Shot to Hell: Stories and the Photos of Ravaged WWII Warbirds | Cory Graff

Shot to Hell: Stories and the Photos of Ravaged WWII Warbirds | Cory Graff | Dad loves it!

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	Shot to Hell: Stories and the Photos of Ravaged WWII Warbirds Cory Graff Zenith Press, 2003 - 128 pages average customer review:based on 6 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

World War II aviation buffs will cringe but be fascinated by the images of once-glorious U.S. Army aircraft mangled and battered during combat action. The Museum of Flight's Cory Graff provides the harrowing details and sometimes surprising twists behind each photo.Cory Graff has been the Museum of Flight's primary researcher and writer since April 1996. As exhibits research and development manager, he plans, evaluates and develops the exhibits, which includes easy access to numerous museum and institutional photo archives.

Damaged Goods

This is a somewhat depressing photo journal of damaged or destroyed warbirds of WW II. Depressing in that, during any conflict, damage is bound to be incurred. This book is full of photos that you would hope to see in such a volume. Bomber crews huddling around a large hole in the tail of their B-24, crash landings after hydraulic failures, belly-up P-51's, and a poor A-20 that looked as if it were imitating a beached wale in Canada. Most of the photos in this volume you will not see in other publications. Of the 125 pages there are photos on every one, and while some are slightly grainy, most are beautiful and full of small details. This is a great book for aviation enthusiasts, anyone in the aerospace industry, or individuals thinking of perusing a career in aircraft accident investigations.

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Dad loves it!

Got this for my dad for christmas. He is very into aviation history and loved this book. Great pictures and stories. Excellent gift for someone who enjoys aviation or for yourself.

Great Book

Interesting book, well-written, great photos. I got a lot out of it. Very useful tool for scale modeleres.

Excellent but incomplete

An excellent collection photographs covering a wide range of aircraft types with very good accompanying text and captions. I recognize some photos from previous pulications, but they are classic shots that deserve inclusion in a book like this. My only complaint is the absence of any examples of naval aircraft. Given the huge numbers of carrier-based aircraft in the Pacific I expected at least some token examples of severely damaged warbirds sprawled on carrier decks.

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shot to hell, but in a good way

The reference book Shot To Hell was perfect for the modeling project I was working on.

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