Published: Book Author(s): Edward M. Young; Series Editor Tony Holmes Company: Osprey Publishing
This 96-page book---#87 in the Osprey Combat Aircraft Series---follows Osprey’s usual 7-¼” x 9-¾” format, and is comprised of six chapters:
Chapter 1, China Burma India, tells how the 7th BG and its 3 squadrons were formed, and the difficulty they had doing so, since President Roosevelt had a Germany-first plan of action.
Chapter 2, Operation During 1943, points out the priority of targets, the first being merchant shipping and docks, and added in late 1943, rail centers and bridges as well.
Chapter 3, Strategic Air Force, talks about how Roosevelt and Churchill decided on a more offensive strategy for Burma, and went to a unified command center.
Published: Book Author(s): John Lambert and Les Brown Company: Seaforth Publishing
A large book at 8-1/2 by 12-inches, Allied Torpedo Boats is a hardbound ShipCraft Special of 128 pages by Seaforth Publishing and Classic Warship Publishing, which has produced this work, composed of 9 sections.
The first section, titled "Coastal Forces Development 1915-1945” explains the development of the MTBs (motor torpedo boats) and how they came to be. The American boats’ development is easy to follow since the US Navy went with fewer types and mass production early on, whereas the English didn't seem to build any six boats the same.
The second section of the book is definitely for modelers and is called simply "Model Production”. It covers the many different model PTs out there from the 1/1200 scale ones to 1/24 scale RC-capable ones.
Published: Book Author(s): Michael O'Leary Company: Specialty Press
The book is hardbound, measures 11-1/4 by 8-3/4 inches tall, and comprises 239 pages, divided into 6 chapters, as follows:
Chapter 1 - Creating a Prototype: This look-back into the Mustang’s genesis describes how the British wanted North American to build more P-40s, but N.A. balked, saying they could build a faster, more maneuverable fighter instead. The British agreed, but made it contractually mandatory for N.A. to buy the engineering of the XP-46A from Curtiss. This chapter also covers the cost of the NA-73X prototype and the early production run.
Chapter 2 - The Allison Mustang: The second chapter covers wind tunnel tests and the gearing up of production, which the author attributes to James “Dutch” Kindelberger, the president of North American. It also… more
