Comments: Hardcover, 288 pages, 415 black-and-white and 35 color photos, 32 illustrations, scale drawings


ISBN: 978-1-906537-50-0


Price: $79.95


Publisher: Classic/Crecy Publishing

From the publisher: Often described as brutal yet innovative in design, the massive “push-pull” Dornier Do 335 Pfeil all-weather heavy fighter was symbolic of late-war German aircraft design — an extraordinary aircraft which could have been deadly in combat but ultimately arrived too late to prove itself.

Maybe because of its unrealized potential, the 335 has held a special fascination for aviation enthusiasts, historians, and modelers ever since its existence became public knowledge.

The authors have now fully revised, updated and significantly expanded their work (by approximately 80 pages), incorporating more than 150 additional rare photographs, diagrams, and new material about the development, construction and flying of the Pfeil and the little-known projects and concepts it spawned.

Backed by color profile artwork and scale drawings, this book represents extensive research on this enigmatic aircraft.

FSM says: If you are modeling the Do 335, this book can be central to your references. Starting with a history of the Dornier aircraft company to that point, development of the Pfeil is followed from scale replicas through wind-tunnel  and, finally, flight testing. Photographs represent a highly detailed view, including a close-up walkaround of 27 contemporary photos of the restored aircraft. Additionally, there are six pages of scale drawings of the V-1, V-13, and V-14, and appendices featuring a “facsimile” of the 32-page RLM handbook for the Do 335A-1 and in-depth look at the Zoukei-Mura 1/32 scale plastic kit.