Opinions Peter J.C. Smith's V-1/He 111 book?

[Marcel van Heijkop]

The following book certainly slipped through my nets:

"Air-Launched Doodlebugs: Hitler's V 1 Missiles and 111/Kampfgeschwader 3 and 53" by Peter J. C. Smith (see: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Air-Launched.../dp/1844154017 )

Opinions/reviews anyone? Is there a lot of new material, such as photos and personal accounts? Worth having?

Thanks in advance,

Marcel

[Jukka Juutinen]

I haven´t seen this book but generally Peter C. Smith is a first class author.

Addendum: seems that this is another Peter C. Smith so I recall my comments.

[Peter D Evans]

Hi Marcel...

I have the book in question and although I cannot compare it with another other books on this subject, I found it an interesting enough read. It covers development of the V-1 and its integration into service with KG3 and KG53. It then goes on to cover daily operations from September 1944 thru to March 1945 and finishes with detailed appendices.

One word or warning, the quality of some of the photos included are poor, but I put this down to the printers rather than down to the images themselves.

BTW, if you shop around, you can find quite considerable savings on the £19.99 RRP and cheaper than Amazon too...

Cheers

Peter D Evans
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[Marcel van Heijkop]

Gents,

Thanks for your input, just the excuse I needed

Another one for the pile then!

Regard,

Marcel

[Nick Beale]

Just to add that AFAIK it's not the Peter Smith of dive bomber books fame. I have a booklet by Peter J.C. Smith that I picked up on a visit to Manchester which is about the V-1s air-launched against that city.

This was in the local history section of a bookshop there.

[Chris Goss]

This chap is a local (Manchester I think) author and from the German side, quite weak and in places inaccurate. From on the ground, it is god