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Kollmann was never chief designer at Daimler-Benz, he was a sub-department head in the department of Ing. Friedrich.

Visits to the Daimler-Benz archive in Stuttgart and the Deutsches Museum in Munich would have been more important for history than IWM or Kew - in my humble opinion.

I look forward to his research on Jumo Motors.:D

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From the author's site:

"I have spent five years travelling all over the world to secure original documents from the Second World War and the 1930`s, to write a book about piston engine development “in their own words”.

"Two thirds of the materials in the book is quotes from original letters, memos and technical reports, many of which have never been seen before, and hundreds of primary archival sources are referenced.
Archives I have used to research this book include:

• Bundesarchiv Militärarchiv – Freiburg, Germany
• Daimler-AG, Corporate Archives, Germany
• Farnborough Air Sciences Trust, Farnborough, UK
• Institute of Mechanical Engineers, London, UK
• Imperial War Museum, UK
• NASA – Langley Research Centre, Virginia
• MAHLE Powertrain
• RAF Historical Branch, UK
• Ricardo, Shoreham, UK
• Rolls-Royce, Derby, UK
• Technikmuseum Hugo Junkers, Dessau, Germany
• The National Air and Space Museum – Washington DC
• The National Archives – Washington DC
• The National Archives – London, UK"

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I am not skeptical about this book (already ordered). I meant that often authors claim that in-depth technical documents do not exist and thus technically in-depth monographs especially on German aircraft are supposedle impossible to write and thus aircraft monographs have become combat chronicles.

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Jukka,

No one can know everything. I have been researching on different sites, including those that offer documents that were supposedly destroyed. And sometimes, people are told that this or that does not exist so they do not look. Other times, researchers are prevented from getting certain documents because they do not know the file name or some other detail.

It would be good if we all had comparable levels of knowledge but that is often not the case. Recently, a book about a German tank from World War One was released with new photos and corrected information.

Best,
Ed

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Had you actually read what Calum Douglas has written about his research you would have known that he has used DB archives extensively.

As for Jumo Motors research, where one can read yours in a human language (=English or Finnish; only a sadist can come up with a language structured like German)?

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I bought the mag to see what that article is like, I doubt I will buy any more editions.
Worth noting that for the price of just 3 mags, you can buy The Secret Horsepower Race book.

SM

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What is the issue? The Secret Horsepower Race book already covers the subject and the other articles aren't interesting?

Anyway my pre-order of the book is on its way.

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If anyone wants to discuss the merits of Iron Cross magazine there’s already a thread under Books and Magazines.

If anyone thinks a thread’s going off topic, contact John Beaman or me rather than starting an argument.

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Any reviews of the book yet??

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Not that I've seen. Meanwhile, the author has announced that the book is going in for reprint. So, a good sign.