Tiger Ace
- MICHAELM82
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Tiger Ace
Hi,
Saw this book on Wittman at a bookstore today and passed on buying it.I cant seem to find Agte's book on Wittman so how is Tiger Ace?
Any thoughts, worth the $35.00?
Mike
Saw this book on Wittman at a bookstore today and passed on buying it.I cant seem to find Agte's book on Wittman so how is Tiger Ace?
Any thoughts, worth the $35.00?
Mike
- David C. Clarke
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Tiger Ace
Hi Michael, if this is the Wittman book published by Schiffer Publishing Company, avoid it at all costs, even if it takes a while to find a copy of Agte. Trust me, I bought this book, took it home and returned it the next day. The Schiffer book is full of spelling and grammatical errors and the writing is laughable. Check it out before you purchase, if it's the same book, you'll notice the problems in the first ten pages. Best Regards, David
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If It Is 'Tiger Ace' by Gary L Simpson the biggest fault in it is the completely wrong version of the action at Villers-Bocage,Wittmanns greatest triumph. Simpson has used out of date information(the old 'Wittmann with 4 Tigers and a mk IV special' story as I call it) as a basis and added lots of bogus 'thoughts and sayings' of Wittmann to pad out a story mostly the result of Simpsons imagination. No full account of this action has been written yet.All the books published so far on Villers have some form of error in them.Both Agte and Taylor whilst doing a great deal to further our understanding of this battle commit to print mistakes that now become 'fact' by the nature of the Authors reputation.
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well, I am glad I haven't bought that book, though I saw it recently.
I did think about having a look at it but when I saw the price I thought I would hold out for something else more in my interests at the moment.
Anyone care to review the other Wittman book for us..?
The few books on the Luftwaffe I have from Schiffer struck me as being quite good, perhaps because they are older..?
Regards
Matt G
I did think about having a look at it but when I saw the price I thought I would hold out for something else more in my interests at the moment.
Anyone care to review the other Wittman book for us..?
The few books on the Luftwaffe I have from Schiffer struck me as being quite good, perhaps because they are older..?
Regards
Matt G