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British Secret Projects 3: Fighters and Bombers 1935-1950

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Another great book by an extremely talented and gifted writer. Bravo Mr. Buttler for giving us insight into an extremely interesting period with some of the most advanced thinking in avaition.

I very much appreciate the research efforts of the author. This book fills in many gaps in my education of WW II aviation history. Of particular interest to me was the extensive coverage of the heavy bomber developments as hinted at by the cover illustration.

It was so nicely done, in fact, that there are only two very minor "nits" I can pick about this book. The first is that there seems to be no mention at all of the Lysander P.12 rear-turreted straffer, an aircraft that actually flew, though never put into production.

The second point is that the author does use an extraordinary number of abbreviations for various official titles and offices. While explained each initial time, they are thereafter used as initials only, leading to a few almost obscure sentences like "..the AVM met with AWA to discuss the A&AEE report" (this is NOT an actual quote). This stems, I think, from the author's attention to detail where others might have just said something like "...it was decided that..". It merely caused this reader to have to stop momentarily to decipher the meanings. Perhaps a consolidated List of Abbreviations would have helped.

All in all, I count this book among my favored references and recommend it highly to anyone interested in the subject.