Luftwaffe Secret Projects: Strategic Bombers 1935-1945 [Hardcover]

Dieter Herwig (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 27, 2000

An eagerly awaited companion to the enormously popular volume on fighters published by Midland in 1997, this volume looks at the "might-have-been" strategic bombers. Includes transatlantic jets and projects that were on the drawing board or in prototype form at the war's end. Full-color action illustrations, contemporary markings, and performance data tables vividly show what might have been achieved. For military and aviation enthusiasts.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: Midland Pub Ltd; 2nd edition (August 27, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1857800923
• ISBN-13: 978-1857800920
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.7 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,119,002 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Art, January 19, 2002

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"awr29886" (Los Angeles, Ca United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Luftwaffe Secret Projects: Strategic Bombers 1935-1945 (Hardcover)

I found this book well worth the cost simply for the art. I have a great many books on WWII and secret projects, but most simply provide dry technical information, and 3-up drawings gleaned from old blueprints.

This book, however, provides color illustrations from dynamic angles for a large portion (probably 80-90%) of the planes in the book. The information provided is certainly decent, with technical information, and 1-2 pages of text for each plane, but I felt the art, which was all excellently drawn, was the real gem.

It is quite encompassing as well, with just about every hypothetical plane for which there is information on contained within. It was such a well done book I've ordered its companion, the Luftwaffe Secret Projects: Fighters, 1939-1945 book as well.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb, Well Researched Book, August 16, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Luftwaffe Secret Projects: Strategic Bombers 1935-1945 (Hardcover)

Ignore the nut babbling about UFOs. This book is a well-written volume about secret Luftwaffe designs - all within the realm of possibility - that goes into great detail in discussing what might have been had the war lasted longer. It is illustrated throughout with beautiful color paintings of these proposed aircraft. I have purchased all books on the market about "Luftwaffe 1946" designs and the two volumes in this series are by far the best (even without the UFOs). You won't be dissapointed.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Heartily recommended, February 18, 2003

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David C Morrison (Toronto, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Luftwaffe Secret Projects: Strategic Bombers 1935-1945 (Hardcover)

A fabulous buy. Heartily recommended. It doesn't have reams of text making for a dull read like many historical books, but still remains informative and to the point (as many designs were just that with no hard data available). The artwork on the cover by renowned aviation artist Keith Woodcock sets the tone for what is an excellent resource for modellers of Luftwaffe aircraft and military enthusiasts alike. Plenty of nicely rendered artwork can help modeller's choose paint schemes, decals, as well as fire the imagination to try and kit-bash some of these designs and view with interest what was so close to becoming our reality. This is more than a coffee table book. And UFO enthusiasts should look elsewhere - I don't see the relevence of a mention of that from a previous reviewer as the book extends only as far as a variety stealth bomber/flying wing designs which are so familair today....