The BT-1 belongs to the category of warplanes which just missed, in this case by a couple of weeks, having an operational role in WW2 and has for all practical purposes been forgotten. Nevertheless its importance was probably higher than is currently recognised for at least two reasons. Designed by Ed Heinemann the BT-1 was sufficiently successful to allow him to go on to design such aircraft as the Boston/Havoc, Invader and Skyhawk, some of America’s most famous aircraft. Despite its shortcomings, including a deadly spin, the BT-1 led the way to its successor, the SBD Dauntless, which wrote itself into the pages of the USN's history during the desperate, and decisive, battles of 1942 and 1943 which took place in the Pacific.  40 pages, around 40 photographs, 11 colour profiles  SIZE 170 x 245mm (paperback) 2-9526381-7-9 978-295-26-3817-3 by Phil Listemann 12.00 €  14.04.08

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REVIEWS http://www.cybermodeler.com/hobby/ref/gs/book_gs_bt-1.shtml http://www.aerostories.org/~aerobiblio/article1966.html http://www.hyperscale.com/2008/reviews/books/bt1bookreviewrb_1.htm http://www.hyperscale.com/2008/reviews/books/bt1bookreviewrb_1.htm http://www.ipmsusa2.org/Reviews/Books/Aircraft/raf-in-combat/raf-in-cmbt_aw3_bt-1.htm http://www.internetmodeler.com/2008/may/new-releases/book_bt1.php   AEROPLANE MONTHLY - SEPTEMBER 2008 An unusual choice of subject for the third monograph in the publisher's Allied Wings series, the Northrop BT-1 carrier-based scout/bomber was designed by none other than Ed Heinemann, later the man behind the Douglas Havoc, Invader and Skyhawk. A rather handsome monoplane for its time, it was limited to a production run of 54 FOR THE US Navy, and those that survived were struck off in 1943-44. The slim volume contains brief unit histories of VB-5 and VB-6, an outline of the BT-1's second-line duties, individual aircraft histories and tabular data. There is a good crop of monochrome illustrations of whole aircraft and detail close-ups, and colour artwork showing side elevations, Squadron Section nose colours and upper-surface wing markings.  Philip JARRETT