"CAPTURED ME109s" a New Book! July 2007

[Mirek Wawrzynski]

P.S. Let me point out the the analogy you try to imply between the title I authored and the title you co-authored is a forced one, and it's not logical, either.

It is simple, you "cling my arm, seeing there small thing - a straw - and do not see very big beam in own eye".
Thanks for explanation your still strange (?) and not right title. Publisher is publisher.
BTW I wonder if this smart publisher did the same with RAF to match the size of own cover with the author's title? And he made own, shorter version with name of Royal Air Force to only Air Forcel?


Anyway captured has very wide meaning, in my opinion, including this strange and interesting history.

Regards,
mw

BTW. Royal is not so long word!

[Blue-Max]

Originally Posted by Dénes Bernád

That aircraft was flown willingly to Italy by a Rumanian officer, Cpt. rez. av. Constantin Cantacuzino, in a diplomatic mission, and he intended to return to Rumania with it. It was only an accident that prevented him to return with his mount, and used a P-51 instead - which, in turn, was not a captured bird either.

This is a good oportunity to get your attention on a decal sheet that includes this particular aircraft too !! You may see it and order it at MDC store. It is available at 1/72, 1/48 and 1/32 scale !

http://www.shopcreator.com/mall/prod...RB-D7201/86930

[JP Vieira]

Great Thread...thanks

[Blue-Max]

Finally I got my own copy of this book.
As already mentioned here, the book is printed in excellent graphic conditions.
The hole structure of the book is based on a dual combination of "picture/color profile" of the captured Me 109, accompanied by concise historical information. Sometimes there are more photos for one color profile, which is very good. This is the first time I see color profiles of "damaged airplanes". Very interesting! Highly recommended also for modelers.

There is no table of contents so I'm a little bit confused about the order of the presented captured airplanes. At the beginning it seems to be a chronological presentation: first the captured Bertas, then the Doras, Emils, Friedrichs, Gustavs, .... After that the presentation criteria is the nation, who has captured the airplane.
Maybe a kind of Index according to nations and captured airplanes would have been helpful ?!