Luftwaffe: Secret Projects of the Third Reich by Dan Sharp

newsdeskdan

ACCESS: Top Secret
Top Contributor
Senior Member
Joined
11 June 2014
Messages
1,319
Reaction score
1,677
Luftwaffe: Secret Projects of the Third Reich
by Dan Sharp

https://www.classicmagazines.co.uk/product/5564/bookazine-luftwaffe-secret-projects-of-the-third-reich

The aircraft on the cover is the Blohm & Voss P 171.

Description:
Hundreds of thousands of classified documents were captured from Germany’s aircraft manufacturers and aviation ministry at the end of the Second World War, including details of ‘secret project’ aircraft designs created by firms such as Arado, Gotha, Blohm & Voss, Messerschmitt and Focke-Wulf.

Ongoing new research in archives around the world has revealed dozens of previously unknown wartime plans and proposals for aircraft that were radical, revolutionary or just plain weird. In the sixth volume of his Luftwaffe series, historian Dan Sharp reveals a wealth of new discoveries - including never-before-seen drawings and designs for fighters, bombers, transports, rammers, ground-attack aircraft, flying boats and flying bombs.

Luftwaffe: Secret Projects of the Third Reich profiles Focke-Wulf’s reluctant attempts to marry a Ta 152 airframe to a British Napier Sabre engine, Messerschmitt’s experimental Me 109 S with ‘blown’ flaps, four versions of Arado’s E 380 floatplane, Blohm & Voss’s asymmetrical P 171 stuka, Lippisch’s piston-engined Me 163, Germany’s three-step supersonic research programme, Focke-Wulf’s giant flying wings, the anti-submarine DFS Lotos glider, and many more ‘unknown’ designs.

Hundreds of original and previously unseen documents have been used to compile this unrivalled look at some of Germany’s least-known Second World War project designs, featuring a host of new and period drawings, illustrations and photographs.

The very similarly-named series so far:
1. Luftwaffe: Secret Jets of the Third Reich (2015)
2. Luftwaffe: Secret Bombers of the Third Reich (2016)
3. Luftwaffe: Secret Wings of the Third Reich (2017)
4. Luftwaffe: Secret Designs of the Third Reich (2018)
5. Luftwaffe: Secret Project Profiles (with Daniel Uhr) (2018)
6. Luftwaffe: Secret Projects of the Third Reich (2019)
 

Attachments

  • Luftwaffe Secret Projects of the Third Reich.jpg
    Luftwaffe Secret Projects of the Third Reich.jpg
    3.1 MB · Views: 757
Amazing,and very good news,you made my day my dear Dan.
 
I`ve pre-ordered my copy :D! Lovely cover art. Ronnie or Gino?
 
Hi! Are the Junkers Schnellbomber and the EFo designs included too?
Greetings
 
athpilot said:
Hi! Are the Junkers Schnellbomber and the EFo designs included too?
Greetings

Yes, both will be included.
 
Thank you very much! Now I´m singing: "Wake me up when September comes..."
 
athpilot said:
Thank you very much! Now I´m singing: "Wake me up when September comes..."

I was initially planning to do Focke-Wulf fighters for this one, but I didn't want to negatively affect Justo's book so I decided to do another selection of 'unknown' projects. At first it seemed as though I would be struggling to find sufficient material but in the end I had too much. Stuff like Focke-Wulf's Fw 190 predecessor (alternative designs for the Fw 159) will have to wait.
 
newsdeskdan said:
athpilot said:
Thank you very much! Now I´m singing: "Wake me up when September comes..."

I was initially planning to do Focke-Wulf fighters for this one, but I didn't want to negatively affect Justo's book so I decided to do another selection of 'unknown' projects. At first it seemed as though I would be struggling to find sufficient material but in the end I had too much. Stuff like Focke-Wulf's Fw 190 predecessor (alternative designs for the Fw 159) will have to wait.

That is good. Justos Book is great. And it is very exciting to see that after all this years so much details can be found and pieces of aviationhistroy brought together. And btw. I know this problem too: when I´m wiriting a book my first thought is: will there be enough sources to find? Then, at the end, it is always too much material to put it into it... I hate to prune my texts. ;D
 
I never saw before the little flying boat illustrated on the cover : an Arado one ?
 
richard B said:
I never saw before the little flying boat illustrated on the cover : an Arado one ?

No - that's the DFS Lotos anti-submarine glider.
 
newsdeskdan said:
Würger said:
I`ve pre-ordered my copy :D! Lovely cover art. Ronnie or Gino?

Erm... both?
It's true! ;D
Due to other commitments I didn't have time to create the 3D model myself this time and Gino took over the wings I built and completed the model, panel detail and all. I then added the camouflage and markings and created the final scene.

On the title page you'll find another Gino (modelling/panel lines) - Ronnie (camouflage/render) coop.
 

Attachments

  • Zuendappchen_web750.jpg
    Zuendappchen_web750.jpg
    366.2 KB · Views: 321
Congratulations on you both! My eyes didn`t trick me, it`s a combo! Carry on the excellent work.
 
If Dan is not mind, I will also advertise the next bookazines with a little detail of one of my profiles:
 

Attachments

  • xxx.jpg
    xxx.jpg
    285.4 KB · Views: 359
Skyraider3D said:
newsdeskdan said:
Würger said:
I`ve pre-ordered my copy :D! Lovely cover art. Ronnie or Gino?

Erm... both?
It's true! ;D
Due to other commitments I didn't have time to create the 3D model myself this time and Gino took over the wings I built and completed the model, panel detail and all. I then added the camouflage and markings and created the final scene.

On the title page you'll find another Gino (modelling/panel lines) - Ronnie (camouflage/render) coop.

Oh my god, how are you and Gino so great?!
I can't wrap my head around it, I can feel the speed, the sound of the engine, the heat of the sun. It's simply incredible...

When I look at your works I feel like I should just give in and take up knitting :-[

Zizi6785 said:
If Dan is not mind, I will also advertise the next bookazines with a little detail of one of my profiles:

Nice one! ;)
 
Thanks very much!
I guess it's a case of pesistence more than anything! Gino and I are doing Luft'46 stuff, and 3D aviation illustration in general, for about 20 years each and all the while it takes longer and longer to produce up-to-date artwork. We both have spent thousands and thousands of hours on 3D illustration and will probably continue to do so! ;D
 
Zizi6785 said:
If Dan is not mind, I will also advertise the next bookazines with a little detail of one of my profiles:

Absolute fantastic! Is it an Arado project?
 
athpilot said:
Zizi6785 said:
If Dan is not mind, I will also advertise the next bookazines with a little detail of one of my profiles:

Absolute fantastic! Is it an Arado project?
Yes, it is. You have a good eye ;)
 
me 210/410 with a V-tail on the cover?
index.php
 
Zizi6785 said:
richard B said:
Zizi6785 said:
athpilot said:
Zizi6785 said:
If Dan is not mind, I will also advertise the next bookazines with a little detail of one of my profiles:

Absolute fantastic! Is it an Arado project?
Yes, it is. You have a good eye ;)

The jet "Ar 240F" 6-9-1942 ... :)

No, it's a completely new discovery of Dan

It's based on a sketch for a TL-Jaeger which shows two designs superimposed on one another. It hadn't occurred to me until Zizi pointed it out that this particular design seems to be an early tail-sitter turbojet-only version of the Arado K-Jaeger (aka TEW 16143-15). It was drawn 10 days (I think) before the date shown on the TEW 16143-15 drawing.
 
newsdeskdan said:
Zizi6785 said:
richard B said:
Zizi6785 said:
athpilot said:
Zizi6785 said:
If Dan is not mind, I will also advertise the next bookazines with a little detail of one of my profiles:

Absolute fantastic! Is it an Arado project?
Yes, it is. You have a good eye ;)

The jet "Ar 240F" 6-9-1942 ... :)

No, it's a completely new discovery of Dan

It's based on a sketch for a TL-Jaeger which shows two designs superimposed on one another. It hadn't occurred to me until Zizi pointed it out that this particular design seems to be an early tail-sitter turbojet-only version of the Arado K-Jaeger (aka TEW 16143-15). It was drawn 10 days (I think) before the date shown on the TEW 16143-15 drawing.

This is quite interesting. I never heard, that a tailsitter TEW was designed. But considering it´s task, it makes sense.
 
athpilot said:
newsdeskdan said:
Zizi6785 said:
richard B said:
Zizi6785 said:
athpilot said:
Zizi6785 said:
If Dan is not mind, I will also advertise the next bookazines with a little detail of one of my profiles:

Absolute fantastic! Is it an Arado project?
Yes, it is. You have a good eye ;)

The jet "Ar 240F" 6-9-1942 ... :)

No, it's a completely new discovery of Dan

It's based on a sketch for a TL-Jaeger which shows two designs superimposed on one another. It hadn't occurred to me until Zizi pointed it out that this particular design seems to be an early tail-sitter turbojet-only version of the Arado K-Jaeger (aka TEW 16143-15). It was drawn 10 days (I think) before the date shown on the TEW 16143-15 drawing.

This is quite interesting. I never heard, that a tailsitter TEW was designed. But considering it´s task, it makes sense.

It does appear to be almost a halfway house between the Ar 440 (in terms of the forward fuselage) and the TEW 16134-15 design.
 
sgeorges: where did you get the number 400?
 
Arjen said:
sgeorges: where did you get the number 400?
He's referring to a special edition of the new title, with unique cover art and all copies signed by the author, which will be released at a higher price, that appears on the Mortons Media website. Apparently the inside content will be the same, with both editions being released at the same time.
 
Dan, does this issue include Henschel stuff from the Nikolaus report?
 
My dear Dan,

I hope we will find many new Projects,such as Heinkel P.1090 and P.1095.
 
We have discussed this once, there are no such Heinkel projects

What ?,who said that,in the book- Ernst Heinkel: Pionier der Schnellflugzeuge, eine Biographie (Die deutsche Luftfahrt),
you will find this.
 

Attachments

  • 1.png
    1.png
    95.3 KB · Views: 117

Similar threads

Back
Top Bottom