Recce Books you would recommend...

[tango98]

Hello Rolf,

Thanks also for the welcome and the kind words about Aufklärer which are much appreciated.

Well I am looking to come over to the UK sometime this year so SMW 08 would definitely be a possibility as it would give me the chance to meet up with friends & colleagues that I haven't seen for a few years (and spend more than I should on kits!! ).

Cheers

Dave

[The Hooded Claw]

'Ere that you Mr Wadman?

What you doing in these sunny climes. If you are coming to SMW then a serious J drinking session is in order.

Ian

[tango98]

Hi Ian,

Yup, it's me
Just over here to keep my eye on you to make sure you're behaving yourself!!

After discussions with SWMBO, it would seem that I will make SMW this year so a serious sampling of the local brew(s) would most definitely be in order!!

Cheers

Dave

[COLIN SHIPTON-KNIGHT]

Forgot one,

Classic Warbirds, Merlin PR Spitfires, by Wojtek Matusiak, ISBN 0958229627.

Colin

[popeye]

just ordered "Wekusta" and "flippin' Biscay" - will report on content asap

Rolf

[tango98]

Hi Rolf,

Those are two good titles that you've ordered as the authors really know their material.
Not much recce stuff in Biscay but I think you'll be pleasantly surprised with what you'll find in Wekusta.

Incidentally, I haven't forgotten about the Do 215 stuff and will be sending you some subject info over this weekend.

Freundliche Grüße von Kanada

Dave

[popeye]

Hi All

Allied Wings No. 2, Martin Marauder Mk I, Phil Listemann
Edited by the Author, 2008, ISBN 2-9526381-6-0
www.raf-in-combat.com

Soft cover, stapled, 58 Pages, 42 fotos b/w, 6 colour side views

Phil Listemann charts the history of the short-wing Marauders in service with Nr. 14 Sqd RAF with a short intro to the a/c and an extensive operational record of this “armed reconnaissance” unit in the Mediterranean 1942-1944.
Technical data, claim list, list of losses, extensive serial register, roll of honor and the well written and structured text make for interesting reading and will serve those interested in research.

The pictures are of good quality if sometimes a little small. Some pictures, the colour side views and his research will help the modeler interested in recce AND the Marauder.

R.B. 05/2008

[popeye]

A heads up for those interested in Swiss Venoms:

The DH Venom DH-112 Mk1, Mk1R, Mk4 in Swiss Air Force.
Photocollector Monographie 1

A4, soft cover, 70 pages, mainly colour pics, 3 view profiles b/w & colour showing camo schemes, detail, insignias, markings, + tech. drawings,
5 pages on recce version,
18 pages of colourful retirement schemes.

written & produced by a modeler with modelers in mind.

available from www.photocollector.biz

Rolf

[sloegin57]

Nov 26, 2008 19:45:40 GMT popeye said:

A heads up for those interested in Swiss Venoms:

The DH Venom DH-112 Mk1, Mk1R, Mk4 in Swiss Air Force.
Photocollector Monographie 1

A4, soft cover, 70 pages, mainly colour pics, 3 view profiles b/w & colour showing camo schemes, detail, insignias, markings, + tech. drawings,
5 pages on recce version,
18 pages of colourful retirement schemes.

written & produced by a modeler with modelers in mind.

available from www.photocollector.biz

Rolf

Thanks for your PM Rolf. Just had a look at the web site for "Monographie 1 - Venom". Very nice - Book on order. I'm just wondering if I could do the same sort of thing with my photo collection - It'll get the info out there.

Dennis

[The Hooded Claw]

Nov 30, 2008 11:33:52 GMT sloegin57 said:

Thanks for your PM Rolf. Just had a look at the web site for "Monographie 1 - Venom". Very nice - Book on order. I'm just wondering if I could do the same sort of thing with my photo collection - It'll get the info out there.

Dennis

Try speaking to Roger at Mushroom Publications he is always looking for new material for books.

H

[popeye]

Heads up - lifted from Internet Modeller

www.internetmodeler.com/2008/december/new-releases/book_uav.php

Anybody seen it already and care to comment ?

Rolf

[rossm]

Photo Reconnaissance by Andrew Brookes (ISBN 0 7110 0570 2) published by Ian Allan 1975

There's a chapter in RAF Coastal Command 1936-1969 by Chris Ashworth (ISBN 1-85260-345-3)

and some sections in Aircraft For the Many by MJF Bowyer

PR Spitfires featured in various magazines - Air Enthusiast Quarterly 17, Air International Vol39 nos 1 & 6 and Aeroplane March08

Ross

[heimdall]

I have an extensive collection of books on reconnaissance that I use in researching articles for my website. In addition to the ones already mentioned here's some others I recommend:

Spyplane by David Donald published by Temple Press in 1987 ISBN: 0-600-55279-9

US Sky Spies by Michael O'Leary published by Blandford Press in 1986 ISBN:0-7137-1555-3

Shadow Flights by Curtis Peebles published by Presidio Press in 2000 ISBN:0-89141-700-1

By Any Means Necessary by William E Burrows published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 2001 ISBN: 0-374-11747-0

The Price of Vigilance by Larry Tart and Robert Keefe published by The Ballantine Publishing Group in 2001 ISBN: 0-8041-1911-2

Tactical Reconnaissance in the Cold War by Doug Gordon published by Pen and Sword Aviation in 2006 ISBN: 1-84415-332-0

I could go on, but that's enough for now........!

Bruce

[COLIN SHIPTON-KNIGHT]

Goodness,

It has been a little while since I had a look through this thread...

There are some very interesting sounding books/articles etc.....

My dream list of what to get looks to be about £350 at the moment.

A couple of thoughts have sprung to mind....

Dare I say this? Anybody got 'scans' they would be prepared to share via sending CD's....?

Feel free to email me.....

Any interest in me putting all these books onto one post/document, for ease of printing off, for future reference...?

Colin

[reccephreak]

Well, I figure I should add my list of recce related books I own. There are also some Electronic Warfare books included, because I also do ELINT aircraft.

The first book is one of my favorites, because of all the invaluable info on PR aircraft, that I have not been able to find anywhere else.

World War II Photo Intelligence
Col. Roy M. Stanley II, USAF
Sidgwick & Jackson
ISBN 0 283 98824 x

Tactical Reconnaissance in the Cold War
Doug Gordon
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
ISBN 1-84415-332-0

Voodoo Warriors
The Story of the McDonnell Voodoo Fast Jets
Group Captain Nigel Walpole
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
ISBN 184415414-9

Unarmed and Unafraid
Glenn B. Infield
Macmillan Company
©1970, No ISBN

Sky Spies
Three Decades of Airborne Reconnaissance
Anthony Thornborough
Arms & Armour Press
ISBN 1-85409-147-6

Lockheed’s SR-71 ‘Blackbird’ Family
James Goodall & Jay Miller
Ian Allan Publishing
ISBN 1-85780-138-5

50 Years of the U-2
Chris Pocock
Schiffer Military History Books
ISBN 0-7643-2346-6

Eyes For The Phoenix
Allied Aerial Photo-Reconnaissance Operations - South-East Asia 1941-1945
Geoffrey J. Thomas
Hikoki Publications
ISBN 0-9519899-4-4

Aufklärer - Volume One
Luftwaffe Reconnaissance Aircraft and Units 1935-1941
David Wadman
Ian Allan Publishing
ISBN 1-85780-268-3


Aufklärer - Volume Two
Luftwaffe Reconnaissance Aircraft and Units 1942-1945
David Wadman
Ian Allan Publishing
ISBN 978-1-85780-8

Next Generation Reconnaissance
CAI - Recon/Optical, Inc.
May 1983
No ISBN

Aerial Espionage
Dick van der Aart
Airlife Publishing Ltd.
ISBN
0 906393 52 3

Black Jets
The Development and Operation of America’s Most Secret Warplanes
David Donald
AIRtime Publishing
ISBN 1-880588-67-6

Airborne Early Warning
Design, development and operations
Mike Hirst
Motorbooks International
ISBN 0-85045-532-4

The World’s Great Stealth and Reconnaissance Aircraft
no author
WH Smith
ISBN1-870318-40-4

Black Magic
America’s Spyplanes: SR-71 and U-2
Michael O’Leary & Eric Schulzinger
Motorbooks International
ISBN 0-87938-358-5

The Intelligence War
Col. William V. Kennedy
Salamander Books
ISBN 0 86101 1473

Lightning Bugs
and other Reconnaissance Drones
William Wagner
Aero Publishers, Inc
©1982
no ISBN

Fireflies and other UAVs
William Wagner & William P. Sloan
Aerofax
ISBN 0-942548-54-X (Softcover)
ISBN 0-942548-55-8 (Hardcover)

Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
Paul F Crickmore
Motorbooks International
ISBN 0-85045-653-3

Dragon Lady
The Hostory of the U-2 Spyplane
Chris Pocock
Airlife Publishing Ltd
ISBN 0 906393 84 1

US Spyplanes
Warbirds Illustrated No. 24
Erik Simonsen
Arms and Armor Press
ISBN
0-85368-626-2

Spies in the Sky
David Mondey & John W.R.Taylor
Charles Scribner’s Sons
SBN 684-13162-5

Spyplanes
The secret world of aerial intelligence-gathering
David Donald
Motorbooks International
ISBN 0-87938-258-9

An Illustrated Guide to Spyplanes and Electronic Warfare Aircraft
Bill Gunston
Salamander Books
ISBN 0 86101 1775

An Illustrated Guide to Techniques and Equipment of Electronic Warfare
Doug Richardson
Salamander Books
ISBN 0 86101 265 8

World Electronic Warfare Aircraft
Martin Streetly
Janes Publishing Company Ltd
ISBN 0 7106 0166 2

Electronic Wizards
Crows, Zappers & Weasels
René J Francillon, Peter B Lewis & Jim Dunn
Osprey Publishing Ltd / Motorbooks International
ISBN 1-85532-112-2

The history of US Electronic Warfare - volume 1
Alfred Price
The Association of Old Crows
©1984
no ISBN

USAF Technical Order 1F-4(R)C-2-27
Photographic Reconnaissance and Data Display Systems
USAF Series RF-4C aircraft
1 April 1972 + changes

USAF Technical Orders:
1F-4(R)C-1
Flight Manual
USAF Series RF-4C aircraft
15 Feb 79 + changes

1F-4(R)C-4-1 through 1F-4(R)C-4-6
Illustrated Parts Breakdown - various systems
USAF Series RF-4C aircraft

1C-135(R)W-1
Flight Manual
USAF Series RC-135W and TC-135W aircraft
1 Oct 86

Reconnaissance Handy Book
© McDonnell Douglas Corporation
Various editions
no ISBN


I haven't listed any "In Action" type booklets or magazine sized books, of which I have a LOT.
Cheers,
Larry