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Author: Ferenc A. Vajda
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 434
ISBN-13: 9781853108648
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBeskriver den tyske flyindustri i perioden 1933-45, herunder de særlige forhold under 2. verdenskrig.
Author: Daniel Uziel
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2011-11-16
Total Pages: 313
ISBN-13: 0786488794
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDuring World War II, aviation was among the largest industrial branches of the Third Reich. About 40 percent of total German war production, and two million people, were involved in the manufacture of aircraft and air force equipment. Based on German records, Allied intelligence reports, and eyewitness accounts, this study explores the military, political, scientific and social aspects of Germany's wartime aviation industry: production, research and development, Allied attacks, foreign workers and slave labor, and daily life and working conditions in the factories. Testimony from Holocaust survivors who worked in the factories provides a compelling new perspective on the history of the Third Reich.
Author: United States Strategic Bombing Survey. Aircraft Division
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Published: 1947
Total Pages: 218
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States Strategic Bombing Survey
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Published: 1947
Total Pages: 332
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Robert Forsyth
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2019-11-28
Total Pages: 97
ISBN-13: 1472829115
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIntended as a progressive development of the twin-engined Bf 110 Zerstörer ('destroyer' or heavy fighter), the Me 210 first took to the air in September 1939. However, due to a lack of sufficient flight-testing before being declared service-ready, the Me 210 suffered from a less than satisfactory reputation in respect to its flight characteristics and weak undercarriage. After enhancements were made to the fuselage and wings, and the power of the plane was increased, the Me 210 became the Me 410 in late 1942. By this stage of the war much was expected of the two types, which were forced to fly in very dangerous skies over North Africa and in the defence of the German homeland. Both aircraft were deployed as heavy fighters, fighter-bombers, reconnaissance platforms and interceptors, seeing service with a number of different units. The Me 410 was fitted with 30 mm cannon, 21 cm underwing mortars and the colossal 5 cm BK cannon that was intended to pack a punch against the USAAF's four-engined bombers which threatened the Reich in large numbers from 1943 onwards. In this title, supported by contemporary photography and full-colour artwork, Robert Forsyth tells the complex story of the Me 210 and 410, detailing their development and assessing their capabilities as combat aircraft.
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Published: 1948
Total Pages: 100
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Dan Sharp
Publisher: Tempest
Published: 2020-09-22
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13: 1911658808
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGermany’s air ministry was quick to grasp the potential of the jet engine as early as 1938 and by 1939 several German aircraft manufacturers were already working on fighter designs that would utilize this new form of propulsion. Rocket engines too were seen as the way of the future and companies were commissioned to design fighters around them. As the Second World War began, the urgent need to bring these advanced new types into production saw a host of innovative aircraft designs being produced which would eventually result in Messerschmitt’s Me 262 jet fighter and the Me 163 rocket-propelled interceptor. And as the war progressed, efforts were increasingly made to find better ways of utilizing jet, rocket and latterly ramjet engines in fighter aircraft. Aviation companies from across Germany set their finest minds to the task and produced some of the most radical aircraft designs the world had ever seen. They proposed rotating wing ramjet fighters, arrowhead-shaped rammers, rocket-firing bat-winged gun platforms, sleek speed machines, tailless flying wings, tiny mini fighters and a host of others ranging from deadly looking advanced fighters to downright dangerous vertical launch interceptors. Secret Projects of the Luftwaffe Volume 1: Jet Fighters 1939-1945 by Dan Sharp, based on original research using German wartime documents, offers the most complete and authoritative account yet of these fascinating designs through previously unseen photographs, illustrations and period documentation from archives around the world.
Author: David Myhra PhD
Publisher: RCW Technology & Ebook Publishing
Published: 2013-09-28
Total Pages: 34
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKOn March 30, 1945, the USAAF captures their first flight-worthy Me 262 A-1a and starts the wheels in motion that leads to Colonel Harold Watson to sending 10 Me 262s to New York City. Five were given to the US Navy and five were kept by the USAAF. Enjoy all 11 volumes of "Messerschmidts Over America” in text and photographs!
Author: Mano Ziegler
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Published: 2023-06-30
Total Pages: 206
ISBN-13: 1805000233
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first operational military jet in the world, towards the end of the Second World War the ME 262 was to be the German miracle weapon. Mano Ziegler was involved from its inception and contributed to the design, testing, training and even served in it operationally. Could the ME 262 have broken the Allied supremacy in the air? Why did it take so long to come into service and why were hundreds of German pilots sacrificed in developing it? Why did the ME 262 prove not to be the unparalleled success claimed by Goering and why were German cities left dangerously exposed against Allied bombing campaigns? These are only some the important questions this new book answers.
