Tag: Luftwaffe

Free Download Bernd Barbas – Planes of the Luftwaffe Fighter Aces Vol.1
Kookaburra | 1985 | ISBN: 0858800489 | English | 177 pages | PDF | 52.68 MB
The first book in Kookaburra’s 2 Volume Set. This monumental work is the result of interviewing surviving German fighter pilots and ground crew over a long period, thus gaining access to many unpublished private photographic collections.

Free Download Bob Carruthers – Me.262 Stormbird Ascending (Luftwaffe in Combat 1939-45)
Pen & Sword | 2013 | ISBN: 1781581118 | English | 148 pages | PDF | 62.93 MB
This comprehensive overview of the Me.262 was compiled by Emmy Award winning historian Bob Carruthers. It draws heavily on post-war interviews with Luftwaffe pilots and staff officers to produce a fascinating insight into the Me.262 at the tactical and operational level. Also featured are rare English translations of contemporary interviews concerning the 262 with Adolf Galland and Hermann Goering, along side the views of test pilot Hans Fey and Flug Kapitan Wendel who flew the aircraft in combat sorties. They provided an absorbing study, from a unique series of primary sources, of the world of the Me.262 and its pilots, and conveys to the modern reader a vivid sense of how they were viewed at the time. Also included is the complete pilot’s flying manual which affords a fascinating insight from the cockpit into the realities of piloting the world’s first operational jet fighter.

Free Download Christopher Staerck, Paul Sinnott – Luftwaffe: The Allied Intelligence Files
Brassey’s | 2002 | ISBN: 1574883879 | English | 240 pages | PDF | 143.44 MB
From the formerly secret files of the British Public Records Office.

Free Download Bruno Jaddatz – The Luftwaffe Guide Book to Basic Survival at Sea
Schiffer Publishing | 2002 | ISBN: 0764316192 | English | 60 pages | PDF | 27.62 MB
When first published during World War II, this basic survival at sea manual was presented to Luftwaffe airmen in verse which was heavily colloquial and illustrated by colorful cartoon images. The idea was that the novice flyer could memorize the couplets and recall the visual images in order to retain their valuable message. Students of military aviation history will find this information on survival at sea most valuable. In particular, the drawings, though stylized cartoons, provide extremely accurate renderings of specific items of survival equipment for reference purposes.

Free Download Bruno Jaddatz – The Luftwaffe Guide Book to Basic Survival at Sea
Schiffer Publishing | 2002 | ISBN: 0764316192 | English | 60 pages | PDF | 27.62 MB
When first published during World War II, this basic survival at sea manual was presented to Luftwaffe airmen in verse which was heavily colloquial and illustrated by colorful cartoon images. The idea was that the novice flyer could memorize the couplets and recall the visual images in order to retain their valuable message. Students of military aviation history will find this information on survival at sea most valuable. In particular, the drawings, though stylized cartoons, provide extremely accurate renderings of specific items of survival equipment for reference purposes.

Free Download Nigel Parker – Luftwaffe Crash Archive, Volume 3: 30th August 1940 – 9th September 1940
Red Kite | 2013 | ISBN: 1908757086 | English | 136 pages | PDF | 103.55 MB
A Documentary History of Every Enemy Aircraft Brought Down Over the United Kingdom.

Free Download Manfred Griehl – Junkers Ju 88: Star of the Luftwaffe
Arms & Armour Press | 1990 | ISBN: 1854090437 | English | 136 pages | PDF | 155.88 MB
The purpose and reasoning which went into each revision and amendment of the World War II aircraft "Junkers 88", is the theme of this book. A collection of unpublished archive photographs is included.

Free Download In Furious Skies: Flying with Hitler’s Luftwaffe in the Second World War by Tim Heath
English | September 21, 2022 | ISBN: 1526785234 | 280 pages | PDF | 7.58 Mb
"…an important contribution to the historiography of those who fought the war. This book is a reference to be returned to again and again and should be on the shelf of every airpower historian, or even just general-interest readers." ― The Journal of the Air Force Historical Foundation

Free Download David C. Isby – The Luftwaffe and the War at Sea 1939-1945: As Seen by Officers of the Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe
Chatham Publishing | 2005 | ISBN: 1861762569 | English | 296 pages | PDF | 139.17 MB
The Luftwaffe and the War at Sea provides an unrivaled look at struggle for control of the sea in the European theatre from the point of view of the German offices – Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe – that fought it. The contributing authors were involved in all aspects of German attempts to control the seas, from the use of Ju-87 Stuka dive-bombers in the invasion of Norway to the missions of FW-200 Kondors in cooperation with the U-boat campaign against Britain’s Atlantic lifelines. These reports were either written as secret reports during the war for the benefit of the Oberkommando der Luftwaffe – the Air Force General Staff – or were written immediately after the war when most of the German High Command were prisoners of war or working for the US military. While they lacked the full story of the Allied efforts against them, these reports had the immediacy of either being prepared in wartime or soon afterwards. The book also benefits from having been written specifically for an audience well-versed in naval and aviation affairs: Luftwaffe generals or the US military. The detail contained is unique and allows the reader a fresh perspective on these famous campaigns.

Free Download Arctic Convoys 1942: The Luftwaffe cuts Russia’s lifeline (Air Campaign) by Mark Lardas, Adam Tooby
English | September 13, 2022 | ISBN: 1472852435 | 96 pages | EPUB | 17 Mb
A new history of the most crucial few months of the Arctic Convoys, when Germany’s air power forced the Allies to retreat to the cover of winter.