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49 THE LUFTWAFFE IN WWII: GENERAL HISTORIES • ACES, BIOGRAPHIES & MEMOIRS The German Fighter Units over Russia Werner Held. Covers the aircraft and pilots of the WWII era Luftwaffe’s fighter units: JG 3, JG 5, JG 51, JG 52, JG 54 and JG 77. Size:7.75"x10.5"•500bwphotos•192pp. ISBN:0-88740-246-1•hard•$24.95 Battles with the Nachtjagd: The Night Air- war over Europe 1939-45 Boiten & Bowman. Battles of the Nachtjagd traces the parallel devel- opments in RAF night-bombing and night-fighting in the Luftwaffe, from the pioneering efforts on both sides in this new form of airwar up to the climax of the strategic bombing offensive in 1945 and the simultaneous introduction of the Me 262 jet in the German night fighter arm. Size:8.5"x11"•420bwphotos•464pp. ISBN:0-7643-2524-8•hard•$59.95 The Luftwaffe from the North Cape to Tobruk 1939-45 Holger Nauroth. This pictorial book covers the entire WWII-era Luftwaffe on a variety of war fronts in over 500 photos. Size:7"x10"•500bwphotos•240pp. ISBN:0-88740-361-1•hard•$29.95 The Luftwaffe in the North African Cam- paign 1941-43 Held & Obermaier. This volume on the North African campaign is a gripping study of one of the major campaigns of the Second World War. From the point-of-view of Luftwaffe pilots and crews the reader is shown the campaign from its outset – from the initial victories, to the final battles in Tunisia. Size:7.75"x10.5"•500bwphotos•248pp. ISBN:0-88740-343-3•hard•$29.95 Six Months to Oblivion: The Defeat of the Luft- waffe Fighter Force over the Western Front 1944-45 Werner Girbig. This book covers the last chapter, the decline and fall of the air defense of Germany. It is a diary of losses and a chronicle in which the fighter pilot plays the lead. In this unabridged edition, Girbig gives detailed analysis of these last months of the Luftwaffe. Size:6"x9"•100bwphotos•236pp. ISBN:0-88740-348-4•hard•$29.95 The History of German Aviation: The First Jet Aircraft Wolfgang Wagner. This book, the first in a multi-volume history of German aviation, provides a comprehensive and detailed analysis of jet aircraft design and development in Germany. The solid descriptions, unique photo material, historical documents, numerous drawings and complete data tables – published for the first time – make this book indispensable. Size:8.5"x11"•260bwphotos•260pp. ISBN:0-7643-0488-7•hard•$39.95 The History of German Aviation: Kurt Tank - Focke-Wulf’s Designer and Test Pilot Wolfgang Wagner. Discusses the life work of one of Germany’s greatest aircraft designers in pictures, tables, drawings, and his own words. Examined are the ideas and thinking that formed the foundation of Tank’s designsóhis masterpieces in long-range and high-speed flight as well as flight test results. Size:8.5"x11"•200bwphotos•272pp. ISBN:0-7643-0644-8•hard•$39.95 The History of German Aviation: Willy Messerschmitt - Pioneer of Aviation Design Ebert/Kaiser/Peters. Examines Messerschmitt’s life as a designer, aircraft builder, and businessman; it begins with the Harth-Messerschmitt gliders (1913-1923) and winds its way through to the swing-wing P.1101. The forced interruption of German aircraft production after WWII and Messerschmitt’s foreign developments are also given a thorough treatment. Size:8.5"x11"•670color/bwphotos•416pp. ISBN:0-7643-0727-4•hard•$49.95 The History of German Aviation: Bombers and Reconnaissance Aircraft 1939 to the Present Roderich Cescotti. Shows the develop- mental history of every German airplane utilized in the aerial attack and reconnaissance roles. The many types, variants, and models – to include those revolutionary, futuristic projects which never took to the air – are comprehensively documented and detailed here. Size:8.5"x11"•300bwphotos•312pp. ISBN:0-7643-1283-9•hard•$49.95 The Luftwaffe: From Training School to the Front - An Illustrated Study 1933-45 Meyer & Stipdonk. This new large format photo collection covers Luftwaffe aircraft from the years 1933-45. Emphasis is placed on details of unit emblems, codes and markings on a variety of war fronts, and aircraft. Size:8.5"x11"•500bwphotos•288pp. ISBN:0-88740-924-5•hard•$39.95 Luftwaffe Combat Aircraft: Development, Produc- tion, Operations 1935-45 Griehl & Dressel. A detailed survey and a new perspective on the development of Luftwaffe aircraft from 1935-45. Special emphasis has been placed on details of weaponry, equipment and other areas that have up to now been inadequately covered. Numerous examples of weapons, supplemental armament, and diverse weapons systems. Size:7"x10"•400bwphotos•196pp. ISBN:0-88740-683-1•hard•$29.95 ACES, BIOGRAPHIES & MEMOIRS Fighter Aces of the Luftwaffe Toliver & Constable. The most successful fighter pilots of all time spring to vibrant life again in this revised and updated edition of the classic account of Germany’s greatest aces in action. The great aces, even in Germany’s revolutionary Me 262, could not win, yet they fought to the final hour in an unforgettable combat saga. All of it is here, exactly as it was lived by the German aces. Size:8.5"x11"•600bwphotos•352pp. ISBN:0-88740-909-1•hard•$49.95 Luftwaffe Generals: The Knight’s Cross Holders • 1939-45 Jeremy Dixon. This book presents detailed biographies of 115 Luftwaffe officers who reached the rank of general and who were awarded the Knight’s Cross, and higher grades of the award during their career. Size:8.5"x11"•280bwphotos•352pp. ISBN:978-0-7643-3243-2•hard•$69.99 Fighter General: The Life of Adolf Galland - The Official Biography Toliver & Constable. Fighter General recounts the career of an outstand- ing combat leader torn from the fighter cockpit to defend his country – and sometimes his own pilots – in the bizarre bureaucracy of the Luftwaffe High Command. Here in this official biography is real-life adventure to shame the wildest fiction. Size:8.5"x11"•140color/bwphotos•216pp. ISBN:0-7643-0678-2•hard•$45.00 German Fighter Ace Erich Hartmann: The Life Story of the World’s Highest Scoring Ace Hartmann & Jäger. The life story of the most successful fighter pilot of all time, with 352 air combat victories – who spent ten and a half years behind Soviet barbed wire, surviving prison uprisings, hunger strikes, resistance against the NKVD and forced labor. After being released he was still mentally and physically fit enough to fly F-86 jetfighters inthepost-WWIIGermanAirForce. Size:8.5"x11"•560bwphotos•296pp. ISBN:978-0-88740-396-5•hard•$59.99 Hans-Joachim Marseille: An Illustrated Tribute to the Luftwaffe’s “Star of Africa" Robert Tate. This new book is a look at the man better known as “The Star of Africa" on the 65th anniversary of his death – legendary Luftwaffe ace Hans-Joachim Marseille. Tate takes a look at Marseille’s personality, flying skills, physical attributes, tactics, and victories through the words of historians and the men that flew with and against Marseille in the North African desert. Size:8.5"x11"•260color/bwphotos•224pp. ISBN:978-0-7643-2940-1•hard•$49.95 German Fighter Ace Hans-Joachim Mar- seille: The Life Story of the “Star of Africa" Franz Kurowski. A tribute to one of the top fighter aces of the WWII, this new full-length biography appears here in its first edition. Marseilles’ war- time exploits are legendary with the 158 aerial victories, including 17 in one day. He was, and still is, considered by many of the Luftwaffe aces to be the premier fighter pilot of the Luftwaffe. Size:8.5"x11"•200bwphotos•256pp. ISBN:978-0-88740-517-4•hard•$49.99 German Fighter Ace Werner Mölders Ober- maier & Held. This book is an illustrated biography of the legendary Luftwaffe fighter pilot Mölders – in more than 480 rare photos, documents and commentaries. Who was this once much-admired and honored man? Here Mölders is objectively portrayed: as a pilot, soldier, and man. Size:8.5"x11"•480bwphotos•230pp. ISBN:0-7643-2526-4•hard•$49.95 German Fighter AceWalter Nowotny Werner Held. The life of Luftwaffe fighter pilot Nowotny – in photos, documents, and commentary. Nowotny was highly decorated for his 258 aerial victories, but was well known, above all, for his deployment and command of the Messerschmitt Me 262 Erprobungskommando. Later his Kommando Nowotny was the first combat operational jet fighter unit in history. Size:8.5"x11"•340bwphotos•168pp. ISBN:0-7643-2527-2•hard•$45.00 Stuka Pilot Hans-Ulrich Rudel Gunther Just. The life story of the highest decorated soldier of the Wehrmacht. Many photos of Rudel’s aircraft throughout his entire WWII-era career. Size:8.5"x11"•400bwphotos•280pp. ISBN:978-0-88740-252-4•hard•$59.99 The War Diary of Helmut Lipfert: JG 52 On the Russian Front 1943-45 Lipfert & Girbig. Aerial combat over the Russian front from one who knew it first hand. Lipfert’s vivid portrayal of his experiences in JG 52 during the last three years of WWII will stand as one of the truly classic chronicles of the Jagdwaffe over Russia. Size:6"x9"•67bwphotos•224pp. ISBN:0-88740-446-4•hard•$35.00