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Book serial number B2939. Price £19.95
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The Luftwaffe Data Book
by Dr Alfred Price
This book is a reference book that anyone interested in World War
II aviation should have to hand. It presents a remarkable range of data,
from the organisation of the Luftwaffe High Command to details of unit
identification markings on aircraft. The strengths, serviceability states
and equipment of front-line units are given at seven key dates between
September 1939 and April 1945. This allows the reader to observe the
changing strengths and compositions in each major theatre of operations at
the decisive moments of war.
Based on the Luftwaffe Handbook 1939-1945 it has been revised and
extended to almost double the original length by aviation historian Alfred
Price. Amongst the many valuable items it includes are details of the
Luftwaffe's structure, biographies of senior commanders and the
operational tactics of different units and arms of the service.
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German Knights of the Air by
Terry C Treadwell & Alan C Wood
Book serial number BK18. Price £17.50
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Book serial number ACE6. Book price
£12.99. Paperback with 94 pages. Fully illustrated.
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Focke-Wulf Fw190 Aces of the
Russian Front by John Weal
Of all the fronts fought on by the
Jagdflieger during World War 2, the Russian, or Eastern, was the easily
the most lucrative in terms of targets for the experts. Marry an
abundance of targets with the Luftwaffe's best piston-engined fighter of
the war - Focke-Wulf's Fw190 'Butcher Bird' - and it quickly becomes
apparent why so many Jagdflieger achieved kills that passed the 100
victories mark. Flying in variable weather on a battlefront that was
constantly changing, the Fw190 pilots fought virtually to extinction in
both the pure fighter and crucial Schlacht ground attack roles.
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Book serial number ACE11. Book price
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Bf 109D/E Aces
1939-41 by John Weal
The period covered in this volume was considered to be the 'glory
years' for the Jagdwaffe - fresh from the experience gained in the Spanish
Civil War - and for the Bf109 in particular. Many famous pilots scored
their first kills in the classic dogfights staged over Poland, Western
Europe, the Channel and finally southern England. Some 40 Knight's Crosses
were awarded in 1940 alone. However, after sweeping all before them in
support of the Blitzkrieg across continental Europe, the Bf109E pilots
were to suffer badly during the Battle of Britain, the result of poor
tactics inflicted upon them by the Luftwaffe High Command, and their
mount's less than generous range.
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Messerschmitt Bf
110 Zerstörer Aces of World War 2 by John Weal
Although Messesrschmitt's single-engined Bf109 received the most of
the plaudits for achieving virtual air superiority over Europe in 1939-40,
the exploits of the manufacturer's twin-engined Bf110 Zerstörer in the
first year of the war also make for impressive reading. Acting as the
'main spearhead' of the Luftwaffe. the Zerstörergeschwader committed to
the invasion of Poland swiftly brushed aside the Polish Air Force in a
matter of days. This success continued until after the spring of 1940,
when the first RAF Spitfires and Hurricanes were encountered in
significant numbers following the launch of the Blitzkrieg in Western
Europe. From that point on, Bf110 crews had to fight for their lives. Only
in the Balkans and far flung North Africa in 1941 did the Bf110 enjoy an
'Indian Summer' in the daylight fighter role. Despite its obsolescence,
the aircraft continued to perform as a heavy fighter, particularly in
1943-44 as USAAF heavy bomber formations raided Germany on a daily basis.
Featuring the exploits of Ju 88 and Me410 pilots as well as Bf110 crews,
this volume is the first of its type to be devoted exclusively to
Zerstörer day fighter aces, and spans the war years from Poland to the
Defence of the Reich.
Book serial number ACE25. Book price
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Book serial number BK44. Price £20.00.
Hard back with 256 pages.
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Richthofen
- Beyond the Legend of the Red Baron by Peter Kilduff
When the aerial battles of the First World
War are discussed, one name comes to mind instantly: Manfred von
Richthofen, popularly known as the 'Red Baron'.
He was that war's most successful
air-fighter. Through a combination of marksmanship, steel-hard nerves and
luck, Richthofen shot down 80 enemy aircraft in less than fifteen months
total time at the Front as a fighter pilot. This spectacular success at
destroying aerial opponents made him a living legend on both sides of the
lines. Revered as a seemingly invincible champion by his own forces, he
was respected by his adversaries.
This book provides the first clear, fully
documented view of Manfred von Richthofen as an air-fighter, exemplary
leader and an important figure in the development of German fighter units
and tactics in the First World War. It was made possible by extensive
research and, with the end of the Cold War, the release of significant
documents in eastern Germany that had been unavailable to western
historians since before the Second World War. It traces the development of
German aviation from early single aircraft aerial ambushes to the massed
attacks of Jagdgeschwader I, the battle force that Richthofen developed
into a highly effective air weapon. The author makes extensive use of a
wealth of carefully researched documentation, as well as personal accounts
by Manfred von Richthofen not previously translated into English.
Richthofen's own Air Combat Operations Manual, completed shortly before
his death in combat, is included in its entirety. Further richness and
balance are assured by observations from Richthofen's comrades and
admirers, as well as from his enemies. These materials and a superb
selection of photographs and maps combine to give the reader a
comprehensive, first-hand view of the 'Red Baron' and the open cockpit
fighting that he helped to develop during the first world war.
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Book serial number BK23. Price £14.99.
Paperback with 224 pages.
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Under the
Guns of the Red Baron by Norman Franks, Hal Giblin and Nigel McCrery
The complete record of Von Richthofen's
victories and victims, fully illustrated.
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Book serial number BK32. Price £19.99.
Hard Back with 180 pages.
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The
Luftwaffe in Camera by Alfred Price
At the outbreak of the Second World War in
1939, Reichsmarshal Herman Goering's Luftwaffe stood poised on the brink
of great conquests. Equipped with the best aircraft designs that German
know-how could offer, and flown into battle by highly trained and
supremely confident aircrews, the Luftwaffe was arguably the most modern
and powerful air force the world had ever seen.
This is the first of two volumes featuring
a wide range of fascinating archive photographs of the Luftwaffe taken
during the Second World War. It covers the Luftwaffe's first three years
of war and depicts its aircraft, operations and men as they supported the
German Army in its devastating Blitzkrieg campaign. First to fall to the
victorious armies of the Third Reich were Poland, Denmark and Norway, then
the Low Countries and France, followed by Yugoslavia and Greece, in a run
of spectacular victories.
The only serious setback for the Luftwaffe
in this period was during the Battle of Britain in the summer of 1940 when
it failed to win its bid to gain air superiority in the skies over
southern England. Although it suffered serious losses at the hands of RAF
Fighter Command, by the spring of 1941 the Luftwaffe was stronger than it
had been at the start of the Battle of Britain.
In June 1941 Hitler launched another
all-out Blitzkrieg offensive, this time in the east against Russia. With
powerful air support from the Luftwaffe the German Army won battle after
battle, but the long promised collapse of the Soviet resistance seemed
always out of reach. Then, with the onset of the bitter Russian winter,
the scales began to tip in favour of the Russians.
Over several years the author has toured
Germany to visit and interview Luftwaffe veterans. The majority of
photographs that appear in this book come from their personal albums.
Together they provide a unique pictorial record of this crucial phase in
twentieth-century history.
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Night Fighter Aces of World War 2 by Jerry Scutts
When the Luftwaffe entered the war, its night-fighter force was virtually non-existent thanks to its leader,
Reichsmarshall Hermann Göring, boasting that bombs would never fall on
Germany. By mid-1940 his folly was evident; the first night-fighter wing
was hastily formed with Bf110s. Initially capable of detecting targets by
visual acquisition only, the force greatly improved its effectiveness with
the creation of the 'Giant Würzburg' radar chain, which stretched from
Denmark to the Swiss border, then airborne radar, and by the end of 1942
the nightfighter force controlled some 389 fighters, and had destroyed
1291 RAF bombers in that year alone. But even larger raids by Allied
bombers were swamping German defences, so single-seat day fighters (Fw190s
and Bf109Gs) were drafted in. New fighter types like the He219 were still
holding their own in the deadly night skies into 1945, but overwhelming
numbers of Allied bombers eventually carried the day.
Book serial number ACE20. Book price
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German
Jet Aces of World War 2 by Hugh Morgan & John Weal
The Third Reich's last ditch efforts to
sweep the massed Allied bomber formations from the skies of Germany
centred around the new crop of jet 'wonder weapons' that were issued to
the Jagdwaffe from mid-1944 onwards. Far in advance of anything the Allies
had even in the experimental phase, types like the Me262, He162, Me163 and
the Ar234 could perform their combat sorties with relative impunity.
However, paucity in numbers and unreliable jet engines eventually
cancelled out any technical edge that these aircraft offered. Despite
operating from autobahns and forest runways, always being short of the
exotic fuels necessary and lacking any strength in numbers, a handful of
pilots amassed amazing scores in the last year of the war on these
aircraft, flying with units like JG7, JV44 and NJG11. This is their story.
Book serial number ACE17. Book price
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Bf109f/g/k Aces of
the Western Front by John Weal
The follow-on volume to Osprey Aircraft of the Aces 11 - Bf109d/e
Aces 1939-41, this book charts the story of the myriad aces who flew the
later marks of Messerschmitt fighter through to VE-Day. As good as the
Emil had been during the opening 18 months of the war, the aircraft was
being progressively bettered in virtually all aspects of aerial combat by
the Spitfire come 1941, so Messerschmitt updated and improved the breed,
firstly with the introduction of the Friedrich and then the multi-variant
Gustav. Pilots of the calibre of Galland, Mölders, Oesau and
Weissenberger all enjoyed great success with later variants of the Bf109,
firstly during Channel and anti-circus and Ramrod operations in 1941-41,
and then on Defence of the Reich duties through to the spring of 1945.
Book serial number ACE29. Book price
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Me 262 Volume 1 by J
Richard Smith & Eddie J Creek
Early on the morning of 18th July 1942, a twenty seven year old test
pilot took off from a rain-dampened airfield at Leipheim in southern
Germany at the controls of the Messerschmitt Me 262 Vs, the third
prototype of what would prove to be a revolutionary yet controversial new
aircraft. The pilot was to make aviation history. When the aircraft landed
12 minutes later following a trouble-free test flight, the dream of the
machine's designer, Professor Willy Messerschmitt to power an aircraft by
turbojet propulsion was realised for the first time. Messerschmitt was a
man whom Adolf Hitler proclaimed to possess "the skull of a
genius". In this, the first volume of their exhaustive study
of the Messerschmitt Me 262, the world's first operational military jet
aircraft, internationally acclaimed authors, J Richard Smith and Eddie J
Creek have drawn on more than 30 years of detailed and unrivalled
research. Here, for the first time is the story of concept, design,
troubled development and contested operational deployment of possibly one
of the most enigmatic war machines ever built.
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