X-planes : German Luftwaffe prototypes 1930-1945 / Manfred Griehl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Griehl, Manfred, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Germany. Luftwaffe--Equipment--History.

Germany.

Airplanes, Military--Specifications--Germany.

Airplanes, Military.

Research aircraft--Germany--History.

Research aircraft.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Frontline Books, 2012.

Summary:

Renowned German aviation specialist Manfred Griehl has collected a unique and valuable selection of photographs of Luftwaffe projects that never made it into battle. They remained on the drawing board or at prototype stage either because they were deemed unsuitable or the developers simply ran out of time and the projects never went into production.Most photographs come from the development sites and testing grounds of the major manufacturers of Nazi Germany: companies such as Dornier, Junkers, Focke-Wulf and Heinkel all received funding from the government to develop bigger and faster aircraf

Contents:

""Lehr- und Erprobungskommando 20""""Lehr- und Erprobungskommando 21""; ""Lehr- und Erprobungskommando 22""; ""Erprobungskommando 24""; ""Erprobungskommando 25""; ""Erprobungskommando 26""; ""Lehr- und Erprobungskommando 36""; ""Erprobungskommando 40 (Forstschutz)""; ""Erprobungskommando 41 (Forstschutz)""; ""5 - Test Detachments and Squadrons""; ""Erprobungskommando 152""; ""Erprobungskommando 154""; ""Erprobungskommando 162""; ""Erprobungsstaffel 177""; ""Erprobungsstaffel 188""; ""Erprobungsstaffel 210""; ""Erprobungskomando 234""; ""Erprobungskommando 262""; ""Erprobungskommando 335""

""8.14 Horten""""8.15 Junkers""; ""8.16 Klemm""; ""8.17 Bayerische Flugzeugwerke/ Messerschmitt""; ""8.18 Flugzeugbau Halle and Siebel""; ""8.19 Zeppelin""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78303-419-X

OCLC:

854974581