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53 JET AGE AVIATION, 1950S TO PRESENT: OTHER COUNTIRES • GERMAN AVIATION WWI • THE LUFTWAFFE IN WWII: GENERAL HISTORIES MiG Aces of the VietnamWar István Toper- czer. There were 19 pilots in the Vietnamese People’s Air Force during the war. This book presents the most famous North Vietnamese flying aces’ careers from their training years to their missions and aerial victories, togeth- er with details of their MiG fighter aircraft in combat service. Size: 8.5"x11" • 245 color images • 256pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4895-2 • hard • $45.00 Flying Dragons: The South Vietnamese Air Force Robert C. Mikesh. This book contains the most complete history of the South Vietnamese Air Force. In many ways, this is an American story; since VNAF was organized, trained, equipped, and attained its maximum strength under the tutelage of the U.S. military. This updated book now features an abundance of color photos and new incites of the air force’s role in that war that have settled with time. Size: 8.5"x11" • 300 color/bw photos • 224pp. ISBN: 0-7643-2158-7 • hard • $49.95 Marcel Dassault Mirage III Pere Redón. This book is a concise, illus- trated history of the legendary Dassault Mirage III. Covered are its technical developments, markings, and use by French, Spanish and other forces. Size: 11"x8.5" • 68 color/bw images • 48pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4370-4•soft •$12.99 GERMAN AVIATION WWI WWI German Aviators: The Sanke Cards Charles Woolley. Clear, large scale images of all known and highly collectible Sanke personality photo postcards produced during WWI are now available, carefully replicated, and included all under one cover in this deluxe volume. Over 270 different cards of 132 individual aviators are included in this ground-breaking edition. Size: 8.5"x11" • 300 bw photos • 272pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1879-9 • hard • $69.95 Schlachtflieger! Germany and the Origins of Air/Ground Support • 1916-18 Duiven & Abbott. This book presents the history of the Schutzstaffeln from their formation as escort aircraft, to their being renamed Schlachtstaffeln and their role as infantry support aircraft. Partic- ipating in all the major German offenses on the Western Front in 1918, and manned mainly by enlisted pilots and gunners, these units became the first true close air support squadrons. Size: 8.5"x11" • 200 color/bw photos • 400pp. ISBN: 0-7643-2441-1 • hard • $79.95 German Aces of WWI: The Pictorial Record Franks & VanWyngarden. The images of famous airmen such as Rich- thofen, Udet, and Voss are well known and frequently published, but the same cannot be said for all of the over 300 German airmen who achieved five or more aerial victories inWWI. Each photo is accompanied by a brief service history and victory total of the ace. Size: 11"x8.5" • 330 bw photos • 192pp. ISBN: 0-7643-2117-X • hard • $59.95 AviationAwardsof ImperialGermanyinWWI andtheMenWhoEarnedThem: VolumeVII - TheAviationAwardsofEightGermanStates andtheThreeFreeCities NealW.O’Connor. The last of O’Connor’s series covering the air awards and pilots of Imperial Germany. The eight German states appear first inalphabetical order. Among the 43biographies included in this volume are: Althaus, Böhme, von Cossel, Dornheim, Flörke, Friedewald, von Grone, and Haehnelt. Size: 8.5"x11" • 700 bw photos • 528pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1626-5 • hard • $69.95 The Zeppelin in Combat: A History of the German Naval Airship Division Douglas H. Robinson. The standard reference now revised and expanded. Robinson opened up his vast photo archives to enhance this new edition of his classic work. Much of the new photographic material is published here for the first time. Size: 8.5"x11" • 350 bw photos • 400pp. ISBN: 0-88740-510-X • hard • $59.99 Zeppelin: The Story of the Zeppelin Airships Hans G. Knäusel. Author Hans Knäusel describes the Zeppelin story with a critical look at the economic and political effects of the period, from the beginning in 1900 until the destruction of the Hindenburg in 1937. He also discusses airships built in other countries using the Zeppelin system, as well as the hangars and landing masts vital to operation of the big airships. Size: 7"x10" • 189 bw photos • 160pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4478-7 • hard • $35.00 German Airships Heinz J. Nowarra. Concise, illustrated history of Germa- ny’s use of lighter-than-air ships with emphasis on WWI through the 1930s. Size:11"x8.5"•70photos/drawings•52pp. ISBN: 978-0-88740-199-2•soft •$19.99 The Imperial German Eagles in World War I: Their Postcards and Pictures Vol. 1 Lance Bronnenkant. Postcards featuring German WWI aviators have long been collected, traded, and reproduced, but no author until now has focused on determining when, where, why, and by whom these pictures were taken, or when and why they were issued as postcards. This work pursues the answers to those questions, and unfolds like a detective story. Size: 8.5"x11" • 600 bw photos • 400pp. ISBN: 0-7643-2440-3 • hard • $69.95 The Imperial German Eagles in World War I: Their Postcards and Pictures Vol. 2 Lance Bronnenkant. The second volume in a three-book series, looks at the remainder of Sanke’s aviator cards numbered 544-685. Size: 8.5"x11" • 600 bw photos • 400pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-2928-9 • hard • $69.95 The Imperial German Eagles in World War I: Their Postcards and Pictures Vol. 3 Lance Bronnenkant. Where the preceding two books of this pioneer series focused on the WWI German aviators featured on Sanke postcards, this final volume examines additional postcard presentations of WWI German airmen as pub- lished by Liersch, NPG, Hoffmann, Rothenberg and other more obscure companies. Size: 8.5"x11" • 800 bw photos • 440pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3764-2 • hard • $79.99 Fokker Dr. 1: Germany’s Famed Triplane in World War I Mark C.Wilkins. An overview of the evolution of the legendary Fokker Dr. 1 triplane and the men who designed, built, and flew them. Also highlighted are many fine flying replica Dr. 1s and where flying and static examples can be seen worldwide today. Size: 9”x9” • 143 photos • 112pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-5968-2 • hard • $19.99 Albatros D-II: Germany’s Legendary WWI Fighter Rudolf Höfling. Concise and detailed history of the WWI-era German fighter aircraft and its combat use. Size: 8.5"x11" • 120 bw photos/profiles • 52pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1558-7 • soft • $19.95 Mother of Eagles: War Diary of Baroness von Richthofen Suzanne Hayes-Fischer. Follow the youth and wartime exploits of Manfred and Lothar through the eyes of their mother and a nation. Letters to the Barronness from each of her sons intially depict the wartime conditions on the ground, and then evolve into vivid details about the exhiliration of the hunt in the air forever increasing numbers of enemy planes. Size: 6"x9" • 100 bw photos • 208pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1307-X • hard • $29.95 Flying Fox - Otto Fuchs: A German Aviator’s Sto- ry • 1917-1918 AdamM. Wait. Flying Fox is a unique work in aviation literature combining the translation of a German pilot’s classic autobiographical novel of flying in WWI with a historical investigation that both illuminates and expands upon the original narrative. Wait has also conducted meticulous research to uncover the true facts behind the story. Size: 6"x9" • 160 bw photos • 376pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4252-3 • hard • $39.99 THE LUFTWAFFE INWWII GENERAL HISTORIES Arado: History of an Aircraft Company Jorg Armin Kranzhoff. Within the pages of this book the reader will find the first comprehensive history of Arado, including many previously unpublished details about this little-known aviation company. Size: 8.5"x11" • 310 bw photos • 168pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0293-0 • hard • $35.00 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" • 500 bw photos • 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" • 420 bw photos • 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" • 500 bw photos • 240pp. ISBN: 0-88740-361-1 • hard • $29.95