Colin Heaton - The Me 262 Stormbird
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- Название:The Me 262 Stormbird
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- Издательство:Zenith Press
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- Год:2012
- Город:Minneapolis, MN
- ISBN:978-0-7603-4263-3
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The story of how the Stormbird came to be is fascinating history, and it comes to life in the hands of noted historian Colin Heaton. Told largely in the words of the German aces who flew it,
provides the complete history of this remarkable airplane from the drawing boards to combat in the skies over the Third Reich. Features two forewords, one by Jorg Czypionka, Me 262 night fighter pilot, and another by historian and author Barrett Tillman.
The introduction of the Me 262 Stormbird jet fighter was a potential game changer for the Germans in World War II, but production delays and a shortage of pilots minimized its impact on the war. Nevertheless, jet engines were the way of the future, and the Stormbird loomed large in the experiences of the World War II pilots who flew and fought the first jet fighter.
In
, Colin D. Heaton (
) covers the iconic fighter in detail, often in the words of the men who flew it or fought it. From Willi Messerschmitt’s original designs, through the early technical difficulties and flight tests, and eventual introduction of the aircraft into the war, Heaton covers the Stormbird’s history in detail alongside fascinating anecdotes from many of Germany’s top aces—and the Allied airmen who went head to head with the futuristic jet while flying their prop-driven planes.
Heaton also covers the political machinations involved in getting approval for the jet—Hitler was personally involved—as well as the infighting among the Luftwaffe’s senior officers, some of whom wanted the aircraft designed as a fighter and others who wanted it designed as a bomber.
The first Me 262 squadron, ultimately designated as JG-7, and Adolf Galland’s squadron, JV-44, are covered extensively, along with the two-seater Me 262 night fighter. Heaton rounds out his narrative with the American perspective of Allied airmen who faced the 262, as well as an analysis of the Stormbird program and its post-war impact.
is a definitive account of this state-of-the-art aircraft. Review
From the Inside Flap “…as operational history, the book is both informative and strongly recommended.”
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“This is both an intensely factual book about the famed Messerschmitt and a love story. The love story comes in from the authors' obvious fascination with the short-lived Stormbird… Even if you're an Me-262 expert, you're certain to find much that is new here. It's particularly interesting to read how various German pilots learned to use it in combat… If all this sounds intriguing, this is certainly the book for you.”
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7
On Rudorffer see Sims, p. 184; on Weissenberger, p. 185.
8
Rudorffer letter to Colin D. Heaton dated November 11, 1991.
9
Rudorffer correspondence and interview.
10
Heaton and Lewis, The German Aces Speak , p. 122.
11
Guttman, “Dudley M. Amoss: Making Ace on Borrowed Time.” See also Freeman, The Mighty Eighth , p. 469.
12
Guttman, Another Jet for the Yoxford Boys . See also Freeman, p. 424.
1
See Werner Held, German Fighter Ace Walter Nowotny: An Illustrated Biography , Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd, 2006, in total. Thierfelder died on July 7, 1944.
2
See Foreman and Harvey, p. 63, and Held, p. 143.
3
See Galland in Heaton and Lewis, The German Aces Speak , p. 121.
4
Ibid, p. 118.
5
Ibid, p. 122.
6
Freeman, p. 360.
7
Foreman and Harvey, pp. 72–73.
8
Eder interview.
9
Foreman and Harvey, p. 74.
10
Drew after-action report. Ibid., pp. 74–75. See also Morgan, pp. 78–79.
11
Drew letter to Harvey, p. 76.
12
Freeman, The Mighty Eighth , p. 363.
13
Foreman and Harvey, pp. 77–78.
14
Freeman, The Mighty Eighth , p. 363.
15
Ibid.
16
Foreman and Harvey, pp. 79–80. Freeman, The Mighty Eighth , p. 363.
17
Eder interview.
18
Hohagen interview.
19
Foreman and Harvey, pp. 82–84; Freeman, The Mighty Eighth , p. 372.
20
Ibid, p. 85; Ibid, p. 375.
21
Ibid, pp. 85–68; Ibid, p. 375.
22
Morgan, p. 74. Freeman, The Mighty Eighth , p. 376.
23
Foreman and Harvey, p. 87.
24
Ibid, p. 88; also Freeman, p. 376.
25
Eder interview; also Freeman, p. 377.
26
Freeman, The Mighty Eighth , p. 377–378.
27
Courtesy of Edward R. Haydon via Merle C. Olmsted, 1990.
28
Foreman and Harvey, p. 378.
29
Courtesy of Merle C. Olmsted via Edward R. Haydon, 1990.
30
Freeman, The Mighty Eighth , pp. 377–78.
31
Eder interview.
1
See also Freeman, The Mighty Eighth , pp. 378–379.
2
Heaton, “The Man Who Downed Nowotny,” p. 25. See also Freeman, The Mighty Eighth , pp. 378–379.
3
Heaton and Lewis, The German Aces Speak , p. 123.
4
Heaton, “The Man Who Downed Nowotny,” p. 25. See also Freeman, The Mighty Eighth , pp. 378–379.
5
See also Freeman, The Mighty Eighth , pp. 378–379.
6
Heaton, “The Man Who Downed Nowotny,” p. 25. See also Freeman, The Mighty Eighth , pp. 378–379.
7
Heaton and Lewis, The German Aces Speak , p. 124.
8
Eder interview, 1984.
9
See Held, p. 153; Steinhoff, p. 43, and his interview.
10
Heaton and Lewis, The German Aces Speak , p. 124.
11
See Sims, p. 185.
12
Interview with Johannes Steinhoff.
1
Foreman and Harvey, p. 96.
2
Foreman and Harvey, p. 97; Freeman, The Mighty Eighth , p. 384.
3
Ibid.
4
Ibid.
5
Foreman and Harvey, p. 98; Freeman, The Mighty Eighth , p. 386. See also Buchner, pp. 224–225.
6
Foreman and Harvey, p. 100; Freeman, The Mighty Eighth , pp. 386–387.
7
Foreman and Harvey, pp. 77–78.
8
Hohagen interview.
9
Dr. Alfred Price, The Last Year of the Luftwaffe: May 1944–May 1945 , Osceola, WI: MBI, 1992, p. 136.
10
Foreman and Harvey, pp. 108–109.
11
Morgan, p. 74.
12
Foreman and Harvey, pp. 108–109.
13
Foreman and Harvey, pp. 114–115; Freeman, The Mighty Eighth , pp. 406–409.
14
Ibid.
15
Foreman and Harvey, p. 115.
1
Schuck, p. 195.
2
Morgan, p. 76.
3
Buchner, p. 234.
4
Jon Guttman interview with Roscoe Brown.
5
Colin D. Heaton interview with Gen. Benjamin O. Davis.
6
Schuck, p. 195.
7
Courtesy of Jon Guttman.
8
Heaton and Lewis, The German Aces Speak, p. 122.
9
Dorr and Jones, p. 251.
10
Schuck, p. 198.
1
Heaton and Lewis, The German Aces Speak , pp. 69–70.
2
Eder interview.
3
Merle Olmsted, “The Yoxford Boys.”
4
Robin Olds interview.
5
Benjamin O. Davis interviews, 1986–1989.
6
Kurt Bühligen interview, 1984.
7
Forman and Harvey, p. 60; Freeman, The Mighty Eighth War Diary , p. 353.
8
Freeman, pp. 353–354.
9
Ibid, p. 479 (see mission claims); Forman and Harvey, p. 218.
10
Forman and Harvey, p. 218. See also Buchner, p. 238.
11
Ibid., p. 219.
12
Schuck, p. 201.
13
Wolfgang Späte interview.
14
Foreman and Harvey, p. 343.
15
Buchner, p. 240.
1
Buchner, p. 241.
2
Schuck, p. 203.
3
Ibid, p. 204.
4
Ibid, pp. 205–206.
5
Ibid, pp. 214–215.
6
See Merle Olmsted, “The Yoxford Boys.”
7
Foreman and Harvey, pp. 249-51.
8
Ibid, pp. 251–252; Freeman, The Mighty Eighth , pp. 490–491.
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