Comments: Softcover, 72 pages, 8 color and 106 black-and-white photos
ISBN: 978-1-84832-791-7
Price: $19.95
Publisher: Pen & Sword
From the publisher: Late in 1938, the German Navy Supreme Command commissioned a report into the combat effectiveness of its airborne divisions. As a result of its findings, the German High Command instituted a major construction program for planes with a specifically maritime role: Carrier-borne, reconnaissance, minelaying, and, most importantly, long-range units were all developed.
In this volume of the Luftwaffe at War series, Manfred Griehl showcases a photo history of the development of the Kriegsmarine airborne capability, from the early Condor missions to the introduction of Me 262A-1a jet fighters in 1944.
More than a hundred rarely seen pictures illustrate the gradual turning of the tide against Germany in the war for the skies over the Atlantic. As the German war machine struggled to match demand for aircraft, so the pilots attempting to control crucial supply routes struggled to compete with mounting Allied technical and numerical superiority.
FSM says: The Battle of the Atlantic took place in the air as well as on the waves. Griehl provides interesting supplemental information to go with the collection of German aircraft photos showing maritime applications of the Fw 200 Condor, He 177, Ju 88, and a few other sea-spanning planes. Modelers will enjoy detail shots as well as a few pictures of customary markings.