Warriors & Wizards: Thanks! - Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum

mjbollinger · #1 18th September 2010, 19:45

Hi everyone,

My book is finally out...

Bollinger, Martin J. Warriors & Wizards: The Development and Defeat of Radio-Controlled Glide-Bombs of the Third Reich. Annapolis, Naval Institute Press, 2010. The book jacket includes endorsements from Rick Atkinson and Ulf Balke, amongst others. I'm pretty happy with it.

Many thanks to all those here who contributed to this. Lots of people on this forum helped and I give credit to them in the book itself. Here my objective is to thank everyone who helped create this forum and to all of the participants who have helped make it so valuable. It is a wonderful resource for historians, professional and amateur (me) alike.

Marty

John Vasco · #2 18th September 2010, 20:03

Shouldn't this be in the 'Books & Magazines' section...?

mjbollinger · #3 18th September 2010, 20:11

Sorry -- this is the only section I've ever used. Didn't even know about the other.

My apologies for the apparent transgression.

Marty

John Vasco · #4 18th September 2010, 20:33

No sweat. You might get a bigger take-up on the book in the other section.

Ruy Horta · #5 19th September 2010, 09:27

Hi Marty.

Not a big deal. I've boved the thread and changed the title to reflect the subject.

edwest · #6 20th September 2010, 01:18

Hi Marty,

Congratulations. Being in the book publishing business myself, I know the feeling.

By glide bombs, I assume you mean types like the Hs-293. Did the Hs 294 see combat use? The Hs 295? As you can see, I'm interested to know if later developments actually appeared in combat.

Thank you for your time.

Regards,
Ed

mjbollinger · #7 23rd September 2010, 07:45

Ed,

Thanks for your note.

Yes, I mean the Hs 293 and the PC 1400FX ("Fritz X"). There are occasional stories (e.g., Kopp's article) of follow-on weapons such as the Hs 294 or Hs 295 being used in combat. I can't rule that out but I've yet to come across any specific data to that point.

Marty

Skawinski · #8 23rd September 2010, 12:06

Seems to be very interesting book. Is there anything about Hs 293 use against Oder river bridges?

edwest · #9 23rd September 2010, 20:56

Thank you, Marty.

Ed

Dénes Bernád · #10 24th September 2010, 20:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by edwest

Did the Hs 294 see combat use? The Hs 295?

Hs 294, around 165 built. Not used in combat (lack of proper carrier aircraft and production capacity).
Hs 295, around 50 built. Not used in combat.
Hs 296, not used in combat.
There were also the Hs 297 (Hs 117) and Hs 298, too.