WGFE: German Seaplane Fighters of WWI (Aeronaut)

[Baldrick62]

Book Title:

German Seaplane Fighters of WWI

Author:

Jack Herris

ISBN:

9781935881094

Category:

Reference

Format:

Paperback

Summary:

Second in the Great War Aviation Centennial Series from Aeronaut, and available both as an eBook from them and a Print On Demand (POD) from Amazon. In 150pp 'this book describes and illustrates the development of German Navy seaplane fighters in WWI with text, 233 rare, contemporary photos, 27 colour profiles, 1/48 scale drawings of 8 aircraft and tables of information including productoin quantities and serial numbers of aircraft and their technical specifications. Teh origins and evolution of each subclass of naval fighter, including single-seat floatplanes, single-seat flying boats, two-seat biplanes and two-seat monoplanes are discussed in chapters for each class. German naval fighter production and procurement strategies are discussed in eth context of the Germman strategic situation.'

Starting with a brief introduction that also explains the various German Naval Aircraft categories and the Friedrichshafen FF33L as the progenitor, Herris then steps through each aircraft, from the well-known Albatros W4 whcih gets 7 pages to the obscure L.T.G. FD1 with a single page. The GAs are by Colin Owers and Marty Digmayer, and the colour profiles by Bob Pearson.

[The G Dog]

Nice job! I just received a copy of this book from Amazon and it lives up to your review. A must have for persons interested in the naval floatplanes.

[BobP]

Book Title:

German Seaplanes of WW I

Author:

Jack Herris

ISBN:

9781935881094

Category:

History

Format:

Paperback

Summary:

Just bought this book the other day. It covers a number of Hansa Brandenburg seaplanes, Albatros, FF series among others. It is 150 pages which have over 200 photos of the planes, 27 color profiles and 25 pages of line drawings (1/48 scale) of different planes. There is much information about each plane. They cost a bit but to me worth the price. This one is $29.95 and others from this company cost up to $49.95. I have never heard of this company before, AERONAUTBOOKS, but find this to be a great buy. I am sure I will be getting a few more of these books.

[Naharaht]

Thank you for the 'heads up' about this book, Baldrick and Bob.