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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 355
EAN num: 9788496016873
ISBN number: 8496016870
Label: AF Editions
Manufacturer: AF Editions
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 120
Printing Date: 2007-06
Publishing house: AF Editions
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This is simply a tour-de-force for the author's artwork which, admittedly, is very good. However, it is essentially a summary of IJA squadrons that operated various types of Japanese Army aircraft, and their markings and colour schemes; it does not address specific information or performance characteristics of the individual aircraft, themselves.
This publication was apparently translated from the Spanish and, unfortunately, the translator clearly has no background or experience with the subject matter. This renders much of the information contained therein suspect, confusing, misleading, or just plain wrong. There is no index or bibliography, the absence of which suggest that this work should not be taken seriously as a reference.
Most of the information in this book is available elsewhere, from sources that are much more reliable. The only redeeming quality is the artwork, although, once again, accuracy is a concern. Overall, I cannot recommend this book
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Eduardo Cea's Book on units of Japanese Army Air Power in WW2 is good for anyone interested in learning about specific markings and paint jobs on several types of Japanese Planes. The histories are small and specific such as where the unit was formed, where it served, what planes it used and when, and when it was disbanded.
My criticisms of this book are few but relevant. Being originally published in Spanish, I found myself wishing on a few occasions that the English translation was a bit better. Also (perhaps because I'm an American and used to such things) I found it odd that there was no table of contents and no index or other easy way to find information within the book without reading through it completely. This is somewhat mitigated by the specific nature of the book and the fact that its scope is relatively small, but at times when reading about a certain type of plane it was difficult and a bit tedious to find a picture of said plane.
This book is a must-have for anyone doing models of WW2 Japanese Aircraft, and I personally hope to acquire all of Mr. Cea's books regardless of their small faults. This is not history so much in terms of people and stories and events, but is simply what units had what planes, and what those planes (and their markings)looked like. It's for people who probably already have some depth of knowledge on the subject and are looking for more complete visualizations to go with other readings. I envy Mr. Cea his depthful research ability and am pleased to own this indispensable modeling tool. I also hope to get his other books.
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In addition to the criticisms voiced by other reviewers, I found this book to be a big disappointment because neither is the artwork entirely accurate. So it's not a worthwhile investment for the aircraft modeler either. What a shame! It will be a long time I suspect before another publisher will endeavor to do the job this one set out to do, and did so badly. -- CDB
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At a very first glance is a very good book, it has very good illustrations and nice colour artworks. Paper is very good quality and has a handy format.
Nevertheless, the title name may induce you to confusion, because you will expect a book that gives you information about the Japanese Army Aircraft used in WWII, like technical data, three view drawings and a little history of its development. However, the book relates only about the Japanese Army Fighter Units (Sentais) tail markings.
On the other hand, for serious researchers and historians, there is no bibliography, references, quotes or anything that inform you were the information has been taken. Apparently the book seems to be a mix (copy-paste) of two very good books: Peter Scott's "Emblems of the Risig Sun: Imperial Japanese Army Air Force Unit Markings 1935-1945" and Ikuhiko Hata's "Japanese Army Air Force Units and Their Aces 1931-1945".
Finally, if you don't want to spend much money, it's a good referential book, especially for amateurs and enthusiast modelers.
We have to wait the translation of the other Cea's work to find out if it improves in these regards.
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I was disappointed in this book. It's a translation from the Spanish, and printed in Spain, and the language barrier shows. There are lots of typos (the Nakajima Ki-43 is repeatedly referred to as the Type 91 Fighter) and words are broken in the middle of a syllable (lo-oked). Saburo Sakai is listed among Japanese army aces!
I appreciate that there is more than one way to romanize Japanese, but in English at least the modified Hepburn system is pretty standard. So it jars me to see koo instead of ku, hinumaru instead of hinomaru, and so on. Finally--and I appreciate that I'm not necessarily in the majority here--I don't like to see sentai translated as regiment. It may be an accurate translation, but it is a very misleading one, since a regiment or brigade is a major fighting unit, often 4,000 or 5,000 men, not the several hundred to be found in a sentai.
But most disappointing of all, the title is misleading. The book isn't about JAAF fighters at all, but about fighter sentais. Except for the colour (important for modelers, to be sure) I would much rather refer to Izawa, Hata, and Shores's Japanese Army Air Force Units and Their Aces: 1931-1945.
Sorry to be so negative. If I were a modeler, I might like it better. The drawings and colour seem to be excellent, so I'm only knocking it down by one star.
Blue skies! -- Dan Ford (author of Flying Tigers: Claire Chennault and His American Volunteers, 1941-1942)
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