Upcoming Osprey book on 56 Sqdn -Alex!

Gregvan · 10 January 2009, 06:54 PM

Hi All,

I hope I'm not letting the cat out of the bag here. However, in common with its usual policy of announcing books waaaay before they're published, Osprey has let Amazon.com preview-announce an upcoming "Aviation Elite Units" book on 56 Squadron. Now, who is better qualified to write such a book than Alex Revell? Fortunately, that's who's writing it:

Amazon.com: No 56 Sqn RAF/RFC (Aviation Elite Units): Alex Revell, Harry Dempsey: Books

For those of us fortunate enough to possess (and treasure) High in the Empty Blue, this book will inevitably be rather small in comparison. There's no way a brief Osprey book can compete with the massive HITEB, but this new book will provide a concise, well-illustrated and affordable history of this classic unit by the best authority ever. I wouldn't be surprised if Alex has uncovered some new material as well. There's no other RFC/RAF unit more deserving of the title "Elite Unit".

I can't wait.

stephen · 10 January 2009, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Gregvan

For those of us fortunate enough to possess (and treasure) High in the Empty Blue,

What he said!! HITEB is fantastic and a real staple in my library. Can't wait to get a matching set from Alex.

tcrean7828 · 10 January 2009, 11:02 PM

Mate,
Outstanding, I will order one forth with to add to my collection.

ttfn

tcrean7828

tom

Willi von Luft · 10 January 2009, 11:51 PM

The 56th is one of my favorite Allied units. I will certainly purchase this book for my collection. Thank you for the heads up.

Willi von Luft

'14-'18aviationcollector · 11 January 2009, 01:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Gregvan

Hi All,

I hope I'm not letting the cat out of the bag here. However, in common with its usual policy of announcing books waaaay before they're published, Osprey has let Amazon.com preview-announce an upcoming "Aviation Elite Units" book on 56 Squadron. Now, who is better qualified to write such a book than Alex Revell? Fortunately, that's who's writing it:

Hi Greg,

Thank you very much for letting us all know! I will look forward to seeing it! Is Alex a member here? I would be very interested to offer him some of my photos, in the event that he has not seen some of them before. I am very keen to have as many of my photos as possible published. The collection I have is probably well known - at least the person who collected them was well known, and I would be very surprised if there were not some which have not been pulished before. I am assuming and hoping of course that the opprotunity to provide such photographs is still current.

Thank you very much for any assistance you might be able to provide.

Yours Sincerely,

David.

tcrean7828 · 11 January 2009, 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by '14-'18aviationcollector

Hi Greg,

Thank you very much for letting us all know! I will look forward to seeing it! Is Alex a member here? I would be very interested to offer him some of my photos, in the event that he has not seen some of them before. I am very keen to have as many of my photos as possible published. The collection I have is probably well known - at least the person who collected them was well known, and I would be very surprised if there were not some which have not been pulished before. I am assuming and hoping of course that the opprotunity to provide such photographs is still current.

Thank you very much for any assistance you might be able to provide.

Yours Sincerely,

David.

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Originally Posted by '14-'18aviationcollector

Is Alex a member here? Thank you very much for any assistance you might be able to provide.

Yours Sincerely,

David.

Mate,
Sure Alex is a member here. He most probably has one or two pics that nobody on this site has ever seen.

ttfn

tcrean7828

tom

Kirk R. Lowry · 11 January 2009, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Gregvan

Hi All,

Osprey has let Amazon.com preview-announce an upcoming "Aviation Elite Units" book on 56 Squadron. Now, who is better qualified to write such a book than Alex Revell? Fortunately, that's who's writing it ... I can't wait.

Bonjour Greg!

Well that is good news ... though the wait is long. I assume that the book will trace the history of 56 Squadron after the Great War as well ...

To date Osprey has published but few histories of British units. Imagine the possibilities ... Russ Gannon writing of 1 Squadron ... Jon Guttman writing of 20 Squadron ...

Kirk

alex_revell · 12 January 2009, 02:30 AM

Kirk,
I'm afraid that the book only covers the squadon's activities in WW1. The remit was for only 39,000 words. Sorry about that. I'm a little concerned about the cover art. It appears to have an incorrect sqdn marking on the SE5a. But I'm sure that can be resolved - hopefully!
Thanks to all for your interest.
Regards
Alex

'14-'18aviationcollector · 12 January 2009, 06:11 AM

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Originally Posted by tcrean7828

Mate,
Sure Alex is a member here. He most probably has one or two pics that nobody on this site has ever seen.

ttfn

tcrean7828

tom

I probably have some that no one has ever seen too!

.... and I am very keen to have them published.

Hi Alex, it's great to hear from you! Are you still able to accept photos?

Regards,

David.

alex_revell · 12 January 2009, 09:40 AM

David,
Thanks for your kind offer but all the photos for the forthcoming 56 book for Osprey have been processed. If you have any photos of 56 Squadron that you think I might not have I'd be very grateful if I could see them.
Alex