Aircraft of the Luftwaffe, 1935-1945

Author: Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786452803
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 409

Book Description
One of the most significant innovations in modern warfare has been the appearance and development of air power, a technology which demanded technical and financial investment on a whole new scale and which ultimately changed the fundamental nature of war itself. This book covers the history and development of the German air force from 1935 to 1945, with descriptions and illustrations of almost all of the Luftwaffe's airplanes, including fighters, jet fighters, dive-bombers, ground attackers, medium and heavy bombers, jet bombers, seaplanes, flying boats and carrier planes, transport and gliders, reconnaissance and training aircrafts, helicopters, and many futuristic projects and other rarities.

Junkers Ju 88 G

Author: Maciej Noszczak
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788366148642
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description

Junkers Ju88

Author: William A. Medcalf
Publisher: Crecy Publishing
ISBN: 9781906537425
Category : Germany
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This book is the first in a two-part comprehensive study of the development and operational history of the Junkers Ju 88, exploring the many variants of this famous and long-serving Luftwaffe multirole aircraft. The text is supported by several hundred rare photographs, manufacturer’s handbook data, scale line drawings, and specially commissioned color artwork. The work will represent the most comprehensive study of the Ju 88 in many years. The first volume gives a detailed examination of its construction program and development from its beginnings in the mid-1930s through all the variants produced during the war. Amongst its many roles, it was known widely as a feared night fighter, representing the pinnacle of German aeronautical design technology. It also served in numbers with the air forces of Finland, Italy, Hungary, Romania, Spain, and France. Its appeal as a combat aircraft—especially to modelers—was due to its widely dispersed service and as such, its variants, including the Ju 188 and Ju 288 are also covered.

Junkers Ju 88

Author: Ron Mackay
Publisher: Crowood Press (UK)
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 200

Book Description
Designed as a fast level bomber and dive-bomber, the twin-engined Ju 88 was a mainstay of theLuftwaffe during the early and middle years of World War II. Disappointing in its first big confrontation - the Battle of Britain - the aircraft came into its own later in other theatres and in other roles, particularly that of nightfighter.

Ju 88 Aces of World War 2

Author: Robert Forsyth
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472829212
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 97

Book Description
The fully illustrated story of the Luftwaffe aces piloting Germany’s versatile heavy fighter attacking Allied convoys and defending the Reich against bombing raids.

Flying Colours

Author: William Green
Publisher: Salamander Books
ISBN: 9780861019441
Category : Airplanes, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 207

Book Description
Military aircraft have been variously daubed, cunningly camouflaged, boastfully personalized or otherwise extravagantly coloured since they first took to the air over 80 years ago. Flying Colours is a survey of this fascinating scene.

History of the German Night Fighter Force, 1917-1945

Author: Gebhard Aders
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 356

Book Description
Originaludgave: Geschichte der deutschen Nachtjagd 1917-1945

Junkers Ju 88: The Twilight Years

Author: Chris Goss
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473892384
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 253

Book Description
Designed as a fast bomber that could outrun the fighters of the era, the twin-engine Junkers Ju 88 became one of the most versatile aircraft of the Second World War. Such was the success of the design that its production lines operated constantly from 1936 to 1945, with more than 16,000 examples being built in dozens of variants more than any other twin-engine German aircraft of the period. From an early stage it was intended that it would be used as a conventional light bomber and as a dive-bomber. As such, it served in the invasion of Poland, the Norway campaign, the Blitzkrieg and the invasion of France and the Battle of Britain. This latest volume in Frontlines Air War Archive examines the Ju 88s use in the latter years of the Second World War. The types use as a torpedo bomber or reconnaissance aircraft, as well as its deployment in Russia, over the Bay of Biscay and in the Mediterranean theater are all explored. Even its use in the Mistel flying-bomb is covered.In this selection of unrivaled images collected over many years, the operations of this famous aircraft in its twilight years are portrayed and brought to life.

Junkers Ju 287

Author: Stephen Ransom
Publisher: Classic Publications
ISBN: 9781903223925
Category : Junker Ju 287 (Jet bomber)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The extraordinary Junkers Ju 287, the first truly swept-winged, jet-powered aircraft, took to the sky in August 1944, at a time when Germany was suffering sustained round-the-clock bombing by the Allied forces. The project was considered top secret and evaded Allied intelligence for many months. This exciting new book is beautifully illustrated throughout with striking photographs, several of which are previously unpublished, and contains much new and revised information on the Ju 287. It is certain to become the definitive account of this remarkable aircraft.

Junkers Ju 87

Author: Eddie J. Creek
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781906537289
Category : Airplanes, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This large format hardback is packed with information on the Ju87 Stuka. Highly illustrated, it represents a comprehensive, detailed reference work to be used by enthusiasts and modelers for one-stop ease of access to information to one of the most well-known aircrafts of World War II. Unquestionably, the Junkers Ju 87 was one of the most devastatingly effective and psychologically terrifying weapons of war ever produced. The howl of its sirens during a dive-bombing attack struck fear into those on the ground. Spearheading the German advances in Poland, Norway, the Low Countries, the Mediterranean, and Russia between 1939 and 1943, the Luftwaffe's Ju 87 Stuka became synonymous with the art of Blitzkrieg warfare. Next to the fighter aces, it was perhaps the Stuka crews who were held in the highest esteem by both German commanders and the German people and their accomplishments became legendary. This will be the book sought after by aviation enthusiasts and modelers.