Author: John Weal
Osprey Combat Aircraft Series No. 100
Soft Back, e-Pub e-Book, PDF e-Book
ISBN: 9781780963075
Price around £11.00 GBP (January 2014)
Review by Geoff Coughlin
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About this book
This is another book in the Osprey Combat Aircraft Series written by John Weal who is a well-respected author of many volumes – many sitting on by book shelf from purchases over the years.
The twin-engined He 111 was the mainstay of the Luftwaffe’s bomber arm at the start of World War ll. Accompanied by the Ju 87 Stuka dive-bomber, it provided the aerial striking power for all the early Blitzkrieg campaigns, sweeping all before it throughout the first 12 months of hostilities. Although it was found wanting when faced by the RAF during the Battle of Britain, it gained new renown on the Eastern Front.
The He 111 bomber was in action against the Russians from the first day of the war until the last. It played a part in all the major battles and was employed in a wide variety of roles, including operating as a strategic bomber, torpedo-bomber (over both the Arctic Ocean and the Black Sea), train-buster, interim night fighter and, latterly, as an auxiliary transport.
From a scale modelling perspective the He111, especially when seen on The Russian Front offers great interest and challenges, superbly captured in these images by and of the stunning model by Jamie Haggo and many of the techniques used to create his effects are covered in the SMN Techniques Bank.
Technical spec…
- 96 pages
- Objective Moskau
- Indecision time
- The Soviets strike back
- Stalingrad
- The long road to defeat
- Appendices.
The title has many excellent quality colour profiles covering various He111 aircraft from Kampgeschwader operating in that Theatre of war. Here are a couple of images to illustrate this.
The book is extremely readable and authoritative, including some nice period black and white images. The idea is that you can build up a whole collection of titles covering any of the subjects that you are interested in and many who consume this title will be scale modellers for sure.
All in all top marks for subject and content, only another 99 more in this series! Happy days…
Recommended
Geoff C.