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The Luftwaffe in Wwii: Aircraft 40 THE LUFTWAFFE IN WWII: AIRCRAFT Dornier Do 23: First Bomber of the Wehr- Focke-Wulf Fw 190A: An Illustrated History Heinkel He 111 Franz Kober. The macht H.P. Dabrowski. Rare look at the German of the Luftwaffe’s Legendary Fighter Aircraft famed WWII Luftwaffe main bomber pre-WWII Luftwaffe’s medium bomber Hermann/Leverenz/Weber. The development history in a concise history. Size: 8.5”x11” • 80 bw photos/drawings • 48pp. and testing of this fighter aircraft and production of the Size: 11”x8.5” • 100 photos/plans • 48pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0093-8 • soft • $9.95 early variants of the Fw 190A. Also covered are the later ISBN: 0-88740-313-1 • soft • $9.95 torpedo-carrier and reconnaissance versions of the Fw 190. Lavishly illustrated with photos and drawings, many of which have not been published before, this book is for both aircraft enthusiasts and modelers. Size: 8.5”x11” • 340 color/bw photos • 224pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1940-X • hard • $59.95 Dornier Do 335: An Illustrated History Focke-Wulf Fw 190 “Long Nose”: An Illus- Heinkel He 111H Manfred Griehl. History of Karl-Heinz Regnat. This is the first compre- trated History of the Fw 190D Series Dietmar the most widely-produced version of the famed hensive, well-illustrated documentation on Hermann. This book covers the development history WWII Luftwaffe bomber. the Do 335, one of the milestones in German of those variants of the Fw 190 powered by inline Size: 8.5”x11” • 90 bw photos/profiles • 64pp. aviation history. The Do 335 was developed by engines. The first Fw 190 equipped with a Daimler ISBN: 0-7643-0165-9 • soft • $14.95 Dornier as a heavy fighter in 1943. One of the Benz liquid-cooled engine took to the air in early 1942, last high-performance piston-engined aircraft followed six months later by another powered by a designed, the Do 335 was powered by tandem Jumo 213. With a maximum speed of 750 km/h, the fore-aft engines and represented the apex of Fw 190 D-12 powered by the new Jumo 213 EB would propeller-driven aircraft in WWII. have represented the apex of Fw 190 development. Size: 8.5”x11” • 240 color/bw photos • 216pp. Size: 8.5”x11” • 250 color/bw photos • 208pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1872-1 • hard • $49.95 ISBN: 0-7643-1876-4 • hard • $59.95 Dornier Do 335 Heinz J. Nowarra. Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor Heinz J. Heinkel He 112 H.P. Dabrowski. Rare glimpse Concise look at the Luftwaffe’s unusual Nowarra. Concise, illustrated history of at this pre-WWII German fighter aircraft, and “push-pull” engined fighter of WWII. the WWII Luftwaffe’s four-engine, long- its wartime use. Size: 11”x8.5” • 80 bw photos • 48pp. range maritime patrol, anti-shipping, Size: 8.5”x11” • 80 bw photos/drawings • 48pp. ISBN: 0-88740-189-9 • soft • $9.95 and reconnaissance aircraft. ISBN: 0-7643-0392-9 • soft • $9.95 Size: 11”x8.5” • 90 bw photos • 48pp. ISBN: 0-88740-235-6 • soft • $9.95 Fieseler Fi 156 Storch Heinz J. Nowar- Focke-Wulf Ta 152: The Story of the Luft- Heinkel He 115 H.P. Dabrowski. Concise history ra. The famed Wehrmacht liaison aircraft waffe’s Late-War, High-Altitude Fight- of the WWII-era torpedo-bomber, minelayer and of WWII in a concise history. er Dietmar Harmann. One of the best fighter recon seaplane and its use by the Luftwaffe Size: 11”x8.5” • 100 bw photos • 48pp. aircraft of WWII – a masterpiece produced by and others. ISBN: 0-7643-0299-X • soft • $9.95 chief designer Kurt Tank. With a large number Size: 8”x12” • 80 bw photos/drawings • 48pp. of photos – some previously unpublished – and ISBN: 0-88740-667-X • soft • $9.95 drawings, this book details the development history of the Ta 152. Size: 8.5”x11” • 165 bw photos • 144pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0860-2 • hard • $35.00 Focke-Wulf Fw 187: An Illustrated History Focke-Wulf Ta 154 Manfred Griehl. Rare look Heinkel He 219 Uhu Heinz J. Nowarra. Hermann & Petrick. The twin-engined Fw 187 at the late-WWII, wooden, two-engined Luftwaffe Concise history of the best Luftwaffe was a contemporary of the Messerschmitt night-fighter. nightfighter aircraft of WWII. Bf 110, however production was limited to a Size: 8.5”x11” • 100 bw photos • 48pp. Size: 11”x8.5” • 100 bw photos, plans handful of prototypes. This little-known aircraft ISBN: 0-7643-0911-0 • soft • $14.95 • 48pp. • ISBN: 978-0-88740-188-6 • is documented with numerous photos and soft • $9.95 drawings, many of them never before published. Size: 8.5”x11” • 200 color/bw photos • 160pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1871-3 • hard • $45.00 The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Heinz J. Heinkel He 60 Gerhard Lang. Rare, illus- Heinkel He 219 Uhu Dressel & Griehl. Follow-up Nowarra. The legendary WWII Luftwaffe trated history of the pre-WWII Luftwaffe and history on the Luftwaffe’s legendary nightfighter fighter aircraft in a concise history. Kriegsmarine seaplane and its shipboard, and aircraft of WWII. Size: 11”x8.5” • 80 bw photos • 48pp. reconnaissance use. Size: 8.5”x11” • 80 color/bw photos • 52pp. ISBN: 0-88740-354-9 • soft • $9.95 Size: 8.5”x11” • 90 bw photos • 40pp. ISBN: 0-88740-819-2 • soft • $14.95 ISBN: 0-88740-922-9 • soft • $12.95 Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Manfred Griehl. Fol- Heinkel He 100 H.P. Dabrowski. Heinkel He 219: An Illustrated History of low-up volume on the legendary WWII Luftwaffe Concise history of this pre-WWII Luft- Germany’s Premier Nightfighter Roland fighter aircraft. waffe fighter aircraft of which only a Remp. The He 219 was acknowledged by friend Size: 8.5”x11” • 80 color/bw photos • 52pp. few were made. and foe alike as one of the outstanding night ISBN: 0-88740-817-6 • soft • $14.95 Size: 11”x8.5” • 100 bw photos/plans • fighters of WWII. This book provides previously 48pp. unpublished details on development, technology, ISBN: 0-88740-345-X • soft • $9.95 testing, production, and combat use. Size: 8.5”x11” • 160 color/bw photos • 160pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1229-4 • hard • $35.00.
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