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USAAF Aircraft Markings and Camouflage 1941-1947: The History of USAAF Aircraft Markings, Insignia, Camouflage, and Colors (Schiffer Military Aviation History)

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A great reference for the historical modeler or any fan of WWII air power. I especially enjoyed the detail and new information (to me)on the development of sea search camouflage schemes and the camouflage and markings developed for the north african campaign. These areas have been minimally covered previously, and it was always confusing to try and determine what was accurate. It is a valuable reference for me in reproducing some of these more obscure or specialized color schemes in models, and in identifying the theater and period of aircraft in photos.

I can't comment on the quality of the markings text, but the color chips in the appendix are very accurate, which surprises me. If you don't want to buy this book because it has only ink & not proper paint color chips, I urge you to reconsider. The production team actually did well using the less expensive ink format to accurately portray the historic colors. The 3-1 colors match very well to the real McCoy which I have seen, & this most likely means that the others were done correctly too.

very beautifull book who explain the creation of aicraft cammouflage and marking during world war 2 for all US planes

For a aviation historian to spend 85.00 for a book there is the expectation that the book would provide a new prespective on a subject. This book falls short on this area. This book uses the same tired aviation pictures that have been published for the past 50 years. The only thing different it the picture are now muddy and in some cases out of focus. This author also has no understanding of the aircraft involved with his professed expertise (ie camouflage). In one istance of this books failing this author has mislabled all the B-24 liberators photos in this book The book might be good on the subject matter (camouflage) but weak on the aviation history side. Only recommend for experience aviation historians and not for the beginner.