Heinkel He 162: (X Planes of the Third Reich) [Paperback]

David Myhra (Author)

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Publication Date: August 1, 1999 | Series: X Planes of the Third Reich

X PLANES OF THE THIRD REICH SERIESAn Illustrated Series on Germany's Experimental Aircraftof World War IIOver 200 images, including three-view drawings, comprise this one of a kind photo album on the He 162. Included are photos of the He 162 in wartime service with JG 1, and the later surrender of at least thirty-one flight ready He 162s to British ground forces at Lech on 8 May 1945. Subsequent test flights of He 162s in post-war England, USSR, South Wales, Australia, and the United States are also covered. No other aviation publication has ever assembled this large a quantity of images of the He 162 in a single volume.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. (August 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764309552
• ISBN-13: 978-0764309557
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,885,349 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars x Planes of the Third Reich : Heinkel He 162, August 17, 2000

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This review is from: Heinkel He 162: (X Planes of the Third Reich) (Paperback)

One of a series of books concentrating on prototype or "drawing board" aircraft produced in Germany in World War II. It is an exceptionally well illustrated history of an aircraft produced in an short length of time by a country on the verge of collapse. Lavishly documented both with photographs and schematic drawings, this volume provides a wealth of information for the historian or modeller of this genre. The text includes interesting photographs of desperate manufacturing methods forced upon Heinkel because of allied bombing of conventional factories. Projected versions using scale models and computer generated images of this aircraft are also fully described. The level of detail lavished on this subject makes it valuable to anyone interested in the dawn of air combat in the jet age.