The Air War Over Italy (Valiant Wings Publication 9780993534591)

Category Aviation Books, Subcategory WW2 Italy, ISBN/Box 9780993534591, Series Airframe Extra No.8, Publisher/Brand Valiant Wings Publication, Author Patrick Branly, Format a4, No. Pages 80, Version sb, Language English

Valiant Wings Publishing is about to produce the eighth title in the much-acclaimed Airframe Extra series: The Air War Over Italy.
Many active scale modellers like to build subjects based on a theme or historical event. This series looks at specific areas and events in the history of aerial warfare. Each title covers the history and timelines, detail of the protagonists, period photographs and superb colour artwork from Richard J Caruana. Specific kit builds in all three major scales (1/72nd, 1/48th and 1/32nd) from Steve A. Evans and Libor Jekl commemorate each event that we cover.

Airframe Extra No.8: The Air War Over Italy
Covers the historical aspects of the aerial conflict over Italy from the Allied landing at Salerno on the 3rd September 1943 through to the surrender and cessation of fighting by all Axis forces in Italy on the 2nd May 1945:
Historical narrative by Patrick Branly
Numerous period images
Colour profiles by Richard J Caruana
" Specially commissioned kit builds:
1/72nd Hasegawa Ju 88A-4,
1/48th Eduard P-39 Airacobra and
1/32nd Macchi C.205 Veltro by Steve A. Evans
1/72nd Eduard Spitfire Mk IXc, Special Hobby Fiat G.55 Serie I and Special Hobby Baltimore Mk V by Libor Jekl

Specially commissioned kit builds:
1/48th Meteor NF Mk 13 (Classic Airframes),
N.A. P-51D (Hasegawa) and Republic RF-84F Thunderstreak (Tan Model) by Steve A. Evans
1/72nd Meteor F Mk 8 (Xtrakits),
Sea Hawk FGA Mk 6 (HobbyBoss) and Piper Cub (Kovozávody Prostejov) by Libor Jekl
and 1/72nd Il-28 Beagle (Trumpeter) by Steve A. Evans