LW Advanced Aircraft Projects to 1945 - new
I was reluctant to buy this book since it includes aircraft previously described in the three Luftwaffe Secret Projects books published earlier by Midland. About 40% of the aircraft illustrated in this book are new, but all of the illustrations are new. This is the first of a possible four volume series and covers designs from Arado to Junkers. All of the aircraft are illustrated with a color view and black and white three views. There is descriptive text that covers what is known about each type, and the color illustrations show the layout and visible weapons systems and other features well.
The book opens with a glossary that includes piston engine designations, along with take-off power, rocket motors by manufacturer and model designations plus take-off power, and meanings of some German abbreviations, etc. The author discusses the subject of Ram-Fighters briefly and then the projects portion begins. I think it would be best for me to just give the contents. (Please excuse the lack of the umlaut.) Arado Ar 234 P-5 Ar 234 & Ar 240 TL E 381.02 E 395.02 E 530 E 561 E 580 E 581-4 & E 581-5 E 583 /Ar I (Preliminary) E 583 /Ar I (Tendered) E 583 /Ar II (Preliminary) E 583.06 /Ar II (Detailed Variant) E 654 'Skorpion' TEW 16/43-13 TEW 16/43-15 TEW 16/43-23 BMW Project I '' II " III " IV Tailles Project (30.11.1944) Blohm & Voss Bv 40 Bv 237 & Bv 237 B-1 P 163.01 & 163.02 P 170.01 & 170.02 P 177 & P 179 P 178 P 192.01 P 193.01-01 P 194.01 P 194.01-01, & 194.01-02 P 194.03-01 P 196.01 P 197.01-01 P 198 P 202 P 203.01/ 02/ 03 P 204.01 P 207.02 P 207.03 P 208.02 P 208.03 P 209.01 P 209.02 P 210.01 & 210.02 P 204.01 P 207.02 P 207.03 P 208.02 P 208.03 P 209.01 P 209.02 P 210.01 & 210.02 P 211.01 P 211.02 P 212.01 P 212.02 P 212.03 P 212.04 (?) P 213 P 214 (?) P 215.02 P 217 (Ae 607/1 & 2) Daimler-Benz 'Project E' 'Project F' DFS DFS 'Eber' DFS 'Rammer' DFS 194 Dornier P 59 P 238.01 P 247/6 P 252/3 & 252/4 P 254.01 P 256 Fieseler Fi 166 (Hohenjager I) Fi 166 (Hohenjager II) Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Tl Fw 226 'Flitzer' Fw 232 Fw 250 Fw 252.1 & 252.2 Fw 281 'Peterle' Entwurf 1 Entwurf 2 Entwurf 3 Entwurf 4 Entwurf 5 Entwurf 6 Entwurf 7 Entwurf 8 Fighter (As 413) October 1944 Fighter (As 413) February 1945 Fighter (BMW 803) Fighter (BMW 803/I & II) Fighter (Jumo 222 E/F) October 1944 Multhopp Volksjager Night Fighter (Entwurf III) Night Fighter (Entwurf IV) Night Fighter (Entwurf V) Night and All-Weather Fighter Bomber/Zerstorer Project 'A' Bomber/Zerstorer Project 'B' 'Ram-Fighter' 'Super-Lorin' 'Super-TL' Ta 183 'Huckebein' Ta 183 Ra-1 Ta-183 Ra-2 Ta 183 (Entwurf 5) November 1944 Ta 183 (Entwurf III) 1 Ta 183 (Entwurf III) 2 Ta 283 Ramjet Fighter 'Triebflugel' 'Volksflugzeug' A 'Volksflugzeug' B Vorschlag 1 (07.12.1942) Vorschlag 2 (22.12.1942) Gotha Go 229 B-1 (01.03.1945) P 60 A P 60 C (with Bremen-O radar) P 60 C Two/Three-crew Night Fighter 'Rammer' Heinkel He 162 'Salamander' Family He 162 A-10 He 162 A-11 He 162 B He 162 C P 1065.01-23 P 1073.01-04 P 1073.01-20 P 1073.01-44 P 1073.8 P 1073.12 P 1073.13 P 1076 P 1077 'Julia I' P 1077 'Julia II' P 1077 'Romeo I' P 1078 A P 1078 B P 1078 C (and Variant) P 1079 A P 1079 B-1 & B-2 P 1080 I/II 'Lerche' and 'Wespe' Henschel Hs 132 Hs PJ 600/67 P 75 (1941) P 87 P 122 P 135 (P 130) Hutter Hu 136 'Stubo 1' & 'Stubo 2' Hu 1945 Project Junkers EF 112 EF 115.0/130.0/135.0 EF 123 or 124 (?) EF 126 (skid) EF 126 (undercarriage) EF 126 (As 044) EF 127.01 & 127.02 EF 127.03 EF 128 Day Fighter EF 128 Night Fighter Ju 'X' (unofficial designation used only in this book) I must applaud author Ingolf Meyer because the time and effort put into this book is obviously considerable. Published by Midland. Ed |
Re: LW Advanced Aircraft Projects to 1945 - new
Dear Ed,
Thanks for the preview of this book. I, too, had wondered whether it was a simple rehash of the earlier books. Based on the aircraft listed and your positive comments, I assume that it is not and is worth a purchase. Regards, Richard |
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