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54 THE LUFTWAFFE IN WWII: GENERAL HISTORIES • ACES, BIOGRAPHIES & MEMOIRS 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" • 500 bw photos • 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" • 100 bw photos • 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 The solid descriptions, unique photo material, historical documents, numerous drawings and complete data tables – published for the first time – make this book indispensable.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" • 260 bw photos • 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" • 200 bw photos • 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" • 670 color/bw photos • 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" • 300 bw photos • 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" • 500 bw photos • 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" • 400 bw photos • 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" • 600 bw photos • 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" • 280 bw photos • 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" • 140 color/bw photos • 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 jet fighters in the post-WWII German Air Force. Size: 8.5"x11" • 560 bw photos • 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" • 260 color/bw photos • 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" • 200 bw photos • 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" • 480 bw photos • 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" • 340 bw photos • 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" • 400 bw photos • 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" • 67 bw photos • 224pp. ISBN: 0-88740-446-4 • hard • $35.00 Helmut Wick: An Illustrated Biography of the Luftwaffe Ace and Commander of Jagdgeschwader 2 during the Battle of Britain Herbert Ringlstetter. In just three months Wick had risen from Oberleutnant and Staffelkapitän to lead JG 2 and with 56 victories had become the leading German fighter pilot. Size: 8.5"x11" • 220 color/bw photos • 160pp. ISBN: 0-7643-2217-6 • hard • $45.00 In the Skies over Europe: The Memoirs of Luft- waffe Figher Pilot Günther Scholz Ingo Möbius. When WWII started, Scholz was in JG 54 where he flew in the Polish and Western Campaigns, the Battle of Britain, and with JG 5 in the war against Russia. Scholz is also one of last surviving members of the “Legion Condor” able to tell of his experiences. Size: 6”x9” • 100 bw photos • 304pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3760-4 • hard • $35.00 A Luftwaffe Bomber Pilot Remembers: WWII from the Cockpit Klaus Häberlen. A bomber pilot’s story from his early life prior to the ascension of the Nazi Party to power in Germany, his education and rise through the ranks of the Luftwaffe as a decorated bomber pilot, and even through his demotion at the hands of Göring late in the war. This book offers a unique first person perspective on the development of the war. Size: 6”x9” • 100 bw photos • 208pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1393-2 • hard • $29.95