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Re: Italian Aviation in the First World War
Hi Stig,
I have these volumes. I've not checked the Amazon reviews you mention,but I can confirm that you should think very hard before spending any money on these. I was particularly disapointed as I'd expected more from James Davilla based on the French Aircraft of WWI.
Volume One Operations is arguably the least poor of the three volumes,though I think you could get most of the information from Italian Wikipedia using search engine translation.That seems to have been lifted wholesale from Gentile and Varriale's I Reparti. I'm really not sure that Volume I adds much to this.Another element where little is added is the photographs, most of which seem very familiar.
I was most interested in Volumes 1 & 2 when I purchased. What a disappointment! My comments concerning photos in volume I also apply to the two succeeding volumes. As you know my main interest in Italian WW.I aviation is aircraft serials and nothing is added here in comparison to the various WDFs. In fact the serial information seems to have been lifted wholesale from the WDFs with no thought applied to whether the information is accurate or not. My overall impression of these volumes is that they add nothing new and no new research has been done. Save your money.
Regards,
Clint
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