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Heinkel He 111 Units in the Battle of Britain and the Blitz: Wingleader Photo Archive Number 13

Heinkel He 111 Units in the Battle of Britain and the Blitz: Wingleader Photo Archive Number 13

ISBN: 9781908757241

Author: Mark Postlethwaite

Publisher: Wing Leader

Format: Paperback

Price: AUD $39.95
RRP: AUD $49.95

An introduction to the NEW Wingleader Photo Archive Series.

For quite a few years, Simon Parry and Mark Postlethwaite have been building up a huge library of original WWII aviation photos, partly as a hobby but mainly to help provide photos for the books that they publish.  With over 30,000 now in the collection, they realised that they had more than enough to produce a series of photo books on individual aircraft types and sub-types.  They set out to make the series as ideally suited to modellers and artists as possible, so large photos, using A4 landscape format, and minimal text except for extended captions.  Effectively their aim is to produce a 21st Century version of the Profile Publications series of books from the 1960s, using the latest technology to reproduce their wartime photos to the highest standard possible.

This series is unique in that it will be able to provide large format ORIGINAL photos up to full A4 landscape format width, which is at least 50% larger than any standard book can deliver.  Combined with the specialist knowledge of a team of historians and contributors, each book should provide unbeatable and accurate references for any modelling or painting project.

We always planned to do Luftwaffe bombers in this series but never imagined that we’d have enough photos to do them individually.  However, after consulting Chris Goss whose Luftwaffe photo collection continues to grow on a daily basis, we realised that the Heinkel He 111 was now more than achievable.

We decided to restrict the book to operations over the UK as the Russian and Mediterranean Theatres could probably be covered in a separate volume.  We’ve also included the early war operations over England as these produced some of the best photographs of the captured Heinkels.

The photos are arranged by Kampfgeschwader Gruppes and we’ve included a panel for each Gruppe with a list of official code letters and colours of each staffel, (the individual aircraft letter represented by an X). Also included are the usual detail pages where we focus on one particular aspect such as grenade launchers, formation markings and the differences between the P and H series.‍

This book contains approx 120 original wartime photos and 6 detailed colour profiles.

Book Title: Heinkel He 111 Units in the Battle of Britain and the Blitz: Wingleader Photo Archive Number 13
Author: Mark Postlethwaite
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781908757241
About the Author: Mark is one of the world's leading aviation artists, with his work hanging in major collections and museums worldwide. He has been a professional aviation artist for over 25 years and during his career has flown in a variety of front line military aircraft including the Harrier, Hawk and Tucano, as well as vintage types such as the BE2c and the FE2b down in New Zealand. He has also contributed to several TV documentaries and even won the top prize on the old TV game show $64,000 Question with Bob Monkhouse answering questions on the Battle of Britain. Mark has produced over 150 cover paintings for Osprey Publishing over the years and in his early career was published by Air Vice Marshal J E 'Johnnie' Johnson's fine art business. He has a broad knowledge of WWII aviation with a particular focus and passion for RAF Bomber Command..
Publisher: Wing Leader
Title Release: March 2022

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