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Originally Posted by Andrey Kuznetsov
But the catalog says about the 1969 edition. Was it freely available? And did it even exist?
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Hi Andrey,
Yes, I have a copy of the 1969 edition. Here are pictures of the cover and title page:
I also have a copy of the 1983 edition:
These two editions are essentially the same book, but with some minor differences:
- The 1983 edition has a new introduction by Air Commodore H.A. Probert, head of the RAF's Air Historical Branch.
- The 1983 edition is physically a bit larger but retains the exact same page layout, so the font is a bit bigger and more readable.
- Some of the maps in the 1983 edition are larger.
- Both contain the same number of photos and all the photo captions are the same, but the 1983 edition features different pictures of some subjects.
I don't have the 2001 edition, but I suspect it might have undergone some similar tweaking.
Hope that helps,
Leon Venter