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Squadrons! No. 11

The NA Mustang Mk.IV
Over Italy & the Balkans

Philedition

S u m m a r y :

Catalogue Number, Description and ISBN:

Squadrons! No.11 – The NA Mustang Mk.IV over Italy & the Balkans

ISBN: 978-2918590-80-4 (Paperback)

ISBN: 978-2918590-81-1 (e-book/e-pub/kindle)

by: Phil H. Listermann

Contents & Media:

Soft Cover, A4 portrait format, US Trade Paper Binding, 45 pages, 40+ photos & 6 colour profiles. Also available in PDF, EPUB and SRC digital format.

Price:

Digital format available on-line from RAF-In-Combat.com for €10.95 for PDF, €6.95 for EPUB & PRC, and US$14.95 for Paperback.

Review Type:

First Look

Advantages:

Covers the operations of RAF Mustang units rarely published.

Disadvantages:

None noted

Conclusion:

This series is quite specialized in nature with its focus firmly on squadron usage - hardly surprising given the series’ title! The booklet gives a good insight into the Mustang Mk.IV’s RAF service over Italy and the Balkans, and interesting accounts of the operational experiences of those who flew it. I recommend it to RAF, RAAF, and SAAF Mustang aficionados.


Reviewed by Mark Davies


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FirstRead

 

In many P-51D histories the RAF’s Mustang Mk.IV often gets little more than a passing mention, if any at all. So it is a good thing to have a publication dedicated to the RAF’s late-war use of this Mustang variant.

This is the tenth in a series from Phileditions, all of which follow a similar format; in this case this being:

  • Glossary – Personnel, Ranks, Other, and Fighter Command Offensive Operation Codenames.

  • The Mustang Mk.IV – Brief development history and production serial numbers.

  • Squadron Usage – Operational accounts, claims and summaries of aircraft lost on operations and to accidents. Covering Nos. 3 (RAAF) Sqn, 5 (SAAF) Sqn, 612 Sqn, 213 Sqn, 93 Sqn, and in brief with second line units and in the Far East.

  • In Memoriam – Pilots killed flying the Mustang Mk.IV.

The book features 40 or so photographs, most good, featuring the Mustang Mk IV, and a few with just aircrew. At the end are six nicely rendered full-page colour profiles. 

 

 

The book is available in four formats, printed paperback or downloadable in three digital formats from the publisher and others. The printed example’s quality of production is good, although on matt paper. I cannot comment on the appearance of the digital formats.

 

 

Conclusion

 

This series is quite specialized in nature with its focus firmly on squadron usage - hardly surprising given the series’ title!

The booklet gives a good insight into the Mustang Mk.IV’s RAF service over Italy and the Balkans, and interesting accounts of the operational experiences of those who flew it.

I recommend it to RAF, RAAF, and SAAF Mustang aficionados.

Thanks to RAF-In-Combat.com for the review samples.

Review Copyright © 2016 by Mark Davies
This Page Created on 8 June, 2016
Last updated 8 June, 2016

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