FOCKE-WULF Ta 152
The Story of the Luftwaffe’s Late-War, High-Altitude Fighter

From the time of its appearance in 1939 the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 was one of the best fighter aircraft of the Second World War - a masterpiece produced by chief designer Kurt Tank. In 1943 he developed a new fighter aircraft based on this successful concept. The project soon dev iated far from the original Fw 190 concept and as a honour to the designer it was designated the Ta 152. Compared to the older fighters they exhibited significantly better flight characteristics and performance at high altitude. The Ta 152 could also stand up to the best Allied fighter aircraft, such as the American P-51 Mustang. On account of its unfamiliar shape the pilots of Bf 109s sometimes mistook it for an enemy aircraft and attacked. The heavy Allied bombing at the end of the war prevented production from beginning as planned, and as a result only a very few Ta 152Hs could be delivered. With the aid of a large number of photographs - some previously unpublished - and drawings, this book details the development history of the Ta 152, one of the most advanced fighter aircraft of its day. But it also illustrates the hopelessness of Germany’s efforts late in the war to deploy advanced aircraft in large numbers.

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Product Code:	2595
Author:	by Dietmar Harmann
ISBN:	O-7643-O86O-2
Format:	HB. 144 pages, over 165 b/w photographs and line drawings
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Our Price:	£27.50