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Herwig, Dieter & Heinz Rode LUFTWAFFE SECRET PROJECTS - Strategic Bombers 1935-1945. £18.00
Midland 1st English language edn,2000 from German original of 1988; 29 x 22cm, 144pp, f.illus (line drgs, col drgs, photos etc); fine inc d/w.  Fascinating view of some of the advanced German projects, some of which anticipated much more recent developments.  
BN: 27660  

Hess, William N.  GERMAN JETS VERSUS THE U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE -  battle for the skies over Europe.   Specialty Press USA, 1996; 176pp, photos (mainly of participants) lists of victories over enemy jets; fine inc d/w.

£11.50
BN: 31447  

Hoffschmidt, Edward J.  GERMAN AIRCRAFT GUNS WW 1- WW 2  (Aircraft Armament Series)  WE Inc, USA 1st, 1969; 29 x 22cm,182pp, f.illus (almost "pictorial"); near fine, vg d/w.

£45.00
Illustrates the guns by photo & diagram and also some of the aircraft in which they were used.  
BN: 31488  
Hooton E.R. EAGLE IN FLAMES - The fall of the Luftwaffe. £16.00
Brockhampton Press 1st, 1999; 352pp, 107 photos, appendices, biblio; fine inc d/w.Sequel to the author's "Phoenix Triumphant" on the rise of the Luftwaffe.  
BN: 29424  
Hooton E.R. PHOENIX TRIUMPHANT - the rise and rise of the Luftwaffe. £16.00
A & A.P. 1st, 1994; 320pp, 112 photos; notes, orders of battle etc; fine inc d/w.  
BN: 28410  
 Knoke,Heinz  I FLEW FOR THE FUHRER -  the story of a German airman.  £10.00
USA 1st, 1954; 187pp, 37 illus;  vg;  Autobiography of one of the Luftwaffe's best - with 2000 flights, 52 victories - (action from August 1941 to end of war). Also Evans 1953 reprint of 1953 1st; vg (cloth sl marked)  £10.  
BN: 21367  

Kurowski, Franz  HANS-JOACHIM MARSEILLE -  German Fighter Ace.  Schiffer, 1994; 29 x 22cm, 233pp, f.illus; appendices; fine inc d/w 

£30.00
Monumental work of typical Schiffer high quality.   
BN: 31264  

Leske, Gottfried  I WAS A NAZI FLIER -  Flight Sergeant in the Luftwaffe.  Dial Press, New York 1st, 1941; 351pp; vg except fep removed & f.cover sl loose.

£7.50
Story of a bomber pilot in early WW 2 ("Glorious attack!" and "We Germans are unbeatable!") and finally as P.O.W. in Canada..  
BN: 28795  

Manvell, Roger & Heinrich Fraenkel  HERMANN GOERING -  Heinemann 1st, 1962; 429pp, 33 photos; biblio; fine inc d/w.

£22.00
Thgis biography includes a short chapter on his WW 1 service, his political rise to power and WW 2.  
BN: 31676  
Mason, Herbert Molloy THE RISE OF THE LUFTWAFFE -1918-1940 - Forging the secret air weapon. £15.00
Cassell UK edn, 1975; 402pp, photos, maps, biblio; vg inc d/w.the story of the clandestine (at first!) development of the new German Air Force, the Spanish participation & the WW 2 blitzkriegs.Also German language edn "Die Luftwaffe" (Aufbau, Aufsteig, Scheitern) Pawlak, 1973; 399pp, 53 photos; nr fine inc d/w - £14.  
BN: 23335  

Merrick K.A.  LUFTWAFFE COLORS -  Vol 1 1935-40.  Arco, New York, 1973; (USA version of the Kookaburra Vol 1 ("German Aircraft Markings"; 29 x 22cm, 164pp, f.illus (inc col side views); fine except inscription on fep; d/w fine except sl faded.

£30.00
The original Kookaburra Vol 1 became so scarce that the later Fleuret vol was published to complete sets.  
BN: 31400  
Mitcham, Samuel W. EAGLES OF THE THIRD REICH - Hitler's Luftwaffe. £12.00
Guild version of Airlife 1st of 1988; 32 x 23cm, 183pp, f.illus; fine, near fine d/w.One of the many Luftwaffe histories, all of which throw different lights on the successes & failures.  
BN: 25948  
Mizrahi, Joseph V. KNIGHTS OF THE BLACK CROSS - £16.00
Sentry (USA) 1st, 1972; 28 x 22cm, 102pp, f.illus (photos, col. drgs, cut-aways, cockpit details; near fine , vg d/w.The life of the German fighter pilots and some of the chief aircraft types that they flew.  
BN: 29713  
Mombeek, Eric DEFENDING THE REICH - the history of Jagdgeschwader 1 "Oesau". £20.00
JAC Pubs 1st English edn, 1992, 30 x 21cm, 332pp, f.illus; col boards; fine.  
BN: 27685  

Munson, Kenneth  GERMAN WAR BIRDS - from WW 1 to NATO Ally.  

£14.50
New Orchard 1st, 1986; 25 x 19cm, 176pp, f.illus (col 2-view drgs & side views; nr fine inc d/w.  Details of German military (and some civil) aircraft through WW 1, WW 2 and to date.
BN: 27454
Murray, Williamson LUFTWAFFE - £16.00
Nautical & Aviation Pub, USA, (A & U), 1985; from US card cover "Strategy for Defeat" of 1983; (but oddly, with the sub-title "Strategy for defeat" omitted) 324pp, photos, extensive biblio & references; fine inc d/wAlthough it covers the Luftwaffe from its early days, this is mainly an analysis of the WW 2 story.  
BN: 23362  
Neulen, Hans Werner IN THE SKIES OF EUROPE - Air forces allied to the Luftwaffe 1939-1945 £18.00
Crowood 1st, 1998; 383pp, 66 photos, extensive biblio; fine inc d/w.Describes mainly the WW 2 air forces of Italy, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovakia, Finland & Vichy-France.  
BN: 29839  

Norman, Bill  LUFTWAFFE OVER THE NORTH -  

£7.50
Leo Cooper 1993 (from 1995 1st); card covers,  208pp, f.illus; fine.
BN: 30809

Norman, Bill  BROKEN EAGLES -  Luftwaffe Losses over Yorkshire 1939-1945.  

£15.00
Leo Cooper 1st, 2001; 224pp, f.illus (photos, silhouettes); hard-back, fine inc d/w.
BN: 30781

Norman, Bill  BROKEN EAGLES 2 -  Luftwaffe Losses over Northumberland & Durham 1939-1945.

£16.00
Leo Cooper, 2002; 224pp, f.illus (photos, silhouettes); hard-back, ne inc d/w.
BN: 30782

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