Discover all about the German Luftwaffe in WW2. The famous Aces like Adolf Galland. Erich Hartmann. Walter Nowotny. Werner Molders and the aircraft they flew. read about German jet aircraft used by the Luftwaffe at the end of World War Two.

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Sort by:          Product     Price      Default     see details FIGHTER ACES OF THE LUFTWAFFE Roy Toliver 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. This book is considered by surviving Luftwaffe aces to be their monument. Also included are data lists covering all known Luftwaffe aces, night fighter aces, jet aces, and tops & firsts 352pp. over 600 photos LARGE FORMAT Price: £39.95 Quantity   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50  Add to cart  see details FIGHTER GENERAL THE LIFE STORY OF ADOLF GALLAND The Official Biography Raymond F. Toliver Adolf Galland began World War II in Poland, as a lieutenant and squadron commander, flying obsolescent biplanes. He ended the war as a Lieutenant General and was again a squadron commander, this time flying Me 262 jet fighters One of the most famous German ace and fighter leader of his generation 216pp. 140 photos. LARGE FORMAT Price: £37.50 Quantity   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50  Add to cart  see details FOCK WULF Fw 190 “LONG NOSE”, An Illustrated History Dietmar Hermann This book covers the complete development history of those variants of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 powered by inline engines. The first Fw 190 equipped with a Daimler Benz liquid-cooled engine took to the air in early 1942, followed six months later by another powered by a Jumo 213. Production of the Fw 190 C, Fw 190 D and Ta 153 was delayed by the German air ministry. Not until 1944 did the Fw 190 D-9, an interim fighter powered by the Jumo 213 A, enter production. The Fw 190 D-9 proved an immediate success, largely due to an excellent prototype test program under Dipl.Ing. Hans Sander. The type quickly entered service with the Luftwaffe and more than 1,700 examples were completed by the end of the war. 200pp. over 250 b/w photos, drawings, charts and colour profiles. LARGE FORMAT Price: £49.95 Quantity   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50  Add to cart  see details FOCKE-WULF FW 190A An Illustrated History of the Luftwaffe’s Legendary Fighter Aircraft Dietmar Hermann This book deals with the developmental history and testing of this fighter aircraft and production of the early variants of the FW 190A. Includes authentic reports by former test pilots that document the aircraft's performance. Also covered are the late torpedo carrier and reconnaissance versions of the FW 190. Lavishly illustrated with photographs and drawings, many of which have not been previously published, this book provides a wealth of information and fills a gap in the history of aircraft design in Germany. 224pp. 340 b/w & colour photos. LARGE FORMAT Price: £49.95 Quantity   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50  Add to cart  see details GERMAN FIGHTER ACE ERICH HARTMANN Hartmann Jager Here is the life story of the most successful fighter pilot of all time, with 352 air combat victories. This excellent photo album is packed with illustrations 296pp. over 500 photos LARGE FORMAT Price: £34.95 Quantity   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50  Add to cart  see details GERMAN FIGHTER ACE HANS JOACHIM MARSEILLE Franz Kurowski The life story of the “Star of Africa”. 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-all before the age of twenty-three. Also chronicled is the combat life of JG 27, Marseilles' unit, and the various personalities throughout the North African campaign 256 pp. over 200 b/w photos LARGE FORMAT Price: £34.95 Quantity   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50  Add to cart  see details German Fighter Ace Walter Nowotny An Illustrated Biography Werner Held The life of Luftwaffe fighter pilot Walter Nowotny – in photographs, 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). Factual and neutral, this illustrated book his life, and is a highly interesting contribution to World War II aviation history. 168pp. Over 340 photos. Large format Price: £37.50 Quantity   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50  Add to cart  see details German Fighter Ace Werner Molders An Illustrated Biography Ernst Obermaier & Werner Held This book is an illustrated biography of the legendary Luftwaffe fighter pilot Werner Mölders. Illustrated with many rare photos. Who was this once much admired and honored man? Why did the German people show such a great interest in his fate during World War II? This illustrated book provides answers. Here Oberst Werner Mölders is objectively portrayed: as a pilot, soldier, and man. 230pp. Over 400 photos. Large format Price: £39.95 Quantity   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50  Add to cart  see details Hans-Joachim Marseille Robert Tate A new Biography of the legendary World War II Luftwaffe fighter ace " The Star of Africa", Details of his life, combat career, aircraft and aerial victories. Includes coloue and b/w photos including some never published before. 224pp. Over 260 b/w & colour images. Large format Price: £39.95 Quantity   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50  Add to cart  see details HITLER'S SECRET MIRACLE WEAPONS Friedrich Georg This first volume describes the efforts of the Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine to design and produce carrier-systems for the nuclear weapons the scientists were developing. The author investigates the enormous variety of craft the Luftwaffe began to either adapt, or develop anew, that would be used to carry such weapons of mass destruction. These included the search for an intercontinental 'Amerikabomber' including innovative Horten Ho XVIII. Later designs are also described. The various atom bombs themselves are thoroughly investigated, from the 1-ton to the massive 30-ton variety. Information about the variety of carrier systems being developed and in at least one case actually built by the Kriegsmarine is also provided. A compelling and groundbreaking work. 127pp.16pp. colour plus b/w photos. LARGE FORMAT Price: £34.95 Quantity   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50  Add to cart  see details JAGDESCHWADER 3 “UDET” In World War II, Stab & 1/JG 3 In Action With The Messerschmitt Bf 109 Jochen Prien & Gerhard Stemmer This superb volume begins with a brief account of the Stab from the time of its formation in 1938 until it reequipped on the Fw190 in the summer of 1944, then follows the operational history of I Gruppe, beginning with the first unit to bear the designation I/JG 3, which was formed in autumn 1938, fought in the French campaign, the Battle of Britain, and Operation Barbarossa, and then in January 1942 was redesignated as II/JG 1 and left the Geschwader to join Jagdgeschwader 1, then being formed. A description of the operational history of the new I/JG 3 "Udet" which was formed in the beginning of 1942, then served a tough and costly tour of duty in the Defense of the Reich and over the Western Front before seeing several weeks of desperate defensive action in the east of the Reich. 400pp. over 350 photos & line drawings. LARGE FORMAT Price: £55.00 Quantity   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50  Add to cart  see details JAGDGESCHWADER 2 "RICHTHOFEN" A Photographic History Holger Nauroth Tracing their history back to WWI fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, JG was at the forefront of aerial combat. Flying the Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters during WWII, JG 2 produced many famous aces. Using a day-to-day chronology, the book covers JG 2's combat history during the early campaigns in Poland and France, through the Battle of Britain, North Africa, and in the later defense of the Reich battles. A short chapter also covers their post-WWII transformation to JG 71 under the command of Erich Hartmann, when they flew the F-86, F-104 and F-4 Phantom. 350pp. 680 photos. LARGE FORMAT Price: £55.00 Quantity   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50  Add to cart  see details JAGDGESCHWADER 3 "UDET" IN WWII JG 3 In Action with the Messerschmitt Bf109 Volume 2 Jochen Prien The long awaited volume 2 of the complete history of JG 3. Begins with its formation in early 1940 and the subsequent service of the newly formed Gruppe in the Campaign in the West from 1940-1941, and then a tour in Russia, followed by a short spell in the Mediterranean theatre of war. The group went back to the East and West and in 1944 re-equipped with the Me-262 and became part of the first jet fighter Geschwader of the Luftwaffe. Volume two then takes up the history of the newly formed II./JH 3, a former bomber unit that was transformed into a fighter Gruppe at then end of 1944, and transferred to the east in order to counter the massive Soviet offensive where it was hopelessly outnumbered. 400pp. over 350 photos. LARGE FORMAT Price: £55.00 Quantity   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50  Add to cart  see details JAGDGESCHWADER 53 Volume 1 A History of the "Pik As" Geschwader March 1937 - May 1942 Jochen Prien Jagdegeschwader 53 - or as it was better known, the "Pik As" (Ace of Spades) Geschwader - was one of the oldest German fighter units of World War II with its origins going back to the year 1937. This first volume covers the early years of the Geschwader from its founding in the spring of 1937 up to May of 1942. This book appears here for the first time in English, and contains over 200 additional photos not published in the original German language edition. The book also contains revised text and maps, and aircraft line drawings, as well as updated aerial victory and loss listings. The service record of JG53 can undoubtedly be regarded as uniquely representative for the rise and fall of the Luftwaffe, with the unit seeing action on every major war front. 400pp. over 700 photos. LARGE FORMAT Price: £69.95 Quantity   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50  Add to cart  see details JAGDGESCHWADER 53 Volume 2 A History of the "Pik As" Geschwader May 1942 to January 1944 Jochen Prien As with the first volume, this book also appears for the first time in English, and contains over 100 additional photos not published in the original German language edition. This second volume begins in May 1942 when after the termination of the German air offensive against the British island fortress Malta when the Geschwader was split up with its three Gruppen scattered over three different theatres of operation, and right through the winter of 1943/44. 332pp. 450 photos, drawings & map. LARGE FORMAT Price: £69.95 Quantity   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50  Add to cart  see details JAGDGESCHWADER 53 Volume 3 A History of the "Pik As" Geschwader January 1944 to May 1945 Jochen Prien This third volume starts with the bitter fighting over Italy, where the Geschwaderstab together with I. and III./JG 53 had to face overwhelming odds in their struggle over both the front lines at Cassino and Anzio/Nettuno bridghead, and over northern Italy. Then right through to the end of the war when the majority of the Gruppen and Staffen were finally disbanded a few days before VE-Day. This final volume of the epic saga of JG 53 concludes with a list of the officers in command of the Geschwader, its Gruppen and Staffeln, a listing of all known victories claimed by JG 53, strength returns, and other appendices. 464pp. over 315 photos, drawings & profiles. LARGE FORMAT Price: £69.95 Quantity   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50  Add to cart  see details JUNKERS JU 287 THE WORLD'S FIRST SWEPT-WING JET AIRCRAFT Horst Lommel In the summer of 1944, an unusal aeroplane took to the skies. With its forward swept wings, the design was a critical milestone in the annals of aviation technology and made the Ju 287 the first swept-wing design in the world. One of the world's most interesting airplanes is revealed through many previously unpublished reports, photographs and technical line drawings. It is an airplane whose revolutionary design played a major role in the postwar development of jet aircraft, in both the East and West. This book fills a gap in the material covering the first chapter of the jet era. 224pp. over 300 photos & drawings. LARGE FORMAT Price: £39.95 Quantity   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50  Add to cart  see details Kursk the Air Battle July 1943 Chirster Bergstrom Fought in July and August 1943, the Battle of Kursk is widely regarded as the greatest tank battle in the history of warfare. This exceptional new book examines the massive confrontation which raged in the air over the front as the huge German and Soviet armoured forces clashed on the ground. Compiled by one of the world’s leading experts on the subject of the air war over the Eastern Front, Christer Bergström, Kursk: The Air Battle, is the third in a popular series of books covering the major phases of the air war in this theatre of operations. No single study has ever been written in English on the air aspect of this momentous battle. There is also an impressive array of eye-witness material accompanied by a stunning collection of previously unpublished photographs. 144pp. c150 mono & colour photos. Large format Price: £27.99 Quantity   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50  Add to cart  see details Luftwaffe At War: Waldemar Trojca title Wakdemar Trojca & Andrzej Szewczyk Excellent title in the “At War Series” Illustrated with hundreds of b/w photos & colour profiles. 208pp. 364 photos. 16pp. colour profiles Price: £39.95 Quantity   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50  Add to cart  see details Luftwaffe Efficiency & Promotion Reports For Knight’s Cross Winners. Vol.1 1 French L. Maclean This first volume contains detailed biographies and official efficiency and promotion reports for 53 Knight’s Cross Winners, as well as biographies for 67 rating commanders. Approx 256pp. over 150 photos. Large format Price: £49.95 Quantity   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50  Add to cart  see details Luftwaffe Efficiency & Promotion Reports For Knight’s Cross Winners. Vol.2 French L. Maclean This second volume detailed biographies and official efficiency and promotion reports for 60 Knight’s Cross Winners, as well as biographies for 79 rating commanders. Approx 256pp. over 150 photos. Large format Price: £49.95 Quantity   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49