From: "Steve Bamford ARC" To: "Sinuhe Hahn" References: <800B5CD4-7863-4DE3-96CA-A2D8114AE4D6@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Captured Fw 190 Book Review Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 20:15:02 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_002C_01CC3B50.412EA460" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Unsent: 1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3664 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_002C_01CC3B50.412EA460 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today. Thanks = again for sending it in. Steve Bamford ARC Air - Aircraft Resource Center http://www.arcair.com Live like there is no tomorrow; Love like you've never been hurt. Work like you don't need the money. Dance like nobody's watching. Sing like nobody's listening. Live like it's Heaven on Earth. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Sinuhe Hahn=20 To: submissions@arcair.com=20 Cc: sheb@telus.net ; shahn@uhbs.ch=20 Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 6:35 AM Subject: Captured Fw 190 Book Review Hi Steve Hope all is well - here is a review of a jolly nice book for ARC - I = was really impressed by it. Best Sinuhe Review Article Template=20 Replace all red text with correct text for your review Atelier Kecay and www.Kecay.com FW-190 in Foreign Service Captured Butcherbirds vol. 2 by Jacek Jackiewicz, Seweryn Fleischer, Robert Bock ISBN 978-83-924914-4-6 $49.00 Product Article by Sinuhe Hahn Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 01.jpg = here=20 I'm happy to report that Jacek Jackiewicz and colleagues have decided = to complete their expos=E9 of the Focke Wulf Fw 190 in foreign or enemy = hands, a 100 page A-4 sized soft=20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- back book. While the first volume focussed exclusively on the = evaluation of the notorious Butcherbird by US and RAF units, the 2nd = volume is devoted to Axis forces which used the Fw 190, as well as its = impressment by other allied forces. As an indication of the high degree = of research that Jacek and colleagues have resorted to in these = publication, the first page is devoted to a data listing all known cases = of Fw 190's captured by Soviet forces during WW2. This table includes = wrecks found in the area surrounding Berlin, as well as those obtained = from Sweden. The text describes the Soviet capture and evaluation of a = number of different Fw 90 types ranging form an A-3 to a flight of D-9's = found in the Marienburg (now Malborg, Poland) area. What is interesting, = is that the Soviet pilots, including, Col. NG Seleznev, were not = impressed by the flying characteristics of the Butcherbird, preferring = their own machines. While this may have been wartime propaganda, or fear = of reprisals, it is strong contrast to the overall positive views = expressed by Eric Brown or Chuck Yager, or RAF Spitfire Mk V pilots who = faced the Butcherbird for the 1st time. Here the anecdote of a young = Soviet pilot, who succeeded in escaping form German captivity, pinched a = Fieseler Storch in order to the return to USSR forces and who was = rewarded with an interment in a Siberian Gulag for his efforts..... = makes it rather clear that one should only be impressed by solid Soviet = machines, and not those of the invader. In this context, also of = interest is the section devoted to those aircraft used by Kommando = Seydlitz, which were used to encourage German forces to desist from = further engagements against Soviet forces, and to rather join forces = with them - and a possible obligatory visit to a Gulag. Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo = 03.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized = version of photo 03.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of photo 04.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the = full sized version of photo 04.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a = click-able smaller version of photo 05.jpg here. Clicking on that photo = will bring up the full sized version of photo 05.jpg Steve Bamford will = insert a click-able smaller version of photo 06.jpg here. Clicking on = that photo will bring up the full sized version of photo 06.jpg=20 The volume next focuses on other users such as Hungary, Rumania (pre- = and post Axis alliance), as well as a detailed analysis of Spanish = service with the Escuadrillia Azul in the Russian campaign. This = includes aircraft, such as the Fw 190A-3 used by Tte Gonzalo Hevia = Alvarez de Quinones, the top scoring ace with 12 victories. As with all = other sections, the text is accompanied by a beautiful series of 3-4 = view colour schemes, which will be a great boon to any interested = modeller. Other Axis associated users covered include Turkey, who were = recipients of over 80 Fw 190A-3a's (a for Ausl=E4ndisch =3D foreign). = Mention is also made of the sole Fw 190A-5 that the Japanese received in = 1943, and how this may have influenced the transition from inline to = radial engines by the IJAAF.=20 =20 Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 02.jpg = here=20 The final part of the volume is devoted to those aircraft captured or = impressed by other Allied forces, such as Yugoslavia, France, which used = large numbers post-war, or those interned by escaping Luftwaffe pilots = and crew in Sweden (one has to wonder what it was like to cram 2-3 = passengers inside the fuselage of the diminutive Fw 190. For me the = cherry on the icing is the documentation of the various Fw 190's = captured by South African forces, especially the lovely 4 view rendition = of a Fw 190F-8 taken hostage by 1 Sqn SAAF, wearing its mix of SAAF = roundels, red wings tips (a feature of all 1 Sqn aircraft) and the SKG 2 = emblem on the cowling - time to get some modelling done! "Sinuhe Hahn" -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- Hi Steve Hope all is well - here is a review of a jolly nice book for ARC - I = was really impressed by it. Best Sinuhe Review Article Template=20 Replace all red text with correct text for your review Atelier Kecay and www.Kecay.com FW-190 in Foreign Service Captured Butcherbirds vol. 2 by Jacek Jackiewicz, Seweryn Fleischer, Robert Bock ISBN 978-83-924914-4-6 $49.00 Product Article by Sinuhe Hahn Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 01.jpg here I'm happy to report that Jacek Jackiewicz and colleagues have decided = to complete their expos=E9 of the Focke Wulf Fw 190 in foreign or enemy = hands, a 100 page A-4 sized soft back book. While the first volume = focussed exclusively on the evaluation of the notorious Butcherbird by = US and RAF units, the 2nd volume is devoted to Axis forces which used = the Fw 190, as well as its impressment by other allied forces. As an = indication of the high degree of research that Jacek and colleagues have = resorted to in these publication, the first page is devoted to a data = listing all known cases of Fw 190's captured by Soviet forces during = WW2. This table includes wrecks found in the area surrounding Berlin, as = well as those obtained from Sweden. The text describes the Soviet = capture and evaluation of a number of different Fw 90 types ranging form = an A-3 to a flight of D-9's found in the Marienburg (now Malborg, = Poland) area. What is interesting, is that the Soviet pilots, including, = Col. NG Seleznev, were not impressed by the flying characteristics of = the Butcherbird, preferring their own machines. While this may have been = wartime propaganda, or fear of reprisals, it is strong contrast to the = overall positive views expressed by Eric Brown or Chuck Yager, or RAF = Spitfire Mk V pilots who faced the Butcherbird for the 1st time. Here = the anecdote of a young Soviet pilot, who succeeded in escaping form = German captivity, pinched a Fieseler Storch in order to the return to = USSR forces and who was rewarded with an interment in a Siberian Gulag = for his efforts..... makes it rather clear that one should only be = impressed by solid Soviet machines, and not those of the invader. In = this context, also of interest is the section devoted to those aircraft = used by Kommando Seydlitz, which were used to encourage German forces to = desist from further engagements against Soviet forces, and to rather = join forces with them - and a possible obligatory visit to a Gulag. Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo 03.jpg = here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized version of = photo 03.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of = photo 04.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized = version of photo 04.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of photo 05.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the = full sized version of photo 05.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a = click-able smaller version of photo 06.jpg here. Clicking on that photo = will bring up the full sized version of photo 06.jpg The volume next focuses on other users such as Hungary, Rumania (pre- = and post Axis alliance), as well as a detailed analysis of Spanish = service with the Escuadrillia Azul in the Russian campaign. This = includes aircraft, such as the Fw 190A-3 used by Tte Gonzalo Hevia = Alvarez de Quinones, the top scoring ace with 12 victories. As with all = other sections, the text is accompanied by a beautiful series of 3-4 = view colour schemes, which will be a great boon to any interested = modeller. Other Axis associated users covered include Turkey, who were = recipients of over 80 Fw 190A-3a's (a for Ausl=E4ndisch =3D foreign). = Mention is also made of the sole Fw 190A-5 that the Japanese received in = 1943, and how this may have influenced the transition from inline to = radial engines by the IJAAF.=20 =20 Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 02.jpg here The final part of the volume is devoted to those aircraft captured or = impressed by other Allied forces, such as Yugoslavia, France, which used = large numbers post-war, or those interned by escaping Luftwaffe pilots = and crew in Sweden (one has to wonder what it was like to cram 2-3 = passengers inside the fuselage of the diminutive Fw 190. For me the = cherry on the icing is the documentation of the various Fw 190's = captured by South African forces, especially the lovely 4 view rendition = of a Fw 190F-8 taken hostage by 1 Sqn SAAF, wearing its mix of SAAF = roundels, red wings tips (a feature of all 1 Sqn aircraft) and the SKG 2 = emblem on the cowling - time to get some modelling done! "Sinuhe Hahn" ------=_NextPart_000_002C_01CC3B50.412EA460 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 
Hi,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC = today. =20 Thanks again for sending it in.
 
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----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 = 6:35=20 AM
Subject: Captured Fw 190 Book=20 Review

Hi Steve

Hope all is well - here is a review of a jolly nice book for ARC = - I was=20 really impressed by it.

Best

Sinuhe


Review Article Template 

Replace=20 all red text with correct text for your=20 review

Atelier Kecay and www.Kecay.com

FW-190 in Foreign = Service

Captured = Butcherbirds=20 vol. 2
by Jacek = Jackiewicz,=20 Seweryn Fleischer, Robert Bock

ISBN=20 978-83-924914-4-6

$49.00

Product Article by Sinuhe = Hahn

Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of = photo 01.jpg here
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I'm happy to report that Jacek Jackiewicz = and=20 colleagues have decided to complete their expos=E9 of the Focke Wulf = Fw 190 in=20 foreign or enemy hands, a 100 page A-4 sized = soft 

back book.=20 While the first volume focussed exclusively on the evaluation of the = notorious=20 Butcherbird by US and RAF units, the 2nd volume is devoted to Axis = forces=20 which used the Fw 190, as well as its impressment by other allied = forces. As=20 an indication of the high degree of research that Jacek and colleagues = have=20 resorted to in these publication, the first page is devoted to a data = listing=20 all known cases of Fw 190's captured by Soviet forces during WW2. This = table=20 includes wrecks found in the area surrounding Berlin, as well as those = obtained from Sweden. The text describes the Soviet capture and = evaluation of=20 a number of different Fw 90 types ranging form an A-3 to a flight of = D-9's=20 found in the Marienburg (now Malborg, Poland) area. What is = interesting, is=20 that the Soviet pilots, including, Col. NG Seleznev, were not = impressed by the=20 flying characteristics of the Butcherbird, preferring their own = machines.=20 While this may have been wartime propaganda, or fear of reprisals, it = is=20 strong contrast to the overall positive views expressed by Eric Brown = or Chuck=20 Yager, or RAF Spitfire Mk V pilots who faced the Butcherbird for the = 1st time.=20 Here the anecdote of a young Soviet pilot, who succeeded in escaping = form=20 German captivity, pinched a Fieseler Storch in order to the return to = USSR=20 forces and who was rewarded with an interment in a Siberian Gulag for = his=20 efforts..... makes it rather clear that one should only be impressed = by solid=20 Soviet machines, and not those of the invader. In this=20 context, also of=20 interest is the section devoted to those aircraft used by Kommando = Seydlitz,=20 which were used to encourage German forces to desist from further = engagements=20 against Soviet forces, and to rather join forces with them - and a = possible=20 obligatory visit to a Gulag.

Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 03.jpg here.  Clicking on that = photo will=20 bring up the full sized version of photo 03.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 04.jpg here.  Clicking on that = photo will=20 bring up the full sized version of photo 04.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 05.jpg here.  Clicking on that = photo will=20 bring up the full sized version of photo 05.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 06.jpg here.  Clicking on that = photo will=20 bring up the full sized version of photo 06.jpg

The volume = next focuses on=20 other users such as Hungary, Rumania (pre- and post Axis alliance), as = well as=20 a detailed analysis of Spanish service with the Escuadrillia Azul in = the=20 Russian campaign. This includes aircraft, such as the Fw 190A-3 used = by=20  Tte Gonzalo Hevia Alvarez de Quinones, the top scoring ace with = 12=20 victories. As with all other sections, the text is accompanied by a = beautiful=20 series of 3-4 view colour schemes, which will be a great boon to any=20 interested modeller. Other Axis associated users covered include = Turkey, who=20 were recipients of over 80 Fw 190A-3a's (a for Ausl=E4ndisch =3D = foreign). Mention=20 is also made of the sole Fw 190A-5 that the Japanese received in 1943, = and how=20 this may have influenced the transition from inline to radial engines = by the=20 IJAAF. 

The final part of the = volume is=20 devoted to those aircraft captured or impressed by other Allied = forces, such=20 as Yugoslavia, France, which used large numbers post-war, or those = interned by=20 escaping Luftwaffe pilots and crew in Sweden (one has to wonder what = it was=20 like to cram 2-3 passengers inside the fuselage of the diminutive Fw = 190. For=20 me the cherry on the icing is the documentation of the various Fw = 190's=20 captured by South African forces, especially the lovely 4 view = rendition of a=20 Fw 190F-8 taken hostage by 1 Sqn SAAF, wearing its mix of SAAF = roundels, red=20 wings tips (a feature of all 1 Sqn aircraft) and the SKG 2 emblem on = the=20 cowling - time to get some modelling done!

"Sinuhe = Hahn"

Hi Steve

Hope all is well - here is a review of a jolly = nice=20 book for ARC - I was really impressed by=20 it.

Best

Sinuhe


Review Article Template=20

Replace all red text with correct text for your = review

Atelier=20 Kecay and www.Kecay.com

FW-190 in Foreign = Service

Captured=20 Butcherbirds vol. 2
by Jacek Jackiewicz, Seweryn Fleischer, Robert=20 Bock
ISBN 978-83-924914-4-6

$49.00

Product Article by = Sinuhe=20 Hahn

Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo = 01.jpg=20 here
I'm happy to report that Jacek Jackiewicz and colleagues have = decided=20 to complete their expos=E9 of the Focke Wulf Fw 190 in foreign or = enemy hands, a=20 100 page A-4 sized soft back book. While the first volume focussed = exclusively=20 on the evaluation of the notorious Butcherbird by US and RAF units, = the 2nd=20 volume is devoted to Axis forces which used the Fw 190, as well as its = impressment by other allied forces. As an indication of the high = degree of=20 research that Jacek and colleagues have resorted to in these = publication, the=20 first page is devoted to a data listing all known cases of Fw 190's = captured=20 by Soviet forces during WW2. This table includes wrecks found in the = area=20 surrounding Berlin, as well as those obtained from Sweden. The text = describes=20 the Soviet capture and evaluation of a number of different Fw 90 types = ranging=20 form an A-3 to a flight of D-9's found in the Marienburg (now Malborg, = Poland)=20 area. What is interesting, is that the Soviet pilots, including, Col. = NG=20 Seleznev, were not impressed by the flying characteristics of the = Butcherbird,=20 preferring their own machines. While this may have been wartime = propaganda, or=20 fear of reprisals, it is strong contrast to the overall positive views = expressed by Eric Brown or Chuck Yager, or RAF Spitfire Mk V pilots = who faced=20 the Butcherbird for the 1st time. Here the anecdote of a young Soviet = pilot,=20 who succeeded in escaping form German captivity, pinched a Fieseler = Storch in=20 order to the return to USSR forces and who was rewarded with an = interment in a=20 Siberian Gulag for his efforts..... makes it rather clear that one = should only=20 be impressed by solid Soviet machines, and not those of the invader. = In this=20 context, also of interest is the section devoted to those aircraft = used by=20 Kommando Seydlitz, which were used to encourage German forces to = desist from=20 further engagements against Soviet forces, and to rather join forces = with them=20 - and a possible obligatory visit to a Gulag.

Steve Bamford = will insert=20 a click-able smaller version of photo 03.jpg here.  Clicking on = that=20 photo will bring up the full sized version of photo 03.jpg Steve = Bamford will=20 insert a click-able smaller version of photo 04.jpg here.  = Clicking on=20 that photo will bring up the full sized version of photo 04.jpg Steve = Bamford=20 will insert a click-able smaller version of photo 05.jpg here.  = Clicking=20 on that photo will bring up the full sized version of photo 05.jpg = Steve=20 Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo 06.jpg = here. =20 Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized version of photo=20 06.jpg
The volume next focuses on other users such as Hungary, = Rumania=20 (pre- and post Axis alliance), as well as a detailed analysis of = Spanish=20 service with the Escuadrillia Azul in the Russian campaign. This = includes=20 aircraft, such as the Fw 190A-3 used by  Tte Gonzalo Hevia = Alvarez de=20 Quinones, the top scoring ace with 12 victories. As with all other = sections,=20 the text is accompanied by a beautiful series of 3-4 view colour = schemes,=20 which will be a great boon to any interested modeller. Other Axis = associated=20 users covered include Turkey, who were recipients of over 80 Fw = 190A-3a's (a=20 for Ausl=E4ndisch =3D foreign). Mention is also made of the sole Fw = 190A-5 that=20 the Japanese received in 1943, and how this may have influenced the = transition=20 from inline to radial engines by the IJAAF.

 
Steve = Bamford=20 will insert full sized version of photo 02.jpg here
The final part = of the=20 volume is devoted to those aircraft captured or impressed by other = Allied=20 forces, such as Yugoslavia, France, which used large numbers post-war, = or=20 those interned by escaping Luftwaffe pilots and crew in Sweden (one = has to=20 wonder what it was like to cram 2-3 passengers inside the fuselage of = the=20 diminutive Fw 190. For me the cherry on the icing is the documentation = of the=20 various Fw 190's captured by South African forces, especially the = lovely 4=20 view rendition of a Fw 190F-8 taken hostage by 1 Sqn SAAF, wearing its = mix of=20 SAAF roundels, red wings tips (a feature of all 1 Sqn aircraft) and = the SKG 2=20 emblem on the cowling - time to get some modelling = done!

"Sinuhe=20 Hahn" ------=_NextPart_000_002C_01CC3B50.412EA460--
 
Steve Bamford=20 will insert full sized version of photo 02.jpg here