John J. Vasco

This has been sitting in my reserve army of books for a very long time but it has all the virtues of Ian Allan's publications of a decade or so ago in terms of well-chosen pictures, sharp color profiles and dynamic layout; whether it's worth the eye-water prices now being charged for good-quality copies is another matter. One thing that the author reminds you of is how dubious the whole "destroyer" concept really was, as even the obsolescent Polish single-seater fighters of 1939 could give these machines a hard time; assuming the 110 drivers were enticed into a "turning" contest. I suppose the question begged is whether the pilots of the 110 had any real concept of "energy" tactics, and whether the 110 had enough raw engine power to implement them.… (meer)