I just received Claes Sundin's latest profile and was quite impressed at first sight. It is a special limited edition, numbered and signed, collecting and correcting profiles from earlier editions and completed by 30 new ones. It is Claes' intention to publish limited editions in the future covering separate aspects of the Air War, like Fighters defending the West, or the Mediterranean theatre, etc. The book is in the same format, landscape, as the previous ones and present one profile per page, after an introductory text. It contains one profile/page, where the page is optimally filled by the plane, therefore not respecting the overall scale of the presented planes. Paper quality is good and suited for colour presentation of drawings.
At first glance what differs from his previous work is the increased text which accompanies the profiles. I find it a plus to explain more about the showed airplane and pilot.
This book covered the fight in the East and begins with profiles of Bf109Fs (no Bf109Es?). It is subdivided in years, from 1941 to 1945
I jumped to the last part as I am quite interested in the Late War years in order to discover his artworks. And I was positively surprised. One of my obsessions are the Karobands worn by planes and I was delighted to find, what in my eyes are new representation of some planes, from whom I may not be aware of, or which were stored to deep in my memory to remember their origins. This brings me to what I find one of the flaws in this type of books is the lack of sources which lay at the basis of the profile. Claes already has tackled this question I put him while ordering him this book as follows: "Regarding sources for my work, as I write in my forewords all profiles made by me is based on solid photo documentation, preferably on more than one photo._Unfortunately I often have no right to publish the stuff, comes from private collectors, Luftwaffe buffs, other publications, Bundesarchive and from the net._However, as some followers do, when asking for my sources making a particular profile, i could would supply them them with the stuff I have used."
Another issue I encounter, but this is not Claes' fault, is not to have 4 sides view of the plane. This leaves you with guesswork of the other side profile view and the plan and the underside. Of course, I understand you cannot find perfect 4 sided pictures of the presented airplanes, but perhaps, a partial view, if known, could enlighten our knowledge.
I understand also that for the late war, the interpretation of pictures is far from clear. I feel that actually the tendency of researcher concerning the colour of late war camouflage is more going to the use of the more traditional colours RLM74/75 and that in combination with one of the late war colours RLM81/82. See for instance the instructions of the recent Eduard Bf109K where RLM74/75 wings are regularly mentioned, as is a 'darker version of RLM74', things I picked up in Claes' work where those greys also appear more often in his side views and where he also speaks of a 'darker version of RLM82' or a 'brown version of RLM81' for instance. This makes a very difficult mix of possibilities, more like a Gordian knot if you have to choose for one. And here, I will not add my personal opinion, as it is only based on my gut feeling.
So we get a huge collection of pristine artwork, based on wartime documents but still controversial and full of conjecture. I feel it a real effort to reach the actual representation of the subject, but again, who knows
Further, I largely acclaim his list of contributors to his uvre which is a broad panel of experts, even if some are already passed away.
A last thing I remarked, and like I said, I just flipped through the book, are some avoidable (type) mismatches : Eric LargeR (and not 'Largen') or correction that an educated proofreader could have remarked (KG(J)6 Karobands are red and black, not red and white) (David E. Brown, co author of this book should have picked this one immediately)
So if you like it as I do, you will get a quite exclusive collection of outstanding sideviews, by a renown artist and quite a good expert of Luftwaffe matters. I can only recommend it.

Philippe/Belguim

I've received the much-desired volume no.15 and it's comprehensive and < juice > content has exceeded my expectations ,every new edition goes up the serie LUFTWAFFE FIGHTER AIRCRAFT to upper level ,beautiful winter camo. of JG 5 , Nice profiles of the robust Fw 190 of JG 54 and JG 51 and much ,much more .... Hundreds of East front fighters in one book ,offering joy and plesure to ww2 luftwaffe fans, It is unnecessary to say don't missed to buy the shiny book and keep buying the fantastic serie,

Stamatios/Greece

wanted to write you this morning to let you know how much I am enjoying reading your book and looking at your aircraft profiles ! This book, as all your books , deserve a slow and thorough reading and viewing. Looking at your profiles and reading your text, cannot be rushed, but must be appreciated and It is ! Thank You Claes for all your great efforts ! I appreciate all you your have done. Thank You !

Bill/USA

Once again, Claes returns with a superb book. But this time, it's also larger in size, making it even more superb. Magnificent profiles and longer and more interesting texts. This new book dedicated to the Eastern Front should be the start of a mini-series of books dedicated to the different fronts, allowing us to learn about these aircraft from a different perspective. In short, a must-have without a doubt. Always waiting for the next one. Kudos to Claes.

Pet/Spain