Luftwaffe im Focus No. 29 Author:Axel Urbanke Language(s):English & German text Format:Soft cover Dimensions:8" x 11" Pages:54 pages Photos:55 photos - 20 in color, 3 color profiles, 1 colored emblems, 1 colored document, 6 colored maps Publisher:Luftfahrt Verlag, Germany ISBN:9783941437432 Item No. LF LW-029 This series shows previously unpublished black-and-white and color photos of the German Luftwaffe during World War II; the photos were found exclusively in private archives and collections. The pictures, printed in superior quality on strong high gloss paper provide an insight into all facets of the Luftwaffe, even into such areas that have played a subordinate role in book publications until now, such as reconnaissance planes, fighter planes and transport planes. In addition, topics such as unknown insignia, equipment, technology, the crews fates and photos with a history are addressed. Each edition deals with a special topic in text and pictures. The photos are provided with captions by a specialist team consisting exclusively of Luftwaffe experts, so that historically interested enthusiasts as well as model builders find highly interesting material. The edition series "Luftwaffe im Focus" is intended to provide in the future a worldwide discussion platform for all people interested in the history of the Luftwaffe in World War II. All volumes contain German/English texts and belong on the bookshelves of each enthusiast who is interested in the German Luftwaffe and who wish to see more than the old well-known photos. Featured in this issue: Fighters: When the Fw 190 D-9 Came to the Front Background: Operations on the Ta 152 by the Geschwaderstab and the III. Gruppe of JG 301 Background: The Luftwaffe's X-Ray Stuka; The Luftwaffe Aviation Medicine Service's Investigations during Diving Flight Facts and Fiction Fates: Shot Down during a Mission over Silesia The fate of a pilot of 10./JG 77 in March 1945 Close-Support Aircraft: 10.(Pz)/SG 9 – Anti-Tank Operations until the Final Hour Reconnaissane Aircraft: Necessity is the Mother of Invention! The Bf 109 G-12 in Frontline Service with NAGr. 3 Color Photos: New – Old Colour Photos of Mistel Aircraft Scenery: The End of the Lockheed F-5E of the “Circus Rosarius” Nightfighters: Crash on the Way to the Frontline Unit Portrait: Oberleutnant Karl-Heinz Wilke, 2./NAGr. 4 Documents: A Previously Unknown Close-Support Flier with 600 Combat Sorties Fighters: Rare Photos of 7./JG 3 Taken in April 1945 Unusual: The Paper Drop Tanks Carried by American Fighters as well as photos of Me 410 of ZG 26 with BK 5 and Fi 156 in Allied Services
