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Aircraft Recognition [3rd Edition]
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Item Number: L0134
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Aircraft Recognition: How to Identify British, Nazi and Italian Planes
Third Edition
by R. A. Saville-Sneath
The first edition of Aircraft Recognition [see previous item] was written late in 1940 on the basis of spotters' experiences in the Battle of Britain. The book marked a real advance in the techniques of aircraft identification, and it resulted in widespread acceptance of these techniques.
Quite aside from its immediate military importance, Aircraft Recognition had already made a most important contribution to aviation in that it had proved to thousands of people that it was possible to learn a great deal about aircraft without actually becoming a pilot. Not only did the readers of the First Edition find it possible, but they also found that acquiring a knowledge of modern aircraft could become a real hobby.
Yet the appeal of this book was not only to laymen and to spotters on land and on shipboard, for very many pilots and other flying personnel found it an invaluable and handy reference book.
At the time it was published, this new and greatly enlarged edition appears to be by far the most complete spotters' volume of planes made in Britain, Germany and Italy.
The book had been revised throughout, and those who were familiar with the First Edition discovered here silhouettes and descriptions of about 30 additional aircraft.
All material appearing under the heading "Recognition Points" had been revised in accordance with then recent battle experiences and advance sin the theory of spotting. Many photographs and much supplemental material had also been added.
Originally published in July 1943.
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Introduction
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A Simple Structural Grouping
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Wings
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Engines
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The Tail Unit, Fuselage, Undercarriage and Radiator
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Recognition by Sound
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Suggestions for Training
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Group Training
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The Importance of Outlines
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Speed of Recognition
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Origin of Some Current Proficiency Standards
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Army and RAF Recognition Methods
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Reading the Silhouette
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Low Wing Monoplanes
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Hawker Typhoon Ib
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Supermarine Spitfire Vb and Seafire
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Supermarine Spitfire IX
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Messerschmitt Bf 109E
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Messerschmitt Bf 109F
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Hawker Hurricane IIb
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Boulton Paul Defiant
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Fairey Battle I
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Fairey Fulmar
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Blackburn Skua
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Macchi MC.202
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Caproni Reggiane Re.2000 Falco I & II
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Fiat G.50 Falco
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Focke-Wulf FW 190
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Miles Master I
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Miles Master II & III
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Westland Whirlwind I
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Junkers Ju 87B Stuka
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Henschel Hs 129
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Airspeed Oxford
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Avro Anson
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Messerschmitt Me 210
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Heinkel He 111K Mk. V
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Junkers Ju 86, Ju 86K, and Ju 86P
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Focke-Wulf FW 189
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Focke-Wulf FW 187 Zerstörer
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Messerschmitt Bf 110
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Caproni Ca.310, Ca. 311 and Ca.312 bis
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Savoia-Marchetti SM.79
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Savoia-Marchetti SM.84
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Junkers Ju 52
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Focke-Wulf FW 200K Kurier
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Junkers Ju 90S
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Blohm and Voss Ha 142
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Focke-Wulf FW 200B Condor II
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De Havilland 91 Albatross
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Mid-Wing Monoplanes
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Breda 65
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Heinkel He 177
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Junkers Ju 88E
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Armstrong-Whitworth Whitley Mk. I
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Armstrong-Whitworth Whitley Mks. IV and V
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De Havilland Mosquito IV
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Vickers Wellington
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Handley Page Hampden and Hereford
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Vickers Wellesley
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Bristol Blenheim I
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Bristol Blenheim IV and V
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Bristol Beaufort
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Bristol Beaufighter I and II
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Avro Manchester
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CANT Z.1007 bis
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Handley Page Halifax I & II
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Avro Lancaster I
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Short Stirling I
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High Wing Monoplanes
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Float Planes and Flying Boats
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Land and Carrier Based Biplanes
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Glossary
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Index
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260 pages
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69 photos
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48 illustrations
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83 silhouette three-view drawings
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56 silhouette perspective drawings
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