Description

In common with earlier titles in the series, this book is crammed full of profiles of the subject – in this case 94 profiles of Seafires in all marks and in worldwide service. 22 of the aircraft are depicted in four-view diagrams on a full page. Jon Freeman’s artwork will already be familiar to many of HyperScale’s visitors, and his work here is clean, clear and very attractive.

At 44 pages (plus covers), this title is slightly bigger than the earlier releases. This is partly due to wider coverage of the subject, but also because of the inclusion of more text. Each Seafire variant receives between a few paragraphs and a few pages worth of technical description and operational information. The captions are more detailed too, covering colours, markings, operations and references to photos. This is especially useful to modellers, as the artwork will provide the inspiration; but a photo will identify a myriad of minutiae.

The book is logically structured by Seafire variant plus separate chapters for international operators. The sequence is:

• Seafire Mk.Ib
• Seafire Mk.IIc
• Seafire Mk.III
• Seafire Mk.XV and 17
• Seafire Mk.45,46,47
• Canadian Seafires
• Aeronavale Seafires
• Burmese and Irish Seafires