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Aircraft of the Aces #77
Albatros Aces of World War 1 part 2
  • Aircraft of the Aces

by: Stephen T. Lawson [ JACKFLASH ]

the machine,
Australian pilot Sir Gordon Taylor (66 Squadron) recorded his impressions of flying Albatros D.III 2015/16, captured with Ltn Georg Simon of Jasta 11 in the cockpit ("G.42"). . . "this Hun was a war machine, a weapon of ruthless efficiency; cold-blooded in the metal of its V interplane struts, the Spandau guns, the big engine under the streamlined cowl in the nose, and the instruments and fittings in the cockpit...My thoughts, as I got out of the Albatros' cockpit, can be...expressed, "Give me this aeroplane to fight the war. Let me keep the Sopwith Scout to enjoy myself in the air when the war is won."

the men,
I have had the pleasure of knowing the author, Greg VanWyngarden personally for many years. He is tireless in his research and writing. He is by profession a teacher. He is by nature a historian. This second book on the subject of Albatros Aces covers the same time period as the initial work BUT since the Albatros company had a whole series of fighters from 1916 -1918 there are pillots careers presented here that could only get a mention previously. Private collectors have come forward and Greg had presented the impressive images of aircraft we have only guess at before today.

It contains an introduction, four chapters and an appenidices. 96 pages of high adventure.

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SUMMARY
Highs: The colour profiles are most impressive with Greg's usual fact grounded approach to research.
Lows: I would like to see these profiles and stories in an anthology by unit. The lozenge camouflage treatment on the relavent aircraft were not discussed in plan view profiles.
Verdict: Highly recommended for the new research and information on the individual pilot profiles.
Percentage Rating
94%
  Scale: 1:1
  Suggested Retail: 19.50 USD
  PUBLISHED: Dec 02, 2007
  NATIONALITY: Germany
NETWORK-WIDE AVERAGE RATINGS
  THIS REVIEWER: 90.97%
  MAKER/PUBLISHER: 90.16%

About Stephen T. Lawson (JackFlash)
FROM: COLORADO, UNITED STATES

I was building Off topic jet age kits at the age of 7. I remember building my first WWI kit way back in 1964-5 at the age of 8-9. Hundreds of 1/72 scale Revell and Airfix kits later my eyes started to change and I wanted to do more detail. With the advent of DML / Dragon and Eduard I sold off my ...

Copyright ©2021 text by Stephen T. Lawson [ JACKFLASH ]. Images also by copyright holder unless otherwise noted. Opinions expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of AeroScale. All rights reserved.


   
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