[Oldpilot]

I just looked in a bibliography, and Bueschel's books were first published in small format (the Schiffer reprints are magazine size with lots of photos added, in the Schiffer style) by Arco in 1970. That's the same year Francillon's book was first published, so I'll bet that Bueschel didn't even have the advantage of looking to Francillon's book, never mind what has been printed in the thirty-odd years since.

I see there's a note in the front of the Ki-43 Hayabusa book thanking Jim Lansdale "for proofing and editing of the original edition" and to James I. Long "for bringing the text up to date with current practice nomenclature and model identification" -- so there are some changes between editions,

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