SMI LIBRARY 05
P-47 Thunderbolt with the USAAF – European Theatre of Operations
A photo album showing particular examples of P-47 Thunderbolts which took part in air battles over Europe. The 84 page book contains 93 b&w and 12 colour photos with English and Polish captions. Four planes are presented on the beautiful colour profiles painted by Janusz Światloń. The profiles are supplemented with a decal sheet printed by Cartograf, which includes 1:32, 1:48, and 1:72 individual markings for the following planes:
- P-47D-22-RE (s/n 42-26293) coded 'UN-L' and named Belle of Belmont, flown by Lt. Armand A. Laflam of 63rd FS / 56th FG,
- P-47D-25-RE (s/n 42-26628) coded 'LM-C' and named Miss Fire / Rosie Geth II, flown by Capt. Frederick J. Christensen Jr. of 62nd FS / 56th FG,
- P-47D-22-RE (s/n 42-26249) coded '2Z-D' and named Kansas Tornado II, flown by Lt. Howard J. Curran of 510th FS / 405th FG,
- P-47D-28-RE (s/n 44-20209) coded '7U-W' and named Jeanie of 23rd FS / 36th FG.
UNITS 03
St.G 2 "Immelmann"
Marek J. Murawski
The third title in the 'Units' series is devoted to the most famous Ju 87 unit: Sturzkampfgeschwader 2. The 32 page book with English text includes a chronological overview of the unit’s history supplemented with 51 photos; tables of unit commanders, losses, and planes used; and colour profiles of 4 aircraft painted by Arkadiusz Wróbel. A decal sheet printed by Cartograf contains 1:72, 1:48 and 1:32 individual markings for the following planes:
- Junkers Ju 87 B-2, W.Nr. 313; coded 'T6+IH' of 1./St.G 2 'Immelmann', Krainici airfield, Bulgaria, March 1941,
- Junkers Ju 87 B-2; coded 'G' probably of 3./St.G 2 'Immelmann', Gorstkowo airfield, Russia, December 1941
- Junkers Ju 87 B-2; coded 'T6+HL' of 3./St.G 2 'Immelmann', Tyrkowo airfield, Russia, autumn 1941,
- Junkers Ju 87 B-2 trop; coded 'T6+DP' of 6./St.G 2 'Immelmann', Tmimi airfield, Libya, summer 1941.
SUPER MODEL INTERNATIONAL 03
Aircraft Edition
Edited by Maciej Góralczyk
The 3rd issue of Super Model International includes renditions of three classic WW2 fighters: 1/48 Dewoitine D.520, 1/32 Hawker Hurricane Mk. I, and 1/32 Spitfire Mk. Vb. Tomasz Chacewicz, Michał Rosiak, and Tomek Wajnkaim explain their building, painting, and weathering techniques in extensive and richly illustrated articles spread on 80 colourful pages