Bf 110 cockpit detail references
by Charles Metz

Aders: 'History of the German Night Fighter Force: 1917-1945' (Jane's [UK], 1979; 284 pages; approximate value US$30 [availability unknown]) -- Bf 110C rear instruments & gun (p. 44d), "Spanner" IR sighting device (p. 44h); Bf 110G-4 MG FF & MK 108 Schräge Musik (p. 44o), front instrument panel & rear gun (p. 44p)

Anderton and Watanabe: 'Interceptor vs. Heavy Bomber' (Aggressors series, No. 3; Howell Press [USA], 1991; 64 pages; approximate value US$25 [out of print]) -- Bf 110G (p. 39)

Birkholz (ed.): 'Foto-Archiv: Band 8' (Jet & Prop Foto-Archiv series, No. 8; VDM Heinz Nickel [Germany], 1999; in German and English; 98 pages; US$19.95) -- Bf 110C (p. 90)

Brown: 'Wings of the Luftwaffe' (Doubleday [USA], 1978; 176 pages; US$19.95) -- Bf 110C (p. 164)

Ciampaglia: 'Destroyers: I distruttori nella Seconda Guerra Mondiale' (IBN Editore [Italy], 1996; in Italian and English; 143 pages; US$21.95) -- Bf 110C (p. 28)

Cohausz: 'Cockpits deutscher Flugzeug: Historische Instrumentierungen von 1911-1970' (Aviatic Verlag [Germany], 2000; in German; 302 pages; US$37.50) -- Bf 110B (p. 253, 253), Bf 110C (p. 253-255), Bf 110D (p. 254), Bf 110E (p. 254-257), Bf 110F (p. 258-261), Bf 110G-2 (p. 262), Bf 110G-4 (p. 262-264)

Dressel and Griehl: 'The Luftwaffe Album: Bomber and Fighter Aircraft of the German Air Force 1933-1945' (Arms and Armour Press [UK], 1997; 252 pages; US$34.95) -- Bf 110 (p. f34, f108); NOTE: This book is a combined reprint of "Fighters of the Luftwaffe" and "Bombers of the Luftwaffe". "Fighter" and "bomber" sections are numbered individually; page numbers above are in the "fighter" section

Ebert, Kaiser and Peters: 'Willy Messerschmitt - Pioneer of Aviation Design' (The History of German Aviation series, No. 3; Schiffer [USA], 1993; 435 pages; US$49.95) [English translation of "Willy Messerschmitt - Pionier des Luftfahrt und des Leichbaues" (Bernard & Graefe Verlag [Germany, date unknown])] -- Bf 110 [version?] (p. 158)

Feist: 'Luftwaffe in World War II: Part 3' (Aero Pictorials series, No. 6; Aero [USA], 1980; 99 pages; approximate value US$12 [out of print]) -- Bf 110C (p. 40-42), Bf 110G (p. 40, 42)

Feist and Dario: 'Luftwaffe in Action [Part 3, but not titled as such]' (Aircraft in Action series, No. 4; Squadron/Signal [USA], 1972; 47 pages; approximate value US$25 [out of print]) -- Bf 110C/ Bf 110D/ Bf 110E (p. 28, 29)

Feist and Francillon: 'Luftwaffe in World War II' (Aero Pictorials series, No. 1; Aero [USA], 1968; [pages not numbered]; approximate value US$12 [out of print]) -- Bf 110C (no page numbers)

Griehl: 'Deutsche Nachtjaeger im Zweiten Weltkrieg' (Waffen-Arsenal Sonderheft series [unnumbered]; Podzun-Pallas-Verlag [Germany], 1986; in German; 52 pages; approximate value US$8 [availability unknown]) -- Bf 110C (p. 41)

Griehl: 'Nightfighters over the Reich' (Luftwaffe at War series, No. 2; Greenhill / Stackpole [UK / USA], 1997; 72 pages; US$12.95) -- Bf 110G-4 rear cockpit (p. 34)

Held and Nauroth: 'Die deutsche Nachtjagd' (Bildreport Weltkrieg II series [unnumbered]; Motorbuch Verlag [Germany], [undated]; in German; 231 pages; approximate value US$20 [availability unknown]) -- Bf 110C (p. 43, 215), Bf 110G (p. 54)

Hirsch and Feist: 'Messerschmitt Bf 110' (Aero series, No. 16; Aero [USA], 1967; [pages not numbered]; approximate value US$12 [out of print]) -- Bf 110C (no page numbers)

Hopp: 'Bf 110G' (Monogram Close-Up series, No. 18; Monogram Aviation Publications [USA], 1986; 32 pages; approximate value US$25 [out of print]) -- Bf 110G (p. 20, 21)

Kazanov: 'The Unknown War in Moskow's Skies, 1941-1942' (Tekniki Molodezhi [Russia], 1999; in Russian; 120 pages; US$20) -- Bf 110C[?] (p. 66)

Kit and Aders: 'Chasseurs de Nuit Allemands de la Derniere Guerre' (Editions Atlas [France], 1979; in French; 144 pages; approximate value US$30 [out of print]) -- Bf 110C (p. 10, 26, 27), Bf 110E (p. 27), Bf 110G (p. 24, 26, 27, 30, 32, 47)

Ledwoch: 'Messerschmitt Bf 110' (Aircraft Monograph series, No. 3; AJ Press [Poland], 1994; in English; 56 pages; US$14.95) -- Bf 110D (p. 9), Bf 110G (back cover)

Ledwoch: 'Bf 110, vol. 2' (Wydawnictwo Militaria series, No. 114; Wydawnictwo "Militaria" [Poland], 2000; in Polish and English; 78 pages; US$19) -- Bf 110C (p. 21, 23, 25, 77, 78), Bf 110G (p. 36)

Mackay: 'Messerschmitt Bf 110' (Crowood Aviation series [unnumbered]; Crowood [UK], 2000; 192 pages; US$44.95) -- Bf 110C[?] (p. 22, 25, 27, 104, 119, 140 , 145), Bf 110G-4 (p. 118)

MacKay: 'Messerschmitt Bf 110G' (Walk Around series, No. 24; Squadron/Signal [USA], 2000; 79 pages; US$14.95) -- Bf 110G-4 (p. 12, 13, 16-24, 78)

Maloney: 'Luftwaffe Aircraft and Aces' (Air Museum [USA], 1969; 152 pages; US$10) -- Bf 110C (p. 145)

Mankau and Petrick: 'Messerschmitt Bf 110 - Me 210 - Me 410' (Aviatic Verlag [Germany], 2001; in German; 360 pages; US$32.95) -- Bf 110B (p. 167-170), Bf 110C[?] (p. 27, 28, 170, 173-175), Bf 110E (p. 186-188), Bf 110F (p. 204, 206, 207, 214), Bf 110G-2 (p. 214, 216, 220), Bf 110G-4 (p. 225, 229)

Merrick: 'German Aircraft Interiors 1935-1945: Vol. 1' (German Aircraft Interiors series, No. 1; Monogram Aviation Publications [USA], 1996; 256 pages; US$49.95) -- Bf 110C-1 (p. 68-71), Bf 110E-1 (p. 98, 99), Bf 110F-2 (p. 108, 109), Bf 110G-2 (p. 129)

Mombeek: 'Luftwaffe: A Pictorial History' (Crowood [UK], 1997; 159 pages; US$44.95) -- Bf 110C[?] gunsight (p. 45)

Nauroth and Held: 'Messerschmitt Bf 110-Zerstörer an allen Fronten 1939-1945' (Bildreport Weltkrieg II series [unnumbered]; Motorbuch Verlag [Germany], 1978; in German; 247 pages; approximate value US$20 [availability unknown]) -- Bf 110C (p. 29, 72, 147)

Nohara: 'Luftwaffen Warplane [sic] 1928-45' (Illustrated Warplane History series, No. 7; Green Arrow [Japan], 2001; in Japanese; 316 pages; US$37) -- Bf 110C/D/E (p. 39), Bf 110G-4 rear gun cartridge bag (p. 119)

Nohara and Tanaka: 'Messerschmitt Bf 110' (Aero Detail series, No. 21; Dai-Nippon Kaiga Co., Ltd. [Japan], 1998; in Japanese and English; 76 pages; US$37.95) -- Bf 110C/E (p. 65), Bf 110G-4 (p. 12, 13, 65)

Philpott: 'Fighters Defending the Reich' (World War 2 Photo Album series, No. 4; Patrick Stephens [UK], 1978; 94 pages; approximate value US$10 [out of print]) -- Bf 110G (p. 46)

Philpott: 'German Fighters over Russia' (World War 2 Photo Album series, No. 16; Aztex [USA], 1980; 94 pages; approximate value US$10 [out of print]) -- Bf 110C rear cockpit (p. 86)

Philpott: 'German Fighters over the Med' (World War 2 Photo Album series, No. 6; Aztex/ Patrick Stephens [UK], 1981; 94 pages; approximate value US$10 [out of print]) -- Bf 110C radio operator position (p. 43)

Price: 'Messerschmitt Bf 110 Night Fighters' (Aircraft Profile series, No. 207; Profile Publications [UK], 1971; 20 pages; approximate value US$5 [out of print]) -- Bf 110C instrument panel & right console (p. 45), infra-red telescope (p. 47); Bf 110G-4 Naxos display (p. 49)

Pritchard: 'The Radar War' (Patrick Stephens [UK], 1989; 240 pages; approximate value US$25 [availability unknown]) -- Bf 110G-4 FuG 220b "Lichtenstein" SN2 radar display unit (p. 160b)

Ries: 'Dora-Kurfürst und rote 13: Band III' (Dora-Kurfürst und rote 13 series, No. 3; Verlag Dieter Hoffmann [Germany], 1966; in German; 192 pages; approximate value US$70 [out of print]) -- Bf 110C-4 rear canopy & gun (p. 59)

Streetly: 'Confound & Destroy: 100 Group and the Bomber Support Campaign' (Jane's [UK], 1978; 279 pages; approximate value US$25 [out of print]) -- Bf 110C FuG 212 (p. 179) CRT, Bf 110G-4 FuG 220 (p. 180) & FuG 240 (p. 182) CRTs, Bf 110G-4 "Flensburg" & "Naxos" (p. 169)

van Ishoven: 'Messerschmitt' (Galleon/ Omega [UK], 1975; 216 pages; approximate value US$10 [out of print]) -- Bf 110C (p. 132)

van Ishoven: 'Messerschmitt Bf 110 at War' (At War series [unnumbered]; Ian Allan [UK], 1985; 128 pages; approximate value US$40 [out of print]) -- Bf 110C (p. 46, 120, 122), Bf 110E (p. 65), Bf 110G (p. 95, 116, 117, 121)

Vasco: 'The Sting of the Luftwaffe: Schnellkampfgeschwader 210 and Zerstörergeschwader 1 "Wespengeschwader" in World War II' (Schiffer [USA], 2001; 159 pages; US$49.95) -- Bf 110C[?] (p. 17)

Vasco and Cornwell: 'Zerstörer: The Messerschmitt 110 and its Units in 1940' (JAC Publications [UK], 1995; 260 pages; US$54.95) -- Bf 110C[?] gunsight (p. 161), internal canopy details (p. 37, 111, 116, 145, 159, 218, 223), navigator's instruments & left sidewall (p. 86)

Von Eimannsberger: 'Zerstörer Gruppe: A History of V./(Z)LG 1 - I./NJG 3 1939-1941' (Schiffer [USA], 1998; 232 pages; US$59.95) -- Bf 110C (p. 35, 43, 50, 64, 66, 68, 69, 72, 84, 86, 87, 116, 117, 120, 126, 127, 181)

Widfeldt: 'The Luftwaffe in Sweden, 1939-1945' (Monogram Aviation Publications [USA], 1983; 128 pages; approximate value US$60 [out of print]) -- Bf 110G (p. 94)

Windrow: 'The Messerschmitt Bf 110' (Aircraft Profile series, No. 23; Profile Publications [UK], [undated]; 12 pages; approximate value US$4 [out of print]) -- Bf 110G front instrument panel and rear gun mount (p. 9)

------: 'Bf 110' (Famous Airplanes of the World (1) series, No. 38; Bunrin-Do [Japan], 1973; in Japanese; 74 pages; approximate value US$5 [out of print]) [First 'Famous Airplanes of the World' series (gray or blue covers)] -- Bf 110G (p. 41)

------: 'Luftwaffe Night Fighters' (Model Art Special Issue series, No. 480; Model Art [Japan], 1996; in Japanese; 218 pages; US$34.95) -- Bf 110C (p. 170, 171), Bf 110G-4 (p. 174, 176)

------: 'Luftwaffe Warbirds Photo Album, Vol. 1' (Luftwaffe Warbirds Photo Album series, No. 1; Delta Publishing [Japan], 1992; in Japanese; 152 pages; US$35) -- Bf 110C[?] gunner's position (p. 35-37), Bf 110G-4 roll bar & radar cabling (p. 40)

------: 'Luftwaffe Warbirds Photo Album, Vol. 2' (Luftwaffe Warbirds Photo Album series, No. 2; Delta Publishing [Japan], 1992; in Japanese; 152 pages; US$35) -- Bf 110C[?] (p. 68, 69)

------: 'Messerschmitt Bf 110' (Famous Airplanes of the World (2) series, No. 41; Bunrin-Do [Japan], 1993; in Japanese; 88 pages; US$8.95) [Current 'Famous Airplanes of the World' series (black and red covers)] -- Bf 110E rear instruments (p. 72)

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