taken after the raid, adding to the important iconographic documentation with pictures and photos of equipment found there.REVIEWS Another of the marvellous books from the French publisher Heimdal, this time covering the failed raid on Dieppe in 1942...While this is published in French language, the large volume of period photos will attract many modellers and historians ...The photo content is about the best I have ever seen all in one book about the Dieppe raid, and I reckon even if your French is not great for the text, then this will still be good for anyone interested in the story and history of the Dieppe Raid.Military Modelling.com Hervé Fihue Hervé Fihue Frédérick Jeanne Frédérick Jeanne Mathieu Masson Mathieu Masson CM2941417815552 Heimdal hardback Major Rudolf Witzig le Vainqueur d’Eben-Emael Fallschirmjäger sur tous les fronts Franz Kurowski French Text 80 pages 140 illustrations HIS027100 French TextThis book presents the history of the famous Major Witzig, born on August 14, 1916, aspiring officer on April 1, 1935, head of the engineering section of the Fallschirm-Infantry Battalion in August 1938, with which he captured Fort Eben-Emael at dawn on May 10, 1940, capturing 1,200 soldiers with his 55 paratroopers. Awarded the Knight's Cross, he jumped in Crete where he was seriously injured. Afterwards, he commanded a battalion of paratroopers in Tunisia and on the Eastern Front. He was attributed the oak leaf cluster. After the war, he became a colonel in the Bundeswehr. 8.5 x 12 19.5 Franz Kurowski 2/28/2013 9782840483359 In addition to the story of the man and the actions he was involved in, along with the period photo coverage, the author has also included a lot of modern day photos of Luftwaffe and Fallschirmjager uniforms and equipment , making excellent use of preserved examples. The result is therefore a boon to modellers who will have some first class colour references if you want to get the colours right for the uniforms and equipment on a model figure.While my French is by no means fluent, I was able to read this well enough to understand it, while also enjoying the photo references as well. As for Major Witzig, he survived the war and went on to be a Colonel in the Bundeswehr until his retirement in 1974. He passed away in Bavaria in October 2001, aged 85.Military Modeling.com CM2966741005409 Helion and Company paperback We Served With Honor Memoirs of the Men Who Served the 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Wing Linda Rios Bromley 288 pages 105 b/w photos, 1 map HIS027140 The 91st Bombardment Group, the forerunner of the 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, arrived in England in September 1942 prepared for the initial bombing operations against Fortress Europe. Commander of the 305th Bomber Command, Curtis LeMay and Director of Operations, Joseph J. Preston, trained air crews in locating and identifying strategic targets in Nazi Germany. LeMay and Preston developed a dynamic working relationship and left a lasting legacy. News correspondents were trained as gunners in order to fly on the bombing missions and report the war first hand. Young college-aged crews rapidly became seasoned warriors and struggled to meet the 25-mission requirement before their return home. One of the most famous B-17s during World War II was the Memphis Belle" which was featured in a movie "Saga of the Memphis Belle" / In February 20-25, 1944, known as "Big Week," the VIII Bomber Command put up 1,000 heavy bombers that flew 3,800 sorties, destroyed 75 percent of buildings bombed in Germany and downed 600 Nazi fighters. The following month, 800 bombers struck Berlin targets during such bad weather that Luftwaffe fighters never became airborne. That offensive established aerial supremacy in Europe in preparation for General Dwight Eisenhower's command of the D-Day invasion on Nazi-occupied France. The 91st was again in the thick of world events when the Soviet-backed North Koreans pushed through the 38th Parallel into South Korea. Photographic reconnaissance and mapping of the uncharted Korean peninsula became a top priority. The nation's first jet-propelled bomber, the RB-45C, led the newly designated US Air Force assigned to a detachment bound for Japan. Capable of air refueling, the RB-45C detachment made an island-hopping flight due to the time constraints to become proficient in working with tanker refueling. The 91st SRW detachments continued to perform at Forward Operating Locations in Eielson AFB, Alaska, Thule AFB, Greenland, Turkey, Libya, Morocco, Spain, England and Japan, with the same skill and security. 'We Served with Honor' tells the history of the 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Wing from the perspective of the men who lived it. One pilot describes his Top Secret overflight of the Soviet Union's Kola Peninsula including an attack by MiG fighters. The partnership between the Royal Air Force and the 91st SRW was a unique collaboration and is described by the RAF officer who was the center of the events.

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