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Me262 Vol.1 Due to demand, this is a revised reprint of the first volume of J.Richard Smith's and Eddie J. Creek's exhaustive study of the Messerschmitt Me 262, the world's first operational military jet aircraft. This edition contains updated technical drawings, revised and corrected text and photographic amendments. These internationally-acclaimed authors have drawn on more than thirty years of detailed and unrivalled research. Here, for the first time, is the full story of the concept, design, troubled development and contested operational deployment of possible one of the most enigmatic war machines ever built, from its evolution through the disputes, enmity and bitterness that it provoked amongst the Nazi political, military and aviation hierarchy, to the eventual appearance of the aircraft with the Luftwaffe's first operational jet trials units. The story is complemented by a portrait of the early life and accomplishments of Willy Messerschmitt as well as a detailed study of the early and pioneering German work in the field of turbojet engine design and development. Nearly 300 photographs - many never before published - together with more than fifty high-precision technical scale drawings of the Me 262 prototype aircraft, wing and undercarriage design and projected developments plus twenty full-colour interpretations, detailed appendices covering camouflage and markings and biographies of many of the personalities associated with the design and flight testing of the aircraft, serve to make this study unquestionably the most comprehensive account of the Me 262 ever written. It will be an essential requirement for both students of early jet aircraft development and all those with an interest in the history of military aviation. Hardcover, 228 pages, more than 300 black and white and color photographs 25 color artwork illustrations, 50 scale drawings and line illustrations, $49.95. |
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