An interesting book especially if you like aeroplanes and more so if military aircraft is your specific area. excellent pictures and descriptions.

Excellent summary of a wide range of German fighter aircraft of World War II. Each profile is fairly detailed with excellent profile views. More prominent aircraft have additional illustrations.

Thank you to Netgalley for the opportunity to read and review this book. Most people who are interested in the Luftwaffe are at least generally familiar with the aircraft presented in this book. What this does, however, is go into fine detsail the various mods that always happen, along with the many trial aircraft that were not successful. The illustrations and photos are beautiful and plentiful. A very good addition to your reference library.

This is a great reference book for those who are into German fighter aircrafts of WWII. It's well organized, with lots of information and illustrations. It includes lots of airplanes, such as the more famous ME BF 109E, ME 262 and JU 88 Night Fighters. So the WWII enthusiasts and aircraft enthusiasts alike will enjoy this one.

Well-organized and informative, providing both technical and historical information. Includes photos and illustrations. Helpful to World War II and airplane enthusiasts.

Unapologetically for the specialist, this volume is priceless for those with a keen eye on the details of the Axis flying machines in WW2. Me not being at all a military historian, I was really quite surprised that for every side-on diagrammatic view of every plane in every format, configuration and colouring, the creators of this book were able to know where it was flown in action and who by, and with which unit. Meanwhile the text chunters on in its own sweet fashion about bulged cowlings, ducted spinners, and water-methanol boosts. Everything gets its correct, appropriate categorisation – even the surprisingly numerous Rolls-Royce engines used, for prototypes at least. If the encyclopaedic minutiae and standardised illustrations aren't enough, we get a healthy smattering of vintage photography of these planes as well, some taken right out the airborne cockpit window, although most were at rest behind the chocks. The progression in technology here is just one thing that shows the worth of the subject, as we progress from biplanes, through the birth of retractable landing gear, to the weird idea of the jet engine riding piggy-back directly behind the cockpit, and even more bizarre concepts that came off the factory floor too late in the game. I'm sure the publishers can iron out the production and formatting errors I saw in my digital proof, just as I'm sure that for a very rarefied market this is manna from heaven ("Look out, Yellow 7 – you've got manna on your six!" "Mein Gott, that Allied manna, always coming out the sun where you cannot see it. I must bail…" (Sorry.)). The script serves those who need the forensic detail, the visuals are a source book for designs of Nazi Air Force planes for their movies and video games. It's a win-win when these ultimately losing planes are concerned.

Great photos and information. I especially found the Bi Planes interesting. The photos are relevant and the illustrations are accurate.

This is an excellent reference book setting out, in considerable detail, the wide range of fighter aircraft types developed by the German aviation industry over the ten year period ending in 1945. To an aircraft enthusiast or the interested non-expert alike the book will provide a level of detail concerning the development of each aircraft type, together with a balanced account of the type’s strengths and weaknesses. Considerable effort has been expended on research into both the technical evolution of each aircraft type, as well as an indication of where the type was deployed. Excellent use is made of full colour illustrations of each type and the variants within the type.

Each reader will find a particular theme of interest in this excellent book, but in this reader’s estimation it will be hard not to be impressed by the technical expertise and ingenuity of the designers and manufacturers involved, nor to give silent thanks for the confusing and confused direction provided by the overall Nazi command of military aircraft development. The different impact on the course of the Second World War if this had been efficiently coordinated and if German industry had enjoyed ready access to strategic materials such as the alloys needed to develop jet engines with greater endurance doesn’t bear thinking about.

Strongly recommended.