- Hardcover: 158 pages
- Publisher: Boston Mills Press; illustrated edition edition (9 Sep 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1550463322
- ISBN-13: 978-1550463323
- Product Dimensions: 31.2 x 23.7 x 2.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 362,682 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The author examines the role each aircraft played in the war and veterans describe in spirited detail what it was like to fly and fight in the war's most renowned aircraft.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Following on from 'Cockpit: An Illustrated History of World War II Aircraft Interiors' by the same authors, 'Gunner' lets you see those parts of WWII aeroplanes that seldom appear anywhere else, either in words or pictures. The book gives a vivid impression of the job of the gunners who occupied freezing gun positions to battle tiredness, slipstream forces, high target speeds, darkness and danger to protect their aircraft and crews.
Dan Pattersons's colour photographs are excellent and some very rare aircraft are depicted, and alongside are many contemporary photographs and cutaway drawings that this reader has never seen before.
The text is interesting but a little too brief, although with more words I guess there would have been fewer photos, so overall its a good balance. There are some annoying grammatical errors here and there but the only real howler is a table of 'Crew Position Survivability' that simply doesn't add up.
If the title has attracted you then the content will not disappoint, despite the high price.
Format:Hardcover
Interesting book though not of the same quality like "Cockpit of WW 2 aircraft" or "Cockpits of the Cold War"
Maybe it's because photographs of gun turrets are not so easy to capture as cockpits.
The eyewittness accounts on the contrary were quiet revealing.
Maybe it's because photographs of gun turrets are not so easy to capture as cockpits.
The eyewittness accounts on the contrary were quiet revealing.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Great book for WWII warplane enthusiasts
10 April 2002
Format:Hardcover
I have to agree with the previous reviewer - the quality of the photographs of gun stations and aircraft interiors (in modern day color!) is rare and truly gives the reader a different perspective. While not presenting exhaustive histories of the different airplanes featured - it is more a "coffee table" book than a technical reference - they authors have presented an enjoyable overview of the history, characteristics of the planes, fleshed out with personal anecdotes of the gunners who served. Many rare archival documents and photographs are also featured. A good companion volume to "Cockpit" (which I also own)
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Close up !
23 Mar 2002
Format:Hardcover
When I went through this book the first time I immediatly noticed a difference with other books of this genre. The amazing quality of the pictures in this book is stunning. Close up fotography is something special and the authors of this book have braught this up to a new level. They took pictures of planes that I've seen in real life as well and these pictures took me back to that moment. The anekdotes of World War 2 veterans make this book even more worthwile and in combination with a similar book (Cockpit) by the same authors this book is a must for airplane and World War 2 enthousiasts. Now you can try to imagine what it was like being a gunner on one of these airplanes, having only a few seconds or less to shoot down your enemy. I hope that there will be more books like these to follow because the quality is rare...
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Extraordinary...but
8 Mar 2005
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For those of us intrigued with seeing and understanding the interiors of places like aircraft gun positions, this book is both wonderful and disappointing. While there are some incredible modern photos and plenty of interesting archival information, illustrations and photos (the astonishingly complicated remote control gun system on the ME410, for example) I wanted the photographer to show me more. The book could easily have had twice the number of pages and gone into more detail on each aircraft. But as one reviewer has written, it's a coffee table book.
There are also a number of typos, even misplaced photo captions, but that seems to be a common problem in recent books. Have publishers cut out the copy editor position as a cost saving measure!?
Nevertheless, Gunner is a magnificent book that provides more information and photos and does so better than any other I've seen. It presents more than 20 aircraft from the US, Germany, UK, and Italy as well as an interesting section on the development of aerial gunnery in WWI.
Well worth adding to your collection, especially considering the reasonable price.
There are also a number of typos, even misplaced photo captions, but that seems to be a common problem in recent books. Have publishers cut out the copy editor position as a cost saving measure!?
Nevertheless, Gunner is a magnificent book that provides more information and photos and does so better than any other I've seen. It presents more than 20 aircraft from the US, Germany, UK, and Italy as well as an interesting section on the development of aerial gunnery in WWI.
Well worth adding to your collection, especially considering the reasonable price.
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