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Zeppelins Flieger: Das Flugzeug im Zeppelin-Konzern und in seinen...

Edited by Wolfgang Meighörner, Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen, Ernst Wasmuth Verlag, Thübingen & Berlin/Zeppelin Museum, Friedrichshafen, Germany, 2006, ISBN 3-8030-3316-0. Illustrated, hardcover,...

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Dornier Delphin III

The BMW VI-engined Dornier Delphin III (Do L Bas) flying boat D-UBIF, Konstanz, Werknummer 152. The boarding pier for crew and passengers can be seen behind the fuselage. This aircraft was built at...

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Heinkel He 177 Wrecks

The photos in this post show two unidentified Heinkel He 177 A bomber wrecks after their discovery by Allied troops. The location of these aircraft and the exact date currently remain unknown to me....

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Flughafen Tempelhof - Chronik des Berliner Werkes der "Weser" Flugzeugbau...

[Full title: Flughafen Tempelhof - Chronik des Berliner Werkes der "Weser" Flugzeugbau GmbH, Bremen - Einrichtung eines Flugzeugwerkes - Umbau von Flugzeugen und Produktion der Kriegsflugzeuge Ju...

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Cologne Airport, 1937, Part 1

Selected images of the newly rebuilt Cologne-Butzweilerhof airport in 1937. The complete transformation of the old, obsolete airport was the first construction project of the new National Socialist...

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Cologne Airport, 1937, Part 2

Selected images of the newly rebuilt Cologne airport, originally published in Moderne Bauformen - Monatshefte für Architektur und Raumkunst [Modern Construction Design - Monthly Magazine For...

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Cologne Airport, 1937, Part 3

Selected images of the newly rebuilt Cologne airport, originally published in Moderne Bauformen - Monatshefte für Architektur und Raumkunst [Modern Construction Design - Monthly Magazine For...

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Cologne Airport, 1937, Part 4

Selected images of the newly rebuilt Cologne airport, originally published in Moderne Bauformen - Monatshefte für Architektur und Raumkunst [Modern Construction Design - Monthly Magazine For...

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Arado Ar 76 Control Surfaces

Control surfaces of the Arado Ar 76 parasol-wing lightweight fighter/trainer, as featured in Das Flugzeug - Dritte Auflage [The Aircraft - Third Edition], edited by Theo E. Sönnichsen, published by...

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Focke-Wulf Fw 189

Top and centre: slightly blurred but rather interesting photos of a Focke-Wulf Fw 189 A twin-engine tactical reconnaissance aircraft performing a low-level fly-past for the benefit of an unknown...

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Der Deutsche Sportflieger, February 1942

Der Deutsche Sportflieger [The German Sport Aviator] periodical, volume 2, issue 2, February 1942. Der Deutsche Sportflieger was a monthly "magazine for all aviation" (as declared in the magazine's...

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Heinkel He 111 - An Illustrated History

[Full title: Heinkel He 111 - An Illustrated History. Design, Development, Variants, Operations, Equipment] Robert Forsyth with Eddie J. Creek, Chevron Publishing Limited/Ian Allan Publishing Ltd.,...

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Messerschmitt Me 323

Partially cannibalized Messerschmitt Me 323 D Gigant transport aircraft. The only recognizable part of the aircraft's code is the red letter C (or a partially obscured G or O). Note heavy exhaust...

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Arado Ar 66 Fliegerdenkmal

Beautifully spectacular shot of a so-called Fliegerdenkmal [aviator's monument] mishap, involving an Arado Ar 66 trainer with WL+IDEH fuselage code. It seems the aircraft came to rest in the ditch...

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Gotha Go 150 Advertising

Gotha Go 150 advertising by Gothaer Waggonfabrik Aktiengesellschaft, as featured in Der Deutsche Sportflieger [The German Sport Aviator] periodical, volume 2, issue 2, February 1942, edited by Ing....

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Josef Sablatnig. Der Sablatnig Flugzeugbau und sein Chefkonstrukteur Hans...

Karl-Dieter Seifert, NORA Verlagsgemeinschaft Dyck & Westerheide, Berlin, Germany, 2002, GBSL Schriftenreihe 6, ISBN 3-935445-63-6. Illustrated, softcover, published in German. Cover image © by...

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Focke-Wulf Fw 56

Focke-Wulf Fw 56 A Stösser [Sparrowhawk] advanced parasol-wing trainer D-IKEI. Detail enlargement of center fuselage section reveals Focke-Wulf company logo. Photo was taken during the mid-1930s,...

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Udet U 12

Ernst Udet's specially modified personal Udet U 12a aerobatics biplane, D-822. Aircraft was painted all red, with white trim. The two detail enlargements of the photo show the covered front seat as...

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AGO-Flugzeugwerke. Vom Gitterrumpf zur Me 262

René Scheer, dr. ziethen verlag, Oschersleben, Germany, 2014, ISBN 978-3-86289-078-1. Illustrated, hardcover, published in German. Cover image © by dr. ziethen verlag, 2014. Reviewing books examining...

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Heinkel He 72

Heinkel He 72 A Kadett, D-EBIZ, Werknummer 761, of the NSFK. Aircraft is fitted with an Argus As 8 R engine. Exact date and location unknown. The pilot in the rear cockpit appears to be Martin...

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