Messerschmitt Bf 109 in Action Part 1
by John R. Beaman Jr., Don Greer
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Squadron/Signal Publications, Inc. (1980)
ISBN: 0897471067
Though appearantly good for a novice (excuse me fellow reviewer), I have seen in the years between my sixteenth and my fortythird better books about the Bf109, offering more text, more photographs and more information to both historian and modeller. Most of these books share the distinction that they are out-of-prints (OOPs), but both the Squadron/Signal issues will soon follow. Amongst the books which in my eyes offer more are "Bf109, Classic aircraft no. 2, their history and how to model them" (offers a wealth of information about the early Bf109's); "Messerschmitt 0-nine gallery"(offers a wealth of information about the later Bf109's); the three books in the Monogram close-up series (Gustav 1 and 2 and Bf109K) and "The Ausburg Eagle, a documentary history", but generally these books are bigger and therefore able to pack more information. This doesn't go up for the Monogram series, these are really much sought after!