In the Skies of Europe. A opinion?

[Jim Oxley]

For anyone who has an interest in the air power of the Axis then this book is a must. It provides excellent detail not only on the various Axis air powers and a good, concise history of Germany's partners. It covers campaigns, battles, numbers, aces, training, structure, contribution and overall impact of the various air forces.

Indeed it may surprise a few people that for a considerable time over a quarter of the aircraft flown on the Russian Front were manned by non- German aircrews.

It is an excellent book, eminently readable.

For those interested a breakdown of the books contents is as follows:

Part I: The Allies
Italy - Regia Aeronautica
....... - Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana
Romania - Fortele Aeriene Regale Romana
Hungary - Magyar Kiralyi Honved Legiero
Bulgaria - Vozdushni Voiski
Croatia - Zrakoplovstro NDH
Slovakia - Slovenske Vzdusne Zbrane

Part II: Special Cases
Finland - Suomen Ilmavoimat
Vichy-France - L'Armee de l'Air de l'Armistice

Part III: Foreign Flying Personnel in the Luftwaffe
Introduction
Norwegians
Danes
French
Belgians
Dutch
Spaniards
Estonians
Latvians
Russians

Appendices
1. The Most Successful Fighter Pilots
2. Aircraft Production of Gernamy's Allies, including Finland and Vich-France
3. Training of Foreign Personnel
4. British Interrogation report of Major Neumann
5. Air Force Ranks in the Second World War

The ISBN is 1 86126 326 0