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53 THE LUFTWAFFE IN WWII: ACES, BIOGRAPHIES & MEMOIRS • UNIT HISTORIES 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 Obermaier & 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 Luftwaffe Efficiency & Promotion Reports for the Knight’s Cross Winners French L. MacLean. Some 1,785 Luftwaffe officers and enlisted men won the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross—WWII Germany’s highest decoration for bravery. This is their story through the eyes of the commanders of 113 of these men, as recorded in their official efficiency reports. Vol. 1: detailed biographies and official efficiency and promotion reports for fifty-three Knight’s Cross winners, as well as biographies for sixty-seven rating commanders. Size: 8.5"x11" • 150 bw photos • 272pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-2657-8 • hard • $59.95 Vol. 2: detailed biographies and official efficien- cy and promotion reports for sixty Knight’s Cross winners, as well as biographies for seventy-nine rating commanders. Size: 8.5"x11" • 150 bw photos • 272pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-2658-5 • hard • $59.95 Hitler’s Fall Guys: An Examination of the Luft- waffe by One of America’s Most Famous Aces Walker M. “Bud”Mahurin. This book is an examination of Germany’s Luftwaffe by one who fought against them in the skies over Europe, and who befriended them after the war. He considered himself fortunate to get to know leading combat airmen in his own air force, as well as in the United Kingdom and Germany. Size: 6"x9" • 10 bw photos • 200pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0871-8 • hard • $29.95 The Interrogator: The Story of Hanns Joachim Scharff, Master Interrogator of the Luftwaffe Raymond F. Toliver. This is the story of Hanns Scharff the master interrogator of the Luftwaffe who questioned captured American fighter pilots of the USAAF 8th and 9th AFs in WWII. This Intelligence Officer gained the reputation as the man who could magically get all the answers he needed from the prisoners of war. Size: 6"x9" • 150 bw photos • 352pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-0261-9 • HC • 978-0-5073-0180-7 (E-Book) • $35.00 UNIT HISTORIES German Eagles in Spanish Skies: The Messerschmitt Bf 109 in Service with the Legion Condor during the Spanish Civil War, 1936–39. David Johnston. A de- tailed account of the Bf 109’s service in Spain with the German Legion Condor, based in part on recently-discovered Legion records. The book offers much new information, particularly on the early Bf 109s sent to Spain. Size: 8.5"x11" • 235 b/w photos • 176pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-5634-6 • hard cover • $45.0 0 The Legion Condor 1936–39 Ries & Ring. This study is one of the few books dedicated to the history of the Legion Condor, the German volunteer unit that fought with pro-Franco forces during the Spanish Civil War from 1936-39. Many of the tactics and strategies of the Luftwaffe were first formulated and used during operations in Spain. Molders and Galland first earned their wings as members of the Legion Condor. Size: 8.5"x11" • 200 bw photos • 288pp. ISBN: 0-88740-339-5 • hard • $49.95 LegionCondor:History•Organization•Aircraft •Uniforms •Awards •Memorabilia•1936–39 Arias/Molina/Permuy. This large format book contains over 1,000 imagesofGermany’s LegionCondor during the Spanish Civil War from1936–39. Coverage of all branchesof theLegionCondor,withaspecial emphasis on aviation. Acollectionof hundreds of extremely rare Legion Condor artifacts—in full-color—rounds out this comprehensive, one-volume look at the infamous pre-WWII Germanmilitary. Size: 9"x12" • 1,000 color/bw photos • 296pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4341-4 • hard • $79.99 Sea Planes of the Legion Condor: The Story of AS./88 Squadron in the Spanish Civil War, 1936–39 López/O’Donnell. Among the different Luftwaffe units that formed the Legion Condor, one in particular stands out for its important Naval Air contribution: the Aufklärungsstaffel See/88 (AS./88 or the Maritime Reconnaissance Squadron), although it was also officially designated the Seefliegerstaffel AS./88 or Naval Air Squadron AS./88. Size: 6"x9" • 200 bw photos • 192pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3341-5 • hard • $45.00 Jagdgeschwader 2 “Richthofen”: A Pho- tographic History Holger Nauroth. Using a day-to-day chronology, the book covers JG 2’s combat history during the early campaigns in Poland and France, through the Battle of Britain, North Africa, and in the later defense of the Reich battles. A short chapter also covers their post-WWII transformation to JG 71 “Richtohofen" under the command of Erich Hartmann, when they flew the F-86, F-104, and F-4 Phantom. Size: 8.5" x11" • 680 bw photos • 352pp. ISBN: 0-7643-2094-7 • hard • $69.95 Jagdgeschwader 3 “Udet” in WWII: Stab and I./JG 3 in Action with the Messer- schmitt Bf 109 Prien & Stemmer. Prien presents JG 3 in its complete history from formation to the end of WWII. This volume begins with a brief account of the Stab from the time of its formation in 1938 until it reequipped on the Fw 190 in the summer of 1944, then follows the operational history of I Gruppe, beginning with the first unit to bear the designation I/JG 3. Size: 8.5"x11" • 350 bw photos • 464pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1681-8 • hard • $69.95 Jagdgeschwader 3 “Udet” in WWII: II./ JG 3 in Action with the Messerschmitt Bf 109 Prien & Stemmer. The history of the “Udet" Geschwader’s second Gruppe beginning with its formation in early 1940 and the subsequent service of the newly formed Gruppe in the Campaign in the West from 1940–41, to the Reichsverteidigung. Size: 8.5"x11" • 350 bw photos • 408pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1774-1 • hard • $69.95