Jet Fighters And Rocket Interceptors 1944 1945
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Jet Fighters And Rocket Interceptors 1944 1945
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Author : J. Richard Smith
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Jet Fighters And Rocket Interceptors 1944 1945 written by J. Richard Smith and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Fighter planes categories.
With the publication of this, the last of 20 titles, Classic Publications' acclaimed Jagdwaffe series reaches its conclusion. The final book in the series could also be considered one of the most interesting as it examines the various types of advanced aircraft with which the Luftwaffe desperately tried to challenge what, by then, was overwhelming Allied air supremacy in the skies over the Reich. Whilst each book in the series can be enjoyed on its own, together the Jagdwaffe collection offers a very authoritative and detailed study of the camouflage and markings of Luftwaffe fighter units, in all theatres, throughout World War Two.
Jagdwaffe
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Author : David Wadman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Jagdwaffe written by David Wadman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with categories.
Project Natter
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Author : Brett Gooden
language : en
Publisher: Classic Publications
Release Date : 2005-12-31
Project Natter written by Brett Gooden and has been published by Classic Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-12-31 with History categories.
In 1944, in response to the bombing of German cities and factories by the Allies, an inventor named Erich Bachem developed 'Projekt Natter' ('Viper'), an extraordinary, highly-secret, vertical take-off, semi-expendable, single-seat rocket-fighter armed with a nose-mounted 'honeycomb' of 73-mm or 55-mm spin-stabilized air-to-air rockets as well as 30-mm cannon. The Natter was intended to offer high-speed defense of key targets. Once blasted into the air from its vertical launch tower, the pilot of the Natter was to climb towards an enemy formation using an internal rocket, target an enemy bomber and fire his battery of rockets. He would then use the remaining kinetic energy to climb higher than the bombers in order to mount a ramming attack. Just before impact, the pilot was to trigger a mechanism that would activate an ejection seat and separate the rocket unit, which would return to earth by means of an automatically deployed parachute for reuse. Relatively little has been published on the Natter and this book will provide a detailed and definitive account of this unusual but fascinating aircraft. This will be required reading for all those interested in the history of the Luftwaffe during World War II, particularly for those fascinated by the radical and revolutionary projects which German aircraft designers contrived toward the end of the Nazi regime.
Secret Projects Of The Luftwaffe Vol 1 Jet Fighters 1939 1945
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Author : Dan Sharp
language : en
Publisher: Tempest
Release Date : 2020-09-22
Secret Projects Of The Luftwaffe Vol 1 Jet Fighters 1939 1945 written by Dan Sharp and has been published by Tempest this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-22 with History categories.
Germanys air ministry was quick to grasp the potential of the jet engine as early as 1938 and by 1939 several German aircraft manufacturers were already working on fighter designs that would utilize this new form of propulsion. Rocket engines too were seen as the way of the future and companies were commissioned to design fighters around them. As the Second World War began, the urgent need to bring these advanced new types into production saw a host of innovative aircraft designs being produced which would eventually result in Messerschmitts Me 262 jet fighter and the Me 163 rocket-propelled interceptor. And as the war progressed, efforts were increasingly made to find better ways of utilizing jet, rocket and latterly ramjet engines in fighter aircraft. Aviation companies from across Germany set their finest minds to the task and produced some of the most radical aircraft designs the world had ever seen. They proposed rotating wing ramjet fighters, arrowhead-shaped rammers, rocket-firing bat-winged gun platforms, sleek speed machines, tailless flying wings, tiny mini fighters and a host of others ranging from deadly looking advanced fighters to downright dangerous vertical launch interceptors. Secret Projects of the Luftwaffe Volume 1: Jet Fighters 1939-1945 by Dan Sharp, based on original research using German wartime documents, offers the most complete and authoritative account yet of these fascinating designs through previously unseen photographs, illustrations and period documentation from archives around the world.
Me 163
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Author : Stephen Ransom
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021
Me 163 written by Stephen Ransom and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with categories.
This meticulously researched history of the Luftwaffe's innovative, yet daunting rocket-powered interceptor is a revised and updated combined edition of the two volumes on the Me 163 which have long been out-of-print. It draws on rare archival and private sources along with the recollections of many former pilots who flew this radical aircraft to provide the most thorough record available of the design, development and operational history of a remarkable aircraft. The origins and development of early rocket-powered and tailless aircraft are traced from the late 19th century to the interwar years, as well as the test program at Peenemünde and ensuing missions flown by Erprobungskommando 16. Following a study of Me 163 production, the authors then present a detailed diary of point-defence combat operations conducted against the Allied air forces over northwest Europe in 1944-45 using the Me 163 by Jagdgeschwader 400. There is an account of late-war training by the Ergänzungsstaffel/JG 400 and IV./EJG 2, and for the first time, the story of the little-known Italian involvement with the German rocket fighter. Along with hundreds of rare photographs, the book is enriched by specially commissioned color artwork and many detailed technical drawings, ensuring that this work stands as the principal reference source on fabled Me 163.
Me 163 Vs Allied Heavy Bombers
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Author : Robert Forsyth
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2024-04-25
Me 163 Vs Allied Heavy Bombers written by Robert Forsyth and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-04-25 with History categories.
An illustrated account of the dramatic engagement between the Luftwaffe's Me 163 units and Allied bombers during the closing years of World War II. In the summer of 1944, US Army Air Force (USAAF) aircrews flying over the Third Reich reported observing small, high-speed 'batlike' aircraft flying close to their formations. The Luftwaffe's extraordinary Messerschmitt Me 163 rocket-powered interceptor was making its devastating debut with Jagdgeschwader (JG) 400. Capable of reaching high altitudes in the shortest possible time by using a volatile rocket fuel, the Me 163 was the Luftwaffe's most impressive yet dangerous aircraft, and the fastest in the world. Luftwaffe expert Robert Forsyth details the testing of the aircraft and its lethal SG 500 'Fighter Fist' weapons system, as well as its deployment against the B17s and B24s of the USAAF's Eighth Air Force and, from late 1944, the Lancasters and Halifaxes of RAF Bomber Command. These duels started a deadly form of warfare, with the bomber squadrons striking at Germany's synthetic oil refineries and jet airfields, and the Me 163s of JG 400 trying to stop them using cutting-edge aeronautical technology. Using specially commissioned artwork, original photographs and rare first-hand interviews with the pilots that fought the decisive dogfights, this exciting book describes the pivotal encounters over Northern Europe.
Modelling Luftwaffe Jets And Wonder Weapons
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Author : Brett Green
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2012-11-20
Modelling Luftwaffe Jets And Wonder Weapons written by Brett Green and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-20 with History categories.
While the Allies largely relied on mass production to help them win World War II, Germany put a great deal of their limited resources into new technologies and wonder weapons. In addition to these tangible assets, which were used with varying degrees of success, the drawing boards of Germany were littered with dozens of advanced designs that never reached the prototype or production stages. Many of these operational and paper projects advanced the pace and influenced the direction of aircraft development in the decades following World War II, with many of the German engineers responsible for these innovations seamlessly continuing their roles in the United States and the USSR. Modellers have had a long fascination for the Luftwaffe's jet arsenal and secret weapons of fact and fiction and this new Osprey Masterclass will explore the Luftwaffe jets and rocket planes that saw service at the end of World War II.
A B 17 Gunner S Hell In German Skies
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Author : Doug Brodie
language : en
Publisher: Robert Reed Publishers
Release Date : 2010
A B 17 Gunner S Hell In German Skies written by Doug Brodie and has been published by Robert Reed Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with History categories.
Germany's unique rocket-powered interceptor, the Messerschmitt ME 163 "Komet," was the most dangerous production aircraft built by the Germans in World War II. Yet in 1944, Flying Fortress gunner, U.S. Army Air Force S/Sgt E.R. (Ralph) Jones, was credited with downing a Komet during a raid over Germany. This book investigates this fascinating event in detail, drawing on information in Sgt. Jones's own personal notebook
Tempest V Vs Fw 190d 9
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Author : Robert Forsyth
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2019-09-19
Tempest V Vs Fw 190d 9 written by Robert Forsyth and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-19 with History categories.
Arguably two of the finest piston-engined fighters ever built, the Tempest V and Fw 190D-9 raised the bar in terms of aircraft design and operational capability during World War II. The long-nosed 'Dora 9', designed by Kurt Tank, first appeared in the skies over the Western and Eastern Fronts in the late summer of 1944. Fast, and with an exceptional rate of climb, it quickly bettered almost every fighter that the RAF, USAAF and Soviet Red Air Force could field. The Hawker Tempest V entered service in early 1944, initially proving itself a stalwart performer when it was deployed to intercept V1 flying bombs over southern England. From the autumn of 1944, the Tempest V also equipped squadrons of the 2nd Tactical Air Force, operating in support of the Allied armies advancing across north-west Europe. It became a potent ground-attack aircraft, armed with underwing rockets, but also a first-class interceptor when pitted against the Luftwaffe's advanced Fw 190D-9 and Me 262. Featuring full colour artwork, this book describes in fascinating detail combats between the Tempest Vs of No 274 Sqn and the Fw 190D-9s of I. and III./JG 26 between February and April 1945.
Bachem Ba 349 Natter
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Author : Gustavo Uruea A., Sir
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2016-07-07
Bachem Ba 349 Natter written by Gustavo Uruea A., Sir and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-07 with categories.
The Bachem Ba 349 Natter was a World War II German point-defence rocket powered interceptor, which was to be used in a very similar way to a manned surface-to-air missile. After a vertical take-off, which eliminated the need for airfields, the majority of the flight to the Allied bombers was to be controlled by an autopilot. The primary mission of the relatively untrained pilot, was to aim the aircraft at its target bomber and fire its armament of rockets. The pilot and the fuselage containing the rocket motor would then land under separate parachutes, while the nose section was disposable. The only manned vertical take-off flight on 1 March 1945 ended in the death of the test pilot, Lothar Sieber. Von Braun Rocket Interceptor On June 15 1939 at the highlly secret Luftwaffe test station called Peenemünde-West, a diminutive aircraft took off from the aerodrome with test pilot Erich Warsutz at the controls. The Heinkel 176 was quite conventional in shape but had no propeller or air-intake. It was propelled by Hellmuth Walter's HWK R 1-203 hydrogen peroxide rocket motor.1The aircraft quickly accelerated to nearly 600 km/h, flew briefly around the aerodrome and landed. In the process it became the first aircraft to achieve a controlled flight powered only by a liquid propellant rocket motor.2 Five days later Warsitz flew a second circuit of the aerodrome. This trial was announced officially and is generally referred to in aviation histories as the first successful flight. Two years earlier Dr. Wernher von Braun and his team, in addition to their A-4 project, were also working on rocket propulsion for the Luftwaffe. The plan was for von Braun's group to develop a more