Rocket and Jet Aircraft of the Third Reich (eBook)

Terry C Treadwell (Autor)

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2025
204 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-1-80399-908-1 (ISBN)

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The development of rocket and jet aircraft by the Germans before and during the Second World War is something that intrigues all those interested in the history of aviation. The first trials of the V1 (Doodlebug) were carried out with a pilot at the controls, on occasion the world-famous aviatrix Hannah Reitsch. The first encounter with a jet aircraft by Allied airmen is documented here, including the first shooting down of a jet aircraft by an Allied pilot.
Rocket and Jet Aircraft of the Third Reich documents the huge problems faced by the German scientists, designers and engineers, and the pressures put upon them by the German High Command. At the end of the war the Americans and Russians struggled to get their hands on these experts and their data whilst the SS were trying to prevent them falling into Allied hands. Heinkel, Henschel, Junkers – and of course Messerschmitt — all feature, amongst other pioneering designers, alongside legendary pilots such as Adolf Galland and Walter Nowotny.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.2.2025
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Luftfahrt / Raumfahrt
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Militärfahrzeuge / -flugzeuge / -schiffe
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Schlagworte: aviation history • doodlebug. german high command • Germany • heinkel he 178 • Messerschmitt Me 262 • nazi miliary • Rocket & Jet Aircraft of the Third Reich • Second World War • The SS • V-1 • World War 2 • World War II • World War Two • ww2 • wwi
• ISBN-10: 1-80399-908-X / 180399908X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-80399-908-1 / 9781803999081