I bought my first copy (paperback) of this book back in 1965. It was a Corgi edition, and on the front cover it showed Clo Clo's J-FE Tempest flying low over snow covered terrain and a train that has burst into flames.
Luv the book. I've read it so often that the spine is seriously wrinkled - and almost anal in my care for books.
So when it was reprinted by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in 2004 as complete and unabridged I snapped up a copy straight away. The extra material is truly fascinating - amazing what had been cut out back in 1951 because of paper shortages.
IMHO definitely one of the very best on combat flying in WWII. In fact I rank it as one of the best three; the other two being Samurai by Saburo Sakai, and Blenheim by Theo Boiten. With Fighter Pilot by Paul Richey a close fourth.
28th May 2005, 07:22
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