Jmccaul,
I have both books. Duels in the sky was written by Capt.Eric Brown of the Royal Navy.
He offers a very opinionated view of the top A/C of WW2 not limited to only ship board fighters. I have a hard time with his book however because of some of his comments about one of my favorite A/C(care to guess). Anyway some of his references to performance seem to be off the mark, and his preferances based on ideals that seemed to have a very British slant. Joint fighter conferance is just that.
Meeting minutes, flight cards and performance reports conducted in Jan. 1944.
It is not so much a book as an overview of activities and discussions on the present and future of A/C design. I use it constantly as a reference and it is quoted repeatedly in other publications. All in all if your looking for a good read get Duels in the Sky.
If your looking for reference data and a 1944 point of view from the pilots and designers of these A/C get Joint Fighter Conferance.
Later
F4UDOA
[This message has been edited by F4UDOA (edited 05-15-2000).]
