The Luftwaffe in Camera: 1939-1942

by Alfred Price

This book highlights the plane's history during the last three years of WWII. The author toured Germany to visit and interview Luftwaffe veterans.

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Alfred Price seved for 16 years as an aircrew officer in the Royal air Force where he specialised in electronic warfare and air fighting tactics.

He left the RAF in 1974 and thereafter he worked full time as a writer on aviation subjects.

He holds a PhD in history from Loughborough University and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

Reviews

[Robert Hepple · Rating 4 out of 5]

Published in 1998, 'The Luftwaffe in Camera 1942-1945' is an album of over 230 mostly well captioned photos of Luftwaffe aircraft taken from 1942-1945, and is a companion volume to a similar book covering the earlier period. The pics are an excellent selection, despite a couple of caption errors and the use of some 'over-used' pics. The pics benefit from being reproduced to a reasonable size, and (in my edition) quality glossy paper.

[Gerry · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some quite amazing photographs grace this book, which charts the history of the Luftwaffe in the first three and a bit years of World War II.

There are some stunning action shots of aerial combat, shots of maps that chart where the Luftwaffe were to drop their bombs and plenty of photographs of the Luftwaffe's aircraft hidden away on their bases.

The author apparently went to interview Luftwaffe veterans and many of these never before seen photographs came from their collections. They all go to make it a visually appealing book with a more than useful introduction that sets the scene.