Favorite Aircraft History Books?

[Jukka Juutinen]

Dick, I have Crowood´s A-20 book. It is quite good and so far the best A-20 book I have seen, though I haven´t seen too many However, you cannot do a comprehensive book on type like the A-20 in about 200 pages.

Of course, many ships are unique. But you must not forget that many ships went thru vast number of modifications, sometimes calling for extensive structural rework. E.g. they might have had their 18 coal firing boilers landed and replaced with 8 oil firing boilers. Not a simple and quick task. I think the greatest reason for this situation is background of authors. Many of the famous ship authors have naval architect or similar background. How many Classic, Hikoki, Osprey authors have piston engine aircraft designer background?