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55 THE LUFTWAFFE IN WWII: SECRET WEAPONS, EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS, JET AIRCRAFT, ROCKETS & MISSILES , X-PLANES OF THE THIRD REICH SERIES Messerschmitt Me 262: Arrow to the Future Walter J. Boyne. Even by today’s engi- neering standards, magnificent is the only word to describe the effort to bring the plane’s jet engines, which eclipsed the performance of all contemporary aircraft, from the laboratory to production in an amazingly short time. Includes operational photos from WW II, cockpit views, and interior/exterior shots of the restoredMe 262. Size: 8"x10" • 100 color/bw photos • 192pp. ISBN: 0-88740-665-3 • PB • $19.95 / £18.99 / 28.95 CAD Me 262: TheWorld’s First Turbo-Jet Fighter Vol. 1 Heinrich Hecht. Concise history of the famedWWII-era Lufwaffe jet fighter including its technical devel- opment and operational use. Size: 11"x8.5" • 80 bw photos • 48pp. ISBN: 0-88740-234-8•PB•$9.95 / £9.99 / 13.95 CAD Me 262: The World’s First Tur- bo-Jet Fighter Vol. 2 Manfred Griehl. Companion volume on the famed Luft- waffe Me 262 jet fighter. Size: 11"x8.5" • 80 bw photos • 48pp. ISBN: 0-88740-410-3•PB•$9.95 / £9.99 / 13.95 CAD Messerschmitt Me 262 Manfred Griehl. De- tailed one-volume short history of the legendary WWII-era Lufwaffe jet fighter. Size: 8.5"x11" • 80 color/bw photos • 52pp. ISBN: 0-88740-820-6 • PB • $14.95 / £13.99 / 19.95 CAD Natter & other German Rocket Jet Projects Short history of the unusual WWII-era Luftwaffe manned rocket powered interceptor aircraft. Size: 11"x8.5" • 80 bw photos • 48pp. ISBN: 0-88740-682-3•PB•$9.95 / £9.99 / 13.95 CAD 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" • 575 color/bw photos • 176pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1549-8 • HC • $39.95 / £36.99 / 56.95 CAD 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" • 90 bw photos • 40pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1435-1 • PB • $14.95 / £13.99 / 19.95 CAD Messerschmitt Me 263 David Myhra. The late-war anticipated successor to the Luftwaffe’s Me 163 rocket fighter. Size: 11"x8.5" • 100 photos • 64pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0909-9•PB•$9.95/£9.99 / 13.95 CAD Heinkel He 162 David Myhra. Concise history of the unusual, wooden late-war Luftwaffe jet fighter. Size: 11"x8.5" • 200 photos • 96pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0955-2 • PB • $14.95 / £13.99 / 19.95 CAD Bachem Ba 349 Natter David Myhra. The WWII-era Luftwaffe manned rocket interceptor in a concise history. Size: 11"x8.5" • 200 photos • 128pp. ISBN:0-7643-1032-1•PB•$14.95/£13.99 / 19.95 CAD Messerschmitt Me 209V1 David Myhra. Rare look at Messerschmitt’s high-speed prototype and its devel- opment and use. Size: 11"x8.5" • 200 photos • 112pp. ISBN:0-7643-1107-7•PB•$14.95/£13.99 / 19.95 CAD Tank Ta 154 David Myhra. The Luft- waffe’s late-war wooden, two-engine nightfighter in a concise history. Size: 11"x8.5" • 270 photos • 124pp. ISBN:0-7643-1111-5•PB•$14.95/£13.99 / 19.95 CAD Blohm & Voss Bv 141 David Myhra. Rare look at the highly unusual WWII-era Luftwaffe reconnaissance aircraft. Size: 11"x8.5" • 140 photos • 88pp. ISBN:0-7643-1397-5•PB•$12.95/£11.99 / 17.95 CAD Fieseler Fi 103R David Myhra. Concise history of the late-WWII manned variant of the infamous V-1 Buzz Bomb. Size: 11"x8.5" • 200 photos • 104pp. ISBN:0-7643-1398-3•PB•$12.95/£11.99 / 17.95 CAD 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 • 48pp. ISBN: 978-0-88740-408-5•PB•$14.99 / £13.99 / 19.99 CAD 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 US and USSR. Size: 8.5"x11" • 80 bw photos/drawings • 48pp. ISBN:0-7643-1274-X•PB•$9.95/£9.99/13.95CAD 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 • 48pp. ISBN: 978-0-88740-233-3•PB•$14.99 / £13.99 / 19.99 CAD Germany’s V-2 Rocket Gregory P. Kennedy. Although dwarfed by today’s giant rockets, the V-2 represented a quantum leap beyond anything 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" • 130 bw photos • 136pp. ISBN: 0-7643-2452-7 • HC • $39.95 / £36.99 / 56.95 CAD 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 • 48pp. ISBN: 0-88740-475-8•PB•$9.95/£9.99 / 13.95 CAD 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" • 120 photos • 64pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0907-2•PB•$9.95 / £9.99 / 13.95 CAD Horten Ho 9 David Myhra. The Horten brothers’ all wing aircraft and its tech- nical history. Size: 11"x8.5" • 150 photos • 80pp. ISBN:0-7643-0916-1•PB•$12.95/£11.99 / 17.95 CAD Messerschmitt P.1101 David Myhra. Rare look at the late-WWII-era Luft- waffe swept-wing jet fighter design. Size: 11"x8.5" • 100 photos • 64pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0908-0•PB•$9.95/£9.99 / 13.95 CAD MISCELLANEOUS AIRCRAFT & TOPICS German Anti-tank Aircraft Dressel & Griehl. Concise photo history of the wide variety of WWII Luftwaffe aircraft used in antitank and ground-attack modes. Size: 8.5"x11" • 80 bw photos/drawings • 52pp. ISBN: 0-88740-520-7•PB•$9.95 / £9.99 / 13.95 CAD German Gliders in WWII Heinz J. Nowarra. Illustrated look at WWII-era German gliders including development and operational use. Size: 11"x8.5" • 80 bw photos/drawings 48pp.•ISBN:0-88740-358-1•PB•$9.95 / £9.99 / 13.95 CAD