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Spitfires in the sun (IAF Spitfires1944-57)
Spitfires in the sun
A history of the Supermarine Spitfire in Indian Air Force Service 1944-1957 By Vikram Singh Author is an IAF pilot, having flown various marks of MiG-21, Mirage 2000 and other aircraft as a test pilot. Format A4 with a little less than 200 pages full of text (of course!), B&W and colour pictures (about 95% of them completely unknown to me, that's quite something!), maps, tables, even colour profiles with a complete study of camos & markings. To me, everything's there. The book is divided in 9 chapters and 2 appendixes: - Beginning of an air force - The forgotten "chota war" - Mopping up the empire - The legacy continue... in India - Epilogue - Units histories - Camouflages & markings - Spitfire technical specifications - Indian air force Spitfire survivors - Appendix A List of RAF-IAF serial allocations Spit T.IX & PR.XIX - Appendix B List of RAF-IAF serial allocations Spit F./FR.XVIII To me it looks like some very professionnal work, and I would nearly recommand it even before I've read it myself! |
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Re: Spitfires in the sun (IAF Spitfires1944-57)
Coincidentally the author was there at Duxford along with some copies.. just a couple of days ago..
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Re: Spitfires in the sun (IAF Spitfires1944-57)
Nice to met you here too, Jagan.
Indeed, I'd get the book at Duxford last weekend, together with the pleasure to have a chat with the author. By the way, we talked also about your books, as Eagle over Bengladesh was still fresh in my memory. I've also posted a thread on ACIG's forum. |
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