Tag: Nr

Tiger A Modern Study of Fgst. NR. 250031 (The Wheatcroft Collection) (2024)


Free Download Lee Lloyd, Brian Balkwill, Alisdair Johnston – Tiger: A Modern Study of Fgst. NR. 250031 (The Wheatcroft Collection)
The Research Squad | 2008 | ISBN: 0955642213 | English | 211 pages | PDF | 164.31 MB
The Research Squad are pleased to announce the upcoming release of Tiger: Modern Study of Fgst. NR. 250031, a complete photostudy of a surviving German WW2 Tiger tank, currently located at "The Wheatcroft Collection".The Research Squad has been given special permission by the collection to fully document this important vehicle. This therefore presents a unique opportunity to create a full photographic record before, during and after the restoration process. To this end the book will document the vehicle in its current state. This will include a full exterior walk-around, a complete documentation of the interior and also a detailed study of the engine compartment.The book will comprise +/- 160 pages and contain 450+ images.All accessible areas of the vehicle are examined including: full exterior; turret and fighting compartment; and, engine compartment.In addition there will be: a history of the vehicle from capture to present date; a Pantone examination of the paint layer history; 20+ technical drawings of specific items of interest; original Internal images of the transmission and gearbox; and, a preview of a previously unseen original intact turret bin (not from this vehicle).

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Aces of Jagdgeschwader Nr III


Free Download Harry Dempsey, "Aces of Jagdgeschwader Nr III"
English | 2016 | pages: 100 | ISBN: 1472808436 | PDF | 21,0 mb
Royal Prussian Jagdgeschwader Nr III was the third of Germany’s vaunted fighter wings to be formed during World War 1. Commanded by the Pour le Mérite winner and well-respected ace Hauptmann Bruno Loerzer for its entire existence, it was composed of the celebrated Jasta ‘Boelcke’, along with Jagdstaffeln 26, 27 and 36. Equipped largely with the new Fokker triplane, these four units would play an important role in the Kaiserschlacht as part of the 17. Armee.

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