January will see the release of four more interesting titles from that most prolific of publishing houses - Osprey Publishing. In this news story, the attention turns to books which are of particular interest to aviation modellers...

All of these new releases will be available from Osprey from january the 20th onwards.

V-1 Flying Bomb 1942–52
Hitler’s infamous “doodlebug”
(New Vanguard 106)

Author: Steven J Zaloga
Illustrator: Jim Laurier

US Price: $14.95
UK Price: £8.99

Contents:

# Introduction
# Design and development
# Operation
# In combat
# Variants and derivatives
# Allied counter-measures
# Color plate commentary
# Bibliography
# Index

F-15C Eagle Units in Combat
(Combat Aircraft 53)

Author: Steve Davies
Illustrator: Mark Styling, Chris Davey

US Price: $19.95
UK Price: £12.99

Contents:

# The Eagle takes flight
# The Baz
# Ducks in a barrel
# The Eagle and the Fulcrum
# Keeping the peace
# F-15A/C Unit histories
# F-15A/C names and nose art
# F-15 production and serial blocks
# Kill listing

C-47/R4D Units of the ETO and MTO
(Combat Aircraft 54)

Author: David Isby
Illustrator: Chris Davey

US Price: $19.95
UK Price: £12.99

Contents:

# Origins
# North Africa
# Sicily and the ‘Soft Underbelly’
# D-Day and Normandy
# Airborne Invasions and Air Resupply
# Italy and the Balkans
# Decisive Battles and Victory
# A New Way of Air Warfare
# Appendix 1: USAAF/USN C-47 Units In ETO/MTO
# Appendix 2: The Aircraft

Modelling the P-40
Hawk 81, Tomahawk, Warhawk and Kittyhawk
(Osprey Modelling 15)

Author: Brett Green

US Price: $17.95
UK Price: £12.99

Contents:

# Introduction
# The P-40N in detail
# P-40B 'Flying Tiger', 1/32nd
# 'Kiwi' Kittyhawk Mk.Ia, 1/48th
# RAAF Kittyhawk Mk.IV 'Black Magic', 1/48th
# French P-40F, North Africa, 1/48th
# A Warhawk built for two: TP-40N trainer, 1/48th
# RAF Desert Kittyhawk Mk.Ia, 1/72nd
# Further reading and websites
# Index

Complete listings of all Osprey's books can be seen (along with on-line purchasing facilities) on Osprey's Website

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