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Old 02-08-2012, 10:53 AM
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My God, the colours are better than CLOD!
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Old 02-08-2012, 02:08 PM
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My God, the colours are better than CLOD!
That is very true statement. I tought the same as I saw them!
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Old 02-10-2012, 08:09 PM
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Fantastic pictures. Thanks for sharing. I thought the 4th one looked familiar and then I checked. It is Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire, England. The view is looking east, downstream over the River Thames. All the buildings you see are still there - not much has changed in 70 years





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is it me or have the moved the bridge 100 meters down river lol
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Larger version.





Some more photos from wartime England. I posted a few of these earlier. Norwich, Dover, London, Stratford on Avon.:





































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Old 02-09-2012, 06:59 PM
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Default Air Tactics Book - Luftwaffe

Ive noticed in book shops you can buy tactics and stratergy books for various nations on infantry and tanks in various situations but for the life of me I cant find a single one on Air forrces - for any country for WWII.

Any one got any information if such books even exist?

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I actually just found some but if anyone knows a good one please let me know.
I just ordered:

Luftwaffe Handbook 1939-1945
Alfred Price

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Luftwaffe Fighter Aces: The Jagdflieger and Their Combat Techniques (Greenhill Military Paperback)
Mike Spick

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There used to be a WW2 book (by Edward Sims), but it's out of print and second hand copies cost too much.

"Fighter Combat: Tactics and Manoeuvring" by Robert L. Shaw is very good, and gets as technical as anyone other than someone taking a degree in aerodynamics could need.

"Air Combat Manoeuvres: The Technique and History of Air Fighting for Flight Simulation" is more basic, and my edition has one mistake, but it does have pretty pictures.

Mike Spick's book is okay, I haven't read the other one.

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Old 02-10-2012, 02:55 PM
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Thnaks for the reply Igo kyu,

Im am not so much looking for the best most efficent tatics but the actually tactics they used. I suppose there are no real definate books just on the luftwaffe because they had to adapt and change, however I suspect the main reason is because ariel combat is such a fluid art.

I will look into your suggestions, thank you.
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Old 02-10-2012, 07:38 PM
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Default Some Bf109 reading

http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNe...tt-Bf-109.aspx



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Old 02-10-2012, 07:51 PM
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Thanks for the heads up!
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