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53 GERMAN AVIATION WWI • THE LUFTWAFFE IN WWII: GENERAL HISTORIES 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"•350bwphotos•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"•189bwphotos•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"•600bwphotos•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"•800bwphotos•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 Fokker V5/Dr.1 Schuster&Engels.Shorthistory of the famedGermanWWI-eraDreideckerfighter aircraft and its combat use. Size:8.5"x11"•75bwphotos/drawings•50pp. ISBN:0-7643-0400-3•soft•$14.95 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"•120bwphotos/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"•100bwphotos•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"•310bwphotos•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"•500bwphotos•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"•420bwphotos•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"•500bwphotos•240pp. ISBN:0-88740-361-1•hard•$29.95 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"•500bwphotos•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"•100bwphotos•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"•260bwphotos•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"•200bwphotos•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"•670color/bwphotos•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"•300bwphotos•312pp. ISBN:0-7643-1283-9•hard•$49.95