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Lädt ... Flight in the China Air Space 1910 - 1950von Malcolm Rosholt
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Some pictures that did stand out (In no particular order, were single picture of a Savoia-Marchetti parked along side a Caproni in 1936, an I-16 next to a DC-2, a Vultee V-11, and a Curtiss CW-21.
Other unexpected bits and pieces included a few propaganda leaflets (3 American, 1 Japanese) a few approach plates, post flight interrogation debriefs. The six-page chapter on Soviet aid is also fairly well illustrated reasonably well fleshed out for its size.
Out of 219 pages, 112 pages cover the AVG and USAAF in China WWII with nothing after 1945, which means that 51% of the book covers five years out of 40. (Or for the math geeks, 51% covers of the book covers 12.5% of the years. Despite the title, the book effectively ends in 1945. But, interspersed throughout the book are little tidbits that will actually carry the reader past 1950. For example, Chapter VII; Commercial Aviation in China effectively ends in 1968 with the demise of CAT airlines
Errors include calling the Polikarpov I-16 the E-16, captioning a Kawasaki Hien Ki-61 (Tony) as license built German aircraft, and a photo of a high-speed pass captioned as a final approach.
The book is enjoyable, but, don't take it for more than what it is, a personal photo album that has been fleshed out. It is not a scholarly history per se of Flight in China 1910-1950.
For modelers there are four pages of B-24 nose art. (Regrettably sans aircraft serial number.) and a few other tidbits that would make the book a “nice to have” acquisition, but nothing to go out of the way for.
Moderately recommended for anyone interested in Chinese aviation, particularly the earliest years.
A qualified strong recommendation for those interested in the Chinese air war from 1932 and US Army Air Forces in China during WWII. ( )