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Re: Favorite Aircraft History Books?
Jukka,
You seem to have latched onto the fact that I mentioned pilots being mainly concerned with their aircraft working well and getting them down in one piece. You did not make any reply or comment about: You should also realise that aviation publishers do not subscribe to the fact that every book has to be a technical monolith. Aviation books are targeted at different audiences. These different audiences seek different levels of content. Therefore, some books are high on technical content. Others, such as unit histories, thrust more towards missions and personalities. Others again focus more on camouflage and markings and aircraft types. HMS Dreadnought is HMS Dreadnought, period. The Bf 109, or Bf 110, or Me 262 are (without wishing to be hit for stating the obvious) different animals altogether, with all of their various sub-variants, and the differing approaches as to how they are presented in print.
I'm happy to continue to debate this issue with you, but you have to respond to the points I make. I was not selective with yours. The fact is, what I have stated is a simple truth. If you cannot see that, or accept that, then there is no point in continuing this discussion. You can stick to your great naval authors; I'll continue to enjoy the works of Stephen Bungay, Chris Goss, Peter Cornwell, Christer Bergstrom, Jochen Prien, and others who advanced our knowledge of WW2 aviation matters considerably.
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