German Night Fighter Force 1917-1945 - Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum

edwest2 · #1 6th March 2016, 22:16

Expected in May.

http://www.amazon.com/German-Night-F...s=air+war+1945

Usual disclaimer,
Ed

Chris Goss · #2 6th March 2016, 23:26

I do hope that this has been updated if it is as I think a reprint of the original? At risk of being criticised, what a dreadful cover......again

edwest2 · #3 7th March 2016, 00:04

A pity if it is a reprint, or updated, and not indicated as being such.

Ed

Chris Goss · #4 7th March 2016, 08:00

If you Google, a book with the same title & author was published by Janes in 1979

Col Bruggy · #5 7th March 2016, 08:28

The original edition, Geschichte der Deutschen Nachtjagd 1917-1945, was published by Motorbuch Verlag in 1978 . The english version had 284 pages, and quite a few errors. Let's hope they have corrected them. I'm not knocking the book, for it's time, it was a real eye-opener.

Col.

Chris Goss · #6 7th March 2016, 10:52

I agree-I remember getting it at the Library when I was a schoolboy. However, nearly 40 years have passed since its first publication with loads more published on the subject in the intervening years so to not undertake a major update is a dangerous approach and nowhere does the blurb say it has been updated

Del Davis · #7 7th March 2016, 16:45

I still have copies of both the Motorbuch and Janes editions. Its dated information now but when first released it covered many new areas. There seems to be a current trend of reprinting Luftwaffe books from the 70's and 80's without revision. The Luftwaffe at War series is another example.
I trust that the new series of books by one Chris Goss due this year fall into the new material category

Chris Goss · #8 7th March 2016, 18:13

The Osprey Fw 200 Combat units is new whilst the series of photo album books I am doing for Frontline are along the lines of Bryan Philpott's books of the late 70s using BA photos but minimal captions. Hopefully, this series (which covers He 111 (2 volumes), Ju 88 (2 volumes) Do 17, Bf 109 (to 1940) and Fw 200 will have photos which are new to many which I have obtained over the past 30 years from private sources and will include as full a captions as possible.

Richard Aigner · #9 11th March 2016, 19:25

When will the Osprey book on Fw 200 be available?

Chris Goss · #10 12th March 2016, 08:56

Soon is all I know. Mark Postlethwaite is finishing the cover as I write. As soon as I hear, I will tell all & sundry

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