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40 • German Aviation where, why, and by whom these pictures were taken, or when and why they were issued as postcards. Size: 81/2”x11” • over 600 bw images • 400 pp. • hard ISBN: 978-0-7643-2928-9 • $69.95 German Aces of World War I: The Pictorial Record Norman Franks & Greg VanWyngarden. The images of famous airmen such as Manfred von Richthofen, Ernst Udet, and Werner Voss are well known and frequently published, but the same cannot be said for all of the over 300 German airmen who achieved five or more aerial victories in the Great War. Each photograph is accompanied by a brief service history and victory total of the ace. Size: 11”x81/2” • over 330 b/w photos • 192pp. ISBN: 0-7643-2117-X • hard • $59.95 Aviation Awards of Imperial Grmany in World War I and the Men Who Earned Them: Volume VII - The Aviation Awards of Eight German States and the Three Free Cities Neal W. O’Connor. The last of O’Connor’s series covering the air awards and pilots of Imperial Germany. The eight German states appear first in alphabetical order. Among the 43 biographies included in this volume are: Althaus, Böhme, von Cossel, Dornheim, Flörke, Friedewald, von Grone, and Haehnelt. Size: 81/2”x11” • over 700 b/w photos • 528pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1626-5 • hard • $69.95 The Zeppelin in Combat: A History of the German Naval Airship Division Douglas H. Robinson. The standard reference now revised and expanded. Dr. Robinson has 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: 81/2”x11” • over 350 b/w photos, line drawings, charts • 400pp. ISBN: 0-88740-510-X • hard • $49.95 Fokker V5/Dr.1 Wolfgang Schuster & Achim Sven Engels Size: 81/2”x11” • over 75 b/w photos, line drawings • 50pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0400-3 • soft • $14.95 Albatros D-II: Germany’s Legendary World War I Fighter Rudolf Höfling Size: 81/2”x11” • 120+ b/w photos, 19 color 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” • over 100 b/w photos • 208pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1307-X • hard • $29.95 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: 81/2”x11” • over 260 b/w photos, line drawings • 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 designs—his masterpieces in longrange and high-speed flight as well as flight test results. Size: 81/2”x11” • over 200 b/w photos and line art • 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: 81/2”x11” • over 670 b/w and color photos, line drawings • 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 developmental 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: 81/2”x11” • over 300 b/w photos and line schemes • 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: 81/2”x11” • over 310 b/w photos and line drawings • 168pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0293-0 • hard • $35.00 The German Fighter Units over Russia Werner Held. Covers the aircraft and many pilots of JG 3, JG 5, JG 51, JG 52, JG 54 and JG 77. Size: 73/4”x101/2” • 192pp. ISBN: 0-88740-246-1 • hard • $24.95 Battles with the Nachtjagd: The Night Airwar over Europe 1939- 1945 Theo E.W. Boiten & Martin W. Bowman. Battles of the Nachtjagd traces the parallel developments in RAF night-bombing and nightfighting 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: 81/2”x11” • over 420 b/w photos • 464 pages ISBN: 0-7643-2524-8 • hard • $59.95 The Luftwaffe from the North Cape to Tobruk 1939-1945 Holger Nauroth. This pictorial book covers the entire Luftwaffe on all fronts in over 500 photos. Size: 7”x10” • 240pp. ISBN: 0-88740-361-1 • hard • $29.95 The Luftwaffe in the North African Campaign 1941-1943 Werner Held & Ernst Obermaier. This photo 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: 73/4”x101/2” • 248pp. ISBN: 0-88740-343-3 • hard • $29.95 Six Months to Oblivion: The Defeat of the Luftwaffe Fighter Force Over the Western Front 1944/1945 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” • 236pp. ISBN: 0-88740-348-4 • hard • $29.95 The Luftwaffe: From Training School to the Front - An Illustrated Study 1933-1945 Michael Meyer & Paul Stipdonk. This new large format photo collection covers Luftwaffe aircraft from the years 1933-1945. Emphasis is placed on details of unit emblems, codes and markings on a variety of war fronts, and aircraft. Size: 81/2”x11” • over 500 b/w photos • 288pp. ISBN: 0-88740-924-5 • hard • $39.95 Luftwaffe Combat Aircraft: Development, Production, Operations 1935-1945 Manfred Griehl and Joachim Dressel. A detailed survey and a new perspective on the development of Luftwaffe aircraft from 1935-1945. Special emphasis has been placed on details of weaponry, equipment and other areas that have up to now been inadequately covered. Numerous www.schifferbooks.com - see our website for complete book descriptions, sample pages, specials, and updates
examples of weapons, supplemental armament, and diverse weapons systems and ordnance can be found throughout. Size: 7”x10” • over 400 b/w photos • 196pp. ISBN: 0-88740-683-1 • hard • $29.95 Aces, Biographies, Memoirs Fighter Aces of the Luftwaffe Ray Toliver & Trevor J. 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 jet fighter, 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: 81/2”x11” • over 600 photos • 352pp. ISBN: 0-88740-909-1 • hard • $49.95 Luftwaffe Generals: The Knight’s Cross Holders • 1939-1945 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: 81/2”x11” • over 280 bw images • 352 pp. • hard ISBN: 978-0-7643-3243-2 • $69.99 Fighter General: The Life of Adolf Galland - The Official Biography Col. Raymond F. Toliver, USAF (Ret.) & Trevor J. Constable. Fighter General recounts the career of an outstanding 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: 81/2”x11” • over 140 b/w photos, 10 aircraft profiles • 216pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0678-2 • hard • $45.00 German Fighter Ace Erich Hartmann: The Life Story of the World’s Highest Scoring Ace Ursula Hartmann and Manfred 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: 81/2”x11” • over 560 b/w photos • 296pp. ISBN: 0-88740-396-4 • hard • $59.95 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: 81/2”x11” • over 260 bw/color images • 224 pp. • hard ISBN: 978-0-7643-2940-1 • $49.95 German Fighter Ace Hans- Joachim Marseille: The Life Story of the “Star of Africa” Franz Kurowski. A tribute to one of the top fighter aces of the World War II, this new full-length biography appears here in its first edition. Marseilles’ wartime 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: 81/2”x11” • over 200 b/w photos • 256pp. • hard ISBN: 978-0-88740-517-4 • $49.99 German Fighter Ace Werner Mölders: An Illustrated Biography Ernst Obermaier & Werner Held. This book is an illustrated biography of the legendary Luftwaffe fighter pilot Mölders – in more than 480 rare photos, documents and commentaries. Who was this once muchadmired and honored man? Here Mölders is objectively portrayed: as a pilot, soldier, and man. Size: 81/2”x11” • over 480 b/w photos, documents • 230pp. ISBN: 0-7643-2526-4 • hard • $49.95 German Fighter Ace Walter Nowotny: An Illustrated Biography Werner Held. The life of Luftwaffe fighter pilot Nowotny – in photos, documents, and commentary. Nowotny was highly decorated for his 258 aerial victories, but was well known, above all, for his deployment and command of the Messerschmitt Me 262 Erprobungskommando. Later his “Kommando Nowotny” was the first combat operational jet fighter unit in history (Nowotny won three spectacular air victories with the Me 262). Size: 81/2”x11” • over 340 b/w photos, documents • 168pp. ISBN: 0-7643-2527-2 • hard • $45.00 Stuka Pilot Hans-Ulrich Rudel Gunther Just. The life story of the highest decorated soldier of the Wehrmacht. Many photos of Rudel’s aircraft. Size: 81/2”x11” • over 400 b/w photos, documents • 280pp. ISBN: 0-88740-252-6 • hard • $59.95 The War Diary of Hauptmann Helmut Lipfert: JG 52 On the Russian Front 1943-1945 Helmut Lipfert & Werner Girbig. Aerial combat over the Russian front from one who knew it first hand. Hauptmann Helmut Lipfert’s vivid portrayal of his experiences in JG 52 during the last three years of the Second World War will stand as one of the truly classic chronicles of the Jagdwaffe over Russia. Size: 6”x9” • 67 b/w photos • 224pp. ISBN: 0-88740-446-4 • hard • $35.00 Helmut Wick: An Illustrated Biography of the Luftwaffe Ace and Commander of Jagdge- schwader 2 during the Battle of Britain Herbert Ringlstetter. In just three months Wick had risen from Oberleutnant and Staffelkapitän to Kommodore of the tradition-rich Jagdgeschwader “Richthofen” Nr. 2 and with fifty-six victories had become the leading German fighter pilot. At the time he was the youngest Major and Geschwaderkommodore in the Luftwaffe. Size: 81/2”x11” • over 220 b/w and color photos, aircraft profiles • 160pp. ISBN: 0-7643-2217-6 • hard • $45.00 A Luftwaffe Bomber Pilot Remembers: World War II from the Cockpit Klaus Häberlen. A bomber pilot’s story from his early life prior to the ascension of the Nazi Party to power in Germany, his education and rise through the ranks of the Luftwaffe as a decorated bomber pilot, and even through his demotion at the hands of Göring late in the war. This book offers a unique first person perspective on the development of the war and its effect on those that were not in the highest realms of power. Size: 6”x 9” • over 100 b/w photos • 208pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1393-2 • hard • $29.95 Luftwaffe Efficiency & Promotion Reports for the Knight’s Cross Winners French L. MacLean. Some 1,785 Luftwaffe officers and enlisted men won the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross – World War II Germany’s highest decoration for bravery. This is their story through the eyes of the commanders of 113 of these men, as recorded in their official efficiency reports. Vol.1: detailed biographies and official efficiency and promotion reports for fifty-three Knight’s Cross winners, as well as biographies for sixty-seven rating commanders. Size: 81/2”x11” • over 150 b/w photos • 272 pp. • hard ISBN: 978-0-7643-2657-8 • $59.95 Vol.2: detailed biographies and official efficiency and promotion reports for sixty Knight’s Cross winners, as well as biographies for seventy-nine rating commanders. Size: 81/2”x11” • over 150 b/w photos • 272 pp. • hard ISBN: 978-0-7643-2658-5 • $59.95 Hitler’s Fall Guys: An Examination of the Luftwaffe by One of America’s Most Famous Aces Col. Walker M. “Bud” Mahurin, USAF, (Ret.). This new book by famed U.S. ace Walker “Bud” Mahurin is an examination of Germany’s Luftwaffe by one who fought against them in the skies over Europe, and who befriended them after the war. He considered himself fortunate to get to know leading combat airmen in his own air force, as well as in the United Kingdom and Germany. Size: 6”x9” • b/w photos • 200pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0871-8 • hard • $29.95 The Interrogator: The Story of Hanns Joachim Scharff, Master Interrogator of the Luftwaffe Raymond F. Toliver. This is the story of Hanns Scharff the master interroga- German Aviation • 41 see our website for complete book descriptions, sample pages, specials, and updates - www.schifferbooks.com
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