German Aircraft Industry and Production, 1933-45

This in-depth study covers a critical 13-year period in the history of the German aircraft industry. Vajda and Dancey examine how an industry decimated in the wake of World War I experienced a rebirth, a building boom, further technical successes, and yet another dismantling following World War II. Numerous photographs, diagrams and statistics, enhance the book's details on manufacturing plants, production planning, and exact output. Containing much information pulled from Reichslufftfahrtministerium (RLM, the State Ministry of Aviation) production programs and other first-hand information on German wartime aviation plants and industry, German Aircraft Industry and Production 1933-1945 covers the efforts of firms including Heinkel, Albatros, Junkers, Arado, Focke-Wulf, Henschel, ATG, Dornier, Oranieburg and Schwechat, Siebel, and Messerschmitt to build planes needed for a renewed Luftwaffe. Planes detailed include: short-range and long-range reconnaissance planes and artillery aircraft; day and night bombers and one-and two-seat night fighters; special navy aircraft; dive-bombers; and training aircraft.