The monograph on the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 D and Ta 152 discusses their origins and development, technical details of subsequent variants and sub-variants, and camouflage and markings. The book also describes the operational history of both aircraft during the last months of WW2 and compares them to their RAF and USAAF opponents. It contains the production list of Fw 190 D with serial numbers, technical data, and lists of the most successful pilots of Fw 190 D and pilots who scored while flying Ta 152s. Contains English & Polish text, 115 photos, 22 sheets of 1:48 scale drawings, which include specification of external changes on production-run versions of the aircraft, 11 pages of color charts with 24 examples of camouflage schemes.

More photos of Fw 190 Doras from miscellaneous and unknown units, many previously unpublished. 54 profiles and 17 top/bottom views and many scrap pieces of artwork by Thomas A. Tullis. A large section tells the story of JV 44 and the Doras of the Galland Circus with corrections and updates including new previously unpublished photos. 400 pages of history with 377 photos including 76 color images. A must-have complement to Volume One.

The third part of a monograph on Focke-Wulf Fw 190 concentrates on the operational history of the ground-attack and fighter-bomber units flying this type. Describes the battles over the English Channel, on the Eastern and Western Front, over North Africa and Italy. One chapter is also devoted to the actions beyond the Arctic Circle. The author uncovers the fates of particular fighter units as well as individual pilots who fought in them. Complete with 124 pages, 167 photographs (including 22 in color), 10 sheets of technical drawings in 1:48 scale, 7 colour charts with 16 examples of camouflage schemes. Free 1:32, 1:48 and 1:72 decals for 8 schemes: Fw 190 F-8, 'Green Double Chevron' of Stab II Gruppe of SG 77 or SG 3, Germany, May 1945. Fw 190 F-8, 'White T' of II./SG 77, Lemberg (Ukraine), Summer 1944. Fw 190 F-8, 'White 4' of 7./SG 10, Ceske Budejowice (Czechoslovakia), May 1945. Fw 190 F-8 of Stab III./SG 10, Czechoslovakia, Spring 1945. Fw 190 F-8, W.Nr. 584 205, 'Black M' of III./SG 3, Sweden, May 1945. Fw 190 F-9/Panzerblitz, 'White 2' of 7./SG 77, Chrudim (Czechoslovakia), Spring 1945. Fw 190 F-9, 'Black 9' of II./SG 2, Varpalotta (Hungary), Spring 1945. Fw 190 F-9, W.Nr. 440 382, 'Yellow 10' of NSGr 20 or III./KG 200, Wunsdorf (Germany), Spring 1945. About the Series Monographs focuses on an individual type of aircraft. Each monograph contains descriptions of the aircraft's origin, its variants and combat history. Each volume includes several hundred archive photographs, technical scale drawings and color profile artwork. Each book also has free extras for modelers, with decals and masking foil.

A comprehensive history of German research, development and production of jet-powered aircraft during WW2. Heavilly illustrated. Prestige book without equal.

This book covers the complete development history of those variants of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 powered by inline engines. The first Fw 190 equipped with a Daimler Benz liquid-cooled engine took to the air in early 1942, followed six months later by another powered by a Jumo 213. Production of the Fw 190 C, Fw 190 D and Ta 153 was delayed by the German air ministry. Not until 1944, by which time Germany had lost control of the air, did the Fw 190 D-9, an interim fighter powered by the Jumo 213 A, enter production. The Fw 190 D-9 proved an immediate success, largely due to an excellent prototype test program under Dipl.Ing. Hans Sander. The type quickly entered service with the Luftwaffe and more than 1,700 examples were completed by the end of the war. The Fw 190 D-9 gave rise to a number of improved variants with the more powerful Jumo 213 F engine and a heavier armament, however only a handful of the D-11 and D-13 versions were completed. With a maximum speed of 750 km/h, the Fw 190 D-12 powered by the new Jumo 213 EB would have represented the apex of Fw 190 development. The proposed Fw 190 D-14 and D-15, both powered by improved versions of the dive-bombers 603, came too late to see service with the Luftwaffe.

Of all the fronts fought on by the Jagdflieger during World War 2, the Russian, or Eastern, was easily the most lucrative in terms of targets for the experten. Marry an abundance of targets with the Luftwaffe's best piston-engined fighter of the war – Focke-Wulf's Fw 190 'Butcher Bird' – and it quickly becomes apparent why so many Jagdflieger achieved kills that passed the 100 victories mark. Flying in variable weather on a battlefront that was constantly changing, the Fw 190 pilots fought virtually to extinction in both the pure fighter and the crucial Schlacht ground attack roles.

When the Focke Wulf Fw 190 became operational in 1941, it gave its enemies a nasty shock: it could out-run, out-climb and out-dive the Spitfire Mk V, the best machine the RAF then had available. The story of the versatile aircraft is offered here, along with first-hand accounts from former pilots, and an interview with the head of the Focke Wulf design team, Professor Kurt Tank.