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tmccarthy · 11-13-18, 02:40 AM

The Wrong Stuff: The Adventures and Misadventures of an 8th Air Force Aviator by Truman Smith

Subnuts · 11-13-18, 10:06 PM

Haven't really been "reading" this so much as I've been getting hopelessly lost in it the last few days.

I've never seen the interior arrangement of an aircraft carrier depicted in such detail before. The majority of the book is occupied by full-color reproductions of two sets of Admiralty draughts of the ship produced in 1941 and 1958. Each set includes a profile, 10 sections, and plans of each deck. Every compartment, right down to the laundry rooms, pyrotechnic magazines, galleys, workshops, and so on, is depicted, with details as small as individual chairs, kit lockers, ventilating fans, and deck lights all shown on the plans. Really brings home the fact that carriers are really just floating airbases!

STEED · 11-16-18, 07:23 PM

Bought myself five cheap osprey campaign books that will keep me going for a few weeks. First one I have started reading is..The Hindenburg Line 1918.

STEED · 11-24-18, 08:43 AM

Moved on to my next campaign book...Darwin 1942.

Jimbuna · 11-24-18, 08:53 AM

Osprey Publishing Black Friday Sale: https://ospreypublishing.com/store/m...ks/world-war-2

STEED · 11-24-18, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Osprey Publishing Black Friday Sale: https://ospreypublishing.com/store/m...ks/world-war-2

I shop else where for their books cheaper than their BFS.

Jimbuna · 11-25-18, 07:47 AM

Rgr that.

STEED · 11-25-18, 11:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Rgr that.

I don't know why they charge so much, when they first came out some 10 years ago give and take I bought them for £3 to £5 odd now they are near on £18 for a 96 page book! And when you take out all the pictures and maps the amount of reading comes down to 80 odd pages. I like reading these books as they give you a good over view and in some cases made me buy a more detailed book on the subject matter.

I think Osprey problem is they print so many books which are poor or rubbish apart from the campaign and essential history series. I can wait years before one I got my eye on falls in my price bracket from else where.

Jimbuna · 11-26-18, 06:24 AM

I used to have a tidy little library collection years back but gave them away in an effort to maximise storage space in the man cave....I dearly regret that now.

STEED · 12-01-18, 03:45 AM

Moved on to my next Campaign book..

The Kuban 1943 - The Wehrmacht's last stand in the Caucasus

Dirk Gently · 12-01-18, 05:29 AM

I'm re-reading Nineteen Eighty-four by Orwell.

Jimbuna · 12-01-18, 07:36 AM

Returning home from Wales yesterday, stopped at Hartshead Moor Services on the M62 for a short break and come across this twin volume book. A bit of a bargain at £6 me thinks.

u crank · 12-12-18, 03:57 PM

Read this when it first was published and during a recent power outage started it again.

"Rule, Britannia!"

Kapitan · 12-18-18, 10:56 AM

So recently i picked up this book by Tom Stefanick, it was written for the institute for defense and disarmament studies, it was published in 1987.

ISBN 0-669-14015-5

I didn't realize but it is quite in depth with graphs figures maps and other technical details not just with the USN but also the then soviet navies .

Just some pages on my flick through so you can get a jist of what i mean

IMG_1843 by B S, on Flickr

IMG_1844 by B S, on Flickr

IMG_1845 by B S, on Flickr

IMG_1846 by B S, on Flickr

STEED · 12-20-18, 08:00 AM

Soon be reading over Xmas as there is sod all on TV worth bothering with the rest of my last batch of Campaign books..

KURSK The Northern Front 1943

KURSK The Southern Front 1943

THE PHILPPINE SEA 1944 The Last Great Carrier Battle

11-13-18, 02:40 AM	#1816
tmccarthy Admiral Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 2,302 Downloads: 270 Uploads: 16	The Wrong Stuff: The Adventures and Misadventures of an 8th Air Force Aviator by Truman Smith __________________

11-13-18, 10:06 PM	#1817
Subnuts The Old Man Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,658 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	Haven't really been "reading" this so much as I've been getting hopelessly lost in it the last few days. I've never seen the interior arrangement of an aircraft carrier depicted in such detail before. The majority of the book is occupied by full-color reproductions of two sets of Admiralty draughts of the ship produced in 1941 and 1958. Each set includes a profile, 10 sections, and plans of each deck. Every compartment, right down to the laundry rooms, pyrotechnic magazines, galleys, workshops, and so on, is depicted, with details as small as individual chairs, kit lockers, ventilating fans, and deck lights all shown on the plans. Really brings home the fact that carriers are really just floating airbases! __________________ My Amazon.com reviews

11-16-18, 07:23 PM	#1818
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Bought myself five cheap osprey campaign books that will keep me going for a few weeks. First one I have started reading is..The Hindenburg Line 1918. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

11-24-18, 08:43 AM	#1819
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Moved on to my next campaign book...Darwin 1942. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

11-24-18, 08:53 AM	#1820
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 180,950 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Osprey Publishing Black Friday Sale: https://ospreypublishing.com/store/m...ks/world-war-2 __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

11-25-18, 07:47 AM	#1822
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 180,950 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Rgr that. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

11-26-18, 06:24 AM	#1824
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 180,950 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I used to have a tidy little library collection years back but gave them away in an effort to maximise storage space in the man cave....I dearly regret that now. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

12-01-18, 03:45 AM	#1825
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Moved on to my next Campaign book.. The Kuban 1943 - The Wehrmacht's last stand in the Caucasus __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

12-01-18, 05:29 AM	#1826
Dirk Gently Bosun Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: Norway Posts: 65 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 0	I'm re-reading Nineteen Eighty-four by Orwell.

12-01-18, 07:36 AM	#1827
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 180,950 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Returning home from Wales yesterday, stopped at Hartshead Moor Services on the M62 for a short break and come across this twin volume book. A bit of a bargain at £6 me thinks. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

12-12-18, 03:57 PM	#1828
u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,556 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	Read this when it first was published and during a recent power outage started it again. "Rule, Britannia!" __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

12-18-18, 10:56 AM	#1829
Kapitan Sub Test Pilot Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK + Canada Posts: 7,090 Downloads: 68 Uploads: 7	So recently i picked up this book by Tom Stefanick, it was written for the institute for defense and disarmament studies, it was published in 1987. ISBN 0-669-14015-5 I didn't realize but it is quite in depth with graphs figures maps and other technical details not just with the USN but also the then soviet navies . Just some pages on my flick through so you can get a jist of what i mean IMG_1843 by B S, on Flickr IMG_1844 by B S, on Flickr IMG_1845 by B S, on Flickr IMG_1846 by B S, on Flickr __________________ DONT FORGET if you like a post to nominate it by using the blue diamond Find out about Museum Ships here: https://www.museumships.us/ Flickr for all my pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/131313936@N03/ Navy general board articles: https://www.navygeneralboard.com/author/aegis/

12-20-18, 08:00 AM	#1830
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Soon be reading over Xmas as there is sod all on TV worth bothering with the rest of my last batch of Campaign books.. KURSK The Northern Front 1943 KURSK The Southern Front 1943 THE PHILPPINE SEA 1944 The Last Great Carrier Battle __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

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