 

Unfortunatelly the Apali website does not respond to my e-mail, :( so I must wait for others book retailers, to have available the book ....

Re: Red Stars 6-Aeroflot Origins/Lennart Andersson
 

It is listed on the Aviation Shop website at http://www.aviationshop.fi/ Click on Kirjat on the left hand side. And they will answer emails in English.

Frank.

Re: Red Stars 6-Aeroflot Origins/Lennart Andersson
 

Guys

Got the book yesterday from Lennart and what can I say? Didn't think he could outperform his former books, but he manage somehow to wring still more details out of ancient Soviet (aka Russian) files, and if you are interested in THE complete Soviet civil aviation history during the 1920's and 1930's (+ WW 2) there are just two words for this book. GET IT!!

Never thought I would see the Soviet civil register of this period in print, but I just did....:)

Cheers
Stig

Re: Red Stars 6-Aeroflot Origins/Lennart Andersson
 

Better late than never. A firm proof of the full code:
http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/7...sovietcccp.jpg
[Source: eBay]

In your book, this code is given as worn by a U-2, registration cancelled in Jan. 1939. Can then be assumed that the cancelled registrations were (sometimes) reused?

Re: Red Stars 6-Aeroflot Origins/Lennart Andersson
 

Good! Yes, registration numbers were often used more than once. They probably had no idea that this would cause problems to people in Sweden, Canada and other places some 70 years later. Strange guys... :)

Lennart

Re: PWS-26 in Soviet hands
 

Hi
The photo of this PWS-26 is not the same it is next (or the first edited) from the oposite side (this in PWS-26's book is right side, this below is left). It is Lvov-Sknilov, Lwów-Skniłów airfiled in VII 1941.

I have a color drawing exactly this particular plane specialy done for my book "Red Stars Black Cross's Ally over Poland" printed in IX 2008 in Poland according Tomek's photos, which scan is also in Denes collection?.

You may see it:

http://www.kecay.com/mirek.htm

Regards
mw

Re: Red Stars 6-Aeroflot Origins/Lennart Andersson
 

came across this one on http://forum.axishistory.com

Re: Red Stars 6-Aeroflot Origins/Lennart Andersson
 

Congratulations, Lennart.




Regards,
Ed