Название: RAAF Camouflage & Markings 1939-1945 Vol 2
Автор: Geoffrey Pentland
Издательство: Kookaburra Technical Publications
ISBN: 0858800373
Год: 1989
Страниц: 143
Формат: PDF в RAR
Размер: 29.71МБ
Язык: английский
The second volume concentrates on the war in the Pacific from about 1943 until 1945. Here we see the camouflage and markings used on Supermarine Spitfires, Beaufighters, Beauforts, Vultee Vengeances, B-24 Liberators and C-47 Dakotas. It also shows a number of training aircraft used later in the war in Australia - Wirraways, Kittyhawks and Tiger Moths.

Название: RAAF Camouflage & Markings 1939-1945 Vol 1
Автор: Geoffrey Pentland
Издательство: Kookaburra Technical Publications
ISBN: 0858800365
Год: 1980
Страниц: 136
Формат: PDF в RAR
Размер: 83.16МБ
Язык: английский
Geoffrey Pentland’s RAAF Camouflage & Markings series attempts to explain the different markings found on aircraft of the Royal Australian Air Force during the Second World War.
When Britain declared war on Germany in September 1939, Australia also followed suit. Many airmen to fly in Europe were initially trained in Australia - this is the focus of the first part of Volume 1. Avro Ansons, Hawker Demons, Commonwealth Wacketts and Tiger Moths (among many others) were all used to train Australian airmen, and each unit featured their own colorings and markings.
Volume 1 then goes on to explain the different camouflage techniques used in the early stages of the Pacific war - Malaya, Darwin, Moresby, Milne Bay - this includes aircraft such as the Commonwealth Wirraway, Lockheed Hudson and Curtiss Kittyhawk. As this edition was published over twenty years ago, some of the information may now be outdataed - for example, it is now believed that the ‘U’ on Dick Creswell’s P-40E A29-113 was actually blue rather than red. But this is an excellent resource none-the-less.
This book includes many black and white photos, a handful of rare colour photos and a large number of colour profiles and would make an excellent addition to the collection of any RAAF enthusiast and especially the model builder.
The book is missing color plate pages 33-34.

Название: The Polish Air Force at War: The Official History Vol.1 1939-1943
Автор: Jerzy B. Czynk
Издательство: Schiffer Publishing
ISBN: 076430559X
Год: 1998
Страниц: 325
Формат: PDF в RAR
Размер: 108.7МБ
Язык: английский

Название: Vengeance! The Vultee Vengeance Dive Bomber
Автор: Peter C. Smith
Издательство: Airlife
ISBN: 0906393655
Год: 1986
Страниц: 192
Формат: PDF в RAR
Размер: 22.85МБ
Язык: английский
Built in the USA this divebomber saw combat with the RAF and Indian Air Force in Burma, with the French in North Africa and the Austrlian Air force in the Pacific. Ignored by historians of the Imphal and Kohima battles it was the Vengeance that broke the Japanese sieges in those battles.