Books on the Luftwaffe in photos

[Richard T Eger]

From within a thread on 12 O'Clock High!:

Les Whitehouse
P51B
Sun Jan 27 20:32:18 2002
194.105.72.64

Either there was a lot of repainting going on or there were more than one +CK.

T9+CK (small T9) was illustrated in Reis “The Luftwaffe a Photographic Record” as at Paderborn, autumn 1944 and is captioned a P-51C. Natural metal with plain black outline crosses, small swastika and yellow undersides and tail. O.drab panel and canopy framing. The rear fuselage from the tail yellow to just in front of the opening portion of the canopy appears to be painted white above the horizontal line of the lower portion of the cross.
A similarly painted Russian fighter sits behind the P-51.

T9+CK (small white T9, black CK) has two illustrations in Modell Fan Nov 1977 (Flugzeuge section) as at Hannover-Wunsdorf in June/July 1944 as a P-51B. O.drab uppersurfaces listed (but possibly Grau-Grun 74 repairs) with yellow undersides and tail, yellow spinner, large black swastika and full normal crosses. It earlier appeared at Rechlin (1943?) with only the fin/rudder and spinner in yellow and the rest of the undersides in original grey, but still with full cross markings (illustrated in one of the Reis DK&R13 volumes).

T9+HK is probably the fully Natural Metal/Yellow machine I have seen but I am unable to turn up the reference.

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Andrew Arthy
Books by Obermaier, Held and Gundelach
Tue Mar 26 06:16:08 2002
129.180.1.204

Hi.

I'm chasing the following:

Gundelach, Karl, "Die deutsche Luftwaffe im Mittelmeer 1940-1945: Band I und II", Peter D. Lang, Frankfurt am Main, 1981, ISBN 3-8204-6641-X

Does anyone have this pair, or know where I can buy them? I have had a quick look on the Internet, but had no luck. If you are able to help me out with these books, please contact me offboard.

Also, does the following:

Held, Werner, & Obermaier, Ernst, "The Luftwaffe in the North African Campaign: A Photo Chronicle 1941-1943", Schiffer Publishing, Atglen, 1992 ISBN 0-88740-343-3

have any photos or information about FW 190s in North Africa?

PS - I am also interested in exchanging information with someone who has ORB material for RAF fighter units in Tunisia in November and December 1942 (especially 72 and 81 Squadron).

Cheers,
Andrew Arthy

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Bård
Obermaier/Held book .......
Wed Mar 27 10:32:35 2002
130.67.210.252


...is available as 2nd-hand at www.abebooks.com (http://www.abebooks.com)

Bård

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Matt Melchert
He111C pictures
Wed Jun 12 03:55:20 2002
202.14.32.38

Hi. does anyone know where I can find some good pictures of the civil He111C? In particular, where was the passenger door? I would like to build Roden's kit, but there doesn't seem to be one moulded on the kit.

MTIA,

Matt

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LwFlieger
He 111C
Sat Jun 15 05:32:14 2002
205.188.198.189

A book which has excellent crystal clear pictures of commercial He 111s is "Das Buch Der Deutschenluftfahrttechnik" Bildband by Bruno Lange. It was published in the 1960s I think. I don't have more biblio data on hand, but it is a great book. Don't confuse the photo volume with the text-only volume.

I have their kit of the He 111E and I must say that it appears to be the best He 111 kit yet. It is marred by the poor joint between the flaps and the upper wing skin and the plastic is very weak thanks to over-filling with mineral or cellulose, but the detail is great!

[Richard T Eger]

From Aeroflight Aircraft Types Bibliography:

"<U>'Das Buch De Deutschen Luftfahrttechnik'</U>
by Bruno Lange
Published by Verlag Dieter Hoffmann, 1970 ISBN: ?
* Good general survey.

<U>'Typenhandbuch der Deutschen Luftfahrttechnik'</U> (Die Deutsche Luftfahrt 9)
by Bruno Lange
Published by Bernard & Graefe, 1986 ISBN: 3763752846
* Revised edition of 'Das Buch der Deutschen Luftfahrttechnik'."

[Richard T Eger]

The reader is referred to the topic "Books by Jean-Bernard Frappe" on the "References and Reference Materials" forum.

Regards,
Richard

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West
Luftwaffe book on ebay
Thu Jul 4 05:23:55 2002
152.163.197.68

The title of this one is Das Buch von der Luftwaffe.
No publication date is given. Photos from the book can be viewed here


cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2117098480

(I went to the auction in question and it had closed. The following is descriptive information from the auction:

"ORIGINAL GERMAN WW II LUFTWAFFE BOOK

Book is named "Das Buch von der Luftwaffe" and is printed in Germany during WW II
One page have a facsimile signature from H.Göring
259 pages with many interesting photos ... See scans !

.......

Guaranteed original pre 1945..."

Scans show the book, the note with Göring's signature, and 4 pages of photos from the book. Whether the book was all photos or not I can't tell.

Regards,
Richard)

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Raúl Arias
Legión Cóndor books
Tue Aug 20 09:32:32 2002
80.59.97.98

In answer to Andy Fletcher and although I with delay inform you that I in Spanish have published two books on the Legion Condor:

· Legión Cóndor. Su historia 60 años después, Almena Ediciones, Madrid, 2000.
· La Legión Cóndor. Imágenes inéditas para su historia, Agualarga editores, Madrid, 2002.

This last is a graphic album in which I include almost 500 pictures, most of them unpublished.

Both are a contribution more in the study of that Great Unit.

I at the present time am preparing a third part, that will consist of the biographies of the main German combatants in Spain.

Pardon for my English wrong.

(For the entire thread, the reader is directed to the topic "Books on Legion Condor/Spanish Civil War" on the "References & Reference Materials" forum.

Regards,
Richard)

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Stefan Vetteriek
Blue 6
Mon Jul 22 16:41:16 2002
62.214.53.125

Hi Franek,

Thanx for your answer. Great help.

The Caldwell-book I was refering to was „JG 26 Photographic History“ published in 1994. Should have been more specific on this one. The picture of 175140 is on p. 143.

When looking at the publishing dates (Rodeike 1998, Caldwell War Diary 1999 and Walk Around 2000) I assume that Mr. Calldwell simply dug up some new evidence in the shape of the drawing you mention. So „blue 6“ it is. However I still wonder about the contrast between the blue and the black trim in some the b&w photos of this bird.

Just to make sure that I understood your post corectly: There is a pic in Don Caldwell‘s „JG 26 War Diary Vol. 2“ that shows the port side of W.Nr. 175140. Could you give me a „yes“ or „no“ on this one (It’s an expensive investment)?

Best regards

Stefan

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Neil
Ofw Josef "Jupp" Bigge
Thu Jul 25 14:50:48 2002
195.93.33.189

Hi Sergio,

..I have a photo of Bigge in his Fw 190 A-5 or 6 'schwarze 2' at Evreux/ St. André (courtesy Holger Nauroth) & a couple of paragraphs about Bigge's exploits in a Fw 190 feature appearing in a forthcoming issue of Scale Aircraft Modelling (if it survives the editorial process, the photo that is..)... there is a 3 or 4 page account by Bigge himself of his nightfighting exploits with 2./JG 2 in Holger Nauroth's Jagdgeschwader 2 Bildchronik...

Neil

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Philip Magri
Junkers JU-86 (Lufthansa)
Wed Aug 7 09:32:04 2002
194.158.61.80

Was the Junkers 86 (D-AKOP) in the Lufthansa service sprayed a shade of pale grey or was it in bare metal? I know that this was a race aircraft but haven't seen any photos of this subject. Can anybody shed some light?

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Stefan Vetteriek
Owner of D-AKOP
Thu Aug 8 16:38:03 2002
212.7.130.30

Hello, Philip,

please note that the Ju 86 D-AKOP was NOT operated by Lufthansa. This aircraft was owned by the Junkers Flugzeug- und Motorenwerke A.G. (JFM) and served as a personal transport for the chairman of the supervisory board (Aufsichtsrat) of JFM, Koppenberg.

Source:

SCHMITT, G. et al. (1990): Junkers - Bildatlas aller Flugzeugtypen 1910 - 1945. Motorbuch Verlag. Stuttgart.

Best regards

Stefan

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Dénes Bernád
New Periodical: 'Luftwaffe im Focus'
Wed Aug 14 16:18:12 2002
204.101.53.233

I am wondering if anyone has already seen the new German/English pictorial periodical 'Luftwaffe im Focus'? Published in Germany, it is distributed in North America by Eagle Editions:
http://www.eagle-editions.com/luftimfocus.htm

AFAIK, the periodical has already been printed and the official release date is due this week. I am anxiously waiting to see it...

Dénes

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Jim P.
Judy and Jerry were showing a copy...
Wed Aug 14 16:39:43 2002
64.223.199.2

at the IPMS Nats in Virginia Beach. Very nicely done and worth the wait. Also, wait till you see their book on 'Assi' Hahn.

[Richard T Eger]

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Jukka Juutinen
Remember the page count?
Thu Aug 15 11:34:02 2002
194.251.240.106

...for their site doesn´t mention that.

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John Manrho
42 (n/t)
Sat Aug 17 12:39:09 2002
213.75.76.109

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Venancio
Available in Europe by whom ?
Fri Aug 16 17:20:45 2002
193.126.227.254

Hi Dénes,

Do you know who is to release this booklet in Europe ? not a great sense to buy from the USA a german made booklet...for the time of mailing and for tax purposes obviously.

TIA

VL

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Axel Urbanke
Lippert-Urbanke@t-online.de
Available in germany by....
Fri Aug 16 20:40:43 2002
217.5.97.129

Start-Verlag, 26160 Bad Zwischenahn. Distribution outside germany by Eagle Editions.
I'm the publisher of the booklet. In every edition you find around seventy unpublished fotos (large format) in very good printing quality and three to four articles about special areas of the Luftwaffe. In the booklet are 8 pages in colour. The book is done by a team of twenty Luftwaffen-enthusiasts (don't like the word specialists). You find foto from all "areas" of the Luftwaffe, from "identified new emblems" over "portraits", "Pictures with a story", "tails" , "scenery fotos" and so on! A lot of stuff for historians and modellbuilding enthusiasts.

Axel Urbanke

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Judy Crandall
Luftwaffe Im Focus
Sat Aug 17 18:05:58 2002
66.109.135.144

Hi Denes and everyone;

We have just received notice that the books have cleared customs, yesterday (Friday) so they should be in our, Eagle Editions, warehouse on Wednesday August 21st.

The book has been beautifully produced by Axel; there are over 90% new, unpublished images, high quality paper, clear and large images and includes 8 pages of color in the 40 pages of material. The text is in English and German.

We are distributing the books worldwide except for Axel's sales in Germany.

We will begin shipping immediately, so Denes, if you want to place your order, you can go to our site and order secure on line. http://www.eagle-editions.com and click on order and follow the instructions.

The book and information can be seen at http://www.eagle-editions.com/luftimfocus.htm

Cheers,
Judy

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Dénes Bernád
Luftwaffe im Focus
Sat Aug 17 19:07:34 2002
149.99.113.198

Thank you, Mrs. Crandall, for the update.
In the meantime, I have received e-mail from Axel notifying me of the magazine's release. He also mentioned that he has already sent my copy directly to me (as I am one of the 'team' members who edits this periodical, with photos included in this premiere issue).

Dénes