This new book is subtitled: The Illustrated Guide to Nose-turreted B-24 Production Variants in USAAF Combat Service. Boy, is it ever! This book will do for late model B-24s what the Ampersand Group did for the Sherman tank with its Modeler's Guide to the Sherman Tank several years ago. Late model B-24s in versions G, H, J, L, and M were produced in five different factories by four different companies, and in almost 100 production blocks scattered throughout the production runs. This book explains and beautifully illustrates the numerous external differences between the various versions.
Author Alan Griffith has pooled the resources of the world's leading authorities on the Liberator and finally sheds accurate light on the physical features of the most produced American aircraft of World War 2. An excerpt from the book's forward states:
"There is more new B-24 material in these pages than has appeared in years. For the master model builder this book presents a fertile field of new challenges. For the rest of us, it is a feast of new facts to be read and enjoyed."
The book highlights the "dizzying array of changing details" which were the result of improved technology and specific needs of the different combat theaters. It also discusses non production field modifications carried out by various maintenance depots around the world.
Consolidated Mess contains 192 pages of text, photos, and drawings. Also included are seven appendices discussing paint recognition features, production B-24 serial numbers, known depot modified B-24s, B-24 Zwilling, bomb bay door structure, defensive turret experiments, and the B-24N.
This book is outstanding! I'm looking forward to the next volume which will cover earlier B-24 versions.
Stock Number: 6483-MMP1160
Price: $59.98
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