Arming the Luftwaffe

[DavidIsby]

Just received this. Looks good.

Smaller than Budrass' study that still dominates the field, it appears to be the best thing in English. Unlike Budrass, gives attention to the late-war situation. THis books' case study, of the He 162, makes a good book-end to Budrass' use of the Ju 88 as his case study.

Labor issues (including slave labor) are central to his story, but this is not a book about survival on the production line (I recommend Livia Bitton-Jackson's account of her time at Augsburg for that).

Drew heavily from sources at the US National Archives, Freiburg, and NASM. Alas, did not seem to have used the Messerschmitt and Milch FD microfilm documents at the IWM (now at Duxford). There is stuff there that does not appear elsewhere (and reminds one to use Irving's biography of Milch with care). Plus you've got to applaud a historian who includes an episode of The Simpsons in his footnotes.