[Frank Olynyk]

JoeB,
Fighters Over the Desert (and the even harder to find Fighters Over Tunisia) were Chris' first works as campaign histories. At that time he did not have much in the way of Italian sources, and pretty much just Hans Ring's sources for German claims. Today the situation is much improved. He has access to very good Italian material, based on the Italian archives, through an Italian researcher. And the volumes that Jochen Prien has produced (both unit histories, and the Jagdfliegerverbande books) has added enormously to our knowledge of German claims and losses. All of this material is being reviewed and folded into a complete rewrite of these volumes and additional volumes to cover the Med to the end of the war. They will appear when then appear (the first one might appear by the end of next year, but no promises!), as long as his health holds out (still quite good at this point), and his enthusiasm (also good at this point).

Enjoy!

Frank.