War Prizes: The Album: A Pictorial Compendium of Axis Aircraft Operated by the Allies During and After the Second World War - Softcover

Butler, Phil

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1857802446 ISBN 13: 9781857802443

Publisher: Midland Publishing, 2006

Synopsis

First published in 1994 and in print virtually ever since, War Prizes was an illustrated history of the German, Italian, and Japanese aircraft brought to Allied countries after World War II for testing and evaluation. Wide ranges of airplanes were covered in the book including civil aircraft and sailplanes as well as military types. The only drawback with War Prizes was that because it was providing a detailed narrative of the testing and evaluation programs, the space that could be devoted to the photographs was limited.



War Prizes: The Album illustrates in much greater depth the aircraft types featured in the original volume. It has photographs of each type in the markings of the Allied countries that operated them. One aspect of the subject that will have notably better coverage in this book is that of Axis aircraft which found their way into Russian hands. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union a lot more material has become available. The majority of the photos that appear in this book were not published in the earlier book.

About this title

About the Author

Having retired from work as a Quality Assurance Manager in the nuclear power industry, Phil Butler continued his research in the United Kingdom's aviation heritage. Phil and his wife Irene livre near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Phil's interest in aviation started while he was at school. He was in the Air Cadets and was an early member of the Merseyside Aviation Society in his home city of Liverpool. During his membership of the Society he contributed to its Journal and was involved in the research, editing and production of a number of books published by the Society, such as the directory of airfields in the British Isles, the history of aviation in Ireland, the history of Liverpool Airport, registers of British Gliders, of 'Class B' registered aircraft, and of the 'Air Min' aircraft, the last of which formed the nucleus of his current book. He has edited aircraft register monographs for Air-Britian and is the leader of the Air-Britain specialist group covering Gliders and Sailplanes. As editor of Air-Britain Aeromilitaria, Phil fostered research work in military aviation in Britain and beyond.

Edition details

• Publisher: Midland Publishing
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1857802446
• ISBN 13: 9781857802443
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128