Montpellier - Fighter Squadron (Paperback)

This is the combat history of the Polish Montpellier squadron, which fought in Polish fighter aircraft MS 406s in the Battle of France in 1940. It provides full details of the unit's aces, its victories and losses, as well as details of the aircraft; PhD Bartlomiej Belcarz has researched the air war in France in 1939/40 in great detail. He has previously written several books & articles and his work is well known to military and aviation enthusiasts. This will be the first ever book in English describing the heroic exploits of this World War II aviation unit. It looks at a rarely documented aspect of World War Two aviation history. The book is illustrated with photographs, full color artwork, scale plans and maps. It features superb color illustrations of camouflage and markings, walk-around color photographs, and rare black and white archive photographs. It is essential reading for aviation enthusiasts and scale aeromodelers REVIEWS illuminating background notes Photos, artwork, tables and biographic sidebars support this solid study. And the late, great Teodire Liviu Morosanu's 37 beautiful color plates profiles, plan views and insignia for MS 406s, MB.152s and D-520s splendidly sated my modeling muse .MMP has forged a deservedly brilliant reputation with gems like this. Enthusiasts of WWII's Blitzkrieg Era will love Montpellier Fighter Squadron. I certainly did.Robustly recommended Cybermodeler