Hungarian Fighter Colours - 1930-1945: Volume 1

Description

First volume in a two-part series which describes and illustrates all the fighter aircraft used by the Hungarian armed forces during World War Two. Covering both the indigenous designs employed early in the war through to the German and Italian fighters flown for much of the later period, the camouflage and markings of these aircraft are described and illustrated in great detail: Fokker D.XVI; FIAT CR.20, CR.20B; AVIS I-IV; FIAT CR.30, CR.30B; FIAT CR.32, CR.32bis; FIAT CR.42, CR.42CN; Messerschmitt Bf 109D-1; Messerschmitt Bf 109E-3, E-4, E-7; Messerschmitt Bf 109F-2, F-4. The book is fully illustrated with many rare wartime photos and features full colour profiles of many representative aircraft.

Denes Bernad has specialised in studying Romanian and Eastern European military aviation during World War 2 for the past 25 years. A mechanical engineer by profession; he is also a founding member of the Association to Promote the History of Rumanian Aviation and Hungarian Association of Aviation History. Gyorgy Punka is an aviation engineer based in Budapest. He has written several books and numerous articles on the Hungarian Air Force during World War 2.