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Basically a book full of reminiscences from RAN veterans who worked on or flew in Gannets (plus several who did not - quite why they are in the book I don't know), with lots and lots of photos fairly evenly split between shots of Gannets and shots of people (often as they are now rather than when they were in the RAN), plus a selection of colour profile drawings.
Many of the stories told are duplicated; many of the anecdotes clearly need editing, and come across as 'copy and paste' jobs from emails or letters. As a collection of memories for the ex-RAN personnel involved to enjoy, it's a great book. As a general reference on the Gannet, it's pretty weak - the photo selection is excellent but most are reproduced quite small; the colour profiles are nicely done but exhibit various minor errors (and one big one, on every single profile - compare the exhaust location with photos!).
Given the publisher's name you'd expect it to be more aimed at modellers than any other market, but there's really nothing in here other than the photos and profiles to help modellers - no detail shots, no plans, no colour scheme details or histories, etc. Finally, and most oddly, for a book titled 'Submarine Hunter' there is is absolutely nothing on the tactics or procedures involved in this particular task - it is just a collection of relatively shallow anecdotes. Accidents and problems obviously stand out clearly in people's memories so the accounts are weighted towards that sort of story.
Hard to recommend as a reference work - however, if you were in the RAN at the time, definitely worth a read, and as a collection of photos of RAN Gannets in a single publication it cannot be beaten. The book is also somewhat expensive - the price from Amazon makes it a much more reasonable proposition.
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