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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 Germany’s
use of light-than-air ships with emphasis
on WWI through the 1930s.
Size: 11”x8.5” • 70 bw photos/drawings
•52pp.
ISBN:978-0-88740-199-2•soft•$19.99
Fokker V5/Dr.1 Schuster & Engels. Short history
of the famed German WWI-era Dreidecker fighter
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. Fol-
low 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
Story • 1917-1918 Adam M. Wait. Flying Fox
is a unique work in aviation literature combin-
ing 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 not
only provided a thoroughly annotated translation
of Wir Flieger, but has also conducted meticulous
research to uncover the true facts behind the story.
Size:6”x9”•160bwphotos•376pp.
ISBN:978-0-7643-4252-3•hard•$39.99
THE LUFTWAFFE IN WORLD WAR II
GENERAL HISTORIES
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
ofGermany’sgreatestaircraftdesigners inpictures,
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.ExaminesMesserschmitt’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 Mess-
erschmitt’s foreign developments are also given a
thorough treatment.
Size:8.5”x11”•670bw/colorphotos•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
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 ï192pp.
ISBN:0-88740-246-1•hard•$24.95
Battles with the Nachtjagd: The Night Air-
war over Europe 1939-45 Boiten & Bowman.
Battlesof theNachtjagd traces theparalleldevelop-
ments 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 photo
volumeon theNorthAfricancampaign isagripping
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
Luftwaffe Fighter Force Over the Western
Front 1944-45 Werner Girbig. This book cov-
ers 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 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”•500bwphotos•288pp.
ISBN:0-88740-924-5•hard•$39.95
Luftwaffe Combat Aircraft: Development,
Production, Operations 1935-45 Griehl &
Dressel. A detailed survey and a new perspective
on thedevelopmentofLuftwaffeaircraft from1935-
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”•400bwphotos•196pp.
ISBN:0-88740-683-1•hard•$29.95
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 Ger-
many’sgreatestaces inaction.Thegreataces,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”•600bwphotos•352pp.
ISBN:0-88740-909-1•hard•$49.95
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