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48 THE LUFTWAFFE IN WWII: UNIT HISTORIES, AIRCRAFT 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" • 120 bw photos/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" • 100 bw photos • 208pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1307-X • hard • $29.95 Flying Fox - Otto Fuchs: AGermanAviator’s Story, 1917–1918 AdamM.Wait. Flying Fox is auniquework in aviation literature combining the translation of a German pilot’s classic autobiographical novel of flying inWWI with ahistorical investigation that both illuminates andexpands upon the original narrative. Wait has also conducted me- ticulous research touncover 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Within the pages of this book the reader will find the first comprehensive history of Arado, including many previously unpublished details about this little-known aviation company.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" • 310 bw photos • 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" • 500 bw photos • 192pp. ISBN: 0-88740-246-1 • hard • $24.95 Battles with the Nachtjagd: The Night Airwar over Europe 1939–45 Boiten & Bowman. Battles of the Nachtjagd traces the parallel developments 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" • 420 bw photos • 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" • 500 bw photos • 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" • 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 Ger- many. 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 Wolf- gang Wagner. Discusses the life work of one of Germany’s greatest aircraft designers in pictures, tables, drawings, and his own words. Exam- ined 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 out- standing 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