JG 2 and JG 4 in English, now!!!

[Jukka Juutinen]

I read the books a few weeks ago. Very well written and translated and on the whole very well edited as well, found very few typos! The neutrality of mr. Mombeeck´s writing is very commendable, especially in comparison with a certain Jochen´s PC moralizing. In summary, mr. Mombeeck has allowed the pilots to speak for themselves!

[FalkeEins]

..somebody described me recently as Erik's 'English' voice so given that he's not around at the moment perhaps I should say thank you for supporting his project..and thank you for your comments on the quality of the prose.

..but as usual JJ you make things a little awkward for any respondent! Before someone else weighs in let me say that I managed to find a handful of typos in the JG 2 book - the perfectionist in me winces every time! There is of course a very large chunk of text in the book's 300+ A-4 pages. Only a couple slipped through in the JG4 book..(compared to about 5/volume in the JG 300 history - but those books took about a year to proof & correct and there were three of us doing it!)

..as to your other comments - I don't share your opinion there my friend as you well know - nor I doubt do many others here. JP set the standard when it comes to unit histories in our field, (not to mention the superb translation of the English-language editions), and his current JfV is 'magisterial' to quote RA. Shame more of his work hasn't appeared in English. However I take your point about letting the 'pilots speak' - one of the reason's why I enjoy Erik's books as much as I do.

[FalkeEins]

reviews in the current issue of Aviation News (Nov 2009)