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Belcarz and Peczkowski: 'Me 163 Komet' (Monografie series [unnumbered]; AJ Press [Poland], 1997; in Polish; 73 pages; US$18.98) -- ailerons (p. 58), cannon bay (p. 67, 73), cockpit detail (p. 62-66, back cover), cutaway drawing (p. 62), generic camouflage & marking patterns (p. 51), landing skid (p. 16, 59), multi-view drawings (p. 26-28), tailwheel (p. 16), engine [Walter HWK 109-509 A] (p. 69-71, 73), flaps (p. 58), fuselage structure (p. 56), generator propeller (p. 62), landing skid (p. 59, 60), tailpipe (p. 68), tail structure (p. 57), tailwheel (p. 61), takeoff dolly (p. 60, 61), wing structure (p. 58) Bentley et al.: 'Fighters of World War Two, Vol. 2' (Aircraft Archive series [unnumbered]; Motorbooks International [USA], 1988; 96 pages; approximate value US$17 [availability unknown]) -- cockpit detail (p. 60), multi-view drawings (p. 58-61); COMMENT: Published originally in the UK by Argus Books Berliner: 'World War Two Jet Fighters' (Kalmbach [USA], 1982; 72 pages; approximate value US$15 [out of print]) -- multi-view drawings (p. 58) Brown: 'Wings of the Luftwaffe' (Doubleday [USA], 1978; 176 pages; US$19.95) -- cockpit detail (p. 173), cutaway drawing (p. 170, 171) Cohausz: 'Cockpits deutscher Flugzeug: Historische Instrumentierungen von 1911-1970' (Aviatic Verlag [Germany], 2000; in German; 302 pages; US$37.50) -- cockpit detail (p. 266-268) Donald (ed.): 'Warplanes of the Luftwaffe' (Aerospace / AIRtime [UK / USA], 1994; 254 pages; US$34.95) -- cutaway drawing (p. 224, 225) 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) -- cockpit detail (p. f153), tail wheel (p. f154); COMMENT: 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) -- fuselage structure (p. 263), multi-view drawings (p. 264); COMMENT: English translation of "Willy Messerschmitt - Pionier des Luftfahrt und des Leichbaues" (Bernard & Graefe Verlag [Germany, date unkown]) Ethell: 'Komet: The Messerschmitt 163' (Sky Books [USA], 1978; 160 pages; approximate value US$20 [out of print]) -- cuctaway drawing (p. 146, 147), miscellaneous other detail Green: 'Rocket Fighter' (Ballantine [USA], 1971; 160 pages; approximate value US$5 [out of print]) -- cockpit detail (p. 99), cutaway drawing (p. 96, 97), landing skid (p. 73), rocket motor (p. 72) Kosin: 'The German Fighter since 1915' (Putnam Aeronautical series [unnumbered]; Putnam [UK], 1988; 224 pages; US$39.95) -- cutaway drawing (p. 188) Maloney: 'Luftwaffe Aircraft and Aces' (Air Museum [USA], 1969; 152 pages; US$10) -- miscellaneous detail Merrick: 'German Aircraft Interiors 1935-1945: Vol. 1' (German Aircraft Interiors series, No. 1; Monogram Aviation Publications [USA], 1996; 256 pages; US$49.95) -- cockpit detail (p. 6, 242-244, 246, 247), cutaway drawing (p. 245), flap (p. 248), landing skid (p. 244), takeoff dolly (p. 245) & tailwheel (p. 249) Morgan and Weal: 'German Jet Aces of World War 2' (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces series, No. 17; Osprey [UK], 1998; 96 pages; US$16.95) -- dorsal panels (p. 82) Myhra: 'Messerschmitt Me 263' (X Planes of the Third Reich series [unnumbered]; Schiffer [USA], 1999; 64 pages; US$9.95) -- cannon installation (p. 50), cutaway drawing (p. 10), engine [HWK 509B] (p. 12) Nohara: 'Luftwaffen Warplane [sic] 1928-45' (Illustrated Warplane History series, No. 7; Green Arrow [Japan], 2001; in Japanese; 316 pages; US$37) -- cockpit detail (p. 79), landing gear (p. 77) Nohara and Shiwaku: 'Messerschmitt Me 163 & Heinkel He 162' (Aero Detail series, No. 10; Dai-Nippon Kaiga Co., Ltd. [Japan], 1994; in Japanese and English; 90 pages; US$39.95) -- cannon (p. 27), cockpit detail (p. 11-13, 32, 33), cutaway drawing (p. 28), engine (p. 19, 20, 31), generic camouflage & marking patterns (p. 23, 24), multi-view drawings (p. 43-45), skid (p. 9), tailwheel (p. 22, 35), undercarriage dolley (p. 10, 35) Parry and Marshall: 'Colours of the Luftwaffe' (Clifford Frost Ltd. [UK], 1987; 64 pages; approximate value US$10 [out of print]) -- cockpit detail (p. 54) Price: 'Battle over the Reich' (Scribner's [USA], 1973; 208 pages; approximate value US$15 [out of print]) -- cockpit detail (p. 147) Pritchard: 'Messerschmitt' (Putnam [UK], 1975; 191 pages; approximate value US$15 [out of print]) -- cutaway drawing (p. 140, 141) Ragni: 'German Fighters of World War II' (Squadron/Signal [USA], 1979; 80 pages; approximate value US$10 [out of print]) -- cutaway drawing (p. 42, 43) Ransom and Cammann: 'Me 163 Rocket Interceptor, Volume One' (Classic Publications [UK], 2002; 224 pages; US$49.95) -- cockpit detail (p. 128), engine (p. 87, 88), guns (p. 129, 157), landing skid (p. 130), take-off dolly (p. 1310) Reynolds: 'Camouflage & Markings: Luftwaffe 1939-1945' (Argus Books [UK], 1992; 48 pages; approximate value US$10 [out of print]) -- cockpit detail (p. 46), generic camouflage & marking patterns (p. 48) Sengfelder: 'German Aircraft Landing Gear' (Schiffer / Motorbuch Verlag [USA / Germany], 1993; 243 pages; US$35) -- landing gear (p. 198-200); COMMENT: Translation of "Flugzeugfahrwerke" (Motorbuch Verlag, 1979) Spaete and Bateson: 'Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet' (Aircraft Profile series, No. 225; Profile Publications [UK], [undated]; 24 pages; approximate value US$5 [out of print]) -- cockpit detail (p. 68) Späte: 'Top Secret Bird: The Luftwaffe's Me-163 Comet' (Pictorial Histories [USA], 1989; 270 pages; approximate value US$12 [availability unknown]) -- engine (p. 154), skid (p. 207); COMMENT: Softcover English translation of "Der Streng Geheime Vogel Me 163" (1983) Vajda and Dancey: 'German Aircraft Industry and Production' (SAE International / Airlife [USA / UK], 1998; 330 pages; US$38.95) -- cutaway drawing (p. 224) West: 'The Captive Luftwaffe' (Putnam Aeronautical series [unnumbered]; Putnam [UK], 1978; 147 pages; approximate value US$35 [out of print]) -- cockpit detail (p. 111) Windrow: 'German Air Force Fighters of World War Two: Volume One' (Combat Planes of World War Two series [unnumbered]; Doubleday [USA], 1971; 64 pages; approximate value US$10 [out of print]) -- cockpit detail (p. 51) Wood and Gunston: 'Hitler's Luftwaffe' (Salamander [UK], 1977; 248 pages; approximate value US$20 [out of print]) -- cutaway drawing (p. 228, 229) Ziegler: 'Rocket Fighter' (Squadron/Signal [USA], 1976; 161 pages; approximate value US$16 [out of print]) -- cockpit detail (p. 84z), miscellaneous other detail Ziegler: 'Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet' (Schiffer Military History series, No. 20; Schiffer [USA], 1990; 47 pages; US$9.95) -- cockpit detail (p. 30), engine (p. 28, 29); COMMENT: English translation of Waffen Arsenal volume with the same title ------: 'Cutaway Aircraft of World War Two' (Argus Books [UK], 1989; 63 pages; approximate value US$8 [out of print]) -- cutaway drawing (p. 14, 15) ------: 'German Jets in W.W. II' (Model Art Special Issue series, No. 348; Model Art [Japan], 1990; in Japanese; 180 pages; US$29.95) -- cockpit detail (p. 53-55), generic camouflage & marking patterns (p. 5) ------: 'Imperial Japanese Army and Navy Jet and Rocket Fighters' (Model Art Special Issue series, No. 525; Model Art [Japan], 1998; in Japanese; 181 pages; US$35) -- cockpit detail (p. 74), multi-view drawings (p. 18) ------: 'Luftwaffe Warbirds Photo Album, Vol. 6' (Luftwaffe Warbirds Photo Album series, No. 6; Delta Publishing [Japan], 1994; in Japanese; 148 pages; US$35) -- cockpit detail (p. 72, 73) ------: 'The Day-Fighters of Luftwaffe in WW II' (Koku-Fan Special series [unnumbered]; Bunrin-Do [Japan], 1984; in Japanese; 176 pages; approximate value US$15 [out of print]) -- cockpit detail (p. 121), multi-view drawings (p. 120), generic camouflage & marking patterns (p. 158, 159) |
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