The full story of the world’s first operational jet aircraft, written by the Luftwaffe pilot who helped develop and then test flew it. Mano Ziegler’s eye-witness account sheds new light on the Nazis’ long-threatened ‘secret weapon’ and why it still failed to win Hitler’s war.

One of the most potent factors in keeping German resistance alive for as long as it was at the end of the Second World War was the Nazi regime’s repeated promises that fearsome secret weapons under development would turn the tide. Most of these threats were often - sometimes rightly - dismissed as empty rhetoric, but as this marvellous factual account shows - some were not. The author, a former Luftwaffe pilot who helped design and test flew the plane, tells the incredible story of the Me 262 - the world’s first operational jet aircraft. The plane, which Hitler hope would indeed be the ‘miracle weapon’ he needed, came on stream just too late to help the already stricken Reich. Ziegler explores the plane’s triumphs and disasters - and pays tribute to the hundreds of his fellow pilots killed developing it. He asks why the plane took so long to build, and whether Goering and Hitler’s interference materially contributed to the delays in making it operational. Aviation fans and Third Reich enthusiasts alike will find plenty to interest them in this fascinating eye-witness book.

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Product Code:	10930
Author:	Mano Ziegler
Format:	HB. B/W photos. Published Price £20
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