Black Maria

Taz · 24 March 2005, 07:13 AM

Nothing changes much. In WW-II it was Douglas Bader against the world on fighter armament. He thought the 8 .303 gun fighter was adequate, while everybody else was clamoring for cannons like the Germans were using. The cannons (like the two guns in WW-I) eventually won out on the British side. Firepower is always good to have.

Can highly recommend Sopwith Triplane Aces of WW-1 and
A History of No. 10 Squadron RNAS in WW-1, both of which I have. Good job, Mike, and I heard you had to shop around publishers until you found Schiffer, who would let you do it your way.
Taz

MikeW · 24 March 2005, 10:42 AM

Taz,

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I heard you had to shop around publishers until you found Schiffer, who would let you do it your way.

no, not really, I tried Grub Street who didn't even have the courtesy to reply, Osprey who were not interested, and Schiffer who said "Yes" within two days of getting the manuscript. They have been really great to deal with, and their production quality is superb. They are handling "A History of No.6 Squadron RNAS" at the moment - there will be some colourful Nieuports in that one!

Angiolillo,

Twin gun tripes - there is only N533 in my book.

I do have a profile of the Naval 1 twin gun tripe somewhere - let me have your email address and I'll send it to you a jpeg.

Mike

24 March 2005, 11:42 AM

MikeW,

Howdy. I tracked down and ordered a copy of that book. (But I did have to get a second mortgage as Schiffer books are a bit pricey.) But I have a number of their publications and have always found them to be of the highest quality. Now perhaps you won't find it so easy to prove how little I know.

Thanks for sharing your information and helping me learn some new things!

Cool breeze,
Moggie

PS(The Andy Thomas photo looked pretty real to me as I didn't know Canada had flat terrain like that.)

R Pope · 24 March 2005, 11:55 AM

Moggie--You want flat terrain in Canada, come visit the Prairies. You can watch your dog run away for three days, and I'm talking greyhounds here!

Angiolillo · 25 March 2005, 12:18 AM

Congratulations, Schiffer is a great publisher!

By the way, I advice to get the book on Italian aces by Gentilli - Varriale - Iozzi. I have the Italian edition, that's cheaper but shorter and with less color plates. The Schiffer one is both in English and enhanced!

31 March 2005, 09:19 PM

MikeW,

Howdy. I collected that book, "A HISTORY OF NO. 10 SQUADRON ROYAL NAVAL AIR SERVICE; in World War 1; by Mike Westrop".

(It was a three mile trip, on foot, back and forth from the Post Office, but downtown Jersey City can be so invigorating.)

An excellent Schiffer book!

Cool breeze,
Moggie

MikeW · 1 April 2005, 04:48 AM

Moggie,

I'm pleased you made it back to base unscathed - I didn't realise that people went anywhere on foot in the States

Mike