"Fighters Defending the Ardennes" by Peter Celis

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Translation (Dutch to English) of a book review by Frans Van Humbeek of Celis' Fighters Defending the Ardennes from the the Hanger Flying website

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"The first part of the book is primarily a photo collection of aircraft that came into action in 1944-1945. We get to see images of abandoned German aircraft and war infrastructure at airports such as Asch, Bierset, Chièvres, Florennes, Le Culot, Melsbroek, Sint-Truiden, etc. The author pays as much attention to the work of the mechanics as to the pilots, for press photos and small personal photos, for tents and castles. As a reader, you can watch images such as those from the maintenance of the P-38J 'Mary Rose' for a long time. Despite the very detailed captions you can discover a whole story in the razor-sharp photos, often made in extremely cold winter months. The book makes the reader look for details in the rich photo selection. They are not just stories about technology. For example, deep human concern can be read on the faces of a 474th FG crew leaving the briefing room before departing for a dangerous mission above the Ardennes."

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