Military 2019 SS

56 THE LUFTWAFFE IN WWII: SECRET WEAPONS, EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS . . . • X-PLANES • MISCELLANEOUS AIRCRAFT & TOPICS Me 262: The World’s First Tur- bo-Jet Fighter Vol.2 Manfred Grie- hl. Companion volume on the famed Luftwaffe Me 262 jet fighter. Size:11"x8.5"•80bwphotos•48pp. ISBN:0-88740-410-3•soft•$9.95 Messerschmitt Me 262 Manfred Griehl. De- tailed one-volume short history of the legendary WWII-era Lufwaffe jet fighter. Size:8.5"x11"•80color/bwphotos•52pp. ISBN:0-88740-820-6•soft•$14.95 Natter & other German Rocket Jet Projects. Short history of the unusual WWII-era Luftwaffe manned rocket powered interceptor aircraft. Size:11"x8.5"•80bwphotos•48pp. ISBN:0-88740-682-3•soft•$9.95 Sänger: Germany’s Orbital Rocket Bomber in WWII David Myhra. Sänger’s proposed manned, bi-fuel, liquid rocket-powered orbital bomber was truly mid-1940s high tech. The world’s first intercontinental bomber project, the Sänger orbital bomber’s total flight time was expected to be no more than two hours. Size:8.5"x11"•575color/bwphotos•176pp. ISBN:0-7643-1549-8•hard•$39.95 Vertical Takeoff Fighter Aircraft of the Third Reich Miranda/Mercado. Rare, illus- trated look at the operational, prototype, and planned vertical take-off vehicles during the Third Reich period. Size:8.5"x11"•90bwphotos•40pp. ISBN:0-7643-1435-1•soft•$14.95 V1: The Flying Bomb Joachim En- gelmann. Concise history of the noto- rious WWII-era German flying bomb including its technical and operational developments. Size: 11"x8.5" • 80 bw photos/drawings •48pp. ISBN:978-0-88740-408-5•soft•$14.99 The V1 and its Soviet Successors Wilfried Kopenhagen. Follow-up volume on the German V-1 Buzz Bomb and the post-war experiments by the U.S. and USSR. Size:8.5"x11"•80bwphotos/drawings•48pp. ISBN:0-7643-1274-X•soft•$9.95 V2: Dawn of the Rocket Age Joa- chim Engelmann. Concise history of the WWII-era German ballistic missile, its development and operational use. Size: 11"x8.5" • 80 bw photos/drawings •48pp. ISBN:978-0-88740-233-3•soft•$14.99 Germany’s V-2 Rocket Gregory P. Kennedy. Although dwarfed by today’s giant rockets, the V-2 representedaquantum leapbeyondanything previously built. During the last six months of the war in Europe, Germany launched thousands of these missiles against the Allies. This book traces the origins and development of the V-2, from groups of individual experimenters in the 1930s to its use as a weapon system. Size:8.5"x11"•130bwphotos•136pp. ISBN:0-7643-2452-7•hard•$39.95 German Guided Missiles Heinz J. Nowarra. Rare look at WWII-era German air-to-air, surface-to-air, and air-to-ground guided missiles. Size: 11"x8.5" • 80 bw photos/drawings •48pp. ISBN:0-88740-475-8•soft•$9.95 X-PLANES OF THE THIRD REICH SERIES Focke-Wulf Ta 183 DavidMyhra. Rare look at the late-WWII-era Luftwaffe jet fighter design. Size:11"x8.5"•120photos•64pp. ISBN:0-7643-0907-2•soft•$9.95 Horten Ho 9 David Myhra. The Horten brothers’ all wing aircraft and its tech- nical history. Size:11"x8.5"•150photos•80pp. ISBN:0-7643-0916-1•soft•$12.95 Messerschmitt P.1101 David Myhra. Rare look at the late-WWII-era Luft- waffe swept-wing jet fighter design. Size:11"x8.5"•100photos•64pp. ISBN:0-7643-0908-0•soft•$9.95 Messerschmitt Me 263 David Myhra. The late-war anticipated successor to the Luftwaffe’s Me 163 rocket fighter. Size:11"x8.5"•100photos•64pp. ISBN:0-7643-0909-9•soft•$9.95 Heinkel He 162 David Myhra. Concise history of the unusual, wooden late-war Luftwaffe jet fighter. Size:11"x8.5"•200photos•96pp. ISBN:0-7643-0955-2•soft•$14.95 Bachem Ba 349 Natter David Myhra. The WWII-era Luftwaffe manned rocket interceptor in a concise history. Size:11"x8.5"•200photos•128pp. ISBN:0-7643-1032-1•soft•$14.95 Messerschmitt Me 209V1 David Myhra. Rare look at Messerschmitt’s high-speed prototype and its devel- opment and use. Size:11"x8.5"•200photos•112pp. ISBN:0-7643-1107-7•soft•$14.95 Tank Ta 154 David Myhra. The Luft- waffe’s late-war wooden, two-engine nightfighter in a concise history. Size:11"x8.5"•270photos•124pp. ISBN:0-7643-1111-5•soft•$14.95 Blohm & Voss Bv 141 David Myhra. Rare look at the highly unusual WWII-era Luftwaffe reconnaissance aircraft. Size:11"x8.5"•140photos•88pp. ISBN:0-7643-1397-5•soft•$12.95 Fieseler Fi 103R David Myhra. Concise history of the late-WWII manned variant of the infamous V-1 Buzz Bomb. Size:11"x8.5"•200photos•104pp. ISBN:0-7643-1398-3•soft•$12.95 MISCELLANEOUS AIRCRAFT & TOPICS German Anti-Tank Aircraft Dressel & Griehl. Concise photo history of the wide variety of WWII Luftwaffe aircraft used in anti-tank and ground-attack modes. Size:8.5"x11"•80bwphotos/drawings•52pp. ISBN:0-88740-520-7•soft•$9.95 German Gliders in WWII Heinz J. Nowarra. Illustrated look at WWII-era German gliders including development and operational use. Size:11"x8.5"•80bwphotos/drawings 48pp.•ISBN:0-88740-358-1•soft•$9.95 German Gliders in WWII: Luftwaffe Gliders and their Powered Variants Mankau & Petrick. This book describes the various types used by the Luftwaffe in WWII, and their development are described in detail – from military gliders for a few soldiers to large-capacity gliders capable of transporting tanks. Size:8.5"x11"•450bwphotos•304pp. ISBN:978-0-7643-3519-8•hard•$69.99