Black Cross Red Star Vol. 3 - publication news

[Ruy Horta]

Originally Posted by marsyao

...VVS war time document still not available to public, but I still wish it could be a little more, like Christopher shore, a two way street, first claim from one side, then from other side's account, how many aircraft really lost, and if possiblem what were the causes ?

I wish Christer would not say I am too pigy, because overall, it was an excellent and highly recommand book.

This has been the case since volume 1, it should not come as a great surprise. The main difference has been the publishing value (Eagle Edition's house style), which has upped the price considerably compared to the more mass market volume 2.

BC/RS-series imho brings to the reader Soviet / Russian material that hasn't been available to us before. Unfortunately the bulk of it is made out of quoting or otherwise "refurbishing" already published material. Yes, it is still a step forward, compared to previously available material, but we'll have to wait for the next wave of Russian research to really dig into the Soviet archives. Only then will we get a proper mix and match, based on archival (primary), biographical and secondary sources.

Based on some of the latest Russian aviation publications we may not even have to wait that long.

http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=6460
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=1297

Just two examples.