Aerei (2ª GM) - Germania - Luftwaffe: libri illustrati di storia e guide (3/3)

Captured Eagles - Secrets of the Luftwaffe

The growth in size, lethality, and technology of the German Luftwaffe was of concern to some defense planners in the United States before American entry into the war. Learning about the Luftwaffe became a significant effort once the conflict broke out in Europe.
From defectors with German aircraft to battlefield trophies and combat crew reports, the race to understand German aero technology took on sometimes heroic proportions.

After the war, German technology infused American aerospace developments in many ways: German ribbon parachutes were evaluated for high-speed bailouts; sweptwing leading edge slat technology benefited the F-86 Sabre; overall comprehension of sweptwing benefits to fast jet aircraft was validated; pulse jet V1s and supersonic V2 rockets boosted American drone weapon, ballistic missile, and space exploration efforts.

In this volume Frederick A. Johnsen traces that path of discovery.

Dettagli del libro

Autore:	Frederick A. Johnsen
Formato:	304 pagine, 24 x 16 x 2.9 cm, copertina rigida
Illustrazioni:	riccamente illustrato con foto in B&N e in colori
Lingua:	inglese
Editore:	Osprey Publishing (GB, 2014)
ISBN:	9781782003687

Foreign Planes in the Service of the Luftwaffe

No airforce in the Second World War would make more use of captured planes than the Luftwaffe. With this in mind, Jean-Louis Roba has undergone a considerable amount of work in tracking down hundreds of aircraft used by the Luftwaffe and illustrating their uses, careers and eventual fates.

The book examines the full history of foreign planes in the Luftwaffe, from its inception in the prewar years to the end of the Second World War. More than just an account of the Luftwaffe's use of captured aircraft, the book debunks myths about how prepared the Germans were for war in 1939, and shows how important even such an unreliable source of supplies as captured planes would become to the Luftwaffe.

Translated into English for the first time, Roba's investigative work is supported by over a hundred pictures of the planes themselves, and gives a rare opportunity to see British and American planes repainted in German colours and symbols.

Dettagli del libro

Autore:	Jean Louis Roba
Formato:	224 pagine, 24.5 x 16.5 x 2.1 cm, copertina rigida
Illustrazioni:	100+ foto in B&N
Lingua:	inglese
Editore:	Pen & Sword Books Ltd (GB, 2009)
ISBN:	9781848840812

Küstenflieger - The Operational History of the German Naval Air Service 1935-1944

The impact of the Treaty of Versailles on the build-up of German forces in the interwar period and the influence of Hermann Göring greatly influenced the design, capability and size of the Küstenfliegergruppen. While Germany operated seaplanes throughout the war, the Kriegsmarine's naval air arm was constantly under threat from the Luftwaffe.

This book covers the history of the German naval air arm between the two World Wars as well as unit histories for the major Küstenfliegergruppen during the Second World War.
In 1944, the last Küsenfliegerstaffeln was disbanded in favour of the Luftwaffe's own naval air units. Covering operational histories, the title also looks at the involvement of various Sonderkommandos during the war, but also in the Spanish Civil War. The book also covers the camouflage and marking systems of the Küstenfliegergruppen prior to and during the Second World War. tried to blow him up with RPGs.

"Küstenflieger: The Operational History of the German Naval Air Service 1935-1944" is a must for military historians, modellers and those fascinated in the Second World War on an more obscure but heavily engaged Luftwaffe unit. Also, the book contains many unpublished photographs and memoirs making it highly collectable.

Dettagli del libro

Autore:	Adam Thompson
Formato:	192 pagine, 23.5 x 16 x 1.2 cm, brossura
Illustrazioni:	80 foto in B&N
Lingua:	inglese
Editore:	Fonthill Media (GB, 2014)
ISBN:	9781781552834

Wings of the Luftwaffe - Flying the Captured German Aircraft of World War II

During more than two decades of uninterrupted flying Eric 'Winkle' Brown enjoyed the most extraordinary career of any test pilot and no pilot has a logbook with list a greater variety of aircraft types flown.
The first naval officer to head the élite Aerodynamics Flight at the world renowned Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, `Winkle` Brown fulfilled his childhood ambition to fly German aircraft. Indeed, he was to fly no fewer than fifty-five individual German aircraft types, ranging from such exotic creations as the push-and-pull Dornier Do 335 and the remarkable little Heinkel He 162 Volksjager to the highly innovative combat types that were entering the inventory of the Luftwaffe shortly before the demise of Germany's Third Reich.
'Winkle' Brown also interrogated many of the leading German wartime aviation personalities, such as Willy Messerschmitt, Ernst Heinkel, Kurt Tank and Hanna Reitsch.

From his unique knowledge of German aviation, 'Winkle' Brown has selected the most important and most promising aircraft employed by the Luftwaffe and those evolved for that air arm in Germany during World War II - the true wings of the Luftwaffe.
He describes their background and characteristics, and together with over 200 photographs, colour profiles and sectional drawings provides an in-depth assessment of the contribution made to the annals of military aviation in the late 1930s and early 1940s by an aircraft industry that proved itself truly second to none in ingenuity.

Dettagli del libro

Autore:	Captain Eric Brown
Formato:	288 pagine, 30.5 x 21.5 x 2.5 cm, copertina rigida
Illustrazioni:	più di 200 foto in B&N, 35 illustrazioni in colori
Lingua:	inglese
Editore:	Hikoki Publications (GB, 2010)
Collana:	Hikoki
ISBN:	9781902109152

Berühmte Flugzeuge der Luftwaffe 1939-1945 - Berichte eines Testpiloten

This book is truly something special: It was written by the then Chief Pilot of the Royal Navy, Eric Brown, who flew and evaluated 55 different captured German aircraft shortly after the end of the war.
Through his contacts with German designers, Brown obtained extensive background material. The result is this book, in which the development, characteristics and technology of the most famous German aircraft are described.

Pagine del libro "Berühmte Flugzeuge der Luftwaffe 1939-1945 - Berichte eines Testpiloten"

The vivid descriptions, photos and meaningful cross-sections make the book a must for anyone interested in German aircraft of the Second World War.

Dettagli del libro

Autore:	Eric Brown
Formato:	258 pagine, 24 x 21 cm, copertina rigida
Illustrazioni:	238 foto in B&N, 32 disegni
Lingua:	tedesco
Editore:	Motorbuch Verlag (D, 2011)
ISBN:	9783613039414