Hello Lothar.

Thanks for the reply. No, not a matter of dismissing it, rather a matter of economics – both of finance and bookshelf space. I have over the years acquired a number of good books on the Hunter, and most recently the David Griffin volume. Had the opportunity of adding the McLelland book but it doesn’t seem to add significantly to the data I have already in terms of development history, operational history, pilot recollections, etc. So for me – at this point in time – I am not going to purchase the McLelland book. For someone who doesn’t already have a number of other Hunter books, the McLelland volume sounds like a good start point. It sounds like it has more development history than the Griffin volume, and similar coverage in ops history and photos and technical data/drawings. I actually don’t mind the pilot notes, etc – what Bruce calls padding. It would appear neither volume has a great deal of combat operations history (correct me if I’m wrong) – but then, for me this is not a drama, as I have several other books on Hunter combat in Aden, Middle East and India.

Perhaps you and/or “cabbage” can give a better idea of the combat ops coverage in the McLelland book?

Regards, …geoff