Aircraft

This book, the first of three volumes on Brandenburg aircraft, describes and illustrates the development of Brandenburg land warplanes in WWI with text, 475 photos (59 in color), 67 color profiles, 9 factory 3-view drawings and 10 detail drawings,...

The Blue Max Airmen series is the real story of the German airmen awarded the Pour le Mérite during the Great War. Author Lance J. Bronnenkant, PhD, and Aeronaut Books are pleased to bring you the most detailed and graphically lavish account of these...

Volume 8 covers two fighter aces, Heinrich Gontermann and Lothar von Richthofen, younger brother of the Red Baron. Volume 8 includes 133 photographs, 3 of them in color, and 9 color profiles of aircraft flown by these men in its 126 pages.

This book describes and illustrates the development of German single-engine night bombers, or N-types, in WWI with text, 54 rare, period photos, 7 color photos, 9 color profiles, tables of information including production quantities, serial numbers of...

This book describes and illustrates the development of Brandenburg biplane seaplanes in WWI with text, 336 photos, 54 color profiles, 13 factory 3-view drawings and 28 SVK drawings, production quantities and serial numbers of aircraft, and aircraft...

Volume 7 covers three fighter aces, Otto Bernert, Emil Schaefer, and Kurt Wolff. Volume 7 includes 133 photographs, 4 of them in color, and 12 color profiles of aircraft flown by these men in its 118 pages.

This book describes and illustrates the development of Sablatnig, Kaiserliche Werften, Lübeck-Travemünde, LTG, and Oertz seaplanes of WWI with text, 110 photos, 19 color profiles, production quantities and serial numbers of aircraft, and aircraft...

This book describes and illustrates Germany’s 1918 fighter development through the story of the three Fighter Competitions with more than 215 rare photos illustrating 70 fighter designs, 65 color profiles, and performance specifications. The German...

The Blue Max Airmen volume 15 is dedicated to Ernst Udet, with 62 victories the second ranking German ace of The Great War. Udet survived the war and had a colorful postwar career as a movie and airshow pilot. This book is the most comprehensive and...

This is a heavily-illustrated, comprehensive summary of all 80 victories of the famous Red Baron, the leading ace of WWI. Full details of each victory are given, including color profiles of the aircraft flown by Richthofen, the type and serial of the...

One of the great unsung keystones in the development of aerial combat, the Bristol Scout was originally designed as a racing aircraft. It was used by the RNAS and the RFC as a 'scout', or fast reconnaissance machine, and was one of the first...

Volume 10 covers two fighter aces, Eduard Ritter von Dostler and Max Ritter von Müller, bomber commander Rudolf Kleine, and Leader of Airships Peter Strasser. Volume 10 includes 128 photographs, 10 of them in color, and 7 color profiles of aircraft...

Volume 2 covers Hans-Joachim Buddecke, Kurt Wintgens, and Max Ritter von Mulzer, the third through fifth aviation recipients of the Pour le Mérite. Buddecke spent much of his career in Turkey and is reasonably well known, but the other two aces have...

Volume 6 covers Ernst von Hoeppner, Commanding General of the Luftstreitkräfte, Hermann Thomsen, Chief of Staff of the Luftstreitkräfte, and Werner Voss, one of the most flamboyant aces. Volume 6 includes 137 photographs, 9 of them in color, and 16...

Volume 3 covers Otto Parschau, Walter Höhndorf, Ernst von Althaus, and Wilhelm Frankl, the sixth through ninth aviation recipients of the Pour le Mérite. Volume 3 includes 165 period photographs and 14 color profiles of aircraft flown by these aces in...

This book describes and illustrates the development of Gotha warplanes in WWI with more than 285 rare, contemporary photos, 28 color profiles, performance specifications, and production data. The origin and evolution of Gotha designs are discussed in the...

Jasta Colors Volume 1 is the first volume in a landmark series on this popular and hotly debated subject by the world’s leading authority. This volume gives extensive information on research and sources on this topic supported by 223 photos, 61...

Volume 11 covers three fighter aces, Walter von Bülow-Bothkamp, Curt Wüsthoff, and Erwin Böhme. Volume 11 includes 136 photographs, 3 of them in color, and 10 color profiles of aircraft flown by these men in its 122 pages.

This book describes and illustrates Germany’s Triplane Craze of 1917 with more than 145 rare, contemporary photos, 9 color photos, 44 color profiles, performance specifications and production data. The origins of German triplane and multiplane fighter...

Volume 4 covers Rudolf Berthold, Gustav Leffers, Albert Dossenbach, and Hans Berr, the tenth through thirteenth aviation recipients of the Pour le Mérite. Volume 4 includes 140 photographs, 6 of them in color, and 14 color profiles of aircraft flown by...

Guide to German B-types of WWI is intended for readers who want to identify aircraft from the great variety of nondescript two-seat biplanes used by Germany during the war. There are 176 captioned photos in its 86 pages that identify all the German...

Volume 1 covers Oswald Boelcke and Max Immelmann, the first two aviation recipients of the Pour le Mérite and among the best known and most significant. Volume 1 includes 155 period photographs and 7 color profiles of aircraft flown by Boelcke and...