The Dornier Do335 all-weather heavy fighter was the fastest piston-engine aircraft produced by Germany in World War II, capable of producing a maximum speed in excess of 750 km/h. This book contains a great deal of little-known and previously unpublished material and dispels many myths about this aircraft, which has been the subject of frequent erroneous assessments over the years. The authors' detailed text and numerous photos cover the Do335's planned development in various forms as a heavily armed day fighter, a night fighter, reconnaissance machien, destroyer/heavy fighter, and a trainer. This book is the result of many years of research and contains superb-quality photos on this remarkable and innovative aircraft.
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J. Richard Smith is undisputedly one of the worldís foremost authorities on the history of the Luftwaffe. His works include the landmark publication Jet Planes of the Third Reich as well as Arado 234 Blitz, Luftwaffe Camouflage & Markings 1935-45, Me262 and numerous other leading aviation titles. He is a former specialist in the business training sector, having worked for a national telecommunications company.
A qualified architect, Eddie J. Creek has for many years worked in partnership with Richard Smith producing a wealth of the most historically accurate line drawings and color artwork so far published on aviation in the Third Reich. As a historian and enthusiast, he has been actively collecting documents and photographs relative to the history of the Luftwaffe for over 30 years. Creek resides in Crowborough, England.
A qualified architect, Eddie J. Creek has for many years worked in partnership with Richard Smith producing a wealth of the most historically accurate line drawings and color artwork so far published on aviation in the Third Reich. As a historian and enthusiast, he has been actively collecting documents and photographs relative to the history of the Luftwaffe for over 30 years. Creek resides in Crowborough, England.
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The Development of an Advanced Airplane During WW II,
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This review is from: Dornier Do 335: The Luftwaffe's Fastest Piston-Engine Fighter (Classic) (Hardcover)
At the beginning of World War II the ME-109 fighter was arguably the best fighter in the world. (Arguably because of the Spitfire.) Because Hitler believed that the war was going to be short and of course victorious, he didn't push for the development of new and advanced aircraft. It was only when the war progressed in ways that he couldn't have imagined that he began to allow for the development of more advanced aircraft. One of these was the Do 335, a plane with a tractor engine in front and a pusher engine in the rear. The plane never got into volume production with only about 40 prototypes having been produced. It was the fastest piston engine/propeller aircraft produced. This book is its story. While the plane flew, it was never quite finished with problems remaining with rear engine fires, a weak landing gear, an ejection seat that didn't work being the major of it's failures. The war ended before these got fixed, and by then the development was on jet fighters rather than piston powered.
The interesting part about this book is that it is the story of the development of the plane. You see the problems, their solution, the reaching toward a working version. If you want to see the one remaining plane, it is at the new Smithsonian museum at Dulles Airport.
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The weapon that wasn't,
This review is from: Dornier Do 335: The Luftwaffe's Fastest Piston-Engine Fighter (Classic) (Hardcover)
This latest book on the Do 335 is a concise and interesting look at the development of the what was the world's fastest piston engine fighter. In addition to the expected discussions of mechanical details, a careful reading gives several key reasons as to why such a formidable looking plane, unlike the hopeful and dangerous He 162, was never flown in combat despite all the years of creative effort. The opinion of Adolf Galland, the General der Jagflieger of the Luftwaffe is also noted. Additional discussion of the plane's flying characteristics and reasons behind them would have added significantly to appeal of the book.
For a book like this to be truly successful it must abound in photographs of the featured aircraft, which this one certainly does. In fact, contained within is a high quality print of evidently the only WWII era color photograph of the Do 335 that has yet been published. In this reviewer's opinion the camoflage colors match almost exactly the RLM brown 81 and leaf green 82 as seen in the paint chip samples published in the recent books, Luftwaffe Camouflage & Markings, Volumes 1 and 2 by K. A. Merrick and J. Kiroff. The underside color of the plane however looks to be a pale farbton 76 and not the RLM 65 that was officially designated. Interestingly enough, black and white photos of the same plane show a lot less contrast between the two top shades than one might expect. Check it out!
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Modeling the Do335,
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This review is from: Dornier Do 335: The Luftwaffe's Fastest Piston-Engine Fighter (Classic) (Hardcover)
A book which came after "Monogram Monarch - 2: Dornier Do 335 Arrow", this first Arrow/Pfeil reference book is much more hard to find now.
Written by the same author with an new collaborator, this new book (2006) is a complete history of this astonishing aircraft. Firstly, Dr Dornier and his first aircrafts with aerodynamic interest for pusher engines, then it describes the complete genesis and known history of every builded Do335 aircrafts till ravings to use new engines,to go farther and faster. Then, you should be interested by foreign testing and, in the eighties, rebuilding of the last survivor in Dornier factory at Oberpfaffenhofen. The modeler should learn choosing the right colors, the right scheme and what about the few markings visible on this subtle aircraft. About artworks, I can say that this book present every photo I knew PLUS a (big) lot more which show complete aircrafts or technical/structural details to show/prove what was the reality. You should also find copies of original documents and tables to summarize versions, specifications, production, The last two chapters are purely technical about structure, mechanisms and equipments. Again some nice shots, a complete handbook's copy and 7 pages of 1/72 drawings come to ascertain, synthesize what is said. J.Richard Smith had written a clearly reference book about this aeronautic oddness and if you want to know more, the next step for you, should be some work relative to the 120 references he says have been used.
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