LUFTWAFFE SECRET PROJECTS - GROUND ATTACK & SPECIAL PURPOSE AIRCRAFT

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In this companion volume to ‘Fighters' and ‘Strategic Bombers' a varied range of projects are revealed, including the Kampfzerstorer (multi-purpose combat aircraft), multi-purpose and fast bombers, explosive-carrying aircraft designed to attack other aircraft, air-to-air ramming vehicles, bomb-carrying gliders and towed fighters and airborne weapons and special devices such as cannons, rockets or flamethrowers. Full colour action illustrations show vividly what might have been.

Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction
• Publisher’s note
• Glossary & Notes
• 1 – Ground Attack Aircraft – Development of a New Weapon 1917-1941
• 2 – Ground Attack Aircraft 1942-1943
• 3 – Ground Attack Aircraft 1944-1945
• 4 – The Development of the Twin-Engined Heavy Fighter 1935-1939
• 5 – Fast Bomber Projects 1941-1943
• 6 – Fast Bomber Projects 1944-1945
• 7 – Special Purpose Aircraft 1941-1945
• 8 – Air-Launched Fighters and Attack Gliders
• 9 – ‘Mistel’ Composites
• 10 – Airborne Weapons and Special Equipment
• Index

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