Cpt. Eric "Winkle" Brown books

[Flying_pencil]

S! all.

I just discovered Cpt. Brown wrote 2
Wings of the Weird and Wonderful,
volume 1 and 2

I have Vol 1, so what is in Vol 2?

And now a new book is out,
Wings of the Luftwaffe: Flying German Aircraft of World War II

Is that pretty much the same reviews in a new package?

Is there somewhere a full list of aircraft he reviewed?

Thanks

[Jukka Juutinen]

I believe the new edition of Wings on the Luftwaffe combines entries from the old edition plus from the Wings of the Weird&Wonderful volumes.

WotW&W volume 2 includes, if I remember it right, at least following aircraft: Marauder, Me 410, Ju 188, Ju 290, P-38, P-51, Westland Welkin, Winter Zaunkönig.

[Juha]

Hello FP
W&W 2 incl, besides those Jukka gave, Bell Airacomet, B-17, Brewster Buffalo, Boston IV, Fairey Gannet, Grumman Cougar, HP Hampden, Hawker Sea Hawk, Hydro-Ski Goose, Mitsubishi Zero, F-86,NA Savage, P-61, Reid and Sigrist Desford, S.R./A.1, Short S.29 Half-Scale Stirling, Short Sturgeon, Sikorsky R-4B Hoverfly, Supermarine Attacker, Supermarine S.24/37 Dumbo, Supermarine Seafang, Supermarine Seagull, Vickers Wellington VI, Vickers Windsor, Vultee Vengeance IV, Westland Whirlwind and Westland (Eagle) Wyvern.
Would you mind to give the list of a/c in W&W 1?

TIA
Juha

[Flying_pencil]

Originally Posted by Juha

Hello FP
W&W 2 incl, besides those Jukka gave, Bell Airacomet, B-17, Brewster Buffalo, Boston IV, Fairey Gannet, Grumman Cougar, HP Hampden, Hawker Sea Hawk, Hydro-Ski Goose, Mitsubishi Zero, F-86,NA Savage, P-61, Reid and Sigrist Desford, S.R./A.1, Short S.29 Half-Scale Stirling, Short Sturgeon, Sikorsky R-4B Hoverfly, Supermarine Attacker, Supermarine S.24/37 Dumbo, Supermarine Seafang, Supermarine Seagull, Vickers Wellington VI, Vickers Windsor, Vultee Vengeance IV, Westland Whirlwind and Westland (Eagle) Wyvern.
Would you mind to give the list of a/c in W&W 1?

TIA
Juha

For someone sporting a 紅の豚 avatar, it would be my pleasure!
(if obvious name simplified)

Lancaster
Aircobra
Kingcobra
Aircomet
BV 141
Bucker Jungmeister
Sea Mosquito
Erco Ercoupe
Fieseler Storch
General Aircraft G.A.L./56
Gloster E28/39
Gloster Gauntlet
Gloster Meteor variants
Grumman Bearcat
Grumman Tigercat
Grumman Cougar
Grumman Goose Hydro-ski
Hawker Sea Fury
Miles M.39B Libellula
B-17
Brewster Buffalo
DB-7/A-20/Boston IV
Ju 188
P-38
Martin B-26
Me 410
A6M Zero-sen
P-51
F-86
NA Savage
P-61
Saunders-Roe S.R./A.1
Sikorsky R-4B Hoverfly
Supermarine Seafang
Vultee Vengeance IV
Winter Zaunkonig


But I notice the list you gave seem to include most of my list.
Did the 1983 WotW&W be split into 2 books?

[Jukka Juutinen]

Flying pencil´s list of volume 1´s coverage should include B&V 138 and B&V 222.

[Flying_pencil]

Originally Posted by Jukka Juutinen

Flying pencil´s list of volume 1´s coverage should include B&V 138 and B&V 222.

No, does NOT include those two.
Only 36 aircraft reviewed.

[Jukka Juutinen]

Originally Posted by Flying_pencil

No, does NOT include those two.
Only 36 aircraft reviewed.

Well, at least one of the WotW&W volumes I had did feature the B&V 138 and the B&V 222. I can´t check it since I no longer have the books

[Flying_pencil]

So here is the deal.

Wings of the Weird and Wonderful, volume 1
by Airlife Pub. Ltd. 1983
has

Arado Ar 232B
Avro Lancaster
Avro Tudor
Bell Aircobra (P-39)
Bell Kingcobra (P-61)
Blohm und Voss BV 138
Blohm und Voss BV 141
Blohm und Voss BV 222
Bucker Jungmeister
De Havilland Sea Mosquito
De Havilland Sea Hornet
De Havilland Sea Vampire
De Havilland Flexible Deck Vampire
Erco Ercoupe
Fieseler Storch
Fairy Spearfish
General Aircraft G.A.L./56
Gloster E28/39
Gloster Gauntlet
Gloster Meteor variants
Grumman Bearcat
Grumman Tigercat
Hawker Sea Fury
Hawker P.1052
Horton IV
Martin Baker M.B.5
Miles M.20
Miles M.39B Libellula
Miles Gillette Falcon

30 aircraft.
It is clear the TAB publication is a combination of the 2, likely for US market.

[Juha]

Hello FP
Yes it seems that we have even more common than the interest in a/c and pilots’ opinions on them . And yes, there is very much overlap. Now I remember why I didn’t buy a fairly high priced copy of 1983 WotW&W when I saw it in one second-hand catalogue with a partial list of a/c it contained. Besides those in the 1983 WotW&W Vol 2 I had already some of them published in Air Internationals. Nowadays I think that maybe I should have bought it because of Meteors, P-39 and P-63. BV 141 and Miles M.39B Libellula would also have been interesting, but I doubt that there is much on the first one, of which I have always been fascinating on.

Juha

[Juha]

Hello Jukka
thanks for the info. I have those valuations, they were published also in AIs in 80s.

Juha