No.501 Squadron was one of the five Special Reserve units (from Nos.500 to 504 Sqns) to be formed during the late 1920s. At the eve of WWII, four of these were still active and took part to the conflict, two as fighter units, 501 being one of the latter. From the first blood in France in 1940 until the hunt of the V-1s in 1944, the history of this squadron in narrated in 136 pages. No less than 348 pilots flew in operations with the Squadron, one third being not coming from Britsh Isles, like Americans (15, including USAAF personnel), Australians (9), Belgians (6), Canadians (17), Czechoslovaks (14), Dane (1), French (4), New Zealanders (25), Poles (19) and South Africans (2). As for the other titles of the Series, appendices comprise the claim list, full loss list and operational diary and colour profiles (10) and photographs (113).

SIZE 170 x 245mm (paperback) ISBN 978-295-26-3813-5 By David Watkins and Phil Listemann 25.00 € 05.10.07 ORDER FORM Taille : 12 ko, Date de dernière modification : 27/02/2008

REVIEWS http://www.aerostories.org/~aerobiblio/article1845.html http://www.modelingmadness.com/scotts/books/rafic/501sq.htm http://www.cybermodeler.com/hobby/ref/gs/book_gs_501sqn.shtml http://www.hawkertempest.se/books.htm http://www.internetmodeler.com/2008/april/new-releases/book_501sq.php http://www.hyperscale.com/2008/reviews/books/501sqnbookreviewbg_1.htm Aeroplane monthly - JANUARY 2008 Yet another in this attractive and competitively-priced series spotlighting the wartime operational histories of specific fighter squadrons, this volume concentrates on the pilots and machines of 501 Sqn, which had been a day-bomber squadron in the interwar years but flew Hurricanes, Spitfires and Tempests in the conflict. A remarkable amount of information is compressed into these pages, as well as photopgraphs, maps, colour artwork. The Squadron history is complemented by copious appendices giving operational data, sorties, awards, aircraft codes, bases, claims, losses, a roll of honour and a roster with brief details of all the pilots. Additional related information is provided in boxed items, and there are ten full-colour side elevations of representative aeroplanes. With this title to add to the earlier ones reviewed in these pages in previous issues, this series is building into a useful collection for students of RAF Second World War fighter units and their operations.  Acquire them now, before you find yourself too far arrears! Philip JARRETT