Kagero Dagger

In this release, Kagero examines the operational history of the US Navy's air superiority aircraft during WW2, the Grumman F6F Hellcat. Published in both Polish and English, the author walks the reader through the initial design of the fighter through the highlights of its operational history, but starts off with VF-11's experiences just to get your interest.
The coverage includes: Sundowners F6Fs; Nuts and Bolts; Great Balls of Fire Over Land & Sea; Zero's Worst Nightmare; Mount Fuji in Sight; British Hellcats; Camouflage & Markings.
In addition to the operational history of the aircraft, the title has line drawings of the F6F in 1/48 and 1/72 as well as a nice color photo walk around. Coverage of this part ends with some excellent color profiles of the aircraft.

Covers the development and combat history of this WWII US fighter. 33 pages of the book are devoted to technical drawings. There are 1/48 and 1/72 scale drawings supplemented with larger scrap views detailing specific parts of interest. These are all very well done. In addition to these, though, Kagero includes a series of drawings that point out the specific differences between Wildcat variants. The distinguishing factors are illustrated with shading and in text form, for both US and British variants. Eight pages of attractive colour profiles, plus six pages of colour walkaround photos round out this publication.

Monograph from Polish publisher, Kagero, featuring famous WWII aircraft in detail and scale. This volume on the AR 234 jet bomber features masses of original black and white photos, a 24 page extract from the original (German language) operating manual, colour profiles.