Comments: softcover, 96 pages, 69 black-and-white photos, 2 black-and-white illustrations, 12 color plates with illustrations showing schemes for 16 aircraft (and noted in an appendix)



ISBN: 978-1-4728-1457-9



Price: $23



Publisher: Osprey

From the publisher: With the Third Reich on the brink of defeat, Hitler’s demands of his designers were clear: He wanted a Volksjäger (People’s Fighter) that could be quickly produced using minimal strategic materials. Heinkel answered the challenge with the He 162, a fighter constructed of wood and metal designed to be built and flown in a mere 10 weeks. Professional pilots being in short supply, the Luftwaffe was ordered to man the He 162 with hastily trained members of the Hitler Youth — a flawed plan that was never realized. Detailed aircraft profiles and never-before-seen photographs complement the author’s account of a revolutionary jet fighter, from early design and production through its limited combat career.

FSM says: Detail photos of this jet are hard to come by. Modelers can glean a few detail shots from this book, as well as an extensive background of its program. Appendices include notes on the color illustrations and a sizeable bibliography and list of further references.