GUNNER - An Illustrated History of World War II Aircraft Turrets and Gun Positions
By Michael Benolkin
By Donald NijboerThe Boston Mills PressISBN 1-55046-332-2160 pages |
There I was, wandering the aisles of my local Barnes & Noble bookstore when a new title caught my eye. After recently building the Classic Airframes Fairey Battle and Lockheed Hudson kits, I found that there was precious little information to help color and detail a very visible portion of these kits - the gun turrets! Then I spot 'Gunner' and my future projects will go a bit easier.
Gunner is the companion hardbound volume to 'Cockpit', which provides a look into the 'offices' of many different combat aircraft. In the same vein, 'Gunner' examines the turrets and gun positions of many combat aircraft of interest, including:
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A-20 Havoc
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B-17 Flying Fortress
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B-24 Liberator
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B-25 Mitchell
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B-26 Marauder
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B-29 Superfortress
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PBY Catalina
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SBD Dauntless
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TBF Avenger
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Il-2 Shturmovik
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Avro Lancaster
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Boulton Paul Defiant
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Bristol Blenheim
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Fairey Battle
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Handley Page Halifax
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Vickers Wellington
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Bf110
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He111
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Ju88
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Me410
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SM.79 Sparviero